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Palisades Fire jury in Los Angeles deadlocked; DOJ says 'Trial Continues'
Rinderknecht, a former Uber driver, has insisted he is innocent of the charges and is being set up as a fall guy for the failures of others.
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Top FBI official warns that explosive drone attacks in the US are likely: 'Only a Matter of Time'
“We have seen [what] drones can do overseas with an explosive payload on it,” he also said, adding that they have “not come to the United States yet.”
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Vance hosted GOP senators after Trump's testy exchange, leading to reversal on war powers resolution
Following the dinner, the Senate voted on it again, and this time the vote on a nearly identical war powers resolution failed, handing Trump a victory.
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California woman gets 30 years in prison for leading ‘transnational 'Terrorgram’ group from her home
The Justice Department said 35-year-old Dallas Humber served as a leader of the white supremacist transnational terrorist group from July 2022 to September 2024.
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Trump announces deal with nine pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices
The three holdouts remaining are Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie and Regeneron, but Johnson & Johnson is expected to meet with the Trump administration next week.
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GAO finds 61% of public libraries have health or safety issue, 40% have a failing major system
The audit’s findings are based on a nationally representative survey of about 16,400 public libraries across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. territories.
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US launches airstrikes against ISIS in Syria in retribution for deaths of Americans
The attacks were on ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites in Syria.
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Year in Review: Fort Bragg back on world’s largest military installation
The base was also tied into better than $400 million worth of projects through the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 signed by second-term Republican President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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Exclusive: ICE gives Christmas gift to Americans by arresting 'worst of the worst' criminal migrants
The arrests occurred Thursday and includes an illegal migrant from Chile who is allegedly part of the transnational organized crime enterprise the South American Theft Group. The migrant was convicted of burglary in California.
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GOP Rep Elise Stefanik suspends New York gubernatorial campaign
Stefanik said she reached the decision while spending the Christmas season with her family, but that her decision to step back from public life was not made lightly.
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New House committee report highlights increasing terrorism threat in U.S.
Feds have identified at least 18,000 known or suspected terrorists who were released into the US under Joe Biden.
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Year in Review: Explosive report verifies troubled FEMA actions
The Federal Emergency Management Association, always a target of critics during times of disaster while helping struggling survivors piece together their lives, was pivotal for western North Carolinians when Hurricane Helene spun into the state on the last weekend of September 2024.
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DOJ releases first batch of Epstein files, 1,200 people identifies as victims or their relatives
The Justice Department said it would not release all the files at once, but would be delivering several hundred thousand documents on Friday and then release more in the coming weeks.