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Heavy winter storm prompts blizzard warnings across East Coast ahead of Sunday snowfall
Forecast models now show the system strengthening more than previously expected
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NYC faces property tax hike after Hochul rejects Mamdani's push to raise income taxes on wealthy
Hochul made clear that she is unlikely to change her stance on income tax hikes
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Trump says he’s raising global tariffs to 15% from 10%
Trump says the new rate is ‘effective immediately’
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Former Detroit Lions linebacker charged with assaulting officers during January 6 riot
Williams, who played for the Lions during the 2016 season, was arrested in Savannah and charged with a felony charge of assaulting, impeding, and resisting officers, and obstruction of law enforcement, the Justice Department announced.
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Trump teases Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary
Trump has been announcing his cabinet positions this week, including nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, and Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.
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Rand Paul says he wants to eliminate cybersecurity agency but will likely reorganize it instead
The senator said that some ways CISA could be reorganized are by having more hearings over its alleged meetings with social media companies during the 2024 election cycle.
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RFK Jr promises to be an 'honest public servant' if confirmed as HHS secretary
"I will provide Americans with transparency and access to all the data so they can make informed choices for themselves and their families," Kennedy wrote on X. "My commitment to the American people is to be an honest public servant."
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USPS warns it must continue cutting costs in order to avoid a government bailout
"If we do nothing more, we remain on the path to either a government bailout or the end of this great organization as we know it," the Postal Service said Thursday.
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'Layers of plausible deniability': GOP blasts feds for lack of transparency at final COVID hearing
NIH official refuses to even tell Congress if the "process" has started to investigate Fauci advisor who repeatedly admitted, in writing, circumventing the Freedom of Information Act to hide discussions on COVID origins.
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Trump names Doug Collins as VA Secretary
"Doug is a Veteran himself, who currently serves our Nation as a Chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command, and fought for our Country in the Iraq War," he added.
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Trump names top DOJ deputies to work under Gaetz
Blanche defended Trump during Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush money trial.
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Pentagon releases new report detailing rise in UAP incidents but no evidence of aliens
The Pentagon's report explored 757 previously unexplained sightings from around the world, which were reported to the U.S. between May 1, 2023, and June 1, 2024. The investigators found explanations for 300 of the reports, but hundreds remain under investigation.
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House Republicans call for FEMA briefing on alleged discrimination against Florida Trump supporters
A whistleblower filed a complaint regarding the incident last week, stating that employees were allegedly told in late October that they should skip houses of Trump supporters when canvassing in Lake Placid, Florida. At least 20 houses were reportedly skipped over the guidance.