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Former President Donald Trump has released a five-minute video in which he rambles on how the January 6 Committee findings were a ‘monstrous lie’.The video, which was posted to his Truth Social platform on Friday night sees Trump refusing the report’s findings that he was ultimately responsible for the 2021 Capitol insurrection.’The unselect committee did not produce a single shred of evidence that I in any way intended or wanted violence at our capitol,’ Trump said. ‘The evidence does not exist because the claim is baseless and a monstrous lie.’There was no insurrection and there was not going to be an insurrection. It was made up by these sick people,’ Trump stated

December 24, 2022

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At least 12 people across the US have been killed — including four in a nasty 50-car pileup crash in Ohio — as a wicked bomb cyclone wreaked havoc with snow, sub-zero temperatures, and high winds. Three people died in weather-related crashes in Oklahoma, while another three were killed on icy roads in Kentucky, Fox Weather reported. Another person was killed after their vehicle overturned in Missouri, and a person in Texas died after prolonged exposure to the frigid temperatures. In Ohio, at least four people were killed and several others were injured in a massive, 50-car pileup Friday amid treacherous “whiteout conditions,” the Ohio State Highway Patrol

December 24, 2022

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A cross-section of Mexican journalists, columnists, and cultural commentators demanded in an open letter that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stop harassing critical media, arguing he fans the flames of violence with his rhetoric. The letter, signed by nearly 200 prominent Mexicans, was published in newspapers and shared widely on social media a week after a well-known journalist was ambushed by motorcycle-mounted gunmen who shot at his armored vehicle. Television and radio host Ciro Gomez Leyva survived the December 15 attempt on his life, and since then controversy over the leftist Lopez Obrador’s attacks on media critical of his government has grown. Accused

December 23, 2022

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s EX- Caroline Ellison was facing up to 110 years in prison before she agreed to cooperate with the federal government, her plea agreement shows.The former Alameda hedge fund CEO, 28, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in an agreement signed on Monday.“The total maximum sentence of incarceration on Counts One through Seven of the Information is 110 years’ imprisonment,” the document filed by the US attorney for the Southern District of New York read.The agreement also indicates that Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang had agreed to “cooperate fully” with the feds, in exchange for which they will likely get much lighter sentences. Crypto

December 23, 2022

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Donald Trump plans to argue that a New York law allowing a writer to sue him over her claim that he raped her decades ago is unconstitutional, according to a court filing. In a filing in Manhattan federal court this week, lawyers for Trump said they would move to dismiss the lawsuit filed last month by E Jean Carroll, in part on grounds that the law is invalid. Trump denies Carroll’s claim that he raped her in a dressing room in the department store Bergdorf Goodman 27 years ago. The former Elle magazine columnist is suing Trump for defamation and battery under New York’s Adult Survivors Act.The law was spurred by the #MeToo movement, during which many women

December 23, 2022

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The Internal Revenue Service on Friday gave millions of Americans a one-year reprieve on new tax-reporting requirements, delaying implementation of a law that requires e-commerce platforms such as eBay, Etsy, and Airbnb to give the tax agency information on users with more than $600 in revenue. The delay means the platforms won’t have to send sellers and the IRS a blizzard of 1099-K tax forms early in 2023, and it gives opponents of the $600 threshold more time to push for a change in the law next year.“The additional time will help reduce confusion during the coming 2023 tax filing season and provide more time for taxpayers to prepare and understand the new

December 23, 2022

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The House on Friday passed the massive $1.7 trillion measure to fund the government as they raced to hold a final vote ahead of a monster storm bearing down on the East Coast. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden, who said he will sign it into law. It includes large increases in defense and domestic spending along with billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine. The final vote was 225 yes to 201 nays and one present. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the only Democrat to vote no. Nine Republicans voted yes. Additionally, more than half of the lawmakers in the House, 230, voted via a proxy, taking advange of COVID-related rules to beat the storm and get out of

December 23, 2022

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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg wants to expand his media empire — and is interested in buying either Dow Jones, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal or the Washington Post, according to a report. Citing sources “familiar with Bloomberg’s thinking,” Axios reported Friday that Bloomberg wants to expand his namesake media empire and sees Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones as a perfect fit. While the former mayor of New York sees a Dow Jones acquisition as “ideal,” he also would be interested in acquiring the Washington Post if owner Jeff Bezos is interested in selling, believing the combination would create “a formidable potential competitor to The New York Times,” according

December 23, 2022

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A Chick-fil-A in North Carolina has been fined $6,450 for paying workers with meals instead of money and violating child labor laws, the Department of Labor has announced. An investigation by the DOL found that at a Chick-fil-A in Hendersonville, N.C., three employees under 18 were assigned hazardous tasks, such as operating, loading, and unloading the trash compactor.” Protecting our youngest workers continues to be a top priority for the Wage and Hour Division,” said Richard Blaylock, the district director for the department’s Raleigh, North Carolina’s Wage and Hour Division. “Child labor laws ensure that when young people work, the work does not jeopardize their

December 23, 2022

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Trevor Bauer was reinstated Thursday by Major League Baseball’s independent arbitrator, allowing the pitcher to resume his career at the start of the 2023 season.The 31-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers star was given an unprecedented two-season suspension without pay by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on April 29 for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy after a San Diego woman said Bauer beat and sexually abused her last year, an accusation the pitcher denied.The players’ association filed a grievance on behalf of the former Cy Young Award winner, and a three-person panel headed by independent arbitrator Martin Scheinman

December 23, 2022

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The “once-in-a-generation” deadly “bomb cyclone” moving across the US is expected to hit peak intensity Friday — bringing one of the coldest-ever Christmases as well as travel chaos with more than 5,000 flights grounded. Winter Storm Elliott has already triggered a state of emergency for New York, starting at 6 a.m. Friday, and left two-thirds of the nation under some form of an extreme weather alert. Temperatures have already plummeted 50 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas — with forecasters warning of worse to come.“If you’re waking up in Chicago at 27 (degrees) and feeling like it’s cold, there’s a whole new reality coming your way,” Fox Weather meteorologist

December 23, 2022

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Three people have been killed and others severely injured after an elderly ‘far-right’ gunman opened fire in Paris, sparking ‘total panic’ as bloodshed returned to the streets of the French capital. The shooter, believed to be a 69-year-old retired train driver from France who attacked a migrant camp last year, shot blindly’ near the Ahmet-Kaya Kurdish Cultural Centre in a bustling part of the city near the Gare du Nord at around noon. In a nearby hair salon, a hero officer managed to wrench the gun from the killer, who was only released from prison 11 days ago, to stop the horror rampage after bullets rang out near the Eurostar station, also striking a nearby restaurant. Paris public prosecutor Laure

December 23, 2022

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Two people have died and four wounded after a shooting in central Paris, French media have reported. Le Parisien newspaper said a man aged about 70 opened fire on a group of people at the Kurdish cultural center on the rue d’Enghien in the French capital’s 10th arrondissement. One witness told Agence France-Presse that seven or eight shots had been fired, causing chaos in the street. Police arrested the alleged gunman and seized his weapon soon after, according to reports. Paris police tweeted that a police operation was underway and asked people to avoid the area, which is close to a number of busy shopping streets and the Grand Rex, often described as Europe’s

December 23, 2022

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Florida is once again the fastest-growing state in the U.S., according to a Census report released Thursday, reclaiming the top spot for the first time in more than 60 years. The Sunshine State saw a 1.9 percent population increase from 2021 to 2022, surpassing population growth in any other state for the first time since 1957. Since 1946, Florida’s population has grown every year — even when U.S. population growth slowed overall. But in past years, it’s been edged out by Nevada, a state whose population today is a whopping 22 times its population in 1946. Florida isn’t the only state with a rising population. Overall, the U.S. population is ticking back up after historic lows during the

December 23, 2022

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Japan’s core inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly 41 years in November, fueling market speculation that the Bank of Japan would look to tighten monetary policy in 2023. After the central bank’s surprise move Tuesday to raise its cap on a key interest rate, market watchers are split over whether more is coming next year. But they agree inflation will be a key factor in the decision. Core consumer prices—a measure that covers all prices except fresh food—rose 3.7% from a year earlier in November, the fastest pace since December 1981, government data showed Friday. Beneath the headline figure is other signs that Japan has broken out of its decades-long rut of near-zero

December 23, 2022

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Target Corp. has recalled more than 200,000 weighted blankets after receiving reports that two young children died by suffocation earlier this year, the retail giant and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. The federal agency said a young child can unzip the cover of the Pillowfort Weighted Blanket and become trapped inside. A 4-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl in North Carolina reportedly became trapped in the cover and died due to asphyxiation this April, according to the CPSC.“Target has received four reports of children becoming entrapped in these weighted blankets, including the two fatalities,” the CPSC, the agency in charge of consumer

December 23, 2022

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Juan Guaidó – swept to international renown in 2019 during anti -government protest when he declared Venezuela’s authoritarian president an illegitimate ruler and himself the interim leader.It was a major and bold move backed by the United States and dozens of other nations and the most serious threat to President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government.But on Thursday, with Mr. Maduro still firmly in control of the country, it seemed Mr. Guaidó’s mandate might be nearing its end.In a vote held by the opposition legislature that exists parallel to Mr. Maduro’s government, Mr. Guaidó’s own colleagues voted overwhelmingly to end his interim government.The decision

December 23, 2022

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Dreams of a white Christmas week deteriorated to panic over whiteout conditions Thursday as Americans braced for what forecasters called “once in a generation” winter storm chaos. The warnings sounded across the United States: Get ready for feet of snow, freezing rain, subzero temperatures, power outages, and ruined holiday plans. The Midwest hunkered down for a potential “bomb cyclone,” which meteorologists described as a cross between a hurricane and a blizzard. At least 4,200 flights were canceled ahead of the busiest travel weekend of the year, and icy roads imperiled drivers. Highway patrol troopers in Wyoming responded to more than 100 car wrecks in 12

December 23, 2022

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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has issued its final report. This is the culminating document of its work over 18 months, which included reviewing emails, text messages, call logs, and White House records, and conducting more than 1,000 interviews. The report lays out in further detail what had been shared in televised hearings over the summer and fall. Those hearings explored the scope of Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, despite being repeatedly told that his fraud claims were false; Trump and his allies’ pressuring of state and local officials to overturn results; and Trump’s campaign to get Vice

December 23, 2022

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An internal investigation at TikTok parent company ByteDance found that several employees accessed the TikTok data of several US journalists and a “small number” of other people connected to them, according to internal emails obtained by The New York Times that were confirmed independently by The Verge. The accessed data includes the reporters’ IP addresses, which were used to see if they had been physically near TikTok employees who were leaking information to the press.In an email to employees, ByteDance CEO Rubo Liang described the incident as “misconduct of a few individuals,” and TikTok General Counsel Erich Andersen described it as a “misguided plan [that] was

December 22, 2022

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Representative-elect George Santos broke his silence on Thursday, vowing that he would come forward next week to address questions surrounding his background. Mr. Santos has been the subject of intense scrutiny following the publication of a New York Times report that raised questions about whether he misrepresented key parts of his background and finances, and filed incomplete or inaccurate congressional disclosures.“I have my story to tell and it will be told next week,” Mr. Santos, a Republican, said on Twitter. Mr. Santos, 34, has refused to answer any questions from The Times about his past and finances and has only pointed to a statement released by his lawyer that

December 22, 2022

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The openly gay congressman-elect accused of lying about his professional career in finance and his college education also failed to disclose his recent divorce from a woman and appears to have made up details about his family escaping the Holocaust.During the 2022 election cycle, Republican George Santos of New York described himself as being gay and married to his pharmacist husband. Now, a bombshell report from the Daily Beast alleges that there is no record of that marriage.There is, however, a record showing that Santos was married to a woman named Uadla Vieira, a native of Brazil, until 2019. The couple was married in 2012.DailyMail.com has now obtained an

December 22, 2022

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Groups under the direction of pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk received $1.25 million. Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and far-right media personality, scored $200,000. Roger Stone, the Trump adviser, and self-proclaimed “dirty trickster,” received funds to fly privately to Washington.This money — aimed at financing protest activity on Jan. 6, 2021, that preceded the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol — came from Julie Fancelli, a daughter of the founder of the Publix grocery store chain.In all, Fancelli, 73, was willing to shell out as much as $3 million to people and groups protesting congressional certification of Joe Biden’s victory, according to a transcript of her interview before

December 22, 2022

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Senators passed a $1.65 trillion spending bill just ahead of the Christmas holiday and a gathering winter storm, after breaking an impasse related to immigration policy and racing through more than a dozen amendments.The bipartisan bill passed in a 68-29 vote. It includes $858 billion in military spending, $45 billion more than President Biden had requested and up about 10% from $782 billion the prior year. It also includes $772.5 billion in nondefense discretionary spending, up almost 6% from $730 billion the prior year. The overall discretionary price tag works out to about $1.65 trillion, compared with $1.5 trillion the prior fiscal year.The bill includes changes

December 22, 2022

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be released on $250 million bail in a deal designed by federal prosecutors and Bankman-Fried’s defense attorneys, a New York federal judge ruled on Thursday. Bankman-Fried was indicted in the Southern District of New York on eight counts including securities fraud and money laundering. Judge Gabriel Gorenstein said that Bankman-Fried would require “strict” supervision following his release to his parent’s home in California.His parents, both Stanford Law professors, were present in the courtroom. Bankman-Fried was flanked by two U.S. Marshals, dressed in a suit and tie. Parents would put up the equity in their home to partially satisfy bail

December 22, 2022

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Governor, Ron DeSantis, has appointed a judge who was previously ousted over a controversial ruling where he denied a teenager an abortion, citing her school grades.DeSantis appointed Jared Smith to the newly established sixth district court of appeal, an appointment which will begin on 1 January 2023. Smith previously served as a judge on the Hillsborough county court until he was ousted in August after his decision on the abortion-related case. In January, Smith had ruled that a 17-year-old teenager was unfit to obtain an abortion as hequestioned her “overall intelligence”. According to Florida law, both parental notification and consent are required in order for a minor

December 22, 2022

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Chinese chemical companies are playing a major role in the U.S. fentanyl crisis as the main producers of ingredients needed to make the drug.Strained relations between Beijing and Washington are undermining efforts to stop the flow of those chemical building blocks, and thus impeding the struggle against illicit fentanyl.Among the available products are compounds with obscure names – N,Phenyl,4,piperidinamine which Mexican cartels purchase to make into fentanyl. Opioid has become the most deadly illegal drug the U.S. has ever seen.A few years ago, a joint effort to limit the flow of illicit fentanyl was a successful point of collaboration in a tense U.S.-China relationship. In 2018,

December 22, 2022

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For the past few years, Republicans have largely stood by as various figures have sought to raise their profiles in the conservative movement by advancing baseless allegations of voter fraud — from Trump-aligned lawyers such as L. Lin Wood, Sidney Powell, and Rudy Giuliani to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. An apparent obstacle to the party taking action: Such figures were saying much the same thing as Donald Trump (and some were directly working for him, to advance his stolen-election cause in public and in court). So the GOP simply offered its own watered-down reasons for questioning the 2020 results,

December 22, 2022

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The average life expectancy for Americans shortened by over seven months last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That decrease follows an already big decline of 1.8 years in 2020. As a result, the expected life span of someone born in the U.S. is now 76.4 years — the shortest it has been in nearly two decades. The two reports, released by the CDC on Thursday, show deaths from COVID-19 and drug overdoses, most notably synthetic opioids like fentanyl, were the primary drivers of the drop in life expectancy.”It’s not a good year for the data, let’s put it that way,” says

December 22, 2022

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Spain kicked off the festive period Thursday with the celebration of one of its most iconic events, the bumper Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo” (The Fat One). The most sought-after prize shells out 400,000 euros ($425,000), or some 325,000 euros after tax, to holders of winning 20-euro tickets, known as décimos.In keeping with tradition, the winning numbers are called out by children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school in a nationally televised draw at Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house. The incredibly popular lottery will dish out a total of 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in prizes, much of it in hundreds of

December 22, 2022

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Facing imminent investigation by House Republicans, Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has hired a high-profile Washington lawyer who represented Jared Kushner in Congress, as well as during the investigation of Russian election interference and links between Donald Trump and Moscow.“Hunter Biden has retained Abbe Lowell to help advise him and be part of his legal team to address the challenges he is facing,” another attorney for the president’s son, Kevin Morris, told news outlets on Wednesday.“Lowell is a well known Washington based attorney who has represented numerous public officials and high

December 22, 2022

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Sam Bankman-Fried left the Bahamas on Wednesday night and landed in New York after he was transferred to – FBI custody Bankman-Fried who is being prosecuted in the Southern District of New York, faces fraud and other criminal charges related to the sudden implosion of his billion-dollar empire and crypto exchange FTX. The alleged fraudster will appear in front of a federal judge “as soon as possible,” Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams said in a Wednesday night statement.Bankman-Fried flew out of Nassau’s Odyssey Airport at about 7 p.m. The former billionaire was filmed by local

December 22, 2022

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An ABC producer used her credentials to create fake hit pieces on local politicians in Florida while pocketing thousands from a political lobbying firm, a report said. Kristen Hentschel who mostly worked for “Good Morning America” — was paid at least $14,350 by an Alabama-based political consulting firm Matrix LLC to sandbag the environmentally-friendly politicians with bogus questions, according to a report released Wednesday by NPR and Floodlight. Hentschel claimed to be working for ABC while filming the hit piece. The company said she had not been assigned to the story.“Kristen Hentschel was a

December 22, 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an impassioned and emotional plea to Congress on Wednesday for continued American support against Russia’s unrelenting assault, speaking personally and passionately about why Ukraine needed more aid and weapons to lawmakers whose ranks include some vocal skeptics of future reinforcements.Zelensky’s address to a joint session of Congress came after he met with President Biden during an extraordinary day in Washington that marked the Ukrainian leader’s first international trip since Russia invaded Ukraine 300 days ago. The two projected a united front at the

December 22, 2022

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The attorney who charged Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend and FTX co-founder gave a stern warning to all crypto crooks to come forward while plea deals are still on the table. Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX co-founder, as well as his ex-girlfriend, have both pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges as part of the deal for leniency.FTX’s Gary Wang and Alameda Research’s Caroline Ellison – who once dated the embattled crypto crook – entered the guilty pleas in exchange for easier sentences at the Southern District of New York Court today. Wang and Ellison have been charged ‘in connection with their roles and the frauds that

December 22, 2022

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President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet for Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Wednesday, giving him a warm welcome even as some Republicans are unhappy with the Ukrainian president’s visit.Biden, joined by first lady Jill Biden, kept Zelensky close, putting his arm around him to show his support. That demonstration of America’s commitment will include $1.85 billion in additional military assistance for Ukraine and a gift of the Patriot Air Defense System, an anti-missile system.A huge tranche of funding for Ukraine is in the federal budget bill that lawmakers will vote on this week. Some

December 21, 2022

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Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov has announced that over 10,000 additional Starlink terminals will be sent to Ukraine in the coming months, confirming that issues regarding how to fund the country’s critical satellite internet service have been resolved. The governments of several European Union countries are ready to share payment said Fedorov (who is also Ukraine’s minister for digital transformation) in an interview with Bloomberg, affirming that “As of now all financial issues have been resolved.” Fedorov did not publicly identify which governments are contributing towards

December 21, 2022

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The National Football League is in advanced talks to give Google’s YouTube exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, a subscription-only package that allows football fans to watch most Sunday afternoon games, people familiar with the matter said. An agreement could be reached as early as Wednesday, following a meeting of NFL owners, who approve rights deals. Terms being discussed for the agreement couldn’t immediately be learned. Satellite broadcaster DirecTV, which is co-owned by AT&T Inc. and private-equity firm TPG Inc., currently pays $1.5 billion annually for Sunday Ticket rights, The Wall Street

December 21, 2022

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The tax returns of former President Donald Trump and his wife Melania show they reported negative income in four of the six years between 2015 and 2020. In three of those years — 2015, 2016, and 2017 –the Trumps reported income tax liability of just $750 or less, a report from the House Ways and Means Committee revealed. The Democrat-controlled panel voted 24-16 along party lines Tuesday evening to release Trump’s tax returns following a legal battle that began in 2016. The full release of the returns is expected in the coming days after all personal information is redacted from them. In the six-year

December 21, 2022

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Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers running back whose heads-up thinking created the “Immaculate Reception”, considered the most famous play in NFL history, has died. He was 72. Harris’s son, Dok Harris, said his father died overnight. No cause of death was given. Harris’s death comes two days before the 50th anniversary of the play that helped transform the Steelers from also-rans to elite and three days before the team will retire his No 32 jersey at halftime of a game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Harris ran for 12,120 yards and won four Super Bowls with the Steelers in the 1970s, a

December 21, 2022

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On Tuesday morning, a woman called Zahra was preparing to take final exams to complete her arts degree at a university in the Afghan capital, Kabul. By evening, she was effectively expelled because of her gender, like every other female university student in Afghanistan. The Taliban government issued a statement suspending all women from attending university the highest level of education most Afghan girls will be able to attain is grade 6 the final year of primary school.A spokesman for the ministry of higher education, Ziaullah Hashmi confirmed the news to NPR and tweeted out the announcement

December 21, 2022

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Back in August, Florida officials announced they were charging 20 people with alleged voter fraud. It was the first big set of cases investigated by the state’s new election crimes unit, which was created at the urging of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.The statewide prosecutor recently secured one conviction through a plea deal. But at least three other cases so far have been dismissed on procedural grounds. And attorneys representing those who were charged say Florida’s cases face a tough road — even if they make it to trial.The state’s effort has been a controversial one. Many of the individuals charged with voting

December 21, 2022

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The recent George Soros-backed takeover of 18 Hispanic radio stations, including Miami’s flagship conservative Radio Mambí, is doomed to fail, according to two hosts who quit the station as a result of the planned new progressive agenda.“This is going to be a failure — I am 100 percent sure of that,” Venezuelan-born former Radio Mambí host Lourdes Ubieta told The Post she believes. She quit the station after she learned of the takeover during the summer. “They did this to silence conservative Hispanic voices but it’s not going to work.”In June, the Soros-backed Latino Media Network bought Mambí a mainstay of

December 21, 2022

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The Biden administration will send to Ukraine the most advanced air defense weapon in its arsenal, the Patriot missile system, a senior administration official said late Tuesday, marking the most significant addition to American military support for the government in Kyiv in months.The Patriot is to be included in a new $2 billion package of weapons that President Biden plans to unveil Wednesday, marking the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington, said the official, who spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity in advance of a formal announcement.The visit, during which Zelensky

December 21, 2022

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Mortgage executive Mat Ishbia has agreed in principle to buy a majority stake of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury from the embattled owner Robert Sarver for $4bn, the sides announced Tuesday. The sale is expected to take several weeks to complete. Ishbia – who is chairman, president, and chief executive of United Wholesale Mortgage, which bills itself as the nation’s largest mortgage lender – will be subjected to a vetting process by the NBA, and once that is complete, the league’s board of governors will have to approve the sale. The board isn’t scheduled to meet until March, though it could convene

December 21, 2022

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The Democrat-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted on Tuesday evening to release Donald Trump’s tax returns.It ends a nearly four-year-long fight between liberal lawmakers and the former president, who fought tooth and nail to shield his financial statements from public view. The debate lasted for more than three hours behind closed doors before a final vote of 24 to 16. All Democrats voted in favor of the action while all Republicans on the panel voted against it.It’s not immediately clear when the documents will be released. ‘Regrettably, the deed is done,’ Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the

December 21, 2022

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Migrants have taken over the streets of El Paso – where food banks are just days from running dry – after making last-ditch border dashes ahead of Title 42 being lifted. Desperate migrants huddled at bus stops and propped up makeshift tents in freezing temperatures after already making their long and treacherous journeys to Texas. After fighting off looting cartels, walking through hazardous jungles, and cramming on overcrowded fishing boats, many of the exhausted asylum seekers told DailyMail.com they were relieved to have made it to the US before the deadline.More than 400 National Guard

December 21, 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Joe Biden and deliver an address to members of Congress during a visit to Washington on Wednesday, Zelenskyy and a senior administration official said. In a call with reporters Tuesday night, the administration official detailed a program scheduled for Zelenskyy at the White House that was expected to include an extended sitdown with Biden and meetings with key members of his national security team and Cabinet. The official said Zelenskyy will also travel to Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are expected to be voting on a massive funding

December 21, 2022

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Ferrying Cubans to the U.S. in the past year has become a billion-dollar business involving airlines, charter operators, and travel agents working from strip malls in Florida to airports across Central America and the Caribbean.Immigration figures show a quarter of a million Cubans have arrived in the U.S. in the past year. Many of them paid thousands of dollars each to get away from the communist island and its crumbling economy, flying to Nicaragua and then paying coyotes, or migrant smugglers, to guide them across Mexico to the U.S. border.A handful of airline companies have carried tens of thousands of Cubans

December 20, 2022

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Argentina’s World Cup heroes have had to cut short their open-top bus victory parade and greet jubilant fans from the sky in helicopters after fans threw projectiles and tried to jump on the team’s bus.Lionel Messi and his fellow World Cup-winning players were transferred to helicopters after four million supporters thronging the streets of Buenos Aires made it impossible for them to continue their journey.The helicopters carrying the footballers circled low above the skies of the capital including the area around the iconic Obelisk monument as crazed fans chanted and applauded before taking them back to the

December 20, 2022

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to continue wielding his political influence in school board races across the state after his campaign helped two dozen conservative candidates win during this year’s midterm elections. The Republican governor this week said he intends to flip more local seats from liberal to conservative-leaning education officials, taking aim at boards in areas such as Broward and Hillsborough counties that have pushed back against Republican policies. Speaking at a school board training event he hosted in Orlando on Monday, DeSantis criticized “obnoxious” board members who

December 20, 2022

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The nation’s two largest pharmacy chains are limiting purchases of children’s pain relief medicine amid a so-called “tripledemic” of respiratory infections this winter. Both CVS and Walgreens announced Monday that demand had strained in-store availability across the country of children’s formulations of acetaminophen and ibuprofen, both of which aim to reduce pain and fevers.CVS will limit purchases to two children’s pain relief products in CVS stores and online. Walgreens will implement a six-item limit on online purchases (sales at its physical locations are not limited).”Due to increased demand and various

December 20, 2022

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New York City developer Stephen Ross and Miami developer Jorge Perez had a partnership for more than 40 years. Their separate companies shared almost the same name. Now that alliance—along with an arrangement to essentially stay out of each other’s home markets—has dissolved. Mr. Ross’s Related Companies and Mr. Perez’s Related Group are free to compete head-on. An early test of their new relationship could be one of the most valuable pieces of land in the U.S., a waterfront parcel in downtown Miami that was recently put on the market. Both men have expressed interest in the 15.5 acres of land owned by

December 20, 2022

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Wells Fargo & Co. reached a $3.7 billion deal with regulators to resolve allegations that it harmed more than 16 million people with deposit accounts, auto loans, and mortgages. The settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau includes a $1.7 billion penalty and more than $2 billion in consumer restitution; the regulatory agency said Tuesday consumer watchdog agency said the bank illegally assessed fees and interest charges on loans for cars and homes. Some consumers had their vehicles illegally repossessed while others had overdraft fees unlawfully applied, the agency said.“Wells Fargo’s rinse

December 20, 2022

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