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Trump may scrap a crash-reporting requirement that makes Tesla look bad: Reuters

The Trump administration could end a requirement that car makers report crashes caused by assisted-driving features

13.12.2024 10

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Ex-FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about Hunter Biden and his father

Alexander Smirnov was charged with lying to the FBI with fabricated allegations against the Biden family

13.12.2024 10

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Nancy Pelosi is reportedly trying to block AOC from landing a top House oversight position

The former House speaker has been asking members to oppose the progressive even as she backs other insurgent bids

13.12.2024 5

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"It will cost lives": Trump says he'll talk with RFK Jr. about discouraging childhood vaccines

Trump has falsely suggested that vaccines lead to autism and has said that he will seek counsel from RFK Jr.

13.12.2024 5

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Meta donates $1 million to Trump inaugural committee after Zuckerberg meets with president-elect

Zuckerberg and other billionaires are making nice with the incoming Trump administration

12.12.2024 20

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"Wake-up call": Progressives say CEO's killing underscores public anger at "vile" health insurance

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others condemned the killing but warned that it stems from rot in the system

12.12.2024 3

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Trump's pick to lead DOJ's civil rights division is a right-wing election denier

Advocates warned that Harmeet K. Dhillon would place loyalty to Trump over her duties to enforce legal protections

11.12.2024 2

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Trump still owes a $454 million civil fraud judgment to New York, state attorney general says

New York AG Letitia James' office said Trump's looming inauguration will not deter her from seeking any money owed

11.12.2024 8

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"Gladiator II" and the missed opportunity of history far more riveting than Ridley Scott's fiction

Real-life rebellions aren't overnight awakenings, and the actual Caracalla wasn't a sickly fop with a monkey

07.12.2024 20

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New study finds ship collisions are top killer for whales

Conservation helped stop most whale hunting. Now shipping kills them and little is done to avoid collision risk

06.12.2024 9

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MAGA milk: Seller of tainted dairy products could serve as food safety adviser under Donald Trump

Mark McAfee's raw milk products have been recalled over bird flu contamination

06.12.2024 20

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Trump picks pro-Russia venture capitalist David Sacks to be his AI and crypto "czar"

Donald Trump is tapping venture capitalist and former Paypal COO David Sacks to join his administration as “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar" and to...

06.12.2024 9

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"We're fighting all the way": Hegseth, thanking Jesus Christ, tells GOP senators he's a changed man

Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News personality whom President-elect Donald Trump nominated to be his defense secretary, has continued his courtship of...

06.12.2024 8

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Biden weighs preemptive pardons for those on Trump's enemies list

President Joe Biden's senior aides are considering the merits of issuing preemptive pardons for a range of current and former officials who...

05.12.2024 6

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"This is genocide": Amnesty International says Israel is trying to "destroy" the Palestinian people

Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday that Israel is committing acts of genocide against Palestinians, accusing the government of...

05.12.2024 6

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Assassin wrote "deny" and "depose" on bullets used in killing of United Healthcare CEO, police say

Shell casings found at the site where a masked gunman shot and killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson had the words "deny," "defend" and "depose"...

05.12.2024 8

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Pete Hegseth's mom goes on Fox News to walk back claim that he's an "abuser of women"

The mother of Pete Hegseth, the embattled former Fox News personality chosen by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, defended her son on a...

04.12.2024 6

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AOC mulls run to be top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told reporters on Tuesday that she is considering a bid to lead Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, a...

04.12.2024 4

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Elon Musk Targets Consumer Protection Agency for Deletion

Elon Musk on Wednesday called for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that was founded in 2010 with a broad mandate...

29.11.2024 6

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Elon Musk wants to "delete" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, shifting power to Wall Street

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created in 2008 to protect people from predatory financial practices

27.11.2024 7

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Trump prepares to block funding for sanctuary cities in pursuit of mass deportation

President-elect Donald Trump's advisors are drawing up plans to strip federal funding from cities that do not comply with the administration's...

27.11.2024 9

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Ex-prosecutor: Jack Smith could still keep Trump cases "alive"

In a column on MSNBC's website Thursday, former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade suggests that far from “obeying an authoritarian in advance,”...

27.11.2024 10

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Linda McMahon, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education, accused of complicity in sex abuse

Sexual abuse is casting its pall over yet another one of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks, this time former World Wrestling Entertainment...

22.11.2024 10

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Matt Gaetz could possibly return to Congress even after resigning

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general as a number of senators expressed...

22.11.2024 6

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Trump's New York sentencing indefinitely postponed

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan issued an order Friday that indefinitely postpones President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in the Stormy...

22.11.2024 7

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House passes bill that could allow Trump to go after "terrorist supporting" nonprofits

The House of Representatives passed a bill late Thursday that would empower the the treasury secretary to unilaterally strip the tax-exempt status of...

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Brazilian police indict Bolsonaro and accomplices for 2022 coup attempt, alleged plot to kill Lula

The former right-wing Brazilian president is accused of attempting to use the military to keep himself in power

21.11.2024 4

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Musk and Ramaswamy are banking on the Supreme Court letting Trump unilaterally slash spending

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, two billionaires appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to oversee the so-called Department of Government Efficiency...

21.11.2024 2

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Trump expected to name Project 2025 architect Russ Vought to head White House budget office

After a year of claiming he had nothing to do with Project 2025, President-elect Donald Trump is appointing one of its chief architects to lead the...

21.11.2024 2

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ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, accuses him of "intentionally" killing civilians

The International Criminal Court announced Wednesday that it had issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former...

21.11.2024 20

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Mike Johnson responds to election of trans lawmaker by banning her from Capitol bathrooms

Johnson's move comes after the election of Sarah McBride, a transgender woman representing Delaware in the House

20.11.2024 2

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JD Vance accidentally confirmed that Trump wants regime change at the FBI

Vice President-elect JD Vance revealed in a since-deleted post on X that he and President-elect Donald Trump are interviewing candidates for FBI...

20.11.2024 3

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"No excuse": Trump fumes on Truth Social after Senate confirms Biden judges — thanks to GOP absences

Republican senators are urging some of their colleagues, including Vice President-elect JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Donald Trump's Secretary of State...

20.11.2024 10

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Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses House GOP of covering up "sexual harassment and assault" claims

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, has come up with an interesting way to defend President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general nominee Matt...

20.11.2024 10

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Israel says it's "making the desert bloom" by planting forests. For Palestinians, it's ecocide

Amid the ruins of Palestinian villages destroyed by Israeli forces, life sprouts from the branches of newly-planted trees. While the Israeli...

20.11.2024 10

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DOGE: How Elon Musk could use his new meme "department" to target government employees and programs

President-elect Donald Trump is gifting two of his most ardent billionaire supporters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, with control over a so-called...

15.11.2024 6

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"This is really terrifying": Trump cabinet picks put European capitals on red alert

Some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks are worrying European leaders, who are now preparing their governments for a scenarios in which...

15.11.2024 10

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"I hope you like measles": Medical doctors in "horror" over RFK Jr. pick

The idea of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an outspoken vaccine skeptic who has also made baseless claims about fluoride and other scientific issues, serving...

15.11.2024 20

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The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at bankruptcy auction for undisclosed sum

The Onion, a satirical news site that satirizes current affairs and the journalists who cover it, said on Thursday that it had won the bankruptcy...

14.11.2024 3

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Alarm spreads over Trump's pick of Tulsi Gabbard to lead the US intelligence community

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, has been picked by President-elect Donald Trump to oversee the U.S. intelligence community. While Trump had long...

14.11.2024 3

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House ethics panel was preparing to release a damning report on Matt Gaetz

The House Ethics Committee was set to release a report detailing the findings of an investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz's alleged sexual...

14.11.2024 4

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Democratic Governors Form Coalition to Resist “Threats of Autocracy” Under Trump

Govs. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill. and Jared Polis, D-Colo., have formed a coalition of fellow state-level executives to resist “increasing threats of...

13.11.2024 3

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New Republican Senate leader John Thune says the GOP is united behind "Trump's agenda"

Republicans elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to serve as majority leader in next Senate session, replacing current GOP caucus leader Sen. Mitch...

13.11.2024 3

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"We need to work together": Democratic governors plan to resist Trump and the "threats of autocracy"

Govs. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill. and Jared Polis, D-Colo., have formed a coalition of fellow state-level executives to resist "increasing threats of...

13.11.2024 4

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GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde refuses to concede election in Wisconsin

All the major news networks have declared Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., the victor in her re-election race, but her GOP opponent is refusing to concede....

13.11.2024 4

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"Awful sign": Knives out in MAGA world over reported "disaster" Trump Cabinet pick

Reports that President-elect Donald Trump plans to tap Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for Secretary of State has thrown MAGA world in uproar. Rubio, a...

13.11.2024 8

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"Your body, MY choice": Emboldened far-right men taunt women on social media after Trump win

Far-right men are harassing women on social media with variations of a message that neo-Nazi livestreamer Nick Fuentes posted to his X account: "Your...

08.11.2024 6

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"Listen here, sweetheart": Trump ally threatens NY AG Letitia James with "prison"

President-elect Donald Trump's allies have been sending a clear message to law enforcement officials seeking to hold him accountable: do so at your...

08.11.2024 8

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"Unprecedented opportunity": For-profit prison execs salivate at potential mass deportation camps

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to enforce a mass deportation of immigrants is exciting private prison executives, who on earnings calls...

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Black Americans are receiving a mass text telling them to "pick cotton" following Trump's victory

Some of the texts threaten recipients with being kidnapped and forced to pick cotton

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