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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Tami Luhby, Aaron Pellish and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration. “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess

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Man who pleaded guilty to intimidating pro-Israeli protester charged with hate crime for antisemitic threats on NYC subway

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A 36-year-old California man has been charged with a hate crime and harassment by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after allegedly threatening a Jewish man on the New York City subway. This incident took place on the night of large protests outside a Manhattan exhibition commemorating the victims of

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AP Race Call: Democrat George Whitesides wins election to U.S. House in California’s 27th Congressional District, beating incumbent Mike Garcia

Democrat George Whitesides won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday, defeating Republican Rep. Mike Garcia. Democrats have long sought to flip this Los Angeles County district, which Democrat Joe Biden comfortably carried in 2020. The party briefly won it in the 2018 midterms but lost it when Garcia won the seat

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AP Race Call: Democrat George Whitesides wins election to U.S. House in California’s 27th Congressional District, beating incumbent Mike Garcia

Democrat George Whitesides won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday, defeating Republican Rep. Mike Garcia. Democrats have long sought to flip this Los Angeles County district, which Democrat Joe Biden comfortably carried in 2020. The party briefly won it in the 2018 midterms but lost it when Garcia won the seat

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Death certificate: Fernando Valenzuela died of septic shock

Legendary Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela died from septic shock, according to a death certificate made public today.    According to the document obtained by TMZ, secondary causes of the Dodger icon’s Oct. 22 death at age 63 were listed as “decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis” and “nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis.”   The document also indicates that Valenzuela may have

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AP Race Call: Republican Dan Newhouse wins reelection to U.S. House in Washington’s 4th Congressional District

Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Washington on Tuesday. Newhouse, who has held the seat since 2015, defeated Donald Trump-endorsed Republican Jerrod Sessler, a Navy veteran and former NASCAR driver. Newhouse was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at

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What to know about John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick for CIA director

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he’ll appoint John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA director in his new administration. Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, leading the U.S. government’s spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic. Before then, the Texas Republican was

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