Category: USA
Trump transition team asks 3 State Department officials to resign: report
Fox News Trump’s transition team has reportedly asked three senior career diplomats to step down from their roles, according to Reuters. Dereck Hogan, Marcia Bernicat and Alaina Teplitz, the career diplomats who were allegedly asked to leave their roles, oversee the State Department’s workforce and internal coordination. This request could signal the Trump team’s desire…
Read MoreIndia Edges Closer to Acknowledging Role in Plot to Kill American
Wall Street Journal A government inquiry called for legal action against an unnamed person involved in the foiled conspiracy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/india-edges-closer-to-acknowledging-role-in-plot-to-kill-american-101a642f
Read MoreDeSantis Picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to Replace Marco Rubio
New York Times Ashley Moody, a Republican, would take the seat of Senator Marco Rubio once he is confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s secretary of state. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/desantis-ashley-moody-senate.html
Read More145 House Dems vote against bill to deport migrants who commit sexual assault
Fox News More than 140 Democrats voted against a House bill to deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes on Thursday. The legislation passed along bipartisan lines in a 274 to 145 vote. All present Republicans supported the bill, while the opposition was all made up of Democratic lawmakers. The bill was first introduced by…
Read MoreWhat foods contain red dye No. 3, and how do you avoid them?
Washington Post Red dye No. 3 must be removed from food by mid-January 2027 and excised from ingested drugs the following year after the FDA’s decision to ban it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/01/16/foods-red-dye-3/
Read MoreNetanyahu Strikes Cautious Tone on Cease-Fire as He Tries to Hold Government Together
Wall Street Journal The Israeli prime minister has to convince his right-wing base that the arguments he made against ending the war for 15 months no longer apply. https://www.wsj.com/articles/netanyahu-strikes-cautious-tone-on-gaza-cease-fire-as-he-tries-to-hold-government-together-95612202
Read More‘No better dealmaker’: Trump reportedly considering executive order to ‘save’ TikTok
Fox News President-elect Trump is seeking to “save” the popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, according to his transition team – even if the Supreme Court looks to enforce a federal law that could essentially outlaw it in the U.S. When questioned on Wednesday about a Washington Post report claiming that Trump might issue an…
Read MoreMan Is Arrested in Connection With Little Mountain Fire
New York Times The police in San Bernardino, Calif., said they had apprehended a man in connection with the small brush fire. The blaze’s progress had been stopped by fire crews, officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/mountain-fire-arrest.html
Read MoreDeSantis announces choice for Senate appointment after Rubio’s expected resignation
Fox News Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., revealed on Thursday who he plans to appoint to the Senate once Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., resigns, as he is expected to be confirmed to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of State after his inauguration. The governor selected Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to be the next senator. CONFIRMATION…
Read MoreTrump, Vance official portraits released ahead of inauguration
Fox News The Trump-Vance Transition Team unveiled on Thursday the administration’s official portraits of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance. “In just four days, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States and JD Vance as the 50th Vice President of the United States — and…
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