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Newsom calls for looting to be a felony in evacuation zones amid LA inferno

Fox News FIRST ON FOX: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for looting in fire evacuation zones to be a felony after prosecutors in Southern California urged him this week to issue harsher penalties, Fox News Digital has exclusively learned. “Preying on people at their most vulnerable is despicable, these criminals are among the worst…

President Biden’s climate standards for walk-in freezers could face reckoning under new GOP resolution

Fox News EXCLUSIVE: Congressional Republicans are pushing back against President Biden’s regulations on appliances with a resolution that seeks to circumvent new green energy standards for freezers. In December 2024, Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) announced a final rule setting more stringent climate standards for walk-in coolers and freezers. The new regulation is currently set…

Burgum grilled on environmental issues targeted by Trump during confirmation hearing: ‘Drill, baby, drill’

Fox News Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump’s nominee for interior secretary, was pressed by the Senate on his environmental agenda and whether his mission aligns with that of Trump, who plans to overturn many environmental rules and regulations enacted under the Biden administration. A confirmation hearing was held by the Senate Energy…

Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations

New York Times Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/perdue-jbs-slaughterhouses-child-labor.html

Bondi spars with Schiff at testy confirmation hearing: ‘You were censured’

Fox News Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice, was involved in a sharp clash with Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Wednesday as the California senator quizzed Bondi over whether she would prosecute Trump’s political opponents. Schiff, a vocal critic of the president-elect, asked Bondi about whether she would investigate former…

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…