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The executive order conflicts with laws in California and other blue states that forbid discrimination based on gender identity. The courts are expected to take up the issue. LA Times
VOA VIEW: It's long past due.
What is the Department of Homeland Security going to do without its coloring books? New York Post
Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration. New York Post
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Rarely has a Cabinet choice encountered such swirling allegations of wrongdoing. New York Post
VOA VIEW: She is an idiot!
His volubility in his first few days back in office underscores that President Trump is in charge of his own show. New York Times
VOA VIEW: As he should be.
Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators. New York Times
Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin. New York Times
VOA VIEW: The costs of a superior force.
Officials warned residents across the South that the effects of a major winter storm were not over, and that driving remained a hazard on roads frozen with slippery ice. New York Times
In an effort to lower the price of oil, President Donald Trump removed the United States from the Paris Climate Accord and issued an order to maximize the production of natural resources in Alaska. OANN
VOA VIEW: It will happen.
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President Donald Trump has suggested that he is considering the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). OANN
President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. State Department to prohibit flying any flag that is not the official United States of America flag, including the LGBTQ pride flag and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag. OANN
VOA VIEW: A good idea and plan.
President Trump announced he has selected a well-known conservative media monitoring specialist to head the troubled U.S. Agency for Global Media, the panel that oversees federal broadcasting outlets. Washington Times
A former defense attorney for Capitol riot defendants and a major voice in President Trump's "Stop the Steal" movement after the 2020 election was tapped this week to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Washington Times
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What's in a name change, after all? Washington Times
The District's latest star attractions are ready for their close-up: 3-year-old pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao will make their first public appearance Friday at the National Zoo. Washington Times
The Sackler family will pay the vast majority of the settlement — a total of $6.5 billion over 15 years. CBS
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The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in his administration amid delays by Democrats. CBS
VOA VIEW: Dems are playing their losing game.
Fitbit failed to report overheating incidents involving its Ionic watches in which customers suffered serious burns. CBS
Sean Curran previously served as the special agent in charge of President Trump's security detail and sprung to cover him on stage during the assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. CBS
VOA VIEW: Sounds like a good and deserving pick.
An operation to deploy 1,000 Army personnel and 500 Marines to the U.S.-Mexico border is underway, according to senior military officials. The troops will assist with immigration enforcement in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California. U.S. border agents have also been instructed to deport migrants crossing illegally without allowing them to go through the asylum process. CBS
The comments represented an initial strike at Fed officials, with whom Trump had a highly contentious relationship during his first term in office. CNBC
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President Donald Trump touted Saudi Arabia's pledge to invest $600 billion in the U.S. in the next four years, suggesting the figure should actually be higher. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Trump may get his wish.
Trump said the plants can use whatever fuel they want, including coal as a backup. CNBC
Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and other investors have submitted a bid to buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance after a court-ordered divestiture or shutdown. CNBC
VOA VIEW: China must be banned from TikTok.
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Adrian Peeler convicted of conspiracy to murder in case that left a mother and her son dead before they could testify against his brother, another killer. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Biden is a dumb liar.
Seven San Antonio police officers were wounded after a shootout with man who was reported to be suicidal late Wednesday night. The suspect has not been identified. FOX News
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green says the "national security blunders of the past four years" have "emboldened" terrorists and homegrown violent extremism. FOX News
Law enforcement expert pushes back against the now-former Biden administration's claim that violent crime was at a 50-year low, says the administration "manipulated" key data points. FOX News
VOA VIEW: Typical Biden statistical lies.
The number of people filing unemployment benefits for the first time grew to a seasonally adjusted 223,000 last week, the highest one-week total in more than a month. UPI
VOA VIEW: Under Biden's watch.
President Donald Trump called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower oil prices during the World Economic Forum on Thursday, saying it would immediately end the war in Ukraine. UPI
VOA VIEW: As they should and possibly will.
President Donald Trump moved on Wednesday to re-designate the Iran-proxy Houthi militia as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, as he continues to undo the policies of former President Joe Biden. UPI
VOA VIEW: A reasonable move.
The House of Representatives will create a Judiciary subcommittee to investigate events before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot that many have called an "insurrection." UPI
The Israeli military killed two Palestinian fighters in the West Bank that it said had been involved in a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians as a major" anti-terror" operation in Jenin entered a third day. UPI
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This week, Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed that his party left him and “left working-class people” during an interview with former Fox News host-turned-independent conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson. Adams (D-N.Y.) appeared on a Tuesday episode of “The Tucker Carlson Show,” where he aired his grievances with the Biden administration after he previously spoke out against the disastrous migrant crisis destroying New York City. Adams is trying to save his crooked as.s.
“People often say, ‘Well, you know, you don’t sound like a Democrat and you seem to have left the party,” Adams said during the interview. “NO. The party left me and left working-class people,” he continued. “We have Venezuelan gang leaders that were coming to the city [and] creating crimes,” Adams continued. The NYC mayor also went on to claim that he was told to “be a good Democrat,” by Biden staffers. “That was the basic overall theme. [And] one of his aides told me that this is like a ‘gallstone.’ It’ll pass,”
Adams declared back in September 2023 that the migrant crisis will eventually “destroy New York City,” leading the mayor to become a “target” by his own party. At the height of the migrant crisis in the beginning of 2024, New York City was forced to house 70,000 migrants in taxpayer-funded shelters, as the city’s “Right to Shelter” law mandates the city to provide shelter to anyone who requests it. Following his critical comments regarding the Biden administration, Adams was soon indicted on corruption charges after being thoroughly investigated.
“Despite our pleas, when the federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief, I put the people of New York before party and politics,” he stated. “I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target – and a target I became.” During the interview, Adams also revealed that he was not allowed to speak with former President Biden following his indictment.
