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NYT: Higher Dem Turnout Wouldn't Have Helped Harris
The narrative that a higher Democrat voter turnout would have enabled Vice President Kamala Harris to defeat President-elect Donald Trump in the November election is wrong, The New York Times reported.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:59:26 EDTFormer Special Agent: Patel 'Right Fix' for FBI
A retired FBI supervisory special agent applauded President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Kash Patel to lead the agency and said Patel has the support of many active rank-and-file agents.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:11:47 EDTSouth Korea President Yoon Declares Martial Law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:20:58 EDTAnalysis: US, Russia Already at War
America and Russia are now at war. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed as much in September when he commented on President Joe Biden mulling over a decision to grant Ukraine authorization to strike deep inside Russia with U.S.-supplied missiles.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:25:15 EDTChina Declares US Chips 'No Longer Safe'
Chinese companies should be wary of buying U.S. chips as they are "no longer safe" and buy locally instead, four of the country's top industry associations said Tuesday in a rare coordinated response to Washington's curbs on Chinese chipmakers.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:15:51 EDTNATO Chief Warns Trump on Russia-Friendly Deal
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned President-elect Donald Trump against forcing Ukraine to accept a peace deal favorable to Russia.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:31:57 EDTMeta Says No Sign of AI Bedeviling Elections in 2024
Meta Tuesday said fears that artificial intelligence would unleash a torrent of misinformation to deceive voters around the world did not come true as elections played out around the world this year.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:06:21 EDTSen. Ted Cruz Demands Probe Into European Influence on AI Policy
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has urged U.S. officials to investigate whether European governments have tried to unduly influence the country's laws around artificial intelligence.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:30:38 EDTHarvey Weinstein Hospitalized After 'Alarming' Blood Test
Former Hollywood movie producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized after an "alarming blood test result," his lawyer said late Monday.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:43:48 EDTJapan: Russian Navy Sub Sailed Between SW Islands
Japan's defense ministry said Tuesday it has confirmed a Russian navy submarine sailed through the waters between southwestern Yonaguni Island and Iriomote Island for the first time.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:58:53 EDTIDF Troops Kill 7 Hamas Terrorists Who Took Part in Oct. 7 Massacre
Seven Hamas terrorists who participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel's northwestern Negev were killed in Israel Defense Forces operations in central Gaza in recent weeks, the military announced on Tuesday.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:05:20 EDTWisconsin Judge Issues Ruling Against ActBlue
A Wisconsin judge has approved a subpoena requiring a prominent leftist fundraising platform to turn over certain documents in a widening fraud investigation.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:26:29 EDTIsrael Warns Lebanon Will Be Targeted if Ceasefire Collapses
Israel threatened Tuesday to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the Lebanese state itself, after the deadliest day since the ceasefire was agreed last week.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:49:28 EDTMelinda French Gates Matches $1M for Women's Causes
Melinda French Gates is offering to match up to $1 million in gifts to two nonprofit organizations to help spur donations on GivingTuesday, which has become a major annual fundraising day for nonprofits.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:27:50 EDTSen. Manchin Calls on Biden to Pardon Trump
Sen. Joe Manchin is calling on President Joe Biden to pardon President-elect Donald Trump, saying that it would be a "lot more balanced" after his pardon of his son, Hunter Biden.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:05:15 EDTUS Lawmakers Back COVID Chinese Lab Leak Theory After 2-Year Probe
U.S. lawmakers concluded a two-year investigation Monday into the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 1.1 million Americans, backing the theory the virus likely leaked from a Chinese laboratory.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 07:50:13 EDTTrump Names Billionaire Warren Stephens Envoy to UK
President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:59:23 EDTTrump Vows to Block Nippon Steel's Takeover of US Steel
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday a series of tax incentives and tariffs will revive storied American firm U.S. Steel, as he reiterated his opposition to Nippon Steel's planned $15 billion purchase of the company.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 07:28:16 EDTNATO Chief Demurs on Membership: Back Ukraine With Weapons
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Tuesday sidestepped questions about Ukraine's possible membership of the military alliance, saying the priority now must be to strengthen the country's hand in any future peace talks with Russia by sending it more weapons.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:47:11 EDTTrump to Attend Reopening of Notre Dame in Paris
Donald Trump will attend the weekend reopening of the restored Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, in his first trip abroad as US president-elect, he announced on social media Monday.
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