Category: USA
Donation Scams Compound Suffering for Wildfire Victims
New York Times Online fund-raisers with stories of loss and desperation have become a symbol of the Los Angeles wildfires’ destruction. Officials warned of scammers using them to prey on people’s generosity. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/la-fires-donation-scams.html
Read MoreFox News Politics Newsletter: Sparring with Bondi
Fox News Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump transition, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. Here’s what’s happening… -Biden warns of ‘ultra-wealthy’ ‘oligarchy’ despite accepting donations from Dem mega-donors -‘Worst farewell speech in presidential history’: Biden’s Oval Office goodbye panned as ‘dark’ -Race for DNC…
Read MoreState senator pushed to the ground, arrested while trying to enter Georgia House chamber
Fox News A Georgia state senator and hardline supporter of President-elect Trump was pushed to the floor and arrested while trying to enter the state House chamber on Thursday. State Sen. Colton Moore, who last year tried to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis impeached for indicting Trump, tried to enter the House floor…
Read MoreTrump taps Mel Gibson as ‘special ambassador’ to Hollywood
Jerusalem Post Once shunned for antisemitic remarks, Mel Gibson now represents Trump’s Hollywood agenda. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-837937
Read MoreFormer Central Banker Mark Carney Seeks Leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party
Wall Street Journal Carney disclosed his intentions to a crowd in Edmonton, Alberta, the western Canadian city where he spent the bulk of his youth, promising an economic agenda focused on lifting the country from a period of stagnant growth. https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-central-banker-mark-carney-seeks-leadership-of-canadas-liberal-party-178072a6
Read MoreJohnson Installs Crawford on Intelligence Panel, Pulling It Closer to Trump
New York Times The speaker replaced a Republican who had criticized the president-elect and broken with him on key issues, and who had drawn the ire and suspicion of those close to the president-elect. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/rick-crawford-house-intelligence.html
Read MoreBiden Tightens Cybersecurity Rules, Forcing Trump to Make a Choice
New York Times The president’s latest executive order accelerates the move to mandatory compliance by software providers. It may run afoul of the Trump mandate to deregulate. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/biden-trump-cybersecurity.html
Read MoreTrump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland
New York Times Negotiations over an 836,000-square-mile island may fall to a close friend of Elon Musk with experience in deal-making. Just not that kind of deal-making. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-greenland.html
Read MoreICE says it will needs massive funding hike, tens of thousands more beds to implement Laken Riley Act
Fox News Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is telling lawmakers that the Laken Riley Act, an anti-illegal immigration bill expected to hit President-elect Trump’s desk in the coming weeks, will cost an additional $3 billion due to the agency needing an additional 60,000 detention beds. ICE responded to questions by Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., on…
Read MoreBiden’s Meta ‘censorship’ revelations ‘vindicated’ Alito dissent in RFK Jr case
Fox News The announcement by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that Facebook and Instagram would end their work with third-party fact-checkers and ease certain content restrictions was praised by some conservative activists, who cheered it as a “vindication” for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who dissented from the rest of the court in late 2023 in…
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