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• Trump’s Cabinet and staff tracker: Here’s who is among the White House appointments so far

  18-11-2024 20:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Here is who Donald Trump has chosen to fill key cabinet positions in his second administration
  
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• Laken Riley murder trial latest: FBI agent testifies suspect’s phone data places him ‘very close’ to killing as day two wraps up

  18-11-2024 23:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan native who entered the US illegally, is charged with the February killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley
  
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• Two women told House ethics panel Matt Gaetz paid them for sex with Venmo, lawyer says

  18-11-2024 23:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorneys for women who testified to ethics panel are putting pressure on lawmakers to release report
  
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• Actors Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are engaged. She backed him through domestic violence trial

  18-11-2024 22:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Actors Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are engaged
  
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• Sarah Palin appears miffed Trump isn’t nominating her for a cabinet spot

  18-11-2024 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Sarah Palin is the Mother of MAGA,’ one social user wrote. Then added that it looks like ‘she will not get a seat at the table that she helped set’
  
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• Trump’s attorney general pick Matt Gaetz paid two women for sex using Venmo, lawyer says

  18-11-2024 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorneys for women who testified to ethics panel are putting pressure on lawmakers to release report
  
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• Man wakes up from surgery after stabbing his wife and ’spontaneously’ admits he killed his mom, police say

  18-11-2024 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The circumstances of the murder and any motive remain unclear, according to Vallejo, California, police
  
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• Matt Gaetz paid two House ethics committee witnesses for sex, lawyer says

  18-11-2024 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorneys for women who testified to ethics panel are putting pressure on lawmakers to release report
  
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• Rudy Giuliani demands court delay his defamation trial so he can attend Trump’s inauguration

  18-11-2024 22:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former mayor has relinquished control of his Mercedes-Benz —a move he called ‘wholly improper’
  
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• Rain and snow are set to cause chaos across the US during Thanksgiving travel

  18-11-2024 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Snow and rain may snarl early Turkey Day travel this week and into the weekend
  
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• Elon Musk’s bromance with Donald Trump isn’t going down that well in MAGAworld anymore

  18-11-2024 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  He may have reached ‘uncle status’ with Trump’s granddaughter Kai, but Musk has already started to fall out with the people surrounding the president-elect. That hasn’t stopped him continuing to push to influence Cabinet picks, however
  
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• Trump appears to be planning to attend SpaceX 'Starship' launch scheduled for Tuesday in Texas

  18-11-2024 21:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk’s influence in the Republican’s orbit
  
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• Laken Riley murder trial latest: Court hears suspect Jose Ibarra’s wife ask ‘what happened with the girl’ in jail phone call

  18-11-2024 21:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan native who entered the US illegally, is charged with the February killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley
  
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• Suspect, 51, in fatal stabbing attacks around New York City had 8 prior arrests including one last month

  18-11-2024 20:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  A man who carried out a string of stabbings across New York City, killing two people and critically wounding a third, had been arrested eight times in the past.
  
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• Trump’s popular vote total drops below 50 percent as he confirms plan to use military for mass deportations: Live

  18-11-2024 20:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect continues to nominate allies to key government posts and cabinet positions as he builds his second administration
  
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• Fowl weather! Rain and snow are set to cause chaos across the US during Thanksgiving travel

  18-11-2024 20:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Snow and rain may snarl early Turkey Day travel this week and into the weekend
  
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• Furious Kremlin – and Trump allies – attack Biden’s ‘escalation’ of Ukraine war

  18-11-2024 20:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Starmer promises to ‘double down’ as he faces pressure to follow suit with British weapons
  
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• Nephew accused of shooting his police dispatcher uncle dead because he felt ‘unloved’

  18-11-2024 20:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jose Torres, 37, was trimming trees in his yard on November 15 when his nephew, 22-year-old Antonio Guzman arrived
  
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• Trump joked about a third term in 2028. So can he run again?

  18-11-2024 20:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 22nd amendment bars presidents from a third term in office. Is it enough to stop Trump?
  
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• UK hits Iran with new sanctions for supplying missiles to Russia

  18-11-2024 19:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.K. government has hit Iran with new sanctions for sending ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia in support of the war against Ukraine
  
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• Trump claims he has an ‘unprecedented’ mandate. Experts say it’s actually very small

  18-11-2024 19:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump doesn’t have the mandate he thinks he does, presidential historians tell Richard Hall — and Democrats should stop acting like he does
  
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• Crowd cheered as two transgender women were attacked at Minneapolis rail station, advocates say

  18-11-2024 19:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The pair moved from Iowa to Minnesota last year under the 2023 ‘Trans Refuge’ law, according to a rally organizer
  
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• US sanctions group that builds illegal West Bank settlements, with close ties to Israeli government

  18-11-2024 19:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on organizations and firms involved in illegal settlement development in the occupied West Bank, including a well-established decades-old group that has close ties with Israeli leadership
  
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• Video: Knife-wielding suspect hurls axe at police car

  18-11-2024 19:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  A suspect was filmed on dashcam footage throwing a hatchet at a police car in Springfield, Massachusetts, on 11 November.
  
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• RFK Jr is Trump’s pick to ‘Make America Healthy Again.’ Here’s all the agencies he could oversee

  18-11-2024 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Eric Garcia breaks down just how much power Kennedy would have should he lead the agency
  
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• Haitian families are fleeing Springfield before Trump returns to White House

  18-11-2024 18:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  During his campaign, Trump pushed false rumors about immigrants eating pets in the Ohio city
  
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• Polls show growing support for mass deportation as Trump threatens to use military

  18-11-2024 18:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect has suggested a national emergency could be declared on the issues as new poll shows support for deportation has grown since Trump was last in power
  
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• Sara is unlikely to hit the U.S. as a hurricane – that doesn’t mean the Gulf Coast is in the clear

  18-11-2024 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Remnants from the tropical storm are expected to bring severe weather to Florida and the Gulf Coast, including wind gusts up to 60mph
  
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• Laken Riley murder trial latest: Victim’s mother sobs in court as bodycam reveals ‘fingernail scratches’ on suspect’s arm

  18-11-2024 18:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan native who entered the US illegally, is charged with the February killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley
  
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• Two Brits killed after ‘Narco speedboat’ falls off trailer and smashes into car in Spain

  18-11-2024 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Zodiac drug boat caused a massive pile-up after falling into the busy motorway at around 70mph
  
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