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President-elect Trump announces Pam Bondi as his new pick for U.S. attorney general
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President-elect Trump announces Pam Bondi as his new pick for U.S. attorney general

By Greg Wehner  | Fox News President-elect Trump announced Thursday evening that he's nominating former attorney general of Florida Pam Bondi as the next attorney general of the United States. Trump's latest Cabinet pick replaces Matt Gaetz, the former Florida representative and nominee for attorney general, who on Thursday withdrew as Trump's pick for the top prosecutor after the "distraction" his nomination had caused due to a swirl of allegations about paying underage women for sex.  "Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on Violent Criminals, and made the streets safe for Florida Families," Trump wrote in his announcement. "Then, as Florida’s first female Attorney General, she worked to stop the trafficking of deadly drugs, and reduce the...
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Sarah Palin teases D.C. return as supporters call for ‘Mother of MAGA’ to get cabinet post
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National, New York Post

Sarah Palin teases D.C. return as supporters call for ‘Mother of MAGA’ to get cabinet post

By Zoe Hussain | New York Post A smiling Sarah Palin posted a cryptic photo at the Capitol — teasing a possible announcement as her followers call for the “Mother of MAGA” to have a place in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The former governor of Alaska grinned in the photo posted Thursday showing her in dark workout gear and pink sneakers and pointing a finger with the Capitol behind her. She posted it with the mysterious caption “11/24,” closing off any replies while not explaining why she included Sunday’s date. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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UFC President Dana White says he’s done with politics for good after Trump victory
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UFC President Dana White says he’s done with politics for good after Trump victory

By Paulina Dedaj  | Fox News UFC President Dana White is among President-elect Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters and was undoubtedly an instrumental part in his bid to win a second presidency, but Trump’s longtime friend is done with politics after this last election cycle.  In an interview with the New Yorker following UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden last weekend, White told the magazine that he has likely endorsed his last politician.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Rapid rise in projected energy demand has ushered U.S. into its Nuclear Era
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National, Real Clear Politics

Rapid rise in projected energy demand has ushered U.S. into its Nuclear Era

By Sarah Rosa , Benton Arnett | Real Clear Energy Nuclear energy has made headline after headline lately, with the latest announcement coming from Amazon and X-energy regarding their partnership to deploy more than 5 GW of next-generation nuclear energy — the largest commercial deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) to date. With a rapid rise in projected electricity demand and ambitious climate targets ahead, it is no surprise that nuclear energy is the focus of many private-sector investments.  The announcement from Amazon and X-energy comes after several groundbreaking announcements from other leading corporations. Earlier this month, the world’s largest banks came together to pledge their support for nuclear energy. Soon after, Google announced its agreement to purchase powe...
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Trump’s energy ‘dream team’: Chris Wright and Doug Burgum’s potential to-do list
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Fox Business, National

Trump’s energy ‘dream team’: Chris Wright and Doug Burgum’s potential to-do list

By Breck Dumas  | Fox Business President-elect Trump has tapped two energy czars to oversee the expansion of American energy in his second term, and the industry has already handed the incoming administration and Congress a wish list of what they would like to see as the top priorities of leadership's agenda. On Friday, the incoming commander-in-chief announced in a press release that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will not only be his nominee for Secretary of the Department of Interior, but will head up a new National Energy Council, which "which will consist of all Departments and Agencies involved in the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy." READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
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Yoder: How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
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Commentary, Grist, National

Yoder: How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action

By Kate Yoder | Commentary, Grist As President-elect Donald Trump gears up for his second term in January, things might appear bleak for those who want to see the United States tackle climate change. Trump has promised to expand fossil fuel production and undo much of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda, saying he would roll back environmental regulations, cut federal support for clean energy, and withdraw from the Paris climate agreement — again. But a certain brand of Republican still hopes to push the incoming administration to take on climate change, the “America First” way. In a statement congratulating Trump on his victory last week, the American Conservation Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based group trying to build a conservative environmental movemen...
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MTG to Chair DOGE Subcommittee to Work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
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Breitbart, National

MTG to Chair DOGE Subcommittee to Work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy

By Bradley Jaye | Breitbart Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will chair the subcommittee tasked with working with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to slash wasteful spending throughout the federal government. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will create the new Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee and tap Greene to lead it in January, Fox News Digital reported Thursday. Musk and Ramaswamy were tasked by Trump to lead DOGE to displace the power of the federal bureaucracy and return it to the “people we elect [to] run the government,” Musk and Ramaswamy outlined Wednesday in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. The DOGE subcommittee is likely to be the conduit for House investigations to aid the department’s work. READ ...
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‘Like Tiananmen square’: Denver mayor vows city police, population will forcibly resist Trump deportation measures
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National, State, The Daily Caller

‘Like Tiananmen square’: Denver mayor vows city police, population will forcibly resist Trump deportation measures

By Christian Baldwin | The Daily Caller Democrat Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vowed that his city’s police and population would resist President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation agenda in an interview Tuesday with the Denverite while comparing Trump and federal deportations to the Chinese Communist Party.  “Absolutely not,” Johnston said when asked about whether his office would allow the Denver Police Department (DPD) to cooperate with future Trump administration deportation measures. “We won’t do it.”   Johnston proposed that local law enforcement could be used to block any attempts by the incoming Trump administration to enforce U.S. immigration law. He also suggested that the city’s population would come out in force to interfere with federal immigration enforcement officer...
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Musk and Ramaswamy: The DOGE plan to reform government
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Commentary, National, The Wall Street Journal

Musk and Ramaswamy: The DOGE plan to reform government

By Elon Musk and  Vivek Ramaswamy | Commentary, The Wall Street Journal Our nation was founded on the basic idea that the people we elect run the government. That isn’t how America functions today. Most legal edicts aren’t laws enacted by Congress but “rules and regulations” promulgated by unelected bureaucrats—tens of thousands of them each year. Most government enforcement decisions and discretionary expenditures aren’t made by the democratically elected president or even his political appointees but by millions of unelected, unappointed civil servants within government agencies who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections. This is antidemocratic and antithetical to the Founders’ vision. It imposes massive direct and indirect costs on taxpayers. Th...
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Jussie Smollett conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
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Jussie Smollett conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

By Lauryn Overhultz  | Fox News The Illinois Supreme Court overturned Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction Thursday. "Today we resolve a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants," the court wrote in documents obtained by Fox News Digital. "Specifically, we address whether a dismissal of a case by nolle prosequi allows the State to bring a second prosecution when the dismissal was entered as part of an agreement with the defendant and the defendant has performed his part of the bargain. We hold that a second prosecution under these circumstances is a due process violation, and we therefore reverse defendant’s conviction." Smollett, who is Black and gay, reported to Chicago police that he was the victim of a ra...
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