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Supreme Court will not block California's suit against big oil companies for damage from climate change. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Makes no sense.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed an executive order suspending parts of the Coastal Act and the California Environmental Quality Act to aid homeowners rebuilding after losses in last week's wildfires. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Rebuilding would not start for some time.
"Hell on Earth" might not just be an exaggeration. New York Post
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The lawsuit alleges that the program violates Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, a Civil War-era law that bars racial bias in contracting. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Time will tell.
A homeless man was tackled and zip-tied by onlookers who say he was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire. He’s an illegal immigrant who will likely be protected by California’s sanctuary city status. The suspect is Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, a Mexican national who is in the United States illegally. New York Post
VOA VIEW: He should go under the jail.
Borrowers will be allowed to temporarily pause repayments on their loans or pay lower amounts. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Something should be done.
Conservative organizations are targeting Republican senators, saying that they will pay a price if they do not back the president-elect’s choice for defense secretary. New York Times
VOA VIEW: A good choice.
Media organizations are taking unusual steps to prepare for what they fear will be a legal and political onslaught from the new administration. New York Times
VOA VIEW: The liberal news media will block change.
Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who dismissed the classified documents case, blocked a volume about that matter from being shown to Congress but allowed the release of a volume about the election case. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Madness!
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By 2060, new dementia cases per year could double to one million because of the growing population of older Americans. New York Times
China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars. New York Times
Country Music singer Carrie Underwood is expected to perform at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. OANN
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he will be defying federal orders by ordering all flags in the Lone Star State to be flown at full-staff for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. OANN
VOA VIEW: All states should do the same.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass previously told The New York Times outlet that she wouldn't travel internationally if elected as the city's mayor, despite last week's discovery that she traveled to Ghana for an event while emergency alerts warned about incoming strong winds that could prompt fires. OANN
VOA VIEW: Bass is an idiot.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told the U.S. Justice Department on Monday that she wants special counsel Jack Smith's case file to support her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump's allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Mayes is a liberal idiot.
The bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel may have a new lease on life after the Biden administration extended a deadline for the Japanese steelmaker to abandon plans to acquire the storied Pittsburgh company after President Joe Biden blocked the deal. Washington Times
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The state of Montana wants the Supreme Court to decide if it can require parental consent for a minor to get an abortion. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: They should.
After a freezing winter storm shut schools, cut power and cancelled or delayed flights, the South was slowly thawing Sunday as warmer weather melted snow and ice. Washington Times
Childhood development and safety experts have staked out opposing positions at the Supreme Court ahead of the justices hearing arguments this week over Texas' law requiring age verification for accessing online adult content. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Verification is good.
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people, and the Palisades and Eaton wildfires are still burning in Southern California. CBS
VOA VIEW: Sad!
FEMA and the Los Angeles Fire Department are ramping up efforts to counter false rumors and misinformation spreading online about the wildfires. CBS
VOA VIEW: It's political coverup.
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Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees are set to begin Tuesday. Senators will get a chance to directly question Trump's picks, including Pete Hegseth, his controversial choice to lead the Department of Defense. CBS
VOA VIEW: Good!
Sen. John Barrasso that the confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, is being held up by "a paperwork problem" with the Office of Government Ethics. CBS
VOA VIEW: It's a waste of time.
In the wake of multiple wildfires that have torched tens of thousands of acres of Los Angeles County, local firefighters and first responders have received support from across the world. CBS
VOA VIEW: Good!
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In his final days in office, President Joe Biden announced that his administration would forgive student debt for more than 150,000 borrowers. CNBC
VOA VIEW: It won't fly.
The president-elect's eldest son growing business footprint now includes the prediction market platform that rose to prominence during the 2024 election. CNBC
VOA VIEW: He will have an inside view for predictions.
Active duty U.S. military personnel are on a "prepare to deploy" order, ready to go in and continue to support the firefighting effort. CNBC
VOA VIEW: They should be used as needed.
Santo Martinez Varela of Honduras faces kidnapping and sexual assault charges after allegedly attacking a 13-year-old at a Florida park earlier this month. FOX News
VOA VIEW: He should be prosecuted and jailed.
New Orleans terrorist attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar raised "red flags" as he placed two IEDs in the French Quarter, according to behavioral analyst Susan Constantine. FOX News
The FBI is searching for the operator of a private drone that collided with a Canadian firefighting plane assisting with the California wildfires. FOX News
VOA VIEW: He should be found and prosecuted.
The costliest disasters on the National Centers for Environmental Information "Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters" list. FOX News
Shark researchers recently reported a 1,400-pound, 13-foot great white shark pinged off a Florida beach four times in one day. FOX News
The Biden administration announced new guidelines for artificial intelligence "diffusion" in the United States, which include streamlining licensing for chip orders, steps to slow smuggling, and raising security standard UPI
VOA VIEW: Biden BS.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel spoke Sunday, their two offices said, as the White House pushes to secure a cease-fire deal prior to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. UPI
VOA VIEW: No deal should be made with Biden.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to help end the new congestion pricing plan in New York City. He made the comments to supporters during a meeting with Republican members of New York's House delegation Saturday. UPI
Last week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs quietly warned that telecommunications services like phone and internet access could go dark in Gaza. UPI
VOA VIEW: It will be hard for Gaza if they don't take Trumps warning seriously.
At least one person was killed and 17 injured in Russian bombardment of Ukrainian provinces countrywide overnight from Sumy in the northeast to Khmelnytskyi in the southwest. UPI
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