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Trump still dominant in New Hampshire; Haley climbing in second: poll

Former President Trump maintains a dominant lead in the 2024 GOP presidential pack in New Hampshire, but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) is on the rise in second, according to a Thursday poll from The Washington Post and Monmouth University. In a hypothetical primary race, 46 percent of registered Republican or undeclared New...

House Republicans should be supporting, not blocking, investment curbs on China

Rather than pushing the Biden administration to do more, some House Republicans are making matters worse by actively resisting efforts to monitor and restrict investments into China.

Why scammers love gift cards and what to watch out for ahead of Black Friday

Gifts cards may be the perfect present for that hard-to-shop-for loved one, but they are also a favorite tool for scammers, according to a Better Business Bureau investigation that found a 50% jump in scam reports over last year.

Why the GOP’s immigration plan won’t do anything to stem the tide of illegal border crossers 

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee recently unveiled a proposal to fix the Biden administration’s policies that they claim are causing the crisis at the southern border, prioritizing instead the reforms they think are most critical to stemming the flow of illegal crossers now. Their proposal ignores what is happening in the interior of the...

Biden signs bill to fund government into 2024, averting shutdown

President Biden late Thursday signed a funding bill to avert a shutdown and keep the government open into early 2024. The president signed the measure while in San Francisco, where he is meeting with world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The government would have shut down at the end of the day...

Morning Report — Biden to focus on border today with Mexico 

President Biden is capping off a foreign policy focused week at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco.  MEXICO IS MOVING INTO FOCUS TODAY, as Biden prepares to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. López Obrador has some of his country’s most pressing issues on his agenda — including strengthening regional cooperation to combat corruption and boosting...

Hamas and Iran confused Israel’s democracy for dysfunction

Authoritarian leaders of Iran and Hamas, who lack any concept of disagreements in civil democratic societies, had good reason to believe that Israeli society was on the verge of collapse.

Many corporations promote ‘net zero’ while lobbying for weaker climate action: Report

Many of America's leading corporations are quietly lobbying against policies to slow planetary heating — even as they tout their own environmental policies, according to a new report by the nonpartisan research group InfluenceMap. The report found that 93 percent of American companies make the claim that they aim to achieve “net zero” climate effects, but they are...

Trump team moves for mistrial in NY case, AG asks judge for December deadline on decision

The Trump legal team filed a motion for mistrial on Wednesday, citing Judge Arthur Engoron's posts on social media the defense considers evidence of bias.

Barbra Streisand’s juicy gossip about everyone, everything, and herself

The first of the nearly thousand pages of My Name is Barbra opens disarmingly, heading off accusations of narcissism at the pass. “Am I a Babylonian queen or a basset hound?” Barbra Streisand muses about the contradictory descriptions she’s earned over the years, before deciding she’s “probably both (depending on the angle).” But not before recalling some of her unflattering descriptions, such as being described as “an amiable anteater,” “a seasick ferret,” and “a furious hamster.”

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