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• Timothee Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan chat fame and friendship

  18-12-2024 23:57 via washingtontimes.com
  Timothee Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may be juggling multiple releases and busy schedules, but the bright young stars managed to reunite on Wednesday in London for a conversation at the British Film Institute.
  
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• Gimenez calls out lack of Coast Guard capabilities in the Arctic

  18-12-2024 23:28 via washingtontimes.com
  "We are reviewing the progress -- or lack thereof -- of the Coast Guard's Polar Security Cutter program and discussing strategies to ensure the successful completion of this vital acquisition effort. This issue is of paramount importance -- the United States must be able to operate effectively in the Arctic to safeguard our nation's security and strategic interests in this rapidly changing region," said Rep. Carlos Gimenez, Florida Republican.
  
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• Trump, Vance call on Speaker Johnson to scrap funding patch, raise debt ceiling

  18-12-2024 23:27 via washingtontimes.com
  President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance called on House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday to scrap his proposed short-term spending deal and raise the nation's borrowing limit, dealing another blow to the funding patch with just two days until the deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown.
  
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• GOP senator says Trump's labor secretary pick's pro-union vote won't derail her confirmation

  18-12-2024 23:25 via washingtontimes.com
  Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the first Senate Republican to meet with labor secretary nominee Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, predicted the congresswoman's support for a collective bargaining bill won't derail her confirmation.
  
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• GOP senator says Trump's labor secretary pick's pro-union stance won't derail her confirmation

  18-12-2024 23:25 via washingtontimes.com
  Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the first Senate Republican to meet with labor secretary nominee Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, predicted the congresswoman's support for a collective bargaining bill won't derail her confirmation.
  
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• An arson attack targets a Montreal synagogue and a nearby Jewish office building is damaged

  18-12-2024 23:21 via washingtontimes.com
  A synagogue in a Montreal suburb was targeted in what police suspect was an arson attack early Wednesday, the second time the building in this Canadian city was hit by an incendiary device in little more than a year.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to running 'secret police station' for Chinese government in Manhattan

  18-12-2024 23:09 via washingtontimes.com
  A New York resident pleaded guilty Wednesday to working as an unregistered foreign agent after prosecutors said he ran a "secret police station" in the city on behalf of Beijing's efforts to crack down on Chinese dissidents abroad.
  
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• Oscar Mayer taking applications to drive 'Wienermobile' around U.S.

  18-12-2024 23:00 via washingtontimes.com
  Bologna and hot dog brand Oscar Mayer opened up the window Wednesday to apply to drive its iconic "Wienermobile" around the country.
  
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• CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed

  18-12-2024 22:49 via washingtontimes.com
  CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad's regime was not what it seemed.
  
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• CNN panelist rejects notion of anti-Trump media: 'What media are you talking about?'

  18-12-2024 22:45 via washingtontimes.com
  CNN panelist Julie Roginsky believes the media is biased in favor of conservatives.
  
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• Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona champion, dies at 89

  18-12-2024 22:27 via washingtontimes.com
  Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona 500 champion, died Wednesday. He was 89.
  
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• U.S. tests new hypersonic missile, but still lags far behind China

  18-12-2024 22:23 via washingtontimes.com
  The Pentagon successfully tested a new hypersonic missile last week, but American efforts to match China's growing arsenal of hypersonic missiles still lag years behind.
  
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• Stocks fall sharply, Dow loses 1,100 points after Fed hints at just 2 rate cuts for 2025

  18-12-2024 22:19 via washingtontimes.com
  U.S. stocks tumbled to one of their worst days of the year after the Federal Reserve hinted Wednesday it may deliver fewer shots of adrenalinefor the U.S. economy in 2025 than earlier thought.
  
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• Proposed spending bill offers Maryland Key Bridge funding while opening door for Commanders to leave

  18-12-2024 22:19 via washingtontimes.com
  The temporary spending bill before Congress this week is a mixed bag for Maryland.
  
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• Invasive 'murder hornets' are wiped out in the U.S., officials say

  18-12-2024 22:05 via washingtontimes.com
  The world's largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the "murder hornet" for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours, has been declared eradicated in the U.S., five years after being spotted for the first time in Washington state near the Canadian border.
  
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• Idaho education board abolishes 'DEI ideology' in public colleges

  18-12-2024 21:57 via washingtontimes.com
  The Idaho State Board of Education voted Wednesday to ban offices, centers and policies "dedicated to DEI activities" at public four-year colleges. The move to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives comes amid a national backlash against racial preferences favoring underrepresented minorities in higher education hiring, promotions and student admissions.
  
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• Shutdown: Government funding to run out unless Speaker Mike Johnson finds support for bill

  18-12-2024 21:46 via washingtontimes.com
  Rushing to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson scrambled Wednesday to salvage a stopgap measure to keep federal offices running despite an onslaught of opposition from hard-right conservatives led by President-elect Donald Trump -ally Elon Musk.
  
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• U.S. repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one held 17 years without charge

  18-12-2024 21:43 via washingtontimes.com
  The U.S. has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country, after they pleaded guilty to charges related to deadly 2002 bombings in Bali and agreed to testify against the alleged ringleader of that and other attacks, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
  
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• Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening'

  18-12-2024 21:42 via washingtontimes.com
  The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members said Wednesday that it would be "frightening" if the anti-government group's founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
  
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• U.S. retreats from massive air bag recall, says industry comments show need for more investigation

  18-12-2024 21:30 via washingtontimes.com
  U.S. auto safety regulators have backed away from seeking a giant recall of nearly 50 million air bag inflators and will investigate further after the auto industry raised questions about whether all of the inflators are defective.
  
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• Landmark youth climate ruling upheld in Montana over greenhouse gas emissions

  18-12-2024 21:30 via washingtontimes.com
  Montana's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. slams provision in spending bill that could block probes of Jan. 6 committee

  18-12-2024 21:28 via washingtontimes.com
  Donald Trump Jr. joined the growing criticism of a proposed short-term spending legislation to fund the federal government Wednesday, bashing a section that critics say would interfere with possible investigations of the defunct House Jan. 6 committee.
  
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• Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year

  18-12-2024 21:20 via washingtontimes.com
  The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point - its third cut this year - but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation.
  
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• Biden honors the memory of his first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash

  18-12-2024 21:16 via washingtontimes.com
  President Joe Biden on Wednesday honored the memory of his first wife and baby daughter 52 years after they were killed in a car crash in Delaware.
  
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• Senate advances bill to restore Social Security benefits for government workers

  18-12-2024 21:12 via washingtontimes.com
  Legislation to restore full Social Security benefits for an estimated 2.1 million federal, state and local government workers and their spouses survived a key Senate test vote on Wednesday.
  
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• Pina colada hospitalizations in Fiji not the result of illicit drugs or methanol

  18-12-2024 20:54 via washingtontimes.com
  Seven people hospitalized in Fiji over the weekend after drinking pina coladas at a resort bar were not victims of methanol poisoning or illicit drugs, Fijian officials say.
  
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• House's AI Task Force calls for new scrutiny of national security uses

  18-12-2024 20:38 via washingtontimes.com
  The bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence wants Congress to take a more aggressive role in overseeing AI applications for national security, including weapons systems. The 273-page report published this week recommended "robust oversight" of the Pentagon's policies on autonomous weapons.
  
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• Trump to inherit slowing economy, rising unemployment from Biden

  18-12-2024 20:31 via washingtontimes.com
  President Biden will turn over a slowing economy and a tepidly rising unemployment rate to President-elect Donald Trump, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, describing the headwinds the new administration will face.
  
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• Senate passes major NDAA bill, sending it to Biden

  18-12-2024 20:08 via washingtontimes.com
  The Senate on Wednesday passed a defense bill that gives troops a big pay raise and prohibits the use of military insurance for gender-related treatments among minors, dispatching the legislation to President Biden's desk before the holiday break.
  
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• Lawmakers sneak a pay raise and an exit from Obamacare into year-end spending bill

  18-12-2024 19:52 via washingtontimes.com
  Members of Congress, who haven't received a pay raise in 15 years, plan to boost their salaries by 6% and exempt themselves from Obamacare.
  
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• Drone bill blocked in Senate

  18-12-2024 19:40 via washingtontimes.com
  An effort to push through new authority to detect and interdict drones was blocked in the Senate Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul said it's too soon to rush a solution that could end up trampling on Americans' rights.
  
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• Maryland officials hope to keep Commanders stadium in Landover despite D.C. proposal

  18-12-2024 19:27 via washingtontimes.com
  D.C. officials celebrated a potential new stadium to lure the Washington Commanders back to the District this week, but representatives from Maryland aren't throwing in the towel.
  
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• Florida charges Trump would-be assassin with attempted murder involving injured 6-year-old girl

  18-12-2024 19:17 via washingtontimes.com
  Florida's top prosecutor announced a felony attempted murder charge against Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump on his Palm Beach golf course in September.
  
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• Florida charges Trump assassin with attempted murder involving injured 6-year-old girl

  18-12-2024 19:17 via washingtontimes.com
  Florida's top prosecutor announced a felony attempted murder charge against Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump on his Palm Beach golf course in September.
  
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• Google blocked foreign operations from trying to sway election

  18-12-2024 19:13 via washingtontimes.com
  Google thwarted foreign influence operations aimed at leveraging its news aggregation service to manipulate voters before the U.S. election, according to a new report from the Big Tech company.
  
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• Nebraska AG files suit against Change Healthcare over data breach

  18-12-2024 19:07 via washingtontimes.com
  Nebraska's attorney general sued Change Healthcare this week, accusing the healthcare provider of implementing weak cybersecurity measures that led to a massive breach exposing the data of over 100 million Americans.
  
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• Marylander sentenced for dumping 250,000 tires

  18-12-2024 18:47 via washingtontimes.com
  A Hanover, Maryland, man was sentenced Wednesday on 17 environmental crime charges after pleading guilty to dumping over 250,000 tires at a site in the state's Allegany County.
  
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• EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035

  18-12-2024 18:45 via washingtontimes.com
  The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035.
  
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• Supreme Court to weigh Medicaid dollars going to abortion providers

  18-12-2024 18:41 via washingtontimes.com
  The Supreme Court announced Wednesday it would take up a dispute over Medicaid funds going toward abortion purveyors.
  
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• PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: Haitian migrants eating pets

  18-12-2024 18:32 via washingtontimes.com
  President-elect Donald Trump may have won Time magazine's Person of the Year, but his rhetoric surrounding Haitians in Ohio won PolitiFact's Lie of the Year.
  
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• House Ethics Committee to release report on alleged misconduct by Matt Gaetz

  18-12-2024 17:47 via washingtontimes.com
  The House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz and will soon make public the findings of its investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor, illicit drug use and misuse of campaign funds.
  
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• Musk: Starlink never was active over India despite its army's seizure

  18-12-2024 17:25 via washingtontimes.com
  After Indian authorities seized two Starlink devices this month, CEO Elon Musk is finally speaking out.
  
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• Supreme Court takes up TikTok challenge over law banning Chinese-owned platform

  18-12-2024 17:17 via washingtontimes.com
  The Supreme Court announced Wednesday it would hear a challenge launched by the popular social media app TikTok against legislation that bans the platform from operating domestically over national security concerns.
  
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• Supreme Court takes up TikTok challenge

  18-12-2024 17:17 via washingtontimes.com
  The Supreme Court announced Wednesday it would hear a challenge launched by TikTok against a law that bans the outlet from operating domestically over national security concerns.
  
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• 'A win-win': D.C. politicians celebrate city control of RFK Stadium site

  18-12-2024 17:16 via washingtontimes.com
  It's been a joyful few days for D.C. politicians who have spent years trying to lure NFL football back to the nation's capital.
  
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• Trump's border czar says any illegal immigrant can be deported: 'We'll eventually get to you'

  18-12-2024 17:10 via washingtontimes.com
  Criminals will be the first targets for President Trump's "mass" deportations, but Homeland Security will eventually get to rank-and-file illegal immigrants, according to incoming border czar Tom Homan.
  
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• Speaker Johnson wrestles with opposition to stopgap bill vs. DOGE's Musk and Ramaswamy

  18-12-2024 17:03 via washingtontimes.com
  Two new, loud voices have joined the discourse surrounding House Speaker Mike Johnson's short-term funding patch as he deals with backlash from House Republicans.
  
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• Poll finds shocking number of adults sympathize with killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

  18-12-2024 16:55 via washingtontimes.com
  More than a quarter of likely voters say the brazen slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was an "understandable" reaction to the high cost of health care.
  
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• Conservatives demand GOP's border bill reduce the deficit

  18-12-2024 16:46 via washingtontimes.com
  Senate and House conservatives want Republicans to pass a border security funding bill early next year that is not only fully offset by spending cuts, but also achieves additional savings for deficit reduction.
  
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• Maybe he's not joking? Trump revives 51st state talk about Canada

  18-12-2024 16:34 via washingtontimes.com
  President-elect Donald Trump is taunting Canada again.
  
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