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• What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people
• Veteran, 98, finally receives medals earned in World War II
• Susan Smith to ask parole board for her freedom after serving 30 years for drowning her children
• Trump campaigned on the promise of raising tariffs across the board, and he has a mandate from his Midwestern constituents to deliver protection and prosperity
• Pro-Palestinian candidate to put forth bid for DNC vice chair
• Russian opposition faces challenges as Navalny’s widow takes the helm
• What Mike Huckabee means for US-Israel relations
• Activists, lawmakers urge Biden to protect migrants from Ecuador
• Bill Clinton pressed on whether country is just not ready for a female president
• U.S. to provide anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, official says
• Ian Bremmer: Brace yourself — Trump’s foreign policy could reshape the business world
• Cyber-Security Experts Warn Election Was Hacked
• Senate Republicans are mad that Democrats are using the lame duck to confirm Biden’s judges
• Trump names former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as his pick for education secretary
• OPP investigating armed robbery on Hwy. 410 in Brampton
• "No mistake on who they're serving": Republicans eye Medicaid, SNAP cuts to pay for Trump tax plan
• Witnesses tell House Homeland Security about the inhumane conditions faced by unaccompanied migrant children
• Canada’s security agencies suspect Modi knew of plot to kill Sikh activist
• Fox News Channel makes history as MSNBC, CNN continue to implode since Election Day
• Trump nominates Linda McMahon for education secretary - Washington Examiner
• California House race flips to narrow lead for Dem amid weekslong vote count
• Opinion | The unlikely demographic that’s fueling post-election conspiracy theories
• Republican who won county seat pleads guilty to sexual assault of daughter
• Steve Bannon’s trial over border wall scheme postponed to February
• Trump fears Matt Gaetz won’t get confirmed, this is why he’s backing him anyway
• Colorado Democrats plan bill to remove state’s unique barrier to union organizing
• Calgary police firearms facility and emergency funding dominate budget talks - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
• At the end of his term, Biden seizes the day — and avoids reporters
• Prosecutors shared the final text message Laken Riley sent to her mom before she was killed while out for a jog
• 2 killed in Ohio home explosion, cause under investigation
• Trump loyalist Kash Patel in contention to be named FBI director
• MANDEL: Was son suffering from mental illness when he allegedly killed his parents?
• Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed
• Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is expected to testify in his national security trial soon
• San Francisco Mayor London Breed loses reelection to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie
• California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hour
• ‘100% on board’: Border state offers Trump massive plot of land to aid mass deportation operation
• Friends of Brampton man shot in case of mistaken identity look for support for victim
• We Can Do Better Than Bidenism
• North Carolina GOP bill would weaken next Democratic governor and attorney general
• House Republicans grill FEMA administrator over alleged political bias
• Department of State Begins Risk-Limiting Audit of 2024 General Election
• Opinion | The narrative that "woke" politics is why Trump won is nonsense
• Rep. Brad Wenstrup, hero of June 2017 shooting at House GOP baseball practice, recalls that day
• On 1,000th day of war, Ukraine hits targets inside Russia with U.S.-made missile system
• Survey shows Florida's immigration law causes anxiety and stress — and made people leave
• Paper Shredding Truck Appears Outside DOJ After Gaetz Nomination
• Canadian seniors hard hit by postal strike | Globalnews.ca
• Parent of LGBTQ kids has a perfectly colorful response to a neighbor who tried to shame him
• In the U.S. more women than men graduate from college, by a lot. What does it mean?
• LA enacts sanctuary city ordinance to prepare for potential mass deportations under Trump
• Trump to pick Linda McMahon, former wrestling executive, to head Department of Education, sources say
• Michael Cohen, The Prosecution’s Star Witness, Calls for Trump Criminal Case Dismissal
• Hochul blames Cuomo for congestion pricing problem: ‘I have to clean up the mess’ - Washington Examiner
• Migrant who defied several attempts to deport him raped 15-year-old girl
• Biden unlikely to ban menthol cigarettes, despite urging from health officials
• As Biden nears Trump's number of judicial confirmations, Republicans look to slow the process
• Ibarra was flown to Georgia at taxpayer expense, his roommate testifies
• How Trump and Speaker Johnson could force the Senate to adjourn, allow recess appointments
• Some of the biggest pro-Trump donors of 2024 are lining up for administration jobs
• Trump's picks will fight for Americans, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says
• A recount will happen in the extremely close race for a North Carolina court seat
• Teen boy killed in two-vehicle collision near Athabasca: RCMP
• RFK Jr. Told a Bunch of People the Government May Have “Planned” COVID
• Bucks County commissioner tries to clean up statement about ignoring election law - Washington Examiner
• US and Europe fear escalation of Russian hybrid warfare amid Ukraine missile attacks
• The growing list of sexual misconduct allegations against Trump’s picks
• Ranking Trump's Cabinet picks that will be hardest to confirm - Washington Examiner
• Senate votes to confirm Mustafa Kasubhai to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
• Weak turnout in key cities hurt Harris in the 'blue wall' states
• Kansas agrees to increase hospital beds for mentally ill defendants
• Johnson to Block Transgender Staff from Women's Bathroom in Capitol
• Police hunt for seventh suspect in murder of missing Windsor man
• Team Trump Wants the Poor to Suffer to Fund His Tax Cuts for the Rich
• RFK Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary gets warm welcome from GOP senators
• Americans confront racial past in debate over critical race theory
• A double whammy of tariffs and strikes is coming for U.S. trade and the global supply chain in early 2025
• Calgary doctor charged with sexually assaulting patients at Brentwood clinic
• Hacker accesses sealed testimony of woman alleging Matt Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17
• President-elect Donald Trump is now receiving intelligence briefings
• House Democrats reject rising star Jasmine Crockett's insurgent leadership bid
• SpaceX launch live: Donald Trump to join Elon Musk for test flight of Starship rocket
• Democrats suffered devastating losses in 2024 elections. The race to take over the party has begun.
• Democrats want Kamala Harris to run again
• House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for 1st transgender member
• Convicted murderer Thomas Svekla denied parole after 18 years in prison
• Los Angeles city and schools to make themselves migrant 'sanctuaries'
• Harris lost to Trump. She may have one last chance to defy him.
• Trump: ‘No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!’
• Trump will nominate transition adviser and billionaire Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary
• Howard Lutnick will lead Trump’s commerce department
• Gaetz allegedly paid women to travel to New York City and have sex with him on at least two occasions, lawyer says
• Laken Riley's alleged killer Jose Ibarra flew from 'ground zero' of migrant crisis to Georgia
• What's going on with Matt Gaetz's nomination? Here's what you need to know
• Deaf man with cerebral palsy said he tried to communicate with officers before violent arrest
• Prosecutors oppose dismissing Trump's hush money conviction
• Judge dismisses a lawsuit over South Dakota abortion-rights measure that voters rejected
• Sheriffs close third Lethbridge property since special unit set up in the southern Alberta city a year ago
• Ottawa removed 1,100 companies from Indigenous procurement list: Hajdu - National | Globalnews.ca
• Cable companies and Trump’s FCC chair agree: Data caps are good for you