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Republican lawmakers are set to introduce legislation requiring doctors to provide the same medical assistance to babies born alive following an abortion as they would to a baby of the same gestational age in other circumstances.

Accusations of weaponizing the U.S. Department of Justice were hurled by Republicans and Democrats during the confirmation hearing of Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi Wednesday.

Safety, strength and prosperity will be the key objectives of the U.S. Department of State under the second Trump administration, Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which President-elect Donald Trump has said he will sign.

There are 1,015 inmates currently fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, working up to 24 hours at a time clearing debris, curing fire lines, removing fuel from behind structures and even fighting on the front lines.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Homeland Security are warning that a copycat terrorist attack could occur similar to the New Year’s Day New Orleans attack.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports with support from a few Democrats.

Congressional Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation allowing people with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to carry a concealed handgun in any other state in the US, The Center Square (TCS) reports.

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Meta Platforms (which owns Facebook and Instagram) has publicly criticized the US Biden administration for demanding that Facebook restrict content deemed misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, Axios reports. Indeed, Meta announced on January 7 that it will cease working with third-party fact-checking organizations.

The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider reinstating certain preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals.

At least 16 people have been killed as massive wind-fed fires swept through 37,000 acres in the greater Los Angeles area, impacting entire communities ranging from the rich and famous to the poor.

Los Angeles continues to be surrounded by fire as more than 6,000 firefighters from California and nearby states work to suppress the flames. The two biggest fires continue to be the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire. Both fires broke out on Tuesday amid the major Santa Ana winds rising to 100 mph and as of Friday evening, they are both active and minimally contained.

The federal government borrowed $710 billion in the first three months of fiscal year 2025, with 10 days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

President-elect Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats and the New York judge who sentenced him to an unconditional discharge, meaning he won’t go to jail, before taking office on Jan. 20. He said he will appeal the sentence.

Fires in Los Angeles, America’s second-largest city, and other areas in the U.S. state of California have killed at least 10 people while hundreds of homes were destroyed, officials said.

Political rivals united in grief Thursday as they attended Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington before the 39th president’s final journey back to Georgia for burial.

A U.S. federal judge has blocked an attempt by outgoing President Joe Biden to redefine the meaning of sex as “gender identity” in Title IX, a law to create “equal opportunities” for women and girls in education and athletics.

A federal court in Kentucky ruled Thursday that the Biden administration’s rulemaking expanding Title IX to include gender identity is “unlawful.”

The US-based Anti-Defamation League has reported there were over 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the United States after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel triggered the current war in Gaza.

California’s fire insurer of last resort has long been on the brink of insolvency. Not only could FAIR customers — in the absence of a government bailout — face major assessments, it’s likely the FAIR’s relatively low property insurance maximums could leave many Palisades property owners with uncovered losses.