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The U.S. on Saturday announced a new $988 million military assistance package for Ukraine in its war with Russia as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump’s victory in the November election has cast doubt on the future of U.S. aid for Ukraine, providing a limited window for
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A lawsuit accusing former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of education, of turning a blind eye to child sexual abuse by a former ringside announcer at the wrestling company has been paused, according to court documents filed this week in the U.S. District Court in Maryland. The lawsuit, which was filed on
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President-elect Donald Trump has said halting fentanyl trafficking across the southern border is a top priority for his administration, vowing to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico until the flow of “drugs, particularly fentanyl, and illegal immigrants” into the United States is stopped to his liking. Trump has claimed fentanyl overdoses kill 300,000
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Biden considers preemptive pardons for Trump critics – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden is said to be considering a wave of preemptive pardons to protect President-elect Donald Trump’s high-profile opponents from his possible retribution. But some Democrats argue these types of pardons could set a dangerous precedent. Ed O’Keefe has details. View CBS
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Elon Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to back President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, campaign finance records filed Thursday show. The sum makes Musk, the world’s richest person, the largest donor in the 2024 election cycle to either party, Federal Election Commission filings show. The bulk of Musk’s spending
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Washington — The family of Austin Tice, the freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Syria more than 12 years ago, said they have been told that he is alive and well, and they’re frustrated with the U.S. government’s inability to bring him home. “We have from a significant source that has already been vetted all
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Washington — A federal appeals court upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. in the coming months if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell its stake in the app, dealing another setback to the widely popular video-sharing service in its battle with the federal government. A panel of three judges from the
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President Biden is considering blanket preemptive pardons for prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump in both parties to shield them from possible “retribution” or legal prosecution by the incoming administration. Multiple people familiar with the ongoing discussions tell CBS News the president has debated with senior White House aides the possibility of issuing the preemptive
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The rise of Representative Ocasio-Cortez Chronicling the political rise of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 08:11 Washington — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York launched her bid Friday to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee as the party looks to replace its veteran leaders on several key panels. “This is not a position I
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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be defense secretary, on Friday morning received a vote of confidence from Trump, who said he’s winning more support than media reports indicate. “Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe,” Trump posted on
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