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'This is a Warning': Elizabeth Warren Says CEO Murder a Message That People Can Only 'Be Pushed So Far'

Dec 11th, 2024, 10:11 am Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) condemned the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but also said the killing and “visceral” response to it should serve as a warning about an industry that is failing Americans on Tuesday. “The visceral response from people across this country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the health care system,” Warren told The Huffington Post ...

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Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools, hospitals

Dec. 11, 2024, 11:34 AM EST The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting immigrants at or near so-called sensitive locations, such as houses of worship, schools and hospitals or events like funerals, weddings and public demonstrations without approval from supervisors, according to three sources familiar with the plan. President-elect Donald Trump plans to rescind the policy as soon as ...

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FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office

Published Wed, Dec 11 2024 2:12 PM EST Updated 8 Min Ago Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that he will resign by the end of the Biden administration next month. Wray's announcement at a town hall for agency employees clears the way for President-elect Donald Trump to install a new head of the FBI without having to fire Wray or demand his resignation. Trump in November announced his intention to nominate Kash Patel as FBI director. Patel is a former fede ...

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Homeland security officials meet with lawmakers about mysterious drone flights in New Jersey

Homeland security officials meet with lawmakers about mysterious drone flights in New Jersey By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Updated 1:47 PM EST, December 11, 2024 Homeland security officials in New Jersey huddled with state and local lawmakers Wednesday to discuss the recent spate of drone sightings throughout the state. Dozens of mysterious nighttime flights started last month and have raised growing concern among residents and officials. Part of the worry stems from the flying objects initially being ...

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Mitch McConnell Says Trump Win Puts Americans In A 'Very Dangerous World

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly said that President-elect Donald Trump's victory puts Americans in "a very, very dangerous world," stressing that he plans to spend his final two years in the Senate pushing back against the growing Trump-fueled isolationism within the GOP. The 82-year-old Kentucky Republican, who last month stepped down from his role as the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, has a complicated record with the incoming president. While McConnell has ...

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Kimberly Guilfoyle picked by Trump to be ambassador to Greece

(The Independent) Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Court TV anchor and Fox News host who became a staunch advocate for Donald Trump, has been chosen by him to be the next U.S. ambassador to Greece. Trump announced the decision Tuesday in a social media post, calling her a “close friend and ally” who “is perfectly suited to foster strong bilateral relations with Greece.” Guilfoyle was engaged to Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest child, but newspapers have recently published photos suggesting that he is now romantically involved with socialite Bettina Anderson.

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Heritage Action targets nine GOP senators on Trump nominees

(Axios) The conservative group Heritage Action is launching a new ad campaign in the home states of nine Republican senators to confirm President-elect Trump's nominees. It marks the first phase of a Republican-on-Republican ad battle to pressure the handful of GOP senators who've raised concerns about Trump's nominees or have a history of clashing with him. The ad will run in nine states and D.C., as the first part of a larger $1 million effort that will expand to YouTube, a peer-to-peer text campaign and even a Fox News ad on Inauguration Day.

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Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump's way -- or his

(AP) A week after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, Elon Musk said his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries.” The following week, the billionaire responded to a report that he might fund challengers to GOP House members who don’t support Trump’s nominees. “How else? There is no other way,” Musk wrote on X, which he rebranded after purchasing Twitter and moving to boost conservative voices, including his own.

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This Trump idea is 'terrible, terrible, terrible,' most Americans say

(NJ.com) Most Americans are not in support for President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to pardon the rioters who were charged in connection to the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. CNN’s Harry Enten broke down the results from a recent Ipsos poll on Monday that asked Americans whether they support pardoning the Jan. 6 rioters. Trump has repeatedly vowed to pardon the rioters, calling them “hostages” at times and praising them as “patriots.”

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Cotton blocks federal shield law for journalists

(The Hill) Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blocked a federal shield law that would protect journalists from revealing their sources and material to the government. In the Senate on Tuesday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked for unanimous consent for the Senate to pass the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act, known as the PRESS Act, and Cotton objected. Cotton criticized the “liberal media” and said it doesn’t “deserve more protections.” “The press badge doesn’t make you better than the rest of America or put you above the law,” he said on the Senate floor.

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Mitch McConnell Says Trump Win Puts Americans In A 'Very Dangerous World

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Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools, hospitals

6 hrs ago - Dec. 11, 2024, 11:34 AM EST The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting immigrants at or near so-called sensitive locations, such as houses o ... (NBC News)

'This is a Warning': Elizabeth Warren Says CEO Murder a Message That People Can Only 'Be Pushed So Far'

7 hrs ago - Dec 11th, 2024, 10:11 am Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) condemned the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but also said the killing and “visceral” response to it should serve as a warning about an industry that is failing American ... (MEDIAite)

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