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CNN

Gabbard Was on TSA Watch List

Tulsi Gabbard was briefly placed on a TSA list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year.

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Financial Times

Trump Names Bessent to Treasury

Donald Trump has picked Scott Bessent to be his US Treasury secretary, nominating one of his biggest financial backers as the top economic official of his second administration.

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Tallahassee Democrat

Gaetz Won't Rejoin Congress

During his first public statements since announcing his withdrawal as President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for Attorney General, the Florida Republican said Friday he will not return to Congress in the next session.

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Pew Research

53% Approve of Trump Plans

Following Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election, Americans narrowly approve of the president-elect’s plans and policies for the future. Roughly half of U.S. adults (53%) approve of his plans, while 46% disapprove.

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Telegraph & Argus

Calling “Bald” Is Sexual Harassment

The High Court has ruled that using the word 'bald' against a man could be considered sexual harassment, which has caused some disbelief among some social media users.

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Irish Times

Jury Finds Against Conor McGregor

A High Court jury has awarded €248,603 damages to a woman against Conor McGregor after finding she was assaulted by him in a Dublin hotel. Nikita Hand had alleged she was raped by the Mixed Martial Arts star.

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Associated Press

NATO and Ukraine To Hold Emergency Talks

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war.

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Yahoo! Finance

Bitcoin Flirts With $100,000

Bitcoin flirted with a run toward the landmark $100,000 level, buoyed by expectations of friendly US regulations and expanding investor interest courtesy of President-elect Donald Trump’s support for crypto.

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USA Today

Five Pam Bondi Moments To Remember

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who is now President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be U.S. attorney general, has always been a favorite among the state's ruling Republican class.

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Washington Post

Trump Plans To Probe 2020 Election

Donald Trump plans to fire the entire team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to pursue two federal prosecutions against the former president, including career attorneys typically protected from political retribution.

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Florida Phoenix

Florida Questions Fluoridation

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo — echoing viewpoints propagated by Robert F. Kennedy, Donald Trump’s pick to become the nation’s chief health official — recommended against community fluoridation of drinking water.

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CNN

Dana Done With Politics

After embracing President-elect Donald Trump, the Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive said in an interview this week he won’t help future presidential campaigns, stating he “want[s] nothing to do with politics.”

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Politico

Trump Critic Spouse Could Be Polish Prez

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is running to be a candidate in his country’s May presidential election — but his wife, the U.S. historian and journalist Anne Applebaum, is a very high-profile and mordant critic of Donald Trump.

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New York Post

Daniel Penny Won't Testify

Daniel Penny’s defense attorneys rested their case Friday with testimony about Jordan Neely’s open arrest warrant — and without calling the Marine veteran to the stand at his lighting-rod manslaughter trial.

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BBC

Russia’s Oreshnik Missile Explained

The Ukrainian city of Dnipro was hit by a Russian air strike which eyewitnesses described as unusual, triggering explosions that went on for three hours. Ukrainian officials said it bore the characteristics of ICBM.

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CBS News

Ridley Scott Returns to Gladiator

The original Gladiator debuted nearly 25 years ago, winning five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Now, director Ridley Scott is returning to ancient Rome with the long-awaited sequel, "Gladiator II".

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ABC News

Questioning Resumes Helps Trump

Many of President-elect Donald Trump's picks to fill his Cabinet boast resumes that are thin on the kind of subject matter the agencies they would helm oversee. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're politically unqualified.

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NBC News

Israel Kills Another Hezbollah Leader

A recent Israeli airstrike in Syria killed a senior Hezbollah commander who helped plan one of the boldest and most sophisticated attacks against American troops during the Iraq War.

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Wall Street Journal

Why’s Everyone So Sober-ish?

Have you noticed that your friends are a little less fun? That everyone leaves a dinner party earlier? That their stories are less wild or funny or revealing? This may be because so many people have decided to cut down on drinking.

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

TX Approves Bible-Based Lessons

The State Board of Education on approved reading curriculum for public elementary schools that has received backlash for including lessons based on Bible stories, like the 10 commandments and the creation story.

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