Politics & Policy
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Trump-backed candidate officially wins Honduras presidential election
The election officials made the official call nearly a month after the Nov. 30 election, and announced that Asfura received 40.27% of the vote.
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App offers alternative to classroom phone ban
As the concern over cell phones in the classroom rises, banning them from schools will not solve the deep-rooted issue, says the founder of Opal, a phone app that helps users with daily screen time and blocks games and social media. The movement to ban the
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Georgia judge grants investigating board access to Fulton County 2020 presidential ballots
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the Republican-led Georgia Election Board will have access to 2020 presidential ballots and documents, but it will need to cover the estimated $400,000 cost of producing the materials.
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Trump knocks Biden for imposing drilling ban during transition
Trump is likely to attempt to rescind that ban and has touted energy production as a means of lowering every day costs and combating inflation.
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Trump declines to rule out military acquisition of Panama Canal, Greenland
He has openly floated the acquisition of Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even Canada in recent weeks.
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Trump announces $20 billion data center investment deal with DAMAC properties
Hussain Sajwani, the firm's chairman, appeared alongside him to confirm the investment plan, with Trump.
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Watch Live: Trump speaks from Palm Beach
President-elect Donald Trump is holding a press conference in Palm Beach, Florida.
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With GOP running Capitol Hill, Democrat lawmaker proposes end to congressional oversight of D.C.
"The review period is costly for DC, rarely used by Congress, and causes DC bills to be unnecessarily delayed for months," Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton wrote on X.
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Colorado launches microgrid development plan
Microgrids are local energy systems that operate independently of the main power grid. They allow homes, businesses, and local services, like hospitals, to stay connected to electricity amid widespread power grid outages.
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Trump announces Donald Trump Jr will visit Greenland, continues to float buying it from Denmark
Trump claimed in a post on Truth Social that his son will take a group of representatives with him to the northern territory, and will be meeting with the locals rather than Greenland officials. The trip is currently planned for Tuesday.
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Oil industry seeks end to climate change lawsuits
The energy companies have petitioned the Supreme Court to review the case that could block state and local governments, including Honolulu, from pursuing state lawsuits that accuse fuel producers of duping the public about climate change.
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Trump quips Trudeau resigned because Canadians want to join U.S.
Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday amid a historic collapse in public support for his ministry.
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Trump vows to ‘un-ban’ Biden’s ‘ridiculous’ ban on offshore oil drilling, but that may prove hard
Unlike many of Biden’s anti-fossil fuel actions, the permanent ban on offshore drilling isn’t by way of an executive order, and that may make it more difficult for Trump to simply overturn Biden’s "green" directive.