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 (DIR)  * Trump debuted a new affordability script. It’s unclear to advisers whether he’ll stick to it
 (DIR)  * TikTok has signed the deal to spin off its US entity with American investor group
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 (DIR)  * Hero officer who took down Bondi shooter praised as footage reveals how massacre was brought to an end
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 (DIR)  * Wisconsin judge found guilty of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal agents
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 (DIR)  * Frustrations mount among survivors about House Democrats’ selective releases of Epstein files and photos
 (DIR)  * Brown University has over 1,200 surveillance cameras. Why that wasn’t enough to capture video of the shooting suspect
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 (DIR)  * Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88
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 (DIR)  * More photos from Epstein’s estate released by House Democrats as deadline to release DOJ files looms
 (DIR)  * Trump’s shifting justifications on Venezuela and his boat strikes
 (DIR)  * A top Zohran Mamdani appointee resigns due to old antisemitic posts
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 (DIR)  * GOP-led House passes bill to block the use of Medicaid funds for transgender care for minors
 (DIR)  * Democrats will not release the ‘autopsy’ of their 2024 presidential loss
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 (DIR)  * Trump moves to ban transgender care for minors by targeting hospitals
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 (DIR)  * Bipartisan push to reform censure process emerges in Congress after flurry of complaints brought against lawmakers
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 (DIR)  * Judiciary offices don’t have to turn over records to Trump-aligned group, judge rules
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 (DIR)  * Justice Department tried to bring a third felony charge against Letitia James
 (DIR)  * Judge cites ‘barbaric’ acts in sentencing Brian Walshe to life in prison without parole for wife’s murder
 (DIR)  * Trump’s social media business is merging with a nuclear fusion company
 (DIR)  * Jack Smith didn’t invoke Fifth Amendment during 8 hours of testimony, GOP committee chairman says
 (DIR)  * Europe is facing a huge decision on an unprecedented plan to use Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine
 (DIR)  * The Trump admin is closing a critical research center in Colorado as president spars with the state’s governor
 (DIR)  * Trump administration sanctions two more International Criminal Court judges for investigating Israel
 (DIR)  * Bondi attack suspects had no visitors and barely left hotel during month-long Philippines stay, employee says
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 (DIR)  * Pope Leo appoints pro-migrant archbishop of New York, signaling Church’s more robust approach to Trump
 (DIR)  * Hero cop hailed, youngest Bondi shooting victim laid to rest
 (DIR)  * Trump’s dark Christmas story doubles down on a political error
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 (DIR)  * The ACA’s enhanced subsidies are expiring at year’s end. Here’s what you need to know
 (DIR)  * Celebrated ex-CNN correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
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 (DIR)  * Pam Bondi dismissed charges against a surgeon who falsified vaccine cards. It emboldened others with similar cases.
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 (DIR)  * Trump has vowed to strike Venezuela ‘soon’ for months
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 (DIR)  * Rockets, howitzers and suicide drones: US and Taiwan announce one of their biggest-ever arms deals
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 (DIR)  * Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump’s comments on land and oil reveal his true motives
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 (DIR)  * Jack Smith testifies in closed-door hearing that it was his decision to charge Trump, according to testimony obtained by CNN
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 (DIR)  * McBride says Republicans are ‘obsessed with trans people’ as bills restricting youth access to gender care come to a vote
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 (DIR)  * Dan Bongino plans to step down as FBI deputy director in January
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 (DIR)  * Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like ‘baubles’ gets 8-year prison term
 (DIR)  * Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell launches Hail Mary bid to wipe away her conviction
 (DIR)  * What we know about the fatal stabbings of Rob and Michele Reiner and the case against their son
 (DIR)  * New plaques on Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ offer pointed descriptions of predecessors
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