New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says state will stockpile abortion pills ahead of Trump’s return to White House

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said Tuesday that the state is going to stockpile abortion medication in preparation for President-elect Trump’s return to the White House next week with GOP control of both chambers of Congress. The governor made comments about protecting abortion drugs like mifepristone during his state of the state address,…

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Biden says he’s been carrying out ‘most aggressive climate agenda’ in history as he designates CA monuments

President Biden on Tuesday signed proclamations to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of land in California, during his last week in office.  The event was delayed by a week due to the destructive wildfires raging in Southern California, and Biden revealed that…

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South Korean investigators make second attempt to detain impeached president

Authorities investigating suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at his residence Wednesday in a second attempt to detain him over his ill-fated martial law declaration last month. Police dispatched some 3,200 officers to the president’s sprawling hillside estate in Seoul, according to Reuters, where he has spent weeks in hiding whilst surrounded by…

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Ancient treasure, dating back 1,000 years, found buried at nuclear plant site: ‘Fascinating find’

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom recently unearthed 1,000-year-old treasure in an unusual location: a construction site for a nuclear power plant. Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) announced the discovery, which consists of 321 silver coins, in a press release on Jan. 7. The coins were found at the Sizewell C nuclear power station site in Suffolk,…

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California wildfires prompt House Republican talks on conditioning aid: ‘A pound of flesh’

As wildfires rage in California, Republicans in Washington have begun discussing whether to condition federal aid on changes to policies they blame for the blazes. “It’s part of the discussion right now,” Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital. “People are unwilling to just stroke a check for something that, quite honestly, they still…

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Honoring Trump: Speaker Johnson says flags to fly full-staff at US Capitol during presidential inauguration

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will be raised to full-staff next Monday, Jan. 20, to mark President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The move comes despite the official order by President Biden after the Dec. 29 death of former President Jimmy Carter that flags across the country would fly…

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Biden issues second AI action during final week in office with executive order fast-tracking US infrastructure

President Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order that he says will keep both national security and climate change in mind while fast-tracking large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States.  Biden said in a statement released by the White House that the executive order will “accelerate the speed at which we build…

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North Korean soldiers in Russia resort to suicide amid capture of first POWs by Ukraine

North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region against Ukrainian forces have begun resorting to drastic measures to evade capture, including suicide, a report by Reuters on Tuesday said.  Following a battle this week, Ukrainian special forces reportedly scoured the snowy terrain where more than a dozen North Korean soldiers lay slain before they came…

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