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Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ
Jan 07, 2025 12:53 pm - A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied President-elect Donald Trump's latest bid to delay this week’s sentencing in his hush money case.
Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER
Jan 07, 2025 11:50 am - President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

By JOHN ROGERS
Jan 07, 2025 11:40 am - Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.
Judge temporarily blocks report on Trump classified-documents probe

By Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck
Jan 07, 2025 11:22 am - The federal judge in Florida who dismissed the case against Donald Trump over his alleged mishandling of classified documents has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing a report detailing the findings of that investigation by special counsel Jack Smith.
Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris, Congressional leaders at US Capitol

By BILL BARROW
Jan 07, 2025 11:19 am - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday.
New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI

By ERIC TUCKER
Jan 07, 2025 11:15 am - Joining law enforcement officials to update the public in the hours after a man killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in New Orleans, Louisiana's junior Republican senator, John Kennedy, implored the FBI to “catch these people" — and then added one more eyebrow-raising request of the federal government.
Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he's looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 07, 2025 11:12 am - Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win re-election, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe, setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent.
Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

Associated Press
Jan 07, 2025 8:00 am - Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it's scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social media platform X.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

By THOMAS ADAMSON, SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY
Jan 07, 2025 7:31 am - Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96.
Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jan 07, 2025 7:28 am - Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provoke teeth-chattering but not be record-shattering.

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