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Here’s what’s happening…
– warns Biden ‘ultra rich’ ‘oligarchy’ despite accepting donations from megadonors Dem
-‘The worst farewell speech in presidential history’: Biden’s Oval Office goodbye marked as ‘dark’
– Race for DNC chair cuts after long-shot candidate backs Ken Martin of Minnesota
Bondi is back
Pam BondiPresident-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department was engaged in a heated exchange with Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Wednesday as the California senator questioned Bondi about whether he would prosecute Trump’s political opponents.
Schiff, a vocal critic of the president-elect, asked Bondi if he would investigate former special counsel Jack Smith and also former Rep. Liz Cheney.
“I’m asking you who are sitting here today are you aware of the factual predicate to investigate Liz Cheney,” he said…Read more
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
The white house
FAILED TO START: Comer calls out Biden’s ‘failure’ to get employees back in office, vows to do so…Read more
‘SHAME’: Lame duck Biden’s DOJ arranged for brutal gang leader’s mistress to plead guilty in murder that killed 7…Read more
‘HOLLOW RINGS’: Biden irritated by warning that an oligarchy is ‘forming’ in the US despite deep ties to billionaires…Read more
President Biden was criticized for not being available to the media. (Anna Moneymaker)
‘UNNECESSARY LOADS’: President Biden’s climate standards for walk-in freezers could face scrutiny under a new GOP resolution…Read more
World stage
‘WE ARE SAFE’: Kirby ‘confident’ Americans in Gaza will be freed on Sunday amid reports of Israel, Hamas blocking deal…Read more
AGREEMENT IN DANGER?: Israeli President Netanyahu delays Gaza cease-fire deal, accuses Hamas of trying to withdraw…Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress (Getty Images)
The Trump transition
YOU ARE NOT EMPLOYED: The newly elected president describes the people he does not want to hire…Read more
‘BACK TO BASICS’: Trump Pick Pam Bondi Would ‘Make America Safe Again’ With Tough But Fair Approach: Former Col…Read more
PERMANENT PRESENCE: Director General Bondi’s nominee is seen as a force to steer the DOJ into Trump’s second term…Read more
ON THE GUEST LIST: Trump invited the CEO of TikTok to the inauguration…Read more
President-elect Trump is shown in front of the TikTok logo. (Getty Images)
‘THERE IS NO BETTER BUSINESSMAN’: ‘There’s no better marketer’: Trump reportedly considering executive order to ‘save’ TikTok…Read more
FOSSIL FUEL ‘ENTHUSIAST’: Climate protesters insult Trump’s energy nominee, Dem senator mocks him as a ‘fossil fuel enthusiast’…Read more
LISTENING TO ZELDIN: Democrats criticize Zeldin on climate change, Trump’s stance on carbon emissions during EPA hearing…Read more
SUCCESSOR: Vance hosts the biggest dollar fundraiser ahead of Trump’s inauguration…Read more
ILLUSTRATIONS: Official portraits of Trump and Vance released ahead of inauguration…Read more
On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States and JD Vance as the 50th Vice President of the United States. (Trump-Vance Transition Team)
‘IDEALOGIES WITH AN AGENDA’: Conservative group reveals how Trump can clean house at Department of Education, lists top bureaucrats to fire…Read more
EARTHQUAKE IN THE SWAMP: Trump transition asks 3 State Department officials to resign…Read more
LISTENABLE DEFECT: Nancy Pelosi Will Skip Trump’s Inauguration…Read more
Capitol Hill
FAMILY FIGHT: The House Freedom Caucus will draw the battle lines for reconciliation after presenting the plan to Trump…Read more
JANUARY 6: Jan. 6 board member says pardons are unnecessary: ’We didn’t do anything wrong’…Read more
Speaker Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., delivers remarks during the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol. (Photo by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
CASE DISMISSED?: House lawmakers push Garland to drop charges, release part two of Jack Smith’s report…Read more
‘UNFAIR MANDATE’: Service members who refused the COVID ‘sting’ would get their jobs back and back pay, under new GOP bill…Read more
DESANTIS APPOINTS STATE AG: Who is Ashley Moody?: Florida’s newest member of the Senate…Read more
DIVERSION OF FUNDS: The Republican Party in the House of Representatives presents a bill to redirect funds from the Tax Administration for the employment of more agents at the southern border…Read more
Across America
SEMI-RIGID ROTATION: Dem Governor of Massachusetts Now Wants to Restrict Illegals in Crime-Rated Migrant Shelters…Read more
TUNNEL VISION: The feds have shut down a cross-border tunnel used by Mexican cartels to smuggle into the US…Read more
LONE WOLF: Governor Newsom joins a handful of Republican governors raising flags at full height for Trump’s inauguration…Read more
BORDER SECURITY: 145 members of the House of Representatives voted against the bill on the deportation of migrants who committed sexual assault…Read more
WILD WEST: Fires in Los Angeles: Armed homeowners patrol for looters inside evacuation zone…Read more
A house on fire as residents try to escape the site in Pacific Palisades, California, Los Angeles, United States, January 8, 2025. A fast-moving wildfire has forced 30,000 people to evacuate, and officials warn that worsening winds could further escalate flame. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
ALMOST 50,000: A crackdown on illegal immigration in the Red State resulted in nearly 50,000 arrests of criminals…Read more
‘RESISTANT’: Newsom calls for robbery to be criminalized in evacuation zones amid LA inferno…Read more
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