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• Elon Musk's super PAC spent an estimated $200 million to help elect Trump

  11-11-2024 23:59 via washingtontimes.com
  Elon Musk's super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the group's spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections.
  
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• Four arrested in California for using bear costume to fake break-ins on luxury cars

  14-11-2024 16:13 via washingtontimes.com
  Four Los Angeles-area residents accused of using a bear costume and faking break-ins on their luxury cars to get insurance payouts were arrested Wednesday.
  
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• Georgia mom arrested after 10-year-old son walks to nearby town alone

  14-11-2024 15:56 via washingtontimes.com
  Police in Georgia arrested and handcuffed a mother in front of her children after her 10-year-old son left the family home to walk to a town less than a mile away.
  
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• India's Modi likely to find comfort in Trump's return and a shared worldview

  14-11-2024 15:38 via washingtontimes.com
  Donald Trump's return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the U.S., but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  
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• China's president will unveil a megaport in Peru, but locals say they're being left out

  14-11-2024 15:36 via washingtontimes.com
  On the edge of Peru's coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise of Chinese interest in resource-rich South America.
  
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• Craig Melvin tapped to replace Hoda Kotb for the first hours of NBC's 'Today' show

  14-11-2024 15:23 via washingtontimes.com
  Veteran NBC host and news anchor Craig Melvin has been tapped to replace Hoda Kotb as co-host of the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. hours of "Today."
  
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• In Cyprus, Ukrainians learn how to dispose of landmines that kill and maim hundreds

  14-11-2024 15:21 via washingtontimes.com
  In a Cypriot National Guard camp, Ukrainians are being trained on how to identify, locate and dispose of landmines and other unexploded munitions that litter huge swaths of their country, killing and maiming hundreds of people, including children.
  
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• AirBnB users will play gladiators in Rome's Colosseum under $1.5 million sponsorship deal

  14-11-2024 15:21 via washingtontimes.com
  The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5-million sponsorship deal with AirBnB that aims to promote "a more conscious tourism."
  
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• Maker of Coach handbags calls off merger with company that produces Michael Kors accessories

  14-11-2024 15:17 via washingtontimes.com
  Fashion company Tapestry on Thursday said it's terminating its proposed merger with Capri because the two luxury groups don't expect to overcome an antitrust challenge within an acceptable time frame.
  
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• Satire slinger The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families

  14-11-2024 15:16 via washingtontimes.com
  The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday.
  
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• Trump expected to trash Biden's AI agenda

  14-11-2024 15:14 via washingtontimes.com
  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to undo President Biden's artificial intelligence agenda, replacing an emphasis on safety with a new emphasis on freedom for the booming new technology.
  
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• GOP wins House majority, completing Washington sweep

  14-11-2024 13:54 via washingtontimes.com
  Republicans have won control of the House, cementing a trifecta in Washington and empowering the party to enact President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.
  
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• Bluesky has added 1 million users since the U.S. election as people seek alternatives to X

  14-11-2024 13:43 via washingtontimes.com
  Social media site Bluesky has gained 1 million new users in the week since the U.S. election, as some X users look for an alternative platform to post their thoughts and engage with others online.
  
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• U.S. commandos retool for China war

  14-11-2024 13:32 via washingtontimes.com
  The Army Special Operations Command at Fort Liberty, North Carolina -- possibly soon to be renamed back to Fort Bragg, its previous name --is retooling its 35,000 commandos for operations against China.
  
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• Investigation into Chinese hacking reveals 'broad and significant' spying effort, FBI says

  14-11-2024 13:28 via washingtontimes.com
  A federal investigation into Chinese government efforts to hack into U.S. telecommunications networks has revealed a "broad and significant" cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing information from Americans who work in government and politics, the FBI said Wednesday.
  
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• Australia to force social media giants to protect users from online harm

  14-11-2024 13:13 via washingtontimes.com
  Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.
  
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• Russian defense official visits China's premier military showcase in a sign of unity

  14-11-2024 13:02 via washingtontimes.com
  A top Russian defense official has attended China's premier military showcase in a show of unity between the countries as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Head of U.N.'s nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Mideast wars and Trump's return raise worries

  14-11-2024 12:29 via washingtontimes.com
  The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Thursday that the "space for negotiation and diplomacy ... is getting smaller" over Iran's advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the White House.
  
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• Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

  14-11-2024 12:13 via washingtontimes.com
  The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city's first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law.
  
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• South African government says it won't help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine

  14-11-2024 12:10 via washingtontimes.com
  South Africa's government says it will not help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.
  
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• South Korean court finds former lawmaker guilty of misusing funds meant for sexual slavery victims

  14-11-2024 08:00 via washingtontimes.com
  South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday handed a suspended prison sentence to a former lawmaker who was found guilty of embezzling funds while leading a group supporting Korean survivors of Japan's wartime sexual slavery.
  
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• Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from U.S.

  14-11-2024 06:48 via washingtontimes.com
  The four drones were designed to carry bombs. Instead, the men of Ukraine's Khartia brigade pack them with food, water and handwarmers and launch them in darkness toward the front line, a 15-minute flight away.
  
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• Republicans win 218 U.S. House seats, giving Trump and Republicans control of government

  14-11-2024 04:45 via washingtontimes.com
  Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Democrat to file resolution confirming Trump can serve only two terms as president

  14-11-2024 04:13 via washingtontimes.com
  The 22nd Amendment already states that presidents can only be elected twice, but that's not enough for Rep. Dan Goldman, New York Democrat, who plans to file the resolution Thursday.
  
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• Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress 'effective immediately' following attorney-general nomination

  14-11-2024 01:47 via washingtontimes.com
  House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Justice Department, issued his resignation letter on Wednesday.
  
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• Gaetz resigns from Congress 'effective immediately' following attorney-general nomination

  14-11-2024 01:47 via washingtontimes.com
  House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Justice Department, issued his resignation letter on Wednesday.
  
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• Rep. Michael McCaul says he was detained at Dulles airport over being 'disoriented'

  14-11-2024 01:30 via washingtontimes.com
  Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.C. earlier this month.
  
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• Spurs' Popovich expected to make full recovery after stroke earlier this month

  14-11-2024 00:46 via washingtontimes.com
  Basketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich is recovering from what the San Antonio Spurs described as a mild stroke, though there is no timetable for the NBA's longest-tenured coach to return to the sideline.
  
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• Explosions outside Brazil's Supreme Court leave 1 dead, force justices to evacuate

  14-11-2024 00:46 via washingtontimes.com
  Police in Brazil said there was an explosion Wednesday outside the country's Supreme Court in capital of Brasilia. Images on local media showed a body on the ground.
  
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• Jack Smith asks court to pause appeals in Trump classified documents case

  14-11-2024 00:23 via washingtontimes.com
  Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal appeals court to pause his appeals of the documents-mishandling case against President-elect Donald Trump.
  
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