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Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump's inauguration

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The Republican leader’s decision means that President-elect Donald Trump will not take the oath of office for his second term under a half-staff flag, a prospect that he had previously complained about. It mirrors actions taken in recent days by some Republican governors who ha ...

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'Want To Take It Outside!' House Devolves Into Chaos After Nancy Mace Challenges Democrat To a Fight

Jan 14th, 2025, 4:27 pm The House Oversight Committee went off the rails on Tuesday as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) fumed at Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) for using the term “child” in reference to her, resulting in Mace asking the Texas Democrat if “she wants to take it outside.” “Somebody’s campaign coffers really are struggling right now. So she can’t keep saying trans, trans, trans, so that people will feel threatened. And child, listen,” Crockett said in a clip that quickly went viral, hitting ...

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GOP-led House votes to ban transgender athletes from women's sports

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions. The legislation is expected to next be taken up by the GOP-controlled Senate. The House vote was 218 to 206 with two Democrats voting in favor and one Democrat voting “present.” Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar of Texas were the two Democrats who voted for the bill and Rep. Don Davis of North Carolina was the prese ...

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Trump says he will create new agency to collect revenue from foreign sources

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will create a new government agency called the External Revenue Service "to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue" from foreign sources as he readies new import tariffs ahead of his inauguration next week. Trump said in a social media post he would create the department on Jan. 20, the day he takes office as president for a second term, adding that Americans have been taxed for too long by the Internal Revenue Service. "Thr ...

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Trump again demands new trials in E. Jean Carroll cases, complains of 'pile-on' with 'inadmissible' character evidence

Jan 14th, 2025, 2:27 pm President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a federal court of appeals to reconsider taking on his request for a new trial in the defamation case brought — and won — by writer E. Jean Carroll. In December 2024, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit turned down a substantially similar request. The panel determined the district court had not made any error or “combination of” errors that “affected” Trump’s “substantial rights.” Now, ...

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Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case

(NY Times) Jack Smith, the special counsel who indicted President-elect Donald J. Trump on charges of seeking to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, said in a final report released early Tuesday morning that he believed the evidence was sufficient to convict Mr. Trump in a trial if his success in the 2024 election had not made it impossible for the prosecution to continue. "The department's view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government's proof or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind," Mr. Smith wrote. He continued: "Indeed, but for Mr. Trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial."

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Special counsel Jack Smith personally denounces Trump's conduct, calls his accusations 'laughable'

(ABC News) In a final rebuke to the former president he investigated and prosecuted for more than two years, special counsel Jack Smith personally denounced Donald Trump for levying "laughable" and baseless attacks on the federal prosecutors who brought two criminal cases against him. The stark criticism of the president-elect was included in a letter, obtained by ABC News, that Smith sent Attorney General Merrick Garland last week accompanying his final report detailing his election interference investigation into the former-and-future president.

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The Great MAGA Schism of 2025 is only getting uglier

(Eugene Robinson) Donald Trump hasn’t been inaugurated yet, and already two bellicose titans of the MAGA universe are waging total war — against each other. Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s rumpled onetime chief strategist, vowed last week in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Serra that he will “get Elon Musk kicked out” of Trump’s inner circle by the time Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20. “He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy,” Bannon said of Musk. And that was one of the nicer things Bannon said about the world’s richest man, who spends so much time at Trump’s side that he might be mistaken for a member of the Secret Service detail, minus the earpiece and the muscle tone.

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Enraged Dems warn Johnson not to condition California wildfire aid

(Axios) House Democrats are warning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that tying federal wildfire relief for California to the debt limit could set a new precedent that would come back to bite Republicans. Disaster prone red states like Florida and Louisiana — Johnson's home state — could face a similar squeeze from Democrats if they retake the House, lawmakers told Axios. Johnson told reporters Monday that, "I think that there should probably be conditions on that aid. That's my personal view."

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Virginia House passes resolutions protecting abortion, voting rights, marriage equality

8 min ago - Updated 5:40 PM EST, January 14, 2025 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia House of Delegates passed resolutions on Tuesday enshrining rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality in a critical step for Democrats hoping to amend the state’ ... (AP)

Chicago customs officers seized more than 1,500 Glock switches to turn guns fully automatic last year

47 min ago - Updated on: January 14, 2025 / 4:55 PM EST CHICAGO (CBS) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday that its officers seized more than 1,500 devices to turn weapons fully automatic throughout last year. The agency said its officers seize ... (CBS News)

FDA proposes putting nutrition info on the front of food packages

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Minnesota Democrats stage boycott over 'abuse of power' by Republicans

1 hr ago - Tue 14 Jan 2025 14.26 EST Last modified on Tue 14 Jan 2025 15.45 EST Democrats in the Minnesota house of representatives refused to show up to start a legislative session on Tuesday in an unprecedented move designed to boycott attempts by Republicans ... (The Guardian)

Certification of Rescission of Cuba's Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism

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Schools are trying to get ahead of Trump and protect undocumented students

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Drugmakers hiked prices for hundreds of drugs in early January

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ACLU outlines how it will fight Trump's mass deportations

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New Jersey Announces It's Stockpiling Abortion Pills Before Trump Takes Office

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Joni Ernst says she'll vote to confirm Pete Hegseth

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'Want To Take It Outside!' House Devolves Into Chaos After Nancy Mace Challenges Democrat To a Fight

10 hrs ago - Jan 14th, 2025, 4:27 pm The House Oversight Committee went off the rails on Tuesday as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) fumed at Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) for using the term “child” in reference to her, resulting in Mace asking the Texas Democrat ... (MEDIAite)

US sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose early Twitter stock purchase

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US judge blocks FDA graphic warning label requirement for cigarettes

10 hrs ago - January 14, 2025 1:07 PM EST Updated 5 hours ago Jan 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from enforcing a looming requirement that cigarette packages and advertisements contain graphic warnings il ... (Reuters)

Texas lawmakers take aim at abortion pills in new legislative session

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Trump says he will create new agency to collect revenue from foreign sources

11 hrs ago - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will create a new government agency called the External Revenue Service "to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue" from foreign sources as he readies new import tariffs ahead of his inauguration ... (Reuters via AOL)

Los Angeles-area residents affected by wildfire eligible for $770 FEMA checks

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Trump again demands new trials in E. Jean Carroll cases, complains of 'pile-on' with 'inadmissible' character evidence

12 hrs ago - Jan 14th, 2025, 2:27 pm President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a federal court of appeals to reconsider taking on his request for a new trial in the defamation case brought — and won — by writer E. Jean Carroll. In December 2024, a ... (Law & Crime)

Interpol cracks down on illegal mining in West Africa as police make 200 arrests

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Judge orders Steve Bannon to explain why he switched attorneys close to fraud trial

12 hrs ago - January 14, 2025, 11:11 AM Steve Bannon must appear in court next week to explain why he switched lawyers so close to trial, a judge in New York ordered. Bannon, once a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, is scheduled to stand trial Feb. ... (ABC News)

Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump's inauguration

13 hrs ago - House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The Republican leader’s d ... (Associated Press)