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Trump wants California to require voter ID to get disaster aid

Advisers to California Gov. Gavin Newsom spent the week monitoring new White House advance staffers’ social media accounts, hoping for clues for where President Donald Trump might be headed when he lands in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon to talk about the wildfire damage.That’s the state of relations as California and the federal government face one of the most expensive natural disasters ever, and perhaps one of the most complex in American history.No one is talking between the Democratic governor’s team and the newly inaugurated president’s, two people on the governor’s team told

Newsom and Trump face off from a distance as Los Angeles fires burn

Trump says California’s mismanagement of forests and water is to blame for wildfires. Here’s the reality.

Environment|Political|US

Trump targets California water policy as he prepares to tour LA fire damage

As President Donald Trump prepares to tour wildfire damage in California, he's zeroing in on one of his frequent targets for criticism: State water policy. Since the fires broke out Jan. 7, Trump has used social media and interviews to accuse the state of sending too much water to the Pacific Ocean instead of south toward Los Angeles and highlighted how some hydrants ran dry in the early hours of the firefight in Pacific Palisades. In the first hours of his second term, Trump called on federal officials to draft plans to route more water to the crop

LA’s first rainfall of the year could help or hurt wildfire victims as new infernos pop up in San Diego County

Trump is targeting the immigrants who will be called on to rebuild LA

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Jeremy Strong called his Oscar nomination the ‘realization of a lifelong dream’ and has the adorable picture to prove it

Jeremy Strong is feeling nostalgic upon learning about his first-ever Oscar nomination for his performance as lawyer and fixer Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice,” a dramatization about President Donald Trump’s life as a business mogul in the ’70s and ‘80s.In a statement, Strong, who was recognized in the best supporting actor category and is best known for his role in HBO’s “Succession,” called the nomination the “realization of a lifelong dream” and shared a picture of himself as a young boy to back up the sentiment.In the photo, Strong explained, he is seen at the 65th Academy

Amid LA fires, neighbors helped each other survive – 60 years of research shows local heroes are crucial to disaster response

Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as wildfire imperils homes north of Los Angeles

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Is drinking alcohol bad for your health? New dietary guidelines will weigh risks and benefits

Most adults in the United States drink alcohol, but there is steadily growing public concern about the health effects of moderate drinking.The latest science supports those concerns, but two recent government reports suggest potential benefits exist alongside potential risks – and some experts say that formal dietary recommendations, due to be reviewed this year, could take a more nuanced approach.It is well-established that excessive alcohol use, including binge drinking and heavy drinking, has significant negative health effects. But recent studies have found that even low levels of drinki

Sports|US

Jalen Hurts practices on injured left knee for Eagles, ready for NFC championship game

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was a full participant in practice with an injured left knee for the second straight day Friday and is set to start in the NFC championship game. The Eagles host the Washington Commanders on Sunday and are trying to make the Super Bowl for the second time in three seasons. Hurts was injured last weekend on a sack against the Rams. Hurts never missed a snap to help the Eagles win their ninth straight home game. Hurts has thrown for only a combined 259 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in playoff

Elon Musk's DOGE sets its sights on the penny to cut federal spending

What Americans think about Trump and Musk's plans for the federal government: AP-NORC poll

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Las Vegas Raiders are negotiating a deal to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach, AP source says

The Las Vegas Raiders are negotiating a deal to hire Pete Carroll to be their new head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract hasn’t been finalized. The 73-year-old Carroll returns to the sideline after leading Seattle to two NFC championships and the franchise’s only Super Bowl title during a 14-year stretch that ended following the 2023 season. He joins a team that’s partly owned by Tom Brady, who beat Carroll and the Seah

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U.S. whistleblower says Mastercard, Visa failed to stop payments for child sex abuse material on OnlyFans

Mastercard and Visa failed to stop their payment networks from laundering proceeds from child sexual abuse material and sex trafficking on the popular website OnlyFans, according to allegations in a previously undisclosed whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Treasury’s financial crimes unit.The whistleblower, a senior compliance expert in the credit card and banking industries, said the two giant card companies knew their networks were being used to pay for illegal content on the porn-driven site since at least 2021, and accused them of “turning a blind eye to flows of illicit

Woman arrested in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent in Vermont

Rocker Marilyn Manson won't be charged after long investigation of sexual assault allegations

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One minute, they were celebrating Gaza’s ceasefire. The next, they were killed

Thirteen-year-old Zakariya Barbakh had spent most of his life shuffling between hospitals across Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Israel.Born without a lung, he had struggled to breathe. Doctors had predicted he would need a transplant if he were to reach adulthood. But the last 15 months of war in Gaza had made that impossible.When the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Sunday, Zakariya was ecstatic.“Mom, now we can go look for my lungs!” his mother recalled him saying.Less than 24 hours later, Zakariya was shot dead.Doctors at Nasser Hospital say an Israeli sniper fir

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Kremlin says Putin is ready to talk to Trump and is waiting for word from Washington

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump and Moscow is waiting for word from Washington that it is ready too, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.Trump said on Thursday he wanted to meet Putin as soon as possible to secure an end to the war with Ukraine and expressed his desire to work towards cutting nuclear arms, something the Kremlin said Putin had made clear he wanted too.When asked if Putin and Trump would use this weekend to hold their first phone call since Trump's inauguration - an essential precursor ahead of a

Two mysterious fast radio bursts originated from wildly different places in space

Putin echoes Trump's claim that conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided had he been in office

MidEast|Political|US|World

Desperate families await return of 4 female soldiers held by Hamas for 15 months

Hamas announced Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with Israel. An advocacy group representing the families of hostages confirmed the identities of the captive Israelis to be released on Saturday. Under the deal that paused the 15-month war, Israel would release 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees in exchange for the four Israeli women, including 120 militants serving life sentences after being convicted of deadly attacks.

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US security contractor will take charge of key checkpoint in Gaza as Israeli forces withdraw

A private American security company will take over a key checkpoint on the road to northern Gaza in the coming days as Israeli forces withdraw from the area on Saturday, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.Armed personnel from an American security contractor will man the checkpoint and will be responsible for inspecting vehicles entering northern Gaza. Palestinians returning to northern Gaza on foot will not be inspected, according to the terms of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.Israeli forces are set to complete their withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor in central G

Major storm lashes Ireland and Scotland as hurricane-force winds down power lines and ground flights

Hamas names four Israeli female soldier hostages to be freed in second swap

Supreme Court to weigh bid to create first US religious charter school

Political|Technology|US

What Americans think about Trump and Musk's plans for the federal government: AP-NORC poll

Americans see the federal government as rife with corruption, inefficiency and red tape — but they’re less sure about whether Elon Musk is the right person to fix it

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Elon Musk's DOGE sets its sights on the penny to cut federal spending

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target to cut costs: the US penny. CNN’s Boris Sanchez explains why eliminating the penny could save American taxpayers millions of dollars.

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Senate is preparing to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary in late evening vote

Business|Political|US

Target is the latest company to roll back some DEI programs

Education|Political|US

Law enforcement agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school but were not allowed, Chicago Public Schools officials say

Political|Technology

Democrat overseeing DOGE shares what she believes Musk is planning to do

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US military aircraft deport migrants as Pentagon readies more troops for border

U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying detained migrants out of the country on Friday, following orders from President Donald Trump, as the

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Trump administration withdraws FDA plan to ban menthol cigarettes

The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the U.S., in a setback to health regulators and activists.

Health|Political|US

Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him

President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic

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Trump defends decision to pull Dr. Fauci's security detail

During a news conference in Fletcher, North Carolina, President Trump was asked about his decision to remove Dr. Anthony Fauci's government-funded security detail. Fauci continues to face threats over his public-facing role during the Covid-19 pandemic, and has now hired private security, a source tells CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

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