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Democrats to continue Epstein files investigations next year
The House Oversight Committee recently released a 137-page report detailing how Epstein, who died in custody awaiting trial in 2019, and his close associate Ghislaine Maxwell evaded justice for decades “due to a wide array of governmental, institutional, and individual failures.”
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Duffy attributes FAA ground stop to possible contractor error, faulty equipment
"What we're working to determine was whether we had incompetence, meaning was it user error, installer error from L3Harris, or did they install a faulty router?" he said.
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Taxpayers own $31 billion in F-35 parts but Pentagon can’t account for them all
The watchdog found the Department of War does not maintain complete records of the parts, which sit at more than 700 contractor and government facilities around the world.
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Trump pressures Grassley to abandon 'blue slip' custom delaying judicial confirmations
Trump claimed in a post on Truth Social that, given the current political climate, the procedure would mean that Democratic senators would block conservative judges.
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Tsunami alerts issued for Hawaii, Alaska, West Coast after massive earthquake hits Russia
Hawaii was placed under a Tsunami watch while an investigation into the threat is being conducted, with forecasters predicting any waves that rock the islands would hit around 7:17 p.m. Hawaiian time, which is 1:17 a.m. Eastern.
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Cory Booker declares Democratic Party needs a 'wake up call' in fiery Senate speech
Booker said his party needed to "wake up" and stop its complicity with the Trump administration, demanding they fight back harder despite being a minority in all three branches of the federal government.
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Senate confirms Susan Monarez to lead the CDC
Monarez could be seen as an unorthodox choice because of her background of having a PhD instead of being a medical doctor. But she has post doctoral training in Microbiology and Immunology from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Trump claims Wall Street Journal is looking to settle over Epstein story
The president has denied writing a birthday card for Epstein that was part of the project, which he claimed he told the outlet before it published the story. He has since claimed the story has caused “overwhelming financial and reputational harm” to him.
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Justice Department fires two antitrust officials for alleged insubordination
The antitrust division is responsible for overseeing and investigating allegations of anticompetitive behavior among major businesses, and often sues to stop major mergers from taking place that would result in monopolies.
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Trump says he believes Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago resort spa
The president claimed his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein was over the convicted felon stealing employees from his Florida resort.
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White House touts $150B in tariff revenue over past six months
The announcement came in the wake of Trump unexpectedly landing a trade agreement with the European Union to leave in place 15% tariffs on imports from the continent and to secure additional trade concessions from the bloc.
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Tennessee lawmaker breaks rib after being kicked by horse
Burchett said he was kicked by his horse after it was bitten by a horse fly on Sunday, but that he continued to attend events on Monday and Tuesday as scheduled. The lawmaker attended three events on Monday and two events Tuesday.
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Whistleblower complaints temporarily stall Bove nomination vote
If Bove is confirmed, it is for a lifetime appointment on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.