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Costco shuts down shareholders demand to ditch DEI hiring practices

Friday 27 December 2024 23:08 GMT The Costco board has rejected a request from shareholders to drop its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. The shareholders urged the board to get rid of its “illegal discrimination” program. The Costco board replied to a number of shareholders, recommending a vote against a proposal to “report on the risks of maintaining DEI efforts,” Newsweek reported. The shareholders had put forward a suggestion that employees of the company could be victims ...

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Musk calls MAGA element "contemptible fools" as virtual civil war brews

12 hours ago Elon Musk condemned a segment of the MAGA movement as "contemptible fools" who should be purged from the Republican Party in a social media post Friday. Why it matters: A virtual right-wing civil war has broken out over race, class, immigration and the future of President-elect Trump's movement, and Musk is increasingly at odds with Trump's historic base. The schism may force Trump to ultimately take sides between the largely white, working-class supporters who first m ...

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Judge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might not go well for him

Updated 6:40 PM EST, December 27, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani’s contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump as two Georgia election poll workers try to collect a $148 million defamation award they won against him. Judge Lewis J. Liman in Manhattan issued an order Friday in which he was dismissive of what he described as attempts by Giuliani and his la ...

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Janet Yellen says Treasury Department will need to take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid debt ceiling next month

Dec. 27, 2024, 7:52 PM EST Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders Friday that the federal government will hit its debt limit as early as Jan. 14 unless Congress takes action or her department implements “extraordinary measures” to avoid default. Yellen’s letter indicates that the looming debt ceiling fight involving Congress and the new administration is likely to take place in the early months of next year after President-elect Donald Trump failed to get a provision rai ...

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Senate intelligence panel criticizes CIA response to Havana syndrome

December 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM (Reuters) -A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report released on Friday criticized the CIA's response to so-called Havana syndrome health problems among its workforce, saying many individuals did not receive adequate care. The report cast no new light on the causes of the headaches, nausea, memory lapses, dizziness and other ailments that were first reported by U.S. embassy officials in the Cuban capital Havana in 2016. A globe-spanning U.S. intelligence i ...

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NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump

Dec. 27, 2024, 10:26 a.m. ET Elon Musk is gunning for public media. In his new role advising President-elect Donald J. Trump, Mr. Musk has floated sweeping cuts to the federal government, including the elimination of entire departments and the firing of agency leaders. One of the most concrete proposals on his list is eliminating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual funding that the government funnels to PBS and NPR stations, home to cultural touchstones like Elmo, Big Bird and “Fresh Ai ...

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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law that could ban TikTok

Dec. 27, 2024, 2:09 PM PST / Updated Dec. 27, 2024, 2:23 PM PST By Hayley Miller President-elect Donald Trump on Friday urged the Supreme Court to pause a law that could ban TikTok nationwide on Jan. 19 if its Chinese owner doesn't sell the popular social media app to an American company. In a 25-page amicus brief filed with the court, Trump asked the justices to stay the Jan. 19 deadline -- which is one day before Inauguration Day -- so his administration could "pursue a negotiated resol ...

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Second Florida Democratic lawmaker switches to GOP

A second Democratic Florida legislator has switched parties to the GOP this month, citing her former party’s lack of unified support for Israel. State Rep. Hillary Cassel (R) said in a Friday statement on the social platform X that she is not making the decision lightly, but she is joining the Republican Party because she believes in its “vision for a better, more prosperous Florida.” “As a proud Jewish woman, I have been increasingly troubled by the Democratic Party’s failure to unequivocal ...

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House Republican Demands Outing of Colleagues Who 'Secretly' Paid $17 Million in Taxpayer Money to Settle Sex Charges

Dec 27th, 2024, 12:42 pm Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called this week for Congress to release the names of House members who have been accused of “harassment (sexual and other forms)” and used taxpayer money to settle the claims. Massie, a deficit hawk and libertarian-leaning Republican, posed to X on Thursday and wrote, “Congress has secretly paid out more than $17 million of your money to quietly settle charges of harassment (sexual and other forms) in Congressional offices.” He added, “Do ...

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A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says

December 27, 2024, 1:00 PM WASHINGTON -- A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies, as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Sal ...

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Big Lots strikes deal to keep hundreds of stores open and save jobs

5 min ago - By Auzinea Bacon, CNN Published 12:12 PM EST, Sat December 28, 2024 Big Lots, the discount chain that filed for bankruptcy in September, said Friday that it agreed to a sale transaction with an investment firm, allowing hundreds of stores to stay ope ... (CNN)

North Korea Loses More Than 1000 Troops in Single Week: US

37 min ago - Published Dec 28, 2024 at 5:04 AM EST North Korean troops fighting in Russia's Kursk region are facing mass casualties, the U.S. has said. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday that 1,000 North Korean troops had ... (Newsweek)

Democracy 2025: the lawyer leading 'swift legal defenses' against new Trump threat

1 hr ago - Sat 28 Dec 2024 07.00 EST Progressive groups are preparing a concerted fightback against Donald Trump and Project 2025, the vast far-right policy plan, sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, which promises slashing reform to all areas of government wh ... (The Guardian)

Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani leader for 'tragic incident' involving crashed plane

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Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying 'This is Trump's America now'

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Nebraska joins Virginia in asking SCOTUS to uphold law against TikTok

4 hrs ago - By: Samantha Willis - December 27, 2024 8:27 pm Following the passage of a federal law earlier this year that calls for the owners of social media app TikTok to either sell it or be subject to a ban on the app in the U.S., Virginia Attorney General J ... (Nebraska Examiner)

Texas blocks Biden from disposing of border wall materials before Trump takes office

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Capitol Hill lawmakers experience surge of swatting calls, bomb threats in wake of November election

5 hrs ago - December 27, 2024 / 8:42 PM EST Washington — Earlier this month, a woman died in a crash in Rome, Georgia, after her vehicle collided with that of an officer who was responding to a fake bomb threat at the home of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor ... (CBS News)

China unveils new futuristic fighter jets in surprise flyby

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Wyoming Governor Approves $100 Million Sale of State Land to Join Grand Teton National Park

6 hrs ago - Dec. 27, 2024, at 7:47 p.m. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will sell a 1-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) parcel of pristine land bordering Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. government for $100 million after Gov. Mark Gordon signed off on ... (US News and World Report/AP)

Janet Yellen says Treasury Department will need to take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid debt ceiling next month

6 hrs ago - Dec. 27, 2024, 7:52 PM EST Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders Friday that the federal government will hit its debt limit as early as Jan. 14 unless Congress takes action or her department implements “extraordinary measu ... (NBC News)

Judge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might not go well for him

6 hrs ago - Updated 6:40 PM EST, December 27, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani’s contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect D ... (AP)

Costco shuts down shareholders demand to ditch DEI hiring practices

7 hrs ago - Friday 27 December 2024 23:08 GMT The Costco board has rejected a request from shareholders to drop its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. The shareholders urged the board to get rid of its “illegal discrimination” program. T ... (The Independent)

A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Georgia kills 1 person, severely burns others

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Senate intelligence panel criticizes CIA response to Havana syndrome

8 hrs ago - December 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM (Reuters) -A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report released on Friday criticized the CIA's response to so-called Havana syndrome health problems among its workforce, saying many individuals did not receive adequ ... (Aol/Reuters)

Biden admin proposes new cybersecurity rules to limit impact of healthcare data leaks

8 hrs ago - Published 4:38 p.m. ET Dec. 27, 2024 | Updated 4:38 p.m. ET Dec. 27, 2024 Healthcare organizations may be required to bolster their cybersecurity, to better prevent sensitive information from being leaked by cyberattacks like the ones that hit Ascens ... (USA Today)

Musk calls MAGA element "contemptible fools" as virtual civil war brews

8 hrs ago - 12 hours ago Elon Musk condemned a segment of the MAGA movement as "contemptible fools" who should be purged from the Republican Party in a social media post Friday. Why it matters: A virtual right-wing civil war has broken out over race, class, immi ... (Axios)

US to Give Ukraine $1.25 Billion in Weapons: Report

9 hrs ago - Published Dec 27, 2024 at 3:01 PM EST Updated Dec 27, 2024 at 4:26 PM EST The United States is expected to announce that it will provide Ukraine with $1.25 billion in military assistance, The Associated Press (AP) reported on Friday. Why It Matters T ... (Newsweek)

Duke Energy files to recover $1.1 bln in hurricane costs

9 hrs ago - December 27, 2024 4:02 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago Dec 27 (Reuters) - U.S.-based utility Duke Energy (DUK.N) said on Friday it had filed a plan with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) to recover about $1.1 billion in direct costs associated ... (Reuters)

Olivia Hussey, 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Black Christmas' Star, Dies at 73

15 hrs ago - Olivia Hussey Eisley, a British-Argentine actor who was scouted to lead Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" and went on to star in the slasher classic "Black Christmas" and the 1978 "Death on the Nile," died Friday. She was 73. ... (Variety)