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• Biden Under Fire for 'Typical Leftist Hypocrisy' Over Menu Choice for His First State Dinner

  01-12-2022 23:54
  President Joe Biden’s menu choice for his first White House state dinner with a foreign leader has spurred allegations of hypocrisy.
  The Biden White House shipped in 200 Maine lobsters in preparation for a Thursday dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to WCSH.200 live lobsters were shipped from Maine to the White House yesterday morning to prep the butter-poached lobster course of tomorrow night’s State Dinner … per Chef Comerford. @FLOTUS in background pic.
  
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• 'God Has Blessed Us': Kayleigh McEnany Reveals Son's Name as She and Husband Welcome Him to the World

  01-12-2022 23:53
  Fox News “Outnumbered” co-host Kayleigh McEnany announced the birth of her and her husband Sean Gilmartin’s second child on Thursday.
  “[Sean] & I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Nash! What a truly joyful time. God has blessed us immensely!” she tweeted.
  Gilmartin is an 11-year veteran Major League Baseball pitcher, who played most recently for the Tampa Bay Rays..@GilmartinSean & I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Nash! What a tr
  
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• BlackRock Delivered Major Blow by DeSantis Admin, CFO Slams Woke ESG Policies

  01-12-2022 23:53
  BlackRock took a massive hit this week from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.
  Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Jimmy Patronis, announced Thursday that the Florida Treasury is set to divest over $2 billion in state taxpayer funds from the investment firm, which is billed on its website as “one of the world’s leading providers of investment, advisory and risk management solutions,” according to Florida’s Voice.
  Patronis cited his lack of trust in BlackRock&rs
  
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• Op-Ed: Will We See Justice for the COVID Vaccine Cover-Up?

  01-12-2022 23:45
  Last September, WXYZ-TV in Detroit posted on social media asking if people had lost loved ones to COVID-19 even after the vaccines had been made available to everyone. Seemingly, they were hoping to receive a large number of testimonials from people who would claim their losses were due to their family member’s refusal to receive the vaccine.
  However, the response was the polar opposite: The network received an overwhelming number of replies from vaccine-injured individuals, as well as tho
  
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• Hillary Clinton says US should not engage in nuclear talks with Iran as protestors stand up 'to their oppressors'

  01-12-2022 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  The US should not be negotiating with Iran "on anything right now," including a nuclear agreement, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday.
  
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• Major Leap Forward in Gruesome Cold Case: DNA Link to Prominent Family Discovered

  01-12-2022 23:20
  After six decades, the young victim of a terrible murder will finally be identified after Philadelphia police made a huge breakthrough in the case.
  The victim, a boy between the ages of 3 and 7, was found dead back in 1957 and was known as the “Boy in the Box.”
  According to WCAU-TV, the slain boy’s identity had been a mystery ever since he was discovered in a box, naked and terribly beaten, in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood.
  According to Bill Fleisher of the Vidocq
  
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• Fireworks Erupt as Democratic Senator Tries to Keep Ted Cruz from Asking Key Hunter Biden Questions

  01-12-2022 23:08
  Democrats might have escaped the midterm bloodbath they so richly deserved, but the scandals surrounding President Joe Biden and his son are still making them nervous.
  That much was obvious from a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where a question from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for a Biden ambassador nominee sparked an angry exchange between Cruz and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
  It gave a hint at what the country can look forward to when Republicans take over the House
  
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• Why Democrats should like the early voting patterns in the Georgia Senate runoff

  01-12-2022 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  More than 1 million Georgians have voted early (absentee or in-person) ahead of Tuesday's Senate runoff election. The compact nature of the early voting period for the runoff makes it difficult to make an apples-to-apples comparison with what occurred during the November general election.
  
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• Jim Jordan Puts 2 Censorship Operatives on Notice with Scathing Letter - Time Is Ticking

  01-12-2022 22:41
  A newly-minted majority in the House of Representatives could usher in a reckoning for the politicians who covered for President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
  Shortly before the 2020 presidential election, the New York Post released a bombshell report about a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden that was chock-full of incriminating evidence on the shady business dealings of the Biden family.
  Almost immediately, there was a concerted effort to quash the story, with the media, Big Tech, and gov
  
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• NYC Mayor Adams Enrages Liberals with New Plan to Deal with Mentally Ill, Homeless

  01-12-2022 22:36
  Leftists are seething after New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan to deal with the mentally ill and homeless in the city.
  In a Tuesday statement, the mayor said, “This directive lays out an expedited, step-by-step process for involuntarily transporting a person experiencing a mental health crisis to a hospital for evaluation.”
  “It explicitly states that it is appropriate to use this process when a person refuses voluntary assistance, and it appears that they are suffe
  
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• American Convicted of Trying to Join ISIS Receives Only 4-Year Prison Sentence, 'Far Below' What Government Requested

  01-12-2022 22:31
  After being arrested in May 2021 and charged with crimes related to an attempt to join the terrorist Islamic State group, a Seattle man was sentenced to just four years in prison on Tuesday.
  Federal prosecutors had requested a 15-year sentence for Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams, but the judge gave him only a fraction of that, citing the 22-year-old’s mental health issues, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Washington.
  Williams was arre
  
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• Brittany Aldean Makes Her Position on Balenciaga Clear After She's Seen Carrying Trash Bags

  01-12-2022 22:04
  Brittany Aldean, the wife of country music star Jason Aldean, made it very clear what she thinks about luxury fashion house Balenciaga in a bold statement on Instagram.
  On Thursday, the Daily Wire reported that Aldean took to Instagram with a picture of her carrying out trash bags full of Balenciaga merchandise with the caption, “It’s trash day.”
   
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  A post shared by Brittany Aldean (@brittanyaldean)This comes on the heels of a couple of di
  
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• This Is Why Kari Lake Can't File Her Main Lawsuit Until All Arizona Counties Certify the Election

  01-12-2022 21:56
  The ongoing saga over Arizona’s Nov. 8 governor’s race continues, and this time around, MAGA candidate Kari Lake’s plans to file suit contesting the results have run into a bit of a hiccup.
  Lake, a boisterous America First candidate known best for her frequent spars with the media, began slamming Arizona’s voting system since long before any ballots were cast.
  This has been driven in part by the fact that her opponent and presumed governor-elect, Katie Hobbs, is currently
  
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• Senate reaches deal to vote quickly on averting a rail strike

  01-12-2022 21:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Senate reached an agreement Thursday to hold votes aimed at avoiding an economically catastrophic rail strike.
  
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• Friend of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz sentenced to 11 years in prison in sex trafficking case

  01-12-2022 21:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Friend of Rep. Matt Gaetz sentenced to 11 years in sex trafficking case.
  
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• Two Democrats Sentenced to Prison for Vote-Buying Scheme in 2016 Election

  01-12-2022 21:33
  A pair of Louisiana Democrats were sentenced to a year each in prison for violating federal election laws with a vote-buying scheme during the 2016 election.
  Jerry Trabona and Kristian “Kris” Hart were the police chief and a City Council member, respectively in Amite City, about 50 miles northeast of Baton Rouge.
  “A former police chief in Amite City, Louisiana and a former Amite City councilmember were each sentenced yesterday to one year in prison for violating federal electio
  
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• McCarthy Issues Warning to Jan. 6 Committee About What's Coming Once GOP Takes Control of Congress

  01-12-2022 21:25
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California has sent a letter warning the committee investigating the Capitol incursion that all of its work must be preserved so that the incoming Republican majority can review what has taken place.
  “I remind you and your staff on the Committee to preserve all records collected and transcripts of testimony taken during your investigation,” McCarthy wrote to the committee’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, on Wedn
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for Antonio Brown, former Buccaneers wide receiver, in Florida for alleged battery

  01-12-2022 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Florida police are seeking to arrest former Buccaneers and Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• Elon Musk vs. Tim Cook, Sam Bankman-Fried's media apology tour, and why shopping on Amazon is getting worse

  01-12-2022 21:18 via cnn.com
  Crypto detective "Coffeezilla" tells Nightcap's Jon Sarlin that somebody at FTX "criminally screwed up." Plus, The Washington Post's Geoffrey Fowler on how Amazon risks turning customers off by showing so many ads in search results. And CNN's Clare Duffy has the latest on the spat between Elon Musk and Tim Cook. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
  
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• House Judiciary Republicans delete 'Kanye. Elon. Trump.' tweet as rapper praises Hitler

  01-12-2022 21:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee deleted their Oct. 6 tweet that appeared supportive of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after months of
  
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• Yale sued over 'systemic discrimination' against students with mental health disabilities

  01-12-2022 21:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Yale University is being sued over what students say is "systemic discrimination" against students with mental health disabilities.
  
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• Watch the Dazed Look on Joe Biden's Face as Jill Biden Has to Direct Him Off Stage

  01-12-2022 21:11
  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended the 100th National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in Washington, D.C. yesterday, but many left discussing Biden’s antics once again.
  In what has become an all too familiar sight, Biden ended his speech by standing and staring, seemingly completely lost and needing to be escorted off-stage by his wife while he took the microphone with him instead of leaving it on the podium.Confused old man takes the mic with him pic.twitter.com/6ANsf
  
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• LeBron James Gets Testy with Reporters, Attempts to Spark Racism Controversy Over 65-Year-Old Photo of an NFL Owner

  01-12-2022 21:11
  Just to get this out of the way: LeBron James, the former Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and current Los Angeles Lakers star, is the only player who should ever be in the same discussion with Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain as the greatest NBA player of all time. He is a once-in-a-generation talent, the kind of player whose actual on-court game should be the blueprint for any young aspiring basketball player going forward.
  LeBron James is also a once-in-a-generation twit.
  There are countles
  
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• Insured losses from weather disasters will exceed $100B for second year in a row, new data shows

  01-12-2022 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Extreme weather disasters so far this year have caused $115 billion in insured losses around the globe, with Hurricane Ian inflicting the largest insured loss of roughly $50 to 65 billion, new data from reinsurance company Swiss Re shows.
  
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• Insured losses from disasters will exceed $100B for second year in a row, led by Hurricane Ian, new data shows

  01-12-2022 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Extreme weather disasters so far this year have caused $115 billion in insured losses around the globe, with Hurricane Ian inflicting the largest insured loss of roughly $50 to 65 billion, new data from reinsurance company Swiss Re shows.
  
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• Insured losses from disasters will exceed $100B for second year in a row, led by Hurricane Ian, data shows

  01-12-2022 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Extreme weather disasters so far this year have caused $115 billion in insured losses around the globe, with Hurricane Ian inflicting the largest insured loss of roughly $50 to 65 billion, new data from reinsurance company Swiss Re shows.
  
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• Fans Horrified After Ex 'American Idol' Judge Appears Unrecognizable in Video: Something Isn't Right

  01-12-2022 21:03
  I’m going to go way out on a limb here and say that Simon Cowell is still getting work done.
  Daring, I know. But sometimes we have to call ’em like we see ’em in the hard-hitting world of online news.
  Plus, you know — there were a bunch of other people saying similar stuff on Twitter already. So it seemed fair.
  The former “American Idol” judge recorded a video encouraging people to audition for what I still think of as his “new” show, “Britai
  
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• Supreme Court to hear arguments on Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

  01-12-2022 20:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court delayed a decision on allowing President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, announcing it will hear oral arguments on an expedited basis.
  
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• Closing arguments begin in the Trump Organization's tax fraud trial

  01-12-2022 20:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Closing arguments begin in the tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization, which is accused of a sweeping, 15-year scheme to compensate top executives off the books.
  
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• Yellen to Colbert: 'I practiced and I practiced' signature for US currency

  01-12-2022 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  Sheets of dollar bills rolling off the presses at the Fort Worth Bureau of Engraving and Printing will soon bear the signature of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
  
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• French Woman Makes History at Men's World Cup

  01-12-2022 20:21
  French referee Stéphanie Frappart became the first woman to take charge of a men’s World Cup game on Thursday as she blew her whistle to start Germany’s game against Costa Rica.
  Frappart also had two women as assistants — Neuza Back of Brazil and Karen Diaz Medina of Mexico — to complete an all-female refereeing team on the field.
  Kathryn Nesbitt of the United States was also working at the Al Bayt Stadium as the offside specialist in the video review team.
  FIFA ha
  
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• Breaking Arizona Election Update: Katie Hobbs' Office Threatened to Arrest County Board

  01-12-2022 19:26
  Arizona’s Democratic Secretary of State and Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs’ top deputy threatened the Mohave County Board of Supervisors with prosecution if it didn’t certify her election results before a Monday deadline, according to emails and documents reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
  Arizona State Elections Director Kori Lorick wrote several letters and emails to members of the board, warning them of criminal charges if they refused to certify the results in time. The
  
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• Black Creeks expelled from tribe finally get their day in court, 43 years later

  01-12-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  A version of this story appeared in CNN's Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here.
  
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• UN Comes Right Out and Says Exactly How It Feels About Israel - Founding Was a 'Catastrophe'

  01-12-2022 18:26
  The United Nations General Assembly voted on Wednesday to hold an event commemorating Israel’s establishment as a “catastrophe.”
  In a majority, 90 member countries voted in favor of the move, with 30 dissenting and 47 abstaining from the vote, according to the Jerusalem Post. The United States and most of the European Union came out against the proposal.
  The word “Nakba” is an Arabic word meaning catastrophe, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Palestinians use the
  
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• Jim Clyburn becomes assistant leader, stays in Democratic leadership

  01-12-2022 18:26 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Jim Clyburn, who is the current Democratic whip, was elected by affirmation as assistant leader in the next Congress after Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island launched a last-minute bid to run against him Wednesday.
  
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• Western US residents warned against traveling as a winter storm is expected to bring feet of snow

  01-12-2022 18:18 via cnn.com
  
  More than 10 million people across at least nine western states are under winter alerts, including cities such as Seattle and Salt Lake City, as winter storms sweep through the region.
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried says he 'got a little cocky'

  01-12-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of now-bankrupt FTX, has fallen from the peak of crypto celebrity, but he's not going quietly. In back-to-back interviews, he's portrayed himself as a clumsy and repentant businessman.
  
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• Danny Masterson hung his jury without saying a word

  01-12-2022 17:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  The judge presiding over the rape case against “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson declared a mistrial Wednesday after the jury reported that it was
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Believes She's Got Perfect Rebuke of Musk, Doesn't Realize She Just Made His Case

  01-12-2022 17:53
  Leftists’ collective meltdown over Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has made them careless, and their unchecked reactions have exposed their undeniable hypocrisy to the world.
  Perhaps no Democrat’s remarks were more revealing than those of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday.
  When questioned about Musk’s leadership of the social media platform by Fox News reporter Hillary Vaughn, she replied: “I think that one human being should not decide how millions o
  
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• Gaylord Perry, Baseball Hall of Famer, two-time Cy Young winner and master of the spitball, dies at 84

  01-12-2022 17:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball who wrote a book about using pitch, died Thursday.
  
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• 82-year-old Alabama woman arrested after she failed to pay the trash bill, police say

  01-12-2022 17:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Martha Louis Menefield, 82, of Valley, Alabama, was arrested Sunday after failing to pay her trash bill, authorities said.
  
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• Two Big NATO Members Push for New Command Center: 'No One Should Believe That Attacks Would Remain Without Consequences'

  01-12-2022 17:43
  NATO’s secretary-general on Thursday welcomed a recommendation by Germany and Norway for the military alliance to set up a center tasked with protecting undersea infrastructure, such as gas pipelines and telecommunication cables.
  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said after talks with his his Norwegian counterpart on Wednesday that they would ask NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to set up such a center. He pointed to the trans-Atlantic alliance’s “proven coordination capabil
  
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• Lava Is Flowing Toward a Crucial Highway, and Humans Are Powerless to Stop It

  01-12-2022 17:41
  Rivers of glowing lava oozing from the world’s largest active volcano could swallow the main highway linking the east and west coasts of Hawaii’s Big Island this weekend, and there’s nothing humans can do to stop it, experts said.
  Mauna Loa awoke from its 38-year slumber on Sunday, spewing volcanic ash and debris into the sky. The molten rock is drawing thousands of awestruck viewers to State Route 200 as it passes near Volcanoes National Park, and they have endured a thick sme
  
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• 'Defeated' Seattle Business Owners May Hire Private Security After Rampant Break-Ins, Burglaries

  01-12-2022 17:35
  Seattle, Washington, business owners are running out of options to protect their stores, saying a weak response from city officials has forced them to consider hiring personal security guards, according to KOMO News.
  Tara Espinoza, owner of Queen Anne Dispatch, reported tens of thousands of dollars worth of losses this year, adding that just last week someone attempted to break into her mailing services business, according to KOMO. Business owners have been working to meet with Seattle City Coun
  
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• Mystery Creature Kills Dozens of Cattle in Colorado, No Trace of Any Tracks Left Behind: 'It's Perplexing'

  01-12-2022 17:11
  At least 40 cattle have been found dead in the Meeker, Colorado, area, and no one knows what killed them.
  Someone get Fox Mulder on the phone.
  The obvious theory would be wolves. Gray wolves were common in the area, but were hunted extensively and essentially eliminated from the state 75 years ago or so. However, they were reintroduced in 2020 after voters approved a plan to do so.
  In addition, some gray wolf packs from other areas migrate through Colorado, though Newsweek says it’s too ea
  
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• College Football Playoff Announces Dramatic Format Change After Lone Holdout Gets Onboard

  01-12-2022 17:11
  The College Football Playoff announced Thursday it will expand to a 12-team event starting in 2024, completing an 18-month process that was fraught with delays and disagreements.
  The announcement comes a day after the Rose Bowl agreed to amend its contract for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which was the last hurdle CFP officials needed to clear to triple the size of what is now a four-team format.
  “We appreciate the leaders of the six bowl games and the two future national championship game h
  
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• Florida doctor accused of raping sedated patients dies by suicide

  01-12-2022 17:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Florida doctor accused of raping his sedated patients was found dead on Monday in what has been ruled a suicide, officials said.
  
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• House Democrats set to discuss Trump's tax returns

  01-12-2022 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee will meet Thursday to discuss how to handle six years of former President Donald Trump's federal tax returns, one day after the panel received access to the records following a protracted legal fight.
  
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• E.U. warns Musk to beef up Twitter controls ahead of new rules

  01-12-2022 16:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  A top European Union official warned Elon Musk on Wednesday that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other
  
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• Royal Navy Air Squadron Asks Public for Help Bringing Home a Puppy That They Saved During a Storm

  01-12-2022 16:53
  When the 845 Naval Air Squadron with the Royal Navy buckled down for a storm while stationed in Montenegro, they had no idea that the storm would change their lives forever — in the best sort of way.
  During the onslaught, a stray pup took shelter with the squadron and crawled her way into their hearts.
  Even after the storm passed, the little dog took a shine to the crew, following them around and watching as they replaced the engine on a Merlin helicopter. They named her KT.
  It was clear s
  
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