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Trump Taps FCC Vet and Project 2025 Author to Head the Agency

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr, the senior Republican commissioner on the Federal Communications to chair the federal agency. In a statement published on Sunday evening, Trump called Carr a “warrior for Free Speech” and promised he would “end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America.” A former general counsel for the agency, Carr was first nominated for a position as commiss
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Mountain Fire evacuation warnings lifted

Officials announced that all evacuation warnings for residents affected by the Mountain Fire were lifted as of 3 p.m. Sunday. Evacuation orders were originally issued after the blaze first broke out on Nov. 6 near Balcom Canyon and Bradley roads in Somis. The evacuation orders were later downgraded to evacuation warnings on the afternoon of […]
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Review: ‘Elf: The Musical’ Brings Will Ferrell’s Merry Movie to Broadway

Elf: The Musical (Marquis Theatre, to Jan. 4) passes an important test of a seasonal Broadway show. It passes the wide smile/slightly moistened eyes/ridiculous amount of falling snow test, and—more significantly—passes the far more difficult actually-not-annoying-for-kids-and-adults test. All the major elements of Will Ferrell’s hit 2003 movie remain in place in the stage musical directed by Philip WM. McKinley. Buddy the elf (Grey Henson) heads to New York City from the North Pole in search of
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Trump Rethinking Treasury Pick After Finalist Annoys Him: Report

The fight over a key position in Donald Trump’s Cabinet is heating up, as business leaders, billionaires, and Wall Street executives are all pushing the president-elect to choose their preferred candidates to lead the Department of the Treasury. Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, emerged over the weekend as two of the leading candidates for Treasury Secretary—an important economic position that will play a critical role in the president-elect’s pla
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Trump Wants Iowa Pollster Investigated After She Predicted a Harris Win

Donald Trump is calling for the investigation of pollster Ann Selzer after she released a bombshell Iowa poll just days before the presidential election that showed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris up in the state by three points. The infamous poll, which came out three days before the election and instilled false hope for many Democrats, showed Harris at 47%—with rival Donald Trump at 44% in the state. Ultimately, Selzer was off by 16 points.
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Several injured, 2 hospitalized after L.A. bus collides with other vehicles

A bus collided with other vehicles in Los Angeles on Sunday, leaving two people hospitalized, according to authorities. The crash was reported at 11:04 a.m. in the area of 5025 S Broadway Street in South L.A. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, an LA Metro bus was involved in a three-vehicle collision. Images captured […]
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Bill Clinton Says He ‘Still’ Predicts There Will Be Female President ‘Pretty Soon’

Bill Clinton has said that he believes the first female president of the U.S. will be elected “soon” but suggested that it may be “easier” for her to be a Republican candidate. In an interview with Tracy Smith on CBS Sunday Morning ahead of the launch of his book “Citizen,” the former president spoke candidly about his hopes for a Donald Trump “conversion” and the possibility of America electing a woman president. When asked by Smith about whether America was “just not ready” to elect a female p
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‘F*** you’: Brazil’s First Lady Aims Expletives at Elon Musk

Speaking at an event about social media misinformation on Saturday at the G20 summit, Brazilian First Lady Janja Lula da Silva swore at billionaire Elon Musk, who owns the platform X. Lula da Silva, wife to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, spoke at length during her address about the way regulations can help stop the spread of false information online—policies that appear to be the antithesis of Musk’s approach to running X, formerly known as Twitter. According to Reuters, a ship’s horn went
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Fetterman Credits Musk With Trump Being ‘Strongest’ in Three Election Cycles

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has admitted that Elon Musk “helped move the needle” in getting Donald Trump elected, adding that the president-elect will be able to “run the table” with Republicans winning the House and the Senate. In an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union, Fetterman said he had previously warned Democrats about the prospect of Republicans taking charge of national policy-making through smart politics. “Trump is the strongest that he’s been in the three cycles,” h
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