Biden Signs a Bill Officially Making the Bald Eagle the National Bird of the U.S.

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Biden Signs a Bill Officially Making the Bald Eagle the National Bird of the U.S.

(Headline USA) The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.

President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed and designate the bald eagle—familiar to many because of its white head, yellow beak and brown body—as the national bird.

The bald eagle has appeared on the Great Seal of the United States, which is used in official documents, since 1782, when the design was finalized.

The seal is made up of the eagle, an olive branch, arrows, a flag-like shield, the motto “E Pluribus Unum” and a constellation of stars.

Congress that same year designated the bald eagle as the the national emblem, and its image appears in a host of places, ranging from documents and the presidential flag to military insignia and U.S. currency, according to USA.gov.

But it had never been officially designated to be what many had just assumed it was—the national bird.

The bald eagle is indigenous to North America.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Kamala Arrogantly Told Union Boss She Didn’t Need His Endorsement—It Backfired

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Kamala Arrogantly Told Union Boss She Didn’t Need His Endorsement—It Backfired

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Vice President Kamala Harris exposed herself as an arrogant politician during a meeting with a prominent union leader, claiming she would win the 2024 presidential election “with or without” the union’s support. It turns out she was mistaken.

Teamster President Sean O’Brien shared on a podcast with Tucker Carlson that Harris abruptly left the meeting after securing the Democratic nomination for president, according to the New York Post. 

“On the fourth question, one of her operatives or one of her staff slips a note in front of me — ‘This will be the last question.’ And it was 20 minutes earlier than the time it was going to end,” O’Brien told Carlson. “And her declaration of the way out was, ‘I’m going to win with you or without you.’” 

Carlson humorously remarked, “Damn. I thought I was arrogant. That’s really arrogant.” 

Following the meeting, O’Brien called former Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh to discuss the incident. “Let me ask you a question, Marty. Excuse my French. Who does this f*cking lady think she is?” the union’s boss asked. 

O’Brien did not hold back in his criticism of President Biden either, suggesting that having an 81-year-old in the re-election race resembled “elderly abuse.” He noted, “We had Biden in there and you could just clearly tell he was not the man he was. It was kind of sad.” 

Weeks before the election, O’Brien announced that the union would not endorse a presidential candidate for the first time since 1996. This was a significant loss for the Democratic Party, which had typically received the union’s backing for years. 

According to the Post, 59.6 percent of union members supported President-elect Donald Trump, while only 34 percent backed Harris.  

In the end, Harris suffered a decisive loss to Trump in the 2024 election.

Crenshaw Challenger Suggests Executing Illegal Aliens Convicted of Heinous Crimes 

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Crenshaw Challenger Suggests Executing Illegal Aliens Convicted of Heinous Crimes 

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Hispanic Republican challenging Rep. Dan Crenshaw has proposed a controversial plan to address illegal aliens convicted of murder or rape: public execution. 

Valentina Gomez made the recommendation in a viral video posted on X, where she is seen shooting a stunt dummy tied to a wooden chair with duct tape. 

“It’s that simple: public executions for any illegal that rapes or kills an American,” Gomez declared after pulling the trigger. “They don’t deserve deportation. They deserve to be ended.” 

The video quickly amassed millions of views on X, with some applauding Gomez’s blunt ad. However, the platform censored the clip, adding a “visibility limited” label, restricting its reach. 

Gomez, a 25-year-old GOP firebrand, unsuccessfully ran for Missouri Secretary of State in 2024 and is now seeking to unseat Crenshaw in Congress. 

Known for her provocative rhetoric, this isn’t the first time Gomez has stirred controversy with her campaign ads. 

On Dec. 16, 2024, Gomez faced backlash for another ad, in which she labeled the LGBTQ community a “terrorist organization.” 

In the clip, she made sweeping generalizations about gay individuals, using a slur word to refer to them and claiming they would kill children if they can’t “groom” them. 

“The pedophiles that hide under the LGBTQ flag are the next mass shooters, which is why we need to reclassify them as a terrorist organization,” Gomez stated in the video.  

She further claimed that Christians are “being hunted and killed,” referencing multiple school shootings, and alleged that the identities of certain shooters were being concealed. 

“The Aberdeen School shooter: trans! The Denver School Shooter: trans! The Nashville School shooter: trans! And I can go on and on. This is a direct attack on Christianity. So to all the transgender, terrorist f*ggots—stay the f*ck away from our children.” 

Her inflammatory language sparked widespread criticism, with many labeling her a “bigot.”

The criticism extended to her brother, Jonathan Gomez, who lost his position as an aide to Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop after it was revealed he had donated to her campaign. 

Critics argued the donation conflicted with the mayor’s commitment to supporting the LGBTQ community. Jonathan Gomez had previously been a member of Fulop’s LGBTQ+ Task Force and the mayor’s Outreach and Public Relations Committee. 

Patriot Front Members Settle Civil Lawsuit w/ Anonymous Plaintiffs

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Patriot Front Members Settle Civil Lawsuit w/ Anonymous Plaintiffs

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Several members of the right-wing nationalist organization Patriot Front have settled a civil lawsuit filed by two anonymous plaintiffs, who sued the group for allegedly vandalizing a mural honoring black tennis star Arthur Ashe.

The settlement was revealed in a court filing earlier this month. The anonymous plaintiffs and settling defendants—Nathan Noyce, Thomas Dail, Paul Gancarz, Daniel Turetchi, and Aedan Tredinnick—asked for the presiding judge to dismiss the lawsuit against them with prejudice. The lawsuit continues against the Patriot Front members that haven’t settled, including its leader, Thomas Rousseau, who had a default judgment entered against him last year.

“Plaintiffs and Defendants … stipulate that all claims asserted against the Settling Defendants, and all their asserted defenses, are dismissed with prejudice. This stipulation of dismissal does not affect Plaintiffs’ claims against the remaining defendants,” the Dec. 3 joint motion stated.

“Plaintiffs and the Settling Defendants agree that the Court retains jurisdiction and authority to enforce, and resolve any disputes concerning, their settlement agreement, as more fully described in the settlement agreement.”

The terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. U.S. District Judge M. Hannah Lauck gave put her stamp of approval on the joint motion on the same day it was filed.

There are still 19 anonymous Patriot Front members listed as “John Does” in the lawsuit. The group’s leader, Thomas Rousseau, had a default judgment entered against him after he failed to respond to the lawsuit. Now, he’s barred from defending himself as the case proceeds.

An attorney for the Patriot Front defendants who settled has declined to comment on the case in the past.

“I have no connection with Patriot Front.  I am merely local counsel for several young men who are facing a wholly improper lawsuit,” attorney Brad Marrs told Headline USA last year.

The Patriot Front lawsuit stems from the fall of 2021, around the time of a civil trial over the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. According to the lawsuit, Patriot Front members defaced the Ashe mural less than two weeks before the trial was set to begin.

“The vandalization of the mural was not a spur of the moment decision, but rather was carefully planned,” the October 2022 lawsuit claimed.

“The mural, which had taken months of planning and work to create, was effectively ruined and the Black man it celebrated erased.”

The lawsuit claimed that the Patriot Front’s actions caused the plaintiffs “feelings of hurt, fear, and anxiety.”

Patriot Front faces at least two other civil suits: one from a black man who claims he was assaulted by the Boston Public Library in July 2022, and another from two North Dakota non-profit organizations who claim that the Patriot Front defaced local shops owned by immigrants.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

Family of Murder Victim Slams Biden for Sparing Killer from Death Penalty: ‘Disgusting’

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Family of Murder Victim Slams Biden for Sparing Killer from Death Penalty: ‘Disgusting’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The grieving family of Donna Major, a beloved bank worker who was killed during a robbery in 2017, is upset with President Joe Biden’s decision to spare her killer from facing the death penalty. 

Just days before Christmas, Biden commuted the death sentence of convicted murderer Brandon Council, bringing heartbreak to Major’s family once again. 

“She was shown no mercy at all,” said Major’s husband, Danny Jenkins, during a Tuesday interview on Fox News’s Fox & Friends. 

“This man walked into the bank, never said two words to her. Shot her three times in total. He went and shot her coworker, Katie Skeen, as well, who was totally defenseless and unaware of anything happening,” Jenkins added. 

The widowed husband expressed disbelief at the commutation: “I can’t believe that this is actually happening.” 

Jenkins’s remarks came after Biden commuted the death sentences of Council and 36 other individuals. 

Council was sentenced to death after he entered the CresCom Bank in Conway, South Carolina, and fatally shot Major. He then reached over the counter and shot Kathryn Skeen, a 36-year-old bank teller. 

Major’s daughter, Heather Turner, criticized Biden for his decision, stating that he did not have the decency to reach out and hear the family’s opinion. 

“I was angry. I’m still angry,” Turner said. “I am upset that this is even happening—that one man can make this decision without even talking to the victims, without any regard for what we have been through, what we are going through.” 

Jenkins shared his discontent with Biden, calling him a “senile old man” who can’t “tie his shoes.” 

“It’s absolutely disgusting,” he added. 

Major’s younger daughter, Katie Jenkins, echoed her father’s sentiments, stating that her family’s pain is unimaginable. 

“We trusted the judicial system. We sat through court. I watched my mother be murdered. I watched her body lying on the ground,” Katie said, affirming Biden “doesn’t have compassion.” 

In a press statement, Biden defended his controversial decision to commute death sentences, declaring that he “condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss.” 

He added, “But guided by my conscience … I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.” 

Critics suggest that the death row commutations are part of a broader initiative by Biden to pardon individuals, including his son, Hunter Biden, from facing accountability for their actions. 

Biden is the only president in U.S. history to pardon his son, whose pardon is also the broadest ever, shielding him from federal prosecution for offenses committed over 11 years. 

Prosecutors Withdraw Appeal of Dismissed Manslaughter Case against Alec Baldwin

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Prosecutors Withdraw Appeal of Dismissed Manslaughter Case against Alec Baldwin

(Headline USA) New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie, the Santa Fe district attorney’s office announced Monday.

Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the appeal of a July decision at trial to dismiss the charge against Baldwin in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal on set for the movie Rust outside Santa Fe in October 2021.

“Today’s decision to dismiss the appeal is the final vindication of what Alec Baldwin and his attorneys have said from the beginning—this was an unspeakable tragedy but Alec Baldwin committed no crime,” said defense attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro. “The rule of law remains intact in New Mexico.”

Representatives for the state attorney general could not be be reached immediately.

The decision to drop the appeal solidifies the decision by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer halfway through trial to dismiss the case on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense.

Baldwin’s trial was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins’ killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin’s lawyers say investigators “buried” the evidence in a separate case file and filed a successful motion to dismiss.

Under state law the New Mexico attorney general would have carried forward the appeal but “did not intend to exhaustively pursue the appeal on behalf of the prosecution,” the district attorney’s office said.

“As a result, the State’s efforts to continue to litigate the case in a fair and comprehensive manner have been met with multiple barriers that have compromised its ability to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” local prosecutors said.

Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for Rust, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on set when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer—but not the trigger—and the revolver fired.

In April, a judge sentenced movie weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez–Reed to the maximum of one and a half years at a state penitentiary on an involuntary manslaughter conviction in Hutchins’s death.

Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez–Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the set of Rust, where it was expressly prohibited, and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols.

Assistant director and safety coordinator David Halls pleaded no contest to the negligent use of a deadly weapon and was sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation. A no contest plea isn’t an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.

Several civil lawsuits have been brought against Baldwin and Rust producers, including a complaint by Hutchins’s parents and sister.

Prosecutors said Hutchins’s death has prompted industry-wide scrutiny of safety protocols, especially the use of firearms and live ammunition on set.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Centuries-Old Angels Uncovered at Boston Church Made Famous by Paul Revere

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Centuries-Old Angels Uncovered at Boston Church Made Famous by Paul Revere

(Headline USA) Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church, murals conservator Gianfranco Pocobene is working to uncover eight angels that were hidden under layers of paint for more than a century.

The painted angels—with round childlike faces and wings—once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730. But officials at the church, a seminal location of the Revolutionary War, painted over the angels in 1912 with thick coats of white paint, part of an austere renovation that restorationists are trying to reverse.

What lies beneath the paint?

“When we first looked at the project six months ago, we had no idea what was here,” Pocobene said as the church, the oldest church building in Boston, was preparing to remove the scaffolding earlier this month to reveal eight of the 20 painted-over angels.

“It’s really been quite a revelation to find these really interesting and historic works of art on the walls of the church that nobody has seen in our lifetime,” he continued. ”Just to be part of a project where we are revealing something from colonial America is really extraordinary.”

A popular stop for tourists visiting Boston’s North End, the Old North Church is best known for the two lanterns hung from its steeple on the night of Paul Revere’s 1775 ride to warn of the British army’s approach. Revere was also a teenage bell ringer in the congregation.

In 1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride,” mentioning the church and introducing the phrase, “one if by land, and two if by sea.”

Returning the church to its roots

As the 250th anniversary of Revere’s ride approaches in April, church officials also want to draw attention to its beginnings in 1723 and its identity, both as a beacon of liberty but also its connections to the slave trade—many of its first congregants profited off slavery.

The church was built to house Boston’s growing colonial Anglican community and its interior was much more colorful and dynamic than what visitors see today.

“For much of the church’s history, people who were coming here to the church would have seen those angels, would have seen the colorful interior,” said Emily Spence, the associate director of education at Old North Illuminated, which operates the church as a historic site.

“The color scheme was an important part of the identity of the people who worshiped here as members of the congregation of a Church of England church,” she said, adding the interiors would have set the church apart from Puritans who dominated Boston at the time.

Spence said that exploration started in September with efforts to restore the sandstone and teal-colored angels — eight completed this month and another eight by the spring. They were made to look like stone sculptures and it remains unclear why they were painted over.

Bringing angels to life

Researchers knew from the historical record that the angels were on the walls and they still have a copy of a contract signed with John Gibbs, a congregation member who painted them. A paint study completed in 2017 confirmed their presence but their condition was unclear.

Corrine Long, a painting conservator who works with Pocobene, said one of the challenges was removing seven layers of paint without damaging the angels.

The team first applied a solvent gel to soften the layers of paint and then manually removed it with a plastic scraper. After that, they cleaned the angels with cotton swabs before retouching to remove any signs of damage.

Once Pocobene and Long started removing the paint, they knew they’d uncovered something special.

“They all have their own character—they’re not copies,” Pocobene, who has his own studio in Lawrence, Massachusetts, said. “The artist John Gibbs painted them individually and they’re all in different poses, which gives them a really wonderful rhythmic kind of pattern across the surface of the church.”

For Long, one of the most satisfying parts of the project was returning parts of the church to what the founders had intended—and what tourists should see.

“Whenever I go into a building with history, it amazes me to be surrounded with paintings or the decorations that were there originally,” she said. “When it’s been repainted to be white, it takes away some of that majesty and some of that history.”

On a recent day, the church was mostly empty except for the conservators. But two tourists, Sean Dixon and Sarah Jardine from California, did slip in.

They walked the aisles and stared up at the scaffolding. It was hard to see the angels through all the steel but what they did see inspired them.

“I was kind of shocked when I first saw it,” said Dixon, an account manager from San Francisco. “It looks really cool and I’m really excited to see the full picture once the scaffolding comes down.”

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Biden to Decide on U.S. Steel Acquisition after Influential Panel Fails to Reach Consensus

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(Headline USA) A powerful government panel on Monday failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel, leaving the decision to President Joe Biden, who opposes the deal.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, known as CFIUS, sent its long-awaited report on the merger to Biden, who formally came out against the deal in March.

He has 15 days to reach a final decision, the White House said.

A U.S. official familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the private report, said some federal agencies represented on the panel were skeptical that allowing a Japanese company to buy an American-owned steelmaker would create national security risks.

Monday was the deadline to approve the deal, recommend that Biden block it or extend the review process.

Both Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have courted unionized workers at U.S. Steel and vowed to block the acquisition amid concerns about foreign ownership of a flagship American company. The economic risk, however, is giving up Nippon Steel’s potential investments in the mills and upgrades that might help preserve steel production within the United States.

Under the terms of the proposed $14.9 billion all-cash deal, U.S. Steel would keep its name and its headquarters in Pittsburgh, where it was founded in 1901 by J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. It would become a subsidiary of Nippon Steel, and the combined company would be among the top three steelmakers in the world, according to 2023 figures from the World Steel Association.

Biden, backed by the United Steelworkers, said earlier this year that it was “vital for (U.S. Steel) to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated.”

Trump has also opposed the acquisition and vowed earlier this month on his Truth Social platform to “block this deal from happening.” He proposed reviving U.S. Steel’s flagging fortunes “through a series of Tax Incentives and Tariffs.”

The steelworkers union questions if Nippon Steel would keep jobs at unionized plants, make good on collectively bargained benefits or protect American steel production from cheap foreign imports.

“Our union has been calling for strict government scrutiny of the sale since it was announced. Now it’s up to President Biden to determine the best path forward,” David McCall, the steelworkers’ president, said in a statement Monday. “We continue to believe that means keeping U.S. Steel domestically owned and operated.”

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel have waged a public relations campaign to win over skeptics.

U.S. Steel said in a statement Monday that the deal “is the best way, by far, to ensure that U.S. Steel, including its employees, communities, and customers, will thrive well into the future.”

Nippon Steel said Tuesday that it had been informed by CFIUS that it had referred the case to Biden, and urged him to “reflect on the great lengths that we have gone to to address any national security concerns that have been raised and the significant commitments we have made to grow U. S. Steel, protect American jobs, and strengthen the entire American steel industry, which will enhance American national security.”

“We are confident that our transaction should and will be approved if it is fairly evaluated on its merits,” it said in a statement.

A growing number of conservatives have publicly backed the deal, as Nippon Steel began to win over some steelworkers union members and officials in areas near its blast furnaces in Pennsylvania and Indiana.

Many backers said Nippon Steel has a stronger financial balance sheet than rival Cleveland-Cliffs to invest the necessary cash to upgrade aging U.S. Steel blast furnaces.

Nippon Steel pledged to invest $2.7 billion in United Steelworkers-represented facilities, including U.S. Steel’s blast furnaces, and promised not to import steel slabs that would compete with the blast furnaces.

It also pledged to protect U.S. Steel in trade matters and to not lay off employees or close plants during the term of the basic labor agreement. Earlier this month, it offered $5,000 in closing bonuses to U.S. Steel employees, a nearly $100 million expense.

Nippon Steel also said it was best positioned to help American steel compete in an industry dominated by the Chinese.

The proposed sale came during a tide of renewed political support for rebuilding America’s manufacturing sector, a presidential campaign in which Pennsylvania was a prime battleground, and a long stretch of protectionist U.S. tariffs that analysts say has helped reinvigorate domestic steel.

Chaired by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, CFIUS screens business deals between U.S. firms and foreign investors and can block sales or force parties to change the terms of an agreement to protect national security.

Congress significantly expanded the committee’s powers through the 2018 Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act, known as FIRRMA.

In September, Biden issued an executive order broadening the factors the committee should consider when reviewing deals—such as how they impact the U.S. supply chain or if they put Americans’ personal data at risk.

Nippon Steel has factories in the U.S., Mexico, China and Southeast Asia. It supplies the world’s top automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., and makes steel for railways, pipes, appliances and skyscrapers.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

N.C. Police Officer Killed in Grocery-Store Shootout 2 Days Before Christmas

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(Headline USA) A police officer responding to a report of a man with a gun inside a North Carolina supermarket was fatally shot Monday and a suspect was later taken into custody, authorities said.

Police announced the death of Greensboro police officer Michael Horan at a news conference, saying Horan was responding to the report when he was shot shortly before midday at a Food Lion store in Greensboro in the central part of the state.

Ramona Miller told WGHP-TV she was shopping with her 6-year-old granddaughter when she heard shots being fired.

“We were on our way out and I was purchasing a lottery ticket and I was just sitting there and heard a ‘pop-pop’ and then ‘pop-pop-pop.’ I think I heard five shots,” Miller said. “At first I didn’t know it was a shooting … but an employee yelled out, ‘Shooting! Shooting!’ ”

Miller said she and her granddaughter left the store and that police arrived soon afterward.

There was no immediate report of any injuries elsewhere in the store.

Authorities said Monday afternoon that the circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation and they did not immediately release further details about how it unfolded or identify the person taken in custody. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the state’s lead law enforcement agency, is continuing the investigation.

Horan was hired in 2017 and became a sworn Greensboro Police Department officer in early 2018, Assistant Police Chief Milford J. Harris said. Horan served in the department’s patrol bureau. He also was a U.S. Coast Guard member since 2000, according to his LinkedIn profile.

“He was an excellent officer. He had an outstanding reputation inside the department and in the community,” Harris said at the news conference.

Gov. Roy Cooper said on X later Monday that he extended his condolences to Horan’s family and his fellow officers, saying the fallen officer was “courageously doing his duty protecting Greensboro when he became the victim of a senseless act of violence.”

He added that he was grateful for Horan’s “brave, dedicated service.”

Earlier in the day, Cooper had posted on the social-media platform that he had sent a “significant” number of state law enforcement officers to aid the emergency response in Greensboro, where a heavy police presence was apparent outside the store soon after the shooting.

The store will remain closed while authorities continue their investigation, Food Lion said in a statement, adding it was providing resources to its affected workers. It directed all questions to local law enforcement and said it was cooperating with the investigation.

The shooting was another reminder that state lawmakers should strengthen resources and improve safety for law enforcement officers, said Democratic state Sen. Michael Garrett, who represents part of Guilford County where Greensboro is located.

“During what should be a time of joy and celebration, another brave officer has been shot in the line of duty. Another family’s holiday season forever changed,” Garrett said in a Facebook statement.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Report: Bill Clinton Was Hospitalized ahead of Christmas Eve

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Report: Bill Clinton Was Hospitalized ahead of Christmas Eve

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Daily Mail reported Tuesday that former President Bill Clinton, 78, was discharged from the hospital after being treated for the flu on Monday.

“President Clinton was discharged earlier today after being treated for the flu,” Angel Urena, Clinton’s former deputy chief of staff, reportedly said in a statement to the DailyMail.

“He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received. He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all.”

According to the Daily Mail, Clinton was previously hospitalized in 2021 when a urological infection spread to his bloodstream. Clinton also reportedly underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery in 2004 and had a procedure to open an artery six years later, according to the Daily Mail.

Clinton’s hospitalization is the latest medical episode suffered by America’s gerontocracy.

Earlier this month, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a hip replacement surgery overseas.

Also this month, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reportedly received medical attention on Dec. 10 after he fell following a Republican lunch meeting. McConnell has suffered several medical episodes in recent years. In August 2023, he stopped his remarks mid-sentence and stared off into space for several seconds. McConnell was also hospitalized in March 2023, after he tripped at a DC hotel.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report last week, showing that President Joe Biden’s handlers knew about his declining health since before his inauguration.

Citing interviews with nearly 50 sources, the Journal reported that Biden’s staff noticed his slipping cognition “in just the first few months of his term.”

“Administration officials noticed that the president became tired if meetings went long and would make mistakes,” the newspaper reported.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

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