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Antoine Gyori – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against President Joe Biden and mused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” among a flurry of topics in a freewheeling news conference at Mar-a-Lago less than two weeks before he takes office. Trump began his […]
Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House will vote at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress. Reintroduced by Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, a Republican, the legislation pins Laken Riley’s death on the Biden administration’s open-border policies and grants power to attorneys general to […]
Beverly Police Department (BEVERLY, Mass.) — A Massachusetts man has been arrested after police said he made violent antisemitic posts online. Matthew Scouras, 34, allegedly “posted threats to rape Jewish women and encouraged other users of the site to shoot people outside of synagogues,” according to the Beverly Police Department. Police said the FBI notified […]
Antoine Gyori – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, blasted President Joe Biden’s final actions before leaving office. Trump accused the outgoing administration of not providing a “smooth transition.” Trump kicked off the presser by announcing a $20 billion investment in the U.S. from DAMAC Properties, a Middle East-based […]
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire as she slept on a New York City subway train last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and other charges. The suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, who police said is an undocumented migrant from Guatemala, appeared in Brooklyn Criminal […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver one of the eulogies for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Carter leaves Carter […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special Counsel Jack Smith issued his first response Tuesday to an effort by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to have the judge who tossed his classified documents case issue an emergency order blocking Smith’s final report on the investigation. Lawyers for Trump’s former co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, asked Judge […]
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (GREENLAND) — Donald Trump, Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, arrived in Greenland on Tuesday after emphasizing that the trip is just a personal one, indicating he is not meeting with government officials. His trip comes as his father continues to float the possibility of the U.S. purchasing and taking over Greenland, an […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (FORT LAUDERDALE, FL) — Two people were found dead in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue plane after it landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday. The bodies, which have not yet been publicly identified, were discovered Monday evening during a “routine post-flight maintenance inspection” […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The snow and ice that fell during the winter story is not expected to go anywhere for days, as temperatures remain at or below freezing for many and four states may see soon get another storm. Cold Weather alerts and Freeze alerts issued from New Mexico to Florida. Wind […]
