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Treasury Pick Scott Bessent at Senate Hearing: Trump Can Unleash ‘Economic Golden Age’

(Headline USA) Treasury Secretary-nominee Scott Bessent told his confirmation hearing Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to unleash “a new economic golden age." In testimony, Bessent said the U.S. must secure vulnerable supply chains, levy sanctions to address national security concerns “and critically, we must ensure that the...

Trumps Taps Ex-Democrat to Draft Executive Order Ending Offshore Wind Farms

(Headline USA) President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects. Offshore wind is a major part of transitioning to an electric grid powered entirely by sources that don’t emit carbon dioxide...

Newsom Expands Special ‘Trump-Proofing’ Session to Include Wildfire Relief Proposal

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a $2.5 billion wildfire response and recovery package in the ongoing special session of the state Legislature that he had previously called into session for the purpose of "Trump-proofing" California. Newsom and state legislative leaders have agreed to set aside $50 million...

Bias Alert: Google Signs Deal w/ AP to Deliver Up-to-Date News through Gemini AI Chatbot

(Headline USA) While some media platforms, including social-media giant Meta and the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post may be responding to the return of President Donald Trump by scaling back on their aggressively woke propaganda, others are doubling down. Alarmingly, that may include newly emerging artificial intelligence, which users assume to...

Let Go, Brandon: Biden Says Farewell to America in New Letter

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) President Joe Biden released a farewell letter to the nation Wednesday as he finishes the final days of his presidency. Biden was expected to address the nation in a farewell speech Wednesday evening. The letter was a last-gasp effort to cast a positive spin on his...

FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 from Foods

(Headline USA) U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation's food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who...

TikTok Prepares for Shutdown as Ban Looms

(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) Faced with a potential U.S. ban, TikTok plans to shut down its app nationwide on Sunday unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes. The company informed its nearly 170 million American users that, in the event the shutdown takes place, they will encounter a pop-up message...

Marco Rubio Warns China Is America’s ‘Biggest Threat’ as He Seeks Confirmation

(Headline USA) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio received a warm welcome from Senate colleagues Wednesday as he sketched out his plans for implementing President-elect Donald Trump's "America First" vision as secretary of state. "I hope I can earn your support, whether it's because you believe I would do a good job,...

Group Linked to Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock Fined $300K for Breaking Ga. Campaign Laws

(Headline USA) The Georgia Ethics Commission on Wednesday fined two advocacy groups that were founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before voters elected him to the U.S. Senate. The commission found that the New Georgia Project and its affiliated New Georgia Project Action Fund illegally did...

Americans Shift Apps Amid TikTok Uncertainty in the U.S.

(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) As the debate over a potential Jan. 19 TikTok ban in the United States intensifies, millions of users are preemptively flocking to another Chinese-owned app, sparking fresh concerns over data privacy and national security. Meanwhile, lawmakers have urged a pause on the proposed ban to...

Experts Worry as Deficit Tops $2 Trillion in Last Year

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released new data showing that in the last calendar year, the federal deficit has risen over $2 trillion. The CBO released its monthly report on federal spending and revenue to show the increase, which is more than double the deficit...

North Carolina’s Foxx Will Lead U.S. House Rules Committee

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina will serve as chairwoman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Rules for the 119th Congress. Foxx, of the 5th Congressional District in the northwestern part of the state, won her 11th term on Nov. 5 –...
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