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Trump's 'buy' tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that it was "a great time to buy.” Less than four hours after his post, Trump announced a 90-day pause on nearly all his tariffs...

apnews.com/article/trum... Trump's 'buy' tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened

Trump Can Easily Fix the Tren de Aragua Deportation Mess | National Review The administration should abandon its Alien Enemy Act theory and shift to the solid ground of federal immigration laws.

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Trump's moves test the limits of presidential power and the resilience of US democracy During his first six weeks in office, President Donald Trump has worked to tear down the federal government and attack long-standing institutions.

apnews.com/article/trum... Trump's moves test the limits of presidential power and the resilience of US democracy

AF Thunderbirds posts a notice that the unit is reviewing and removing content from Instagram that doesn’t comply with Trump’s executive orders….

Trump's Justice Department enforcer has long shrugged off criticism of aggressive style Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, has plowed through norms and niceties, whether scolding FBI leadership for “insubordination” in refusing his request to hand over the names of agents who ...

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Was just thinking about how an AP news photographer - in the traveling pool - took the most iconic photo of the 2024 campaign.

Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.

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How Elon Musk's crusade against government could benefit Tesla Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying numerous investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis an...

Kimberly Kindy's first story for @apnews.com! A deep dive into how Musk/Trump crusade against govt might benefit Tesla: apnews.com/article/musk...

Trump's perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the ...

@byrontau.bsky.social's first @apnews.com byline! apnews.com/article/trum...

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Said he considered her a friend. Also quipped that in Congress you are either a Boebert person or MTG person, and he is a Boebert person.

@raskin.house.gov said he had @lauren-boebert.bsky.social and her family over for dinner over the holidays. Raskin said he is looking for allies wherever he can find them. Came up in a discussion at an event at lovely new bookstore in Bethesda, Maryland. @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social.

An ex-Green Beret behind a failed Venezuela raid in 2020 lashes out at CIA and FBI A former Green Beret behind a clandestine invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try and overthrow Nicolás Maduro says in court filings that he had authority from the highest levels of the government for th...

apnews.com/article/vene... An ex-Green Beret behind a failed Venezuela raid in 2020 lashes out at CIA and FBI

‘Pizzagate’ gunman fatally shot by police outside Charlotte in traffic stop Kannapolis police said Edgar Maddison Welch pointed a gun at officers on Saturday, two of whom then fired at him.

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Opinion | Trump’s Nominees Falsely Say I’m Censoring Conservatives — So They Want to Censor Me Journalists should be accountable to readers — not government censors.

Fascinating read:

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New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans Much remains unknown about the man who carried out an attack in New Orleans and another who died in an explosion in Las Vegas on New Year’s.

apnews.com/article/new-... New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans

Can You Tell Me How to Get Someone to Save 'Sesame Street'? With its Warner Bros. Discovery contract about to expire, TV critic Alan Sepinwall explains why the beloved children's series deserves to survive.

We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:

New research challenges the idea that the Maya civilization collapsed Laser scans and other evidence show the Maya persisted in rural areas long after big cities collapsed.

Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong

BREAKING: Former President Jimmy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the longest-living chief executive in U.S. history, has died. He was 100. apnews.com/article/jimm...

On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front between British and German soldiers.

Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/5c69-

Sinkhole prompts lane closures on Interstate 80 in New Jersey A sinkhole that opened up along Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey has forced authorities to close the eastbound lanes of the heavily traveled highway.

A sinkhole that opened up Thursday along Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey forced authorities to close the heavily traveled highway’s eastbound lanes.

Super dog!

Chaos level? “Shitstorm,” according to @politico.com playbook:

After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney Wrapping up their report on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it’s former GOP Rep.

apnews.com/article/trum... After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney

Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite expert warnings they aren’t going to provide protection Global security leaders are warning nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending surged to $91.4 billion last year.

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Questions ABC News Should Answer Following the $16 Million Trump Settlement The decision to cave and apologize has unnerved American journalists. The network owes them an explanation.

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ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been f...

apnews.com/article/abc-... ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

In last few years, I thot such migration was more heavily led by GOP-leaning voters, no?