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Drought has parched the Northeast U.S. for weeks, draining reservoirs, priming the landscape for damaging wildfires and pushing politicians to implement water-saving measures. More than 58% of the Northeast is … Read More
CNN — Top Senate Republicans are withholding support for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general, while Democrats and at least one prominent GOP senator … Read More
President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Jay Clayton to serve as US Attorney for Manhattan, leading the Justice Department office known as being the sheriff of Wall Street. The position … Read More
The California Department of Insurance says detectives found this bear costume at the home of the suspects accused of orchestrating fake bear attacks on their vehicles. California Department of Insurance … Read More
Topline Bluesky, a text-based social media platform that is functionally similar to (and even shares the same co-founder as) X, formerly known as Twitter, is spiking in usership as X … Read More
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new commission to slash government spending began soliciting applications for staff jobs Thursday, saying it wants to hire “revolutionaries” who score highly on IQ tests. … Read More
Shutterstock Donald Trump has announced many of the indiviuals he intends to have join his administration when he becomes US president in January. But some of those personnel decisions will … Read More
ATLANTA (AP) — After losing the White House and both houses of Congress, Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering … Read More
Senators are calling for access to a House Ethics Committee probe into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., following his nomination to be the next Attorney General under president-elect Donald Trump. … Read More
NEW YORK CITY — The FBI seized a cellphone and other electronic devices of betting site Polymarket’s CEO Shayne Coplan in a raid on his New York City apartment early … Read More
