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California and Pacific Northwest Hit with “Bomb Cyclone”
California and Pacific Northwest Hit with “Bomb Cyclone”

California and the Pacific Northwest are facing severe weather, power outages, and falling trees amid a “bomb cyclone” which began to bear down on the region on Tuesday and is expected to last until Friday, the Associated Press reports.

Biden-Harris Administration Knew of “Dramatic” Rise in Illegal Child Labor But Did Nothing to Prevent It, Obstructed Senate Investigation
Biden-Harris Administration Knew of “Dramatic” Rise in Illegal Child Labor But Did Nothing to Prevent It, Obstructed Senate Investigation

A detailed report by the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) published this month states that the Biden-Harris administration has been aware of a recent “dramatic” increase in illegal child labor among migrant children but has taken no meaningful action to prevent it. Moreover, the report asserts the Biden-Harris administration has failed to cooperate with state and local investigations into the exploitation and trafficking of unaccompanied migrant children (UCs) and has even obstructed congressional oversight of the issue.

Texas Offers Land to Facilitate Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign Promise
Texas Offers Land to Facilitate Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign Promise

The Texas Land Commissioner has contacted President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration to say that the state will make available more than 1,400 acres of land to serve as a landing stage on which detention centers could be built to facilitate what Trump promised would be the largest mass deportation of undocumented people in US history.

Incoming Trump Administration Focused on Locating 300,000 Missing Children
Incoming Trump Administration Focused on Locating 300,000 Missing Children

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for border czar, Tom Homan, emphasized the urgency for the Trump administration to focus on locating and rescuing 300,000 children who are currently missing in the United States due to the border crisis, citing concerns about their risk of exploitation.

Musk Unveils Supercomputer ‘To Understand Universe’ (Worthy World Watch)
Musk Unveils Supercomputer ‘To Understand Universe’ (Worthy World Watch)

Billionaire Elon Musk has unveiled an Artificial Intelligence (AI) training center with the world’s fastest supercomputer “to understand the universe”.

Wyoming: District Judge Strikes Down State Laws Which Banned Abortion Including With Pills
Wyoming: District Judge Strikes Down State Laws Which Banned Abortion Including With Pills

A district court judge on Monday blocked the continued implementation of Wyoming abortion bans that also expressly prohibited the use of abortion pills to end pregnancies, the Washington Times reports.

PA Supreme Court Sides with RNC, Rules Undated Mail-In Ballots Cannot Be Counted
PA Supreme Court Sides with RNC, Rules Undated Mail-In Ballots Cannot Be Counted

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Monday that mail-in ballots without a correct handwritten date on the return envelope should not be counted, siding with the Republican National Committee (RNC) in the ongoing U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick.

Ohio’s Bathroom Bill Easily Clears Senate
Ohio’s Bathroom Bill Easily Clears Senate

The Ohio Senate passed legislation Wednesday afternoon that would ban transgender students from using restroom facilities that align with their gender identity and multi-sex bathrooms at schools across the state.

Trump Confirms Use of Military for Mass Deportations of Illegals
Trump Confirms Use of Military for Mass Deportations of Illegals

President-Elect Trump confirmed his plans to declare a national emergency, aiming to manage the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants with the assistance of the U.S. military.

ISIS-Linked Houston Man Indicted, Planned 9/11 Style Terrorist Attack
ISIS-Linked Houston Man Indicted, Planned 9/11 Style Terrorist Attack

A 28-year-old man in Houston, Anas Said, has been indicted and arrested on charges he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a federally designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

Trump Picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
Trump Picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.

Supreme Court Weighs on Age Limits for Transgender Surgeries
Supreme Court Weighs on Age Limits for Transgender Surgeries

The United States Supreme Court is soon to hear a case challenging a Tennessee law that prohibits sex-change treatments for minors, CBN News reports. The Republican-led Tennessee legislature last year passed the law that bans minors from receiving hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and sex-change surgery.

Trump taps Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, Tulsi Gabbard as Intelligence Official
Trump taps Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, Tulsi Gabbard as Intelligence Official

President-Elect Donald Trump named two more high-profile figures to his administration Wednesday afternoon, the latest in a flurry of presidential picks.

Trump Selects Marco Rubio for Secretary of State
Trump Selects Marco Rubio for Secretary of State

President-Elect Donald Trump continues to fill out his cabinet today by announcing Florida Senator Marco Rubio as the next Secretary of State.

Republicans Select Thune as New Senate Leader
Republicans Select Thune as New Senate Leader

Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) will take over as Republican Senate leader and majority leader in the new Congress, succeeding Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, in January.

Musk and Ramaswamy To Tackle Government Waste
Musk and Ramaswamy To Tackle Government Waste

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will head his proposed Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with streamlining the government, boosting efficiency, and restructuring and reducing the federal government’s bureaucracy.

Former DNI Director Named as Head of CIA
Former DNI Director Named as Head of CIA

President-Elect Donald Trump announced that he would appoint John Radcliffe, the former Director of National Intelligence (DNI), as the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in his administration.

Trump Calls for a Digital Bill of Rights to Restore Freedom of Speech (Video)
Trump Calls for a Digital Bill of Rights to Restore Freedom of Speech (Video)

President-Elect Trump has called for a the end of censorship and called for Congress to pass a ‘digital bill of rights’ in order to restore freedom of speech to U.S. citizens.

Republicans Secure House Majority, Achieving Trifecta
Republicans Secure House Majority, Achieving Trifecta

Republicans have secured at least 219 seats in the House of Representatives and achieved a trifecta by winning the Presidency, and both chambers of Congress under the leadership of President-Elect Donald Trump in the 2024 U.S. Elections.

President-Elect Trump Working on Mass Deportation Plan
President-Elect Trump Working on Mass Deportation Plan

President-elect Donald Trump and his advisors are formulating plans to deport illegal immigrants from the United States and exploring declaring a national emergency declaration that would allow the Trump administration to repurpose military assets to help Trump keep his campaign promise, according to the Wall Street Journal.