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NYC Mayor Adams Open to Reopening Rikers Island ICE Office
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has told incoming border czar Tom Homan he wants to reopen the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island, the New York Post reported on Friday.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:23:24 EDTFrance's Macron Picks Centrist Ally Bayrou as PM
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist Francois Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling France out of months of political crisis.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:51:06 EDTHouse Panel: BlackRock, Others Wary of Climate Initiative
Top U.S. asset managers were worried that signing up to an industry climate initiative could make them appear to be working too closely together and draw regulatory scrutiny, according to a report released Friday by a Republican-led House committee.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:32:56 EDTTrump: Govt Must Come Clean on Drones or Shoot Them Down
President-elect Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. government must know more about the mysterious drone sightings along the East Coast this week, and if not, the drones should be shot down.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:28:36 EDTApple CEO Tim Cook Meets With Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, the New York Times reported.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:04:43 EDTSouth Korean President Faces Second Martial Law Impeachment Vote
South Korean lawmakers vote Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a second parliamentary showdown that appeared on a knife edge.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:19:32 EDTTrump, Stephanopoulos Ordered to Sit for Deposition in ABC Defamation Case
President-elect Donald Trump and news anchor George Stephanopoulos have been ordered to sit for depositions next week in Trump's defamation suit against ABC News, a judge ruled Friday.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:24:20 EDTUS Court Rejects TikTok Bid for Temporary Pause of Imminent US Ban
A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban on the app.TikTok and ByteDance on Monday filed the emergency motion...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:16:29 EDTBiden Grants Clemency for Lethal Fentanyl Trafficker
A Massachusetts woman who helped facilitate a deadly fentanyl ring has been granted clemency by President Joe Biden, the Boston Herald reported on Friday.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:46:02 EDTDA Bragg: Mangione Might Waive Extradition to New York
Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Friday that the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson might reverse course and waive extradition from Pennsylvania to New York City.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:22:10 EDT14 State AG's, D.C., Suing Glock Over Machine Gun Conversion
Fourteen state attorneys general and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against Glock, one of the most popular gunmakers in the world, saying the company's handguns can be easily modified into concealable weapons.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:23:50 EDTMichael Moore: Health Insurance Anger '1000 Percent Justified'
Filmmaker Michael Moore, reacting to being named in the manifesto of alleged killer Luigi Mangione, said Friday he wants to "pour gasoline" on the anger being directed at the health insurance industry, which is "1,000% justified."
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:58:27 EDTYellen Warns Trump Team Against Interfering With Bank Supervision
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday urged the incoming Trump administration to refrain from interfering with what she called critically important appropriate regulation of American banks' capital levels, liquidity and risk-taking.Yellen, who has served as U.S....
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:03:59 EDTDon Jr. Slams Biden for Chinese Child Porn Clemency
Donald Trump Jr. ripped into President Joe Biden on Friday for issuing a pardon to a Chinese national who pleaded guilty to possessing tens of thousands of images of child pornography.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:42:45 EDTDOJ: 14 North Koreans Charged in $88 Million IT Fraud Scheme
The Justice Department has charged 14 North Korean citizens with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit identity theft, wire fraud, and other financial crimes in a scheme that netted millions for the alleged perpetrators, NBC News reports.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:31:23 EDTN.J. Gov. Presses Biden for More Drone Response Resources
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called on President Joe Biden for more federal resources to respond to the drones that have been swarming Garden State skies for the past month.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:13:31 EDTDemocrats Wrestle With Attending Trump's Inauguration
Some say they have a responsibility to attend; others say they haven't thought about it; still other Democrats say no way will they attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:09:27 EDTTexas AG Sues New York Doctor Over Abortion Pill Prescription
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday sued a New York doctor for allegedly providing a Texas woman with abortion pills by telemedicine.The lawsuit by the Republican attorney general, which appeared to be the first of its kind, could offer a test of conservative...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:16:08 EDTStocks End Flat as Nasdaq Extends Weekly Gains
U.S. stocks closed out the trading week near the unchanged mark in a subdued session on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Dow posting weekly declines, while the Nasdaq secured its fourth consecutive week of gains.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:03:24 EDTChina's Xi Won't Attend Trump's Inauguration
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declined to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, reports CBS News.
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