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Southwest pilot forcibly removed from cockpit for being too drunk

Jerusalem Post The flight was delayed by almost five hours due to Southwest Airlines searching for a replacement pilot. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-837886

House Republican introduces bill to redirect funds employing IRS auditors to instead hire more border agents

Fox News FIRST ON FOX – Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is introducing a bill that aims to redirect funding from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to fund the hiring of more Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill, titled the “Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Today Act” or the “DIRECT Act,”…

U.S. Hits Sudan’s Leader With Sanctions Over Brutal Civil War

Wall Street Journal Biden administration last week penalized a Sudanese rebel group of committing genocide. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-hits-sudans-leader-with-sanctions-over-brutal-civil-war-3948cab9

Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever

New York Times Stephen Miller was the architect of Donald J. Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda in his first term. Now he is back with fewer internal rivals and even more influence with the president. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/stephen-miller-trump.html

Zeldin grilled by Democrats on climate change, Trump’s stance on carbon emissions during EPA hearing

Fox News Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin sat for his confirmation hearing to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, and was grilled by Democrats on his views of climate change. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member, questioned Zeldin on the effects of carbon dioxide and pollutants on the…

Vance hosts top-dollar fundraiser ahead of Trump inauguration

Fox News Vice President-elect JD Vance, in a role that he’s likely to repeat with frequency in the years ahead, hosted a top-dollar fundraiser that attracted some of the leading figures and donors in President-elect Trump’s political orbit. The $250,000-a-plate fundraiser, which was confirmed to Fox News by a source familiar with the details, was…

SNAP recipients may be barred from junk food purchases under new House GOP bill

Fox News House Republicans are eyeing new limits on food stamps driven by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to “Make America Healthy Again.” Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is leading “The Healthy SNAP Act” to bar most junk foods from being eligible for purchase under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), he first told Fox News…

Steady global economic growth leaves poorest nations behind, World Bank says

Washington Post Global growth is expected to hold at an annual rate of 2.7 percent for the next two years, the same as in 2024, the bank’s economists said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/16/world-bank-economy-outlook/

Conservative group reveals how Trump can clean house at Department of Education, lists top bureaucrats to fire

Fox News FIRST ON FOX – The American Accountability Foundation, a conservative government research nonprofit, assembled a “watch-list” of top bureaucrats at the Department of Education who it recommends President-elect Donald Trump should fire. The nonprofit, which is funded by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, published the list on its website. The AAF…

‘Rings hollow’: Biden ripped for warning of oligarchy ‘taking shape’ in US despite deep ties to billionaires

Fox News President Biden was widely panned by conservatives on social media after warning in his final speech to the nation of an “oligarchy taking shape in America.” “That’s why my farewell address tonight, I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern,” Biden said in his farewell speech on…