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Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out​

By DAVID BAUDER and LINLEY SANDERS
Updated 8:00 AM CST, December 26, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He’s tuned out.

“People are mentally exhausted,” said Aunallah, 45, of San Diego. “Everyone knows what is coming and we are just taking some time off.”

Television ratings — and now a new poll — clearly illustrate the phenomenon. About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government because of overload, according to the survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Smaller percentages of Americans are limiting their intake of news about overseas conflicts, the economy or climate change, the poll says. Politics stand out.

Election news on CNN and MSNBC was taking up too much of Sam Gude’s time before the election, said the 47-year-old electrician from Lincoln, Nebraska. “The last thing I want to watch right now is the interregnum,” said Gude, a Democrat and no fan of President-elect Donald Trump. ...

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Why Matt Gaetz might not face charges in Florida after House Ethics report - Washington Examiner

The Florida attorney general and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office have downplayed speculation charges might be forthcoming against Gaetz.
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The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern

U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza.
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Trump's 'border czar' says family detention centers could play a role in deportation effort

Tom Homan, whom President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to oversee immigration and border security, said using detention centers for migrant families is still being discussed.
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Trump negotiating a new Panama Canal treaty for the American people

Make no mistake what President-elect Trump is doing is negotiating a new treaty for the Panama Canal and hence, a better deal for the American people.
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Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.
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Record heat wave killed half of this Alaska bird population, and they aren’t recovering | CNN

An Alaska seabird species faced the worst mortality event in modern history, and the population isn’t recovering, a study finds. Experts discuss the future implications.
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Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike targeting armed group

A Palestinian TV channel says they were in a marked media van in the central Gaza Strip.
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US nerve center to combat China and Russia global propaganda shut down by GOP opposition

The center called out Moscow and Beijing for global disinformation efforts. But the pro-Trump GOP said it became politicized.
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New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists.
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Panama Canal is not for sale, Panama's president says. What to know about the canal's history and status

Here's what to know about the United States' involvement with building and operating the Panama Canal.
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Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight

Congress revoked an additional $20 billion from the Internal Revenue Service last week when lawmakers averted a government shutdown, a cut that may undo many of President Joe Biden’s efforts to improve customer service at the tax agency and train fresh scrutiny on wealthy tax cheats. Biden and...
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Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital while the WHO chief says he was meters away

A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen has targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports.
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The Hill criticized for op-ed urging Congress to block Trump from taking office: 'You people are sick'

Opinion columnists at The Hill called on Congress to block President-elect Trump from taking office on the basis of 14th Amendment disqualification when they convene next week.
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UN health chief at Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes

Israel claimed responsibility for the strikes, saying it had targeted Houthi "military infrastructure".
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Aviation experts say Russia's air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mourns

Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Baku to the Russian city of Grozny when it was diverted for reasons yet unclear and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau in Kazakhstan.
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Guatemala open to accepting Trump's Central American deportees, sources say

Guatemala has been proactive in preparing for a second Trump term compared with neighbors El Salvador and Honduras.
www.usatoday.com
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Machine guns and pistols among firearms lost by MoD

More than 700 phones, laptops and USB sticks were also lost or stolen over the past two years.
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France has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate next steps

France’s president and prime minister have managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part.
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Trump cuts off federal resources for law firm that helped fuel 2016 Russia hoax

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would rescind security clearances and access to certain federal resources for Perkins Coie, the law firm that hired the company responsible for crafting the so-called "Steele dossier" containing alleged salacious material and Trump’s alleged connections to Russia, which the president has denied.

"This is an absolute honor to sign," Trump told reporters Thursday. "What they’ve done, it’s just terrible. It’s weaponization, you could say weaponization against a political opponent, and it...
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Moderates reveal why they didn't join fellow Dems to censure Al Green

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Two moderate Democrats who voted against censuring Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, suggested they did not believe Congress should be focused on such matters.

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Trump to put tariff exemptions on certain goods from Canada, Mexico

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President Trump on Thursday exempted certain goods from Canada and Mexico covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) from his 25% tariffs for a month.

The tariffs were imposed earlier this week, and will be reinstated on April 2.

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Trump had previously mentioned an exemption for Mexico, but the amendment signed on Thursday covers Canada also.

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WASHINGTON — MAGA activists have turned against one of President Donald Trump's own appointees to the Supreme Court: Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

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WATCH: 105-year-old woman spends birthday in crown, dancing the day away

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Gavin Newsom splits with Democrats on transgender athletes

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of the most prominent Democratic party voices, said Thursday on his new podcast that it's "deeply unfair" to allow transgender women to participate in women's sports, marking a turn for a politician who first made national headlines when he issued marriage licenses for same-sex couples as San Francisco mayor in 2004.

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Meet the Army veteran running to unseat emerging Trump resistance leader Crockett: 'Tearing our country down'

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who is taking credit for a recently criticized Democratic mashup of identical social media posts, turned down Tesla CEO Elon Musk's extravagant offer to the mind behind the "cringe video."

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Warren explains her applause to Trump's 'Pocahontas' jab during his speech to Congress

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said her resistant applause when President Donald Trump called her "Pocahontas" during his address to a joint session of Congress was to affirm "American support for Ukrainians."

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Trump wants 'activist' groups that sue the government to put up money if they lose

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump signed a memo Thursday directing government agency heads to ask federal judges to require financial guarantees to hold "activist" groups that sue the government financially responsible if an injunction is found to be unnecessary.

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'Who benefited?': Blue state lawmaker demands FBI investigate bullet train 'boondoggle'

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Trump raids will now target migrant families who entered the U.S. with their children

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U.S. immigration agents are planning a new operation to arrest migrant families with children as part of a nationwide crackdown, according to three sources familiar with the planning.

The operation will target adults and minor children who entered the country together and have orders of deportation, the source said. After the families are arrested, agents will place them into detention before they are removed.

A separate operation to find children who entered the United States unaccompanied and were released without court dates is also underway...
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