Some 30,000 Los Angeles residents — including celebrities — have been ordered to evacuate their homes as a wildfire engulfs the ritzy Pacific Palisades while another destructive blaze erupted hours later in nearby Altadena on Tuesday night.
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US announces $5.9B in military and budget aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraine as President Biden uses his final weeks in office to surge aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes power.
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Thief returns stolen baby Jesus statue with note asking forgiveness for ‘dumb mistake’
He’s Dismas at Christmas.
A penitent thief returned a ceramic baby Jesus to a Colorado fire station with a chicken-scratch note that asked for forgiveness for the “dumb mistake.”
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Trump floats abolishing debt ceiling altogether as federal funding fight with GOP intensifies
President-elect Donald Trump says he would prefer the US debt ceiling be completely abolished — not just raised — as congressional Republicans’ feud over a funding bill intensifies on Capitol Hill ahead of a government shutdown deadline.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1M to Trump’s inaugural fund
Meta has donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund amid CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s push to curry favor with the president-elect more than a month before he takes office.
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President-elect Donald Trump named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ after ‘historic comeback’: ‘Unparalleled in American History’
President-elect Donald Trump was named Time’s “Person of the Year” on Thursday after his stunning political comeback — which the magazine described as “unparalleled in American history.”
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South Korea’s opposition parties move to impeach President Yoon over sudden martial law
South Korea’s opposition parties on Wednesday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing pressure to leave office hours after he ended a short-lived martial law that prompted troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers voted to lift it.
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Donald Trump hints at mass pardons for Jan. 6 defendants after Biden pardons son Hunter
President-elect Donald Trump hinted at mass pardons for defendants tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — with his team vowing he would also overhaul the “Democrat-controlled” Department of Justice — a little more than an hour after President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Sunday night.
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Israel poised to approve ceasefire with Hezbollah: official
Israel looks set to approve a US plan for a ceasefire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah on Tuesday, a senior Israeli official said, clearing the way for an end to the war which has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza conflict 14 months ago.
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Blinken questioned over State Department hosting in-house therapy sessions after Trump win
Rep. Darrell Issa took aim at Secretary of State Antony Blinken after it was reported that the State Department held therapy sessions for employees who were upset by President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.
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