• 01/29/2025

White House still committed to freezing ‘woke’ funds despite rescinding OMB memo

Fox News The White House remains committed to freezing federal grants and loans aimed at “woke” programs, Fox News has learned, despite the administration’s move to rescind the original Office of Management and Budget memo — effectively ending the legal battle and any “confusion” for recipients.  A federal judge on Tuesday paused the Trump administration’s…

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EU keen to work with Donald Trump on China’s ‘non-market policies’: trade chief

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In rare admission, senior official says bloc should be ‘ready to explore deeper EU-US cooperation on economic security’ vis-a-vis Beijing. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3296741/eu-keen-work-donald-trump-chinas-non-market-policies-trade-chief?utm_source=rss_feed

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Russian stock indices in the green on Wednesday — market data

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Global platforms remain relatively calm https://tass.com/economy/1906109

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Hamas to release three Israeli hostages on January 30

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Arbel Yehud, who is being held hostage by Hamas’ ally, the Palestinian radical Islamic Jihad movement, was supposed to be released on January 25 https://tass.com/world/1906105

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Lee Zeldin faces Senate confirmation vote to lead Trump’s EPA

Fox News The Senate will vote Wednesday on whether to confirm former Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the government’s leading agency on environmental rules and regulations. President Donald Trump tapped Zeldin, who previously served as a congressman from New York’s 1st Congressional District from 2015 to 2023, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under…

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Georgia leaves PACE over sanctions but remains in Council of Europe

Pravda Ukraine Thea Tsulukiani, head of the Georgian parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has told European Pravda that Georgia is “withdrawing from PACE” in response to the assembly’s decision to impose sanctions on Georgian MPs. Source: European Pravda Details: Tsulukiani announced the decision to suspend Georgia’s work in…

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Syria’s leader Sharaa named president for transitional period, state news agency says

Jerusalem Post The announcements emerged during a meeting in Damascus attended by commanders of armed groups that fought alongside Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to oust Bashar al-Assad from power. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-839840

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Howard Lutnick, Trump Commerce secretary pick, says it’s ‘nonsense’ that tariffs cause inflation

Fox News President Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, Howard Lutnick, told senators the argument that tariffs cause inflation is “nonsense” during a confirmation hearing. “The two top countries with tariffs, India and China, do have the most tariffs and no inflation,” Lutnick noted.  “A particular product’s price may go up,” he conceded,…

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Israeli strike kills three Turks trying to cross from Lebanon to Israel, Turkey says

Jerusalem Post Procedures are underway to repatriate their bodies to Turkey, Turkey’s foreign ministry said. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-839838

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Inner structures dismantling started on board of wrecked tanker

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. A technical dam is closed to be completed near the ship hull, providing for operations of heavy machinery, the center noted https://tass.com/economy/1906103

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