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Trump and MAGA Are Desperately Trying to Pin New Orleans Attack on the Border

Donald Trump and prominent Republicans have been working to blame the New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 people on New Year’s Eve on the border.
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China announces economic sanctions against 28 US companies

Just before Trump takes office, China has developed means to fight back. The nation has prohibited the export of dual-use products to 28 US defense contractors and classified 10 of them as “unreliable entities.”
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MAGA furious over Liz Cheney’s medal from Biden: “Clown award”

President Joe Biden granted Liz Cheney the Presidential Citizens medal, prompting backlash from some of Donald Trump’s top supporters.
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Liz Cheney, under fire from Trump over J6, will receive presidential medal from Biden

The 20 awards recipients include Americans who fought for marriage equality, an Army nurse during the Vietnam War, and a war correspondent.
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Mike Johnson scrambles to shut down a GOP revolt

The GOP House speaker indicated he is willing to make “process reforms” to appease his skeptics.
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Video New Orleans suspect as lone wolf is a ‘blessing’: Councilman

New Orleans City councilman Oliver Thomas reacts to reports that the FBI and police in New Orleans believe the suspect acted alone.
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Biden and Trump give contrasting reactions to New Orleans attack

President cautions against ‘jumping to conclusions’ while president-elect labels country a ‘disaster’
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10 people injured in drive-by shooting at a nightclub in Queens, New York

Ten people – including some minors – who were waiting in line for a private event at a nightclub in Jamaica, Queens, were injured late Wednesday night in an apparent drive-by shooting, New York City police officials said.
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5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off a pandemic that exposed deep inequities in the global health system and reshaped public opinion about how to control deadly emerging viruses. The virus i…
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower: How You Can See the Big Event

Everything you need to know about the brief but brilliant celestial show kicking off 2025.