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Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists David French, Lydia Polgreen and Bret Stephens about the biggest risks and challenges facing America in the world today and the leadership of President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump. Patrick Healy: President Biden is about to hand back national security and foreign policy to Donald Trump, and the president-elect is already musing about taking Greenland and the Panama Canal by military force. Trump has big notions about America’s place in the world, and that’s where I want to start. Let’s start with a base-line question: Do you think America is stronger and more secure in the world today than it was four years ago? Bret Stephens: The fault doesn’t lie with the Biden administration alone, but it’s hard to argue that President Biden leaves office with the world safer than he found it.

Persons: Patrick Healy, David French, Lydia Polgreen, Bret Stephens, Biden, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: America, Army Locations: Greenland, Panama, New Orleans, Gaza, Kursk

☆ Republicans are split on the first major decision of Trump 2.0
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Two bills – Senate Majority Leader John Thune prefers moving on immigration and energy first and then working on tax cuts later in 2025. And many House Republicans believe accomplishing that process twice in a single year it will be next to impossible given the divisions in the ranks. Trump and a much smaller Republican majority used reconciliation to pass his sweeping tax cuts into law in 2017. Trump and a much smaller Republican majority used reconciliation to pass his sweeping tax cuts into law in 2017. The subsequent tax cuts legislation was signed by Trump into law in December of that year.

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☆ TikTok users want SCOTUS to think it’s more about dance videos than Chinese international intrigue
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The content creators who’ve also sued similarly turn the lens to the estimated 170 million Americans who use TikTok and the primary content they view. The law forces TikTok to find a new owner or face a ban on January 19. Under the law, TikTok would be allowed to continue operating after January 19 only if it divests the platform from ByteDance. Referring to language in Roberts’ opinion, Ginsburg wrote, “The Government has offered persuasive evidence demonstrating that the Act is narrowly tailored to protect national security. 170 million Americans use TikTok on a regular basis to communicate, entertain themselves, and follow news and current events.

Persons: CNN — TikTok, Biden, TikTok, Noel Francisco, Donald Trump’s, who’ve, ”, Jeffrey Fisher, Francisco, “, Fisher, ’, ” Reagan, Obama, Douglas Ginsburg, Ronald Reagan, Ginsburg, Judge Neomi Rao, Clarence Thomas, Sri Srinivasan, Barack Obama, ” Srinivasan, —, Trump, Elizabeth Prelogar, Prelogar, Holder, John Roberts, Roberts, ’ ” Srinivasan, ByteDance . Fisher Organizations: CNN, Supreme, Trump, DC Circuit, Biden, Congress, TikTok, ByteDance Locations: Beijing, Washington, DC, China, Cayman, TikTok, America, People’s Republic of China, United States, ByteDance, PRC

☆ A glass of milk's worth of calcium has been linked to a lower colorectal cancer risk. Here are 6 foods you might not know contain the mineral.
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The amount of calcium in a glass of milk could lower the risk of colorectal cancer, a study on women found. The studies comes as cases of colorectal cancer in people under 50 rise in the US. ADUsing dietary and health data provided by more than 542,000 women with an average age of 59 over for around 16 years, researchers from Oxford University studied whether 97 foods affected colorectal cancer risk. They found that consuming an extra 300mg of calcium a day was associated with a 17% lower colorectal risk from the baseline. Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related death in US men and the forth-leading cause in US women, according to The American Cancer Society.

Persons: Tom Sanders, Lisa Wilde, collard Organizations: Nature Communications, Oxford University, American Cancer Society, King's College London, Cancer Locations: chard

☆ CEOs share the top red flags they see in employees: ‘You’re probably not going to stay here working that long’
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. Ashton Jackson Natalie Wu | Tom Huddleston Jr. | Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

He likes working with people who share a similar dedication to his company's mission, he says. "And if you are ... you're probably not going to stay here working that long." Whole Foods CEO Jason BuechelJason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods, typically tries to avoid one type of person in the workplace. It's always going to happen this way," Buechel told CNBC Make It last year. Take CNBC's new online course How to Use AI to Be More Successful at Work.

Persons: Peter Beck's, Beck, hasn't, Todd Graves Todd Graves, Graves, Drew McCaskill, Jason Buechel Jason Buechel, It's, Buechel, Sarah Paiji Yoo, Sarah Paiji Yoo —, Paiji Yoo, Heidi K, Gardner Organizations: Lab, CNBC, Foods, Whole Foods, Harvard Law School

☆ Trump’s threats to Greenland, Canada and Panama explain everything about America First
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Trump’s musings about terminating the Panama Canal Treaty especially show the preoccupation of the new administration with the encroachment of foreign powers into the Western Hemisphere. It’s unlikely Trump will get what he wants with Canada, Panama or Greenland. “We gave the Panama Canal to Panama. An attempt to seize the Panama Canal would be regarded as geopolitical piracy. Some foreign policy experts fear American threats and pressure in Latin America may actually push nations closer to China.

Persons: Donald, Trump, it’s, Monroe, Today’s, trepidation, I’m, ” Trump, won’t, Donald Jr, “, Jimmy Carter, Trump’s, ”, Hal Brands, James Monroe, Theodore Roosevelt, Obama, John Kerry, Marco Rubio —, —, ” Rubio, he’s, Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, ” McMaster, Roosevelt, Justin Trudeau —, ” Aaja, CNN’s Erin Burnett, MAGA Organizations: CNN, America, Trump, Mar, Boeing, Social, Atlantic, United Nations General Assembly, Johns Hopkins School, International Studies, Foreign Affairs, UN, Assembly, Organization of American, Monroe, Foreign Relations, Chinese Communist Party, NATO, “, H.R, McMaster, Canadian, Danish Locations: Greenland, Canada, Panama, China, Russia, Iran, United States, Ukraine, Taiwan, “, Mexico, Denmark, Beijing, Washington, America’s, Organization of American States, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Florida, America, Caribbean, Russian, “ Russia, ”, ” Aaja Chemnitz, MAGA

☆ Could Chrystia Freeland be Canada’s next prime minister?
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Mitchell Mccluskey | Paula Newton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —After nearly a decade in power, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally bowed to a chorus of criticism that had become too loud to ignore, announcing his resignation on Monday. In December, then-Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland had sharply rebuked what she described as Trudeau’s pursuit of “costly political gimmicks,” referring to recent policy proposals including a two-month sales tax holiday and 250 Canadian dollar ($175) rebates for most workers. After Trudeau was elected prime minister, Freeland’s career also ascended. First to the position of minister of international trade, followed by minister of foreign affairs before finally filling the role of deputy prime minister. That’s one reason Canada’s next prime minister is likely to try to keep parliament in a state of suspended animation for as long as possible.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland, Trudeau, “, ”, ” Freeland, Freeland, Nik Nanos, Pierre Poilievre, ’ Freeland, ” “ Freeland, ” Nelson Wiseman, Trump, Freeland –, –, ” Wiseman, Trump’s, Jared Kushner, Chris Wattie, Ukraine’s, Lori Turnbull, Turnbull, She’s, Rod Matheson, ” Doug Gillis, reconvenes, Canada’s, “ It’s, They’re, ” Nanos, they’ve, Donald Trump’s, ” Turnbull Organizations: CNN, Canadian, Liberal Party, House, CTV, Conservative Party, University of Toronto, American Free Trade, “, “ Trump, Trump, Reuters, Harvard University, Trudeau’s Liberal Party, Russia, Dalhousie University, Council, Foreign Relations, ”, NATO, Liberals, Liberal, Conservatives, Conservative, CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Locations: Ottawa, Freeland, United States, Canada, “ Canada, Ottawa , Ontario, Ukrainian, Alberta, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Mexico

☆ Insurers dropped fire coverage for California homes months ago. Now, wildfires are claiming more houses in Los Angeles.
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some homes affected by the Los Angeles wildfires might not have insurance. As wildfires destroy homes in Los Angeles, some homeowners might face rebuilding without insurance payouts. "California insurers are doing both." Ricardo Lara, California's insurance commissioner, announced the rule just days before the Los Angeles fires broke out. At a press conference on Wednesday, one reporter asked Lindsey Horvath, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, whether the Los Angeles fires would affect insurance companies' operations in California.

Persons: Dave Jones, Jones, Ricardo Lara, Lindsey Horvath, Horvath Organizations: Los, State Farm, Los Angeles Times, Business, NBC Bay Area, Center for Law, Energy, University of California, Berkeley's School of Law, Associated Press, Angeles County, of Supervisors Locations: California, Los Angeles, Palisades

☆ Meta fact-checkers called an emergency meeting. We got inside. Here's what happened.
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Pranav Dixit | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Meta plans to end US fact-checking partnerships in March, with payments to continue through August. Meta's global fact-checking support remains, including an IFCN Business Continuity Fund. ADHolan expressed disappointment during the conversation, describing Meta's fact-checking program as one that "positively influenced a whole ecosystem of fact-checking" and emphasized that the work was never about censorship. ADJesse Stiller, the managing editor of Check Your Fact, a Meta US fact-checking partner for five years, described the fallout. During the meeting, several fact-checkers voiced frustration not only with the program's termination but also with Zuckerberg's recent comments about fact-checkers.

Persons: Meta, Angie Holan, Joel Kaplan, Meta's, Severance, Holan, blindsided, Jesse Stiller, Stiller, Jency Jacob, Zuckerberg, Jacob, Justin Arenstein, Arenstein Organizations: Fund, Meta, Business, Republican Party, Bank, North Locations: India, Africa, African, East, North Africa

☆ Polymarket is taking bets on the Palisades fire in California
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's also taking bets on the Palisades fire in California — with at least nine different wagers. Polymarket says the wisdom of the crowd can lend "unbiased forecasts for the most important events impacting society." (California officials said Wednesday morning that the fires raging through California are "zero percent" contained. pic.twitter.com/1lxml2hW4K — Polymarket (@Polymarket) January 8, 2025Each wager has its own page on the site — and on those pages with bets related to the fire was a disclaimer from Polymarket. Polymarket, where bets are placed in crypto, became popular during the 2024 election.

Persons: Polymarket, It's, Bettors, Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Organizations: Polymarket Locations: California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica

☆ Leaked AWS org chart: These 11 executives are helping Matt Garman take on the AI competition
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Matt Garman leads AWS with 11 executives amid rising cloud and AI competition. ADGreg Pearson: VP, AWS Global SalesAfter Garman became CEO, he integrated global sales teams under Greg Pearson, combining AWS Global Sales, WW Public Sector, the Greater China Region, and Sales Strategy and Operations. Kathrin Renz: VP, AWS IndustriesRenz leads the organization responsible for industry-specific AWS products for customers. ADRuba Borno: VP, AWS Specialists & Partners, AWS WWCO Partner ManagementBorno has been at AWS since 2021. Uwem Ukpong: VP, Global ServicesUkpong runs the AWS Global Services Organization, which includes training, professional services in commercial and public sectors, customer support and managed services, and security.

Persons: Matt Garman, Adam Selipsky, Julia White, Andy Jassy, Julia, Garman, White, Peter DeSantis, Andy Jassy's, DeSantis, Charlie Bell, Prasad Kalyanaraman, Bell, Colleen Aubrey, Aubrey, Elizabeth Baker, Baker, Werner Vogels, Werner, Amazon Werner Vogels, Greg Pearson, Kathrin Renz, She's, Scott Rosecrans's, Laura Grit, Uwem Ukpong Organizations: Amazon, SAP, Microsoft, White, AWS, Peter, AWS Infrastructure Service, Infrastructure, Oracle, VP, Public, AWS Enterprise, Partners, Partner Management Borno, Specialist Organization, Global Services, AWS Global Services Organization, Cloud, Product Management Locations: DeSantis, China Region, Borno

☆ Potentially crippling port strike averted after dockworkers, ports and shipping companies reach a tentative deal
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A potentially crippling strike up and down America’s East and Gulf Coasts has been avoided – at least for now – after longshoremen and the shipping and port companies reached a tentative deal on a new contract Wednesday. Without a deal, the port workers were set to go on strike on the morning of January 16. “We are pleased to announce that ILA and USMX have reached a tentative agreement,” the two sides said in a joint statement. However, the contract gives the ILA guaranteed jobs directly associated with any new technology, the source said. Management had argued ports need to introduce technology to improve productivity – not to eliminate union jobs.

Persons: USMX, Wednesday’s, Joe Biden, It’s, Donald Trump, Harold Daggett, Trump, Chris Isidore Organizations: CNN, Gulf Coasts, United States Maritime Alliance, International Longshoremen’s Association, USMX, ILA, Workers, Management Locations: Gulf, Maine, Texas, East, USMX

☆ Cecilia Sala: Italian journalist lands back in Rome after being freed from detention in Iran
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has arrived back in the country’s capital after being freed from an Iranian prison where she had spent weeks in detention. Sala is a reporter for the Italian daily Il Foglio, which said the journalist landed in Rome on Wednesday afternoon. Giovanni Lemba/Pacific Press/ShutterstockThis screengrab taken from a video shows the journalist after landing in the Italian capital on Wednesday. Italian President Sergio Mattarella informed the journalist’s parents of the news during a phone call on Wednesday morning, according to the statement. The Italian outlet Chora Media, where Sala also works, said that she had left Rome on December 12 “with a valid journalistic visa and the protections of a journalist on assignment.

Persons: Cecilia Sala, Il, “, Foglio, Giorgia Meloni, Antonio Tajani, Giovanni Lemba, Sergio Mattarella, Sala, IRNA, ” Organizations: CNN, Italian, Pacific Press, Government TV, Reuters, Chora Media, Chora, Iranian Ministry of Culture Locations: Italian, Rome, Ciampino, Tehran, Sala, Tehran’s, “, Italy, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea

☆ I spent $12,000 renovating my bathroom. It's nice enough, but I made 5 huge mistakes.
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Ann Kathryn Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I renovated a bathroom in my Victorian home for $12,000. In recent years, I spent about $12,000 renovating the small, 50-square-foot bathroom that's tucked underneath the front staircase. A stained acrylic tub was shoe-horned behind a half-wall near the toilet, tucked under a pitched ceiling where stairs on the other side of the wall ran up and over it. ADAlthough I love my updated bathroom — now bright and modern with black-and-white tile throughout and the shower in a new location — I still made a few mistakes. Here's what I did wrong and wish I'd done differently:

☆ Mark Zuckerberg Unveils His Latest Persona: Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

While Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk never did face off in that cage match, " Uncle Elon " has bested Zuck in the political arena, becoming one of the most powerful unelected figures in modern US history. Community notes is only the latest page Zuckerberg has taken from his billionaire rival's playbook. The persona Mark Zuckerberg has taken on to ensure Meta's success as his historical adversary Donald Trump returns to the White House acts a lot like Donald Trump's right-hand man, Elon Musk. Meta also laid off 11,000 workers days after Musk took over Twitter, and Zuckerberg then dubbed 2023 "the year of efficiency" at Meta, cutting another 10,000 people. And as Zuckerberg stayed quieter throughout the 2024 presidential election after Meta took heat for misinformation in 2016 and 2020, Musk did the opposite.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Uncle Elon, Zuck, Trump, Zuckerberg, —, Meta, rival's playbook, OpenAI, Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Musk, Lex Fridman's, Vivek Ramaswamy, Apple's Tim Cook, Sam Altman, Dana White, Joel Kaplan, Kaplan, Peter Kafka, Trump's, Adam Mosseri, Nephew Zuck Organizations: Elon, Meta, Mar, Harvard, Twitter, The Boring Company, Trump, of Government, Republican, Fox, Facebook Locations: California, Texas, San Francisco

☆ Opinion | How to Fix the Way U.S. Government Spends Billions
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Cara Eckholm | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency in Donald Trump’s incoming administration. The two should modernize how the government buys goods and services from private vendors, which receive roughly one in 10 dollars spent by the federal government. Too often, that money is spent on delivering last year’s or even the last century’s technology. If it’s done right, the government can even use its purchasing power to spur inventions — an approach Mr. Musk should know well. Government demand helped create the commercial space industry, in which his company SpaceX now dominates.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump’s, Musk’s, Ramaswamy, it’s Organizations: of Government, SpaceX Locations: Government

☆ Lloyd's of London CEO John Neal to leave in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The interior of Lloyd's of London, the centuries-old insurance market, is pictured in central London on April 27, 2016. Lloyd's of London CEO John Neal will leave in 2025 to join insurance broker Aon , the commercial insurance market said on Wednesday. Neal will become global CEO of Aon's reinsurance business and global chairman of climate solutions, Lloyd's said in a statement. Neal has headed Lloyd's for more than six years, and was previously group CEO of insurer QBE . Patrick Tiernan, currently chief of markets at Lloyd's, could be a possible successor to Neal, two insurance industry sources said.

Persons: Lloyd's, John Neal, Neal, QBE, Bruce Carnegie, Brown, Charles Roxburgh, John, Sheila Cameron, Cameron, Patrick Tiernan, Aon, Andy Marcell, Marcell Organizations: Carnegie, of Lloyd's, Market Association Locations: London, market's City of London, Lloyd's

The Summary NASA has announced an overhaul to its plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth. NASA on Tuesday announced an overhaul to its plan to collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth. Through its Mars Sample Return Program, NASA has for more than two decades been inching toward the goal of retrieving samples of Martian soil that NASA’s Perseverance rover has been collecting since 2021. NASA said in its announcement it is changing the plan for the spacecraft that will land on Mars to retrieve the samples and exploring two new, different options. Space industry experts had speculated for months about the fate of the Mars Sample Return Program, which has fallen behind schedule as its budget has swelled.

Persons: Bill Nelson, Nelson, ” Nicky Fox, Artemis, ”, “ Will Organizations: NASA, . Agency, European Space Agency, United, U.S Locations: United States, China

Some Republicans in Congress on Tuesday celebrated Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, would roll back moderation and stop putting labels on content fact-checking partners deem misinformation. When a post had a label, it often affected the post’s distribution, meaning fewer people would see it. Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the process had led to censorship and quelled “legitimate political speech and debate.” Instead, Meta now plans to embrace a “Community Notes” style of moderation, similar to the one on Elon Musk’s X. “It’s unfortunate that this decision comes in the wake of extreme political pressure from a new administration and its supporters,” Holan wrote. Many Republicans were quick to frame Meta’s announcement as an acknowledgment of efforts to censor conservative speech.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg’s, Zuckerberg, Meta, Donald Trump’s, Brooke Singman, Trump, ” Musk, —, “ We’ve, “, ”, Katie Sanders, Maarten Schenk, ” “, ” Schenk, Angie Drobnic Holan, ” Holan, Brendan Carr, ” Sen, Rand Paul, Meta “, Marsha Blackburn Organizations: Facebook, Elon Musk’s, Fox News, Agence France, Presse, Reuters, USA, NBC News, ” AFP, PolitiFact, Meta, ” Reuters, Republicans, Federal Communications Commission, NBC Locations: United States, Spanish, Ky

President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that he wants Canada to join the United States have become a staple of his presidential transition. But the sentiment — like Trump’s breezy confidence about its ease and popularity — is far from new. Such talk has sprung up practically throughout the whole of American history, often buttressed by the idea that Canadians were clamoring for it, too. In short, Trump’s rhetorical dreams of a no-brainer match are far more complicated in reality. But he is not alone in U.S. history in skating past those trivialities to talk of new frontiers in manifest destiny.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Duane, “, John W, there’s Trump, ”, Justin Trudeau, ’, Kamala Harris, Trump, Joe Biden, Allison Haines, Mitch McConnell Organizations: United, Philadelphia, National Park Service, Canada LOVE, State, Canada, Canadian, Environics Institute, Canadian Conservatives, Pew Research, Montreal, Republican, GOP, Trump voters Locations: Canada, United States, Quebec, ”

President Joe Biden blocked the deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel on Friday, citing national security concerns after a key business-review panel failed to reach a consensus on whether the acquisition posed any risks. Trump has also opposed Nippon’s purchase of the once-iconic Pittsburgh-based firm and again questioned the proposed sale Monday. But U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt told CNBC on Tuesday that he believes he can appeal to Trump’s business sensibilities. It said last week said it had "no doubt that it's the right move for our members and our national security," and it praised Biden's decision Friday. “In fact, it strengthens national security, it strengthens economic security, it strengthens job security.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, David Burritt, ” Burritt, ”, “, Biden, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, Ted Sarandos, Mark Zuckerberg, Trump's, Biden's, Burritt Organizations: U.S . Steel, Nippon Steel, . Steel, CNBC, Steel, Nippon, NBC News, Apple, Netflix, United Steelworkers International, ” Nippon Steel Locations: Pittsburgh, Mexico, U.S, Lago, Florida, Amazon, Pennsylvania, Indiana, American, Japan, United States

☆ Immigration is a higher priority for Americans than it was a year ago, an AP-NORC poll finds
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-07 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

That’s up from about one-third who mentioned the topic as a government priority in an AP-NORC poll conducted the previous year. About 7 in 10 Republicans say immigration or a U.S.-Mexico border wall should be a top focus, up from 45% just two years ago. There’s a range of economic issues Americans want addressed — about 3 in 10 referenced general economic issues, a similar share pointed to inflation, and roughly 1 in 10 mentioned either unemployment or taxes. About 8 in 10 Republicans want the government to prioritize economic issues, while about 7 in 10 Republicans say immigration or the border wall should be a top priority. In their responses to the poll, Republicans tended to mention “illegal immigration” and “a stronger border” as an important focus.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, —, Biden Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S, Associated Press, NORC, for Public Affairs Research, Republicans, White, Washington, Trump, Democrat, Republican, AP VoteCast, Social Security Locations: U.S, Mexico

☆ Their remains were found decades ago. A new push could ID serial killer's victims.
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-07 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

An unfinished jobAs decades slipped by, the bones and fragments sat in boxes at the University of Indianapolis’ Human Identification Center, whose staff helped excavate the remains. In late 2022, police took DNA samples from Sharon Livingston and one of her daughters. Nearly a year after hearing from Pranger, Jellison announced in October 2023 that a ninth Baumeister victim had been identified: Allen Livingston. The other victimsJellison said about 40 DNA samples have been submitted by people who believe a missing male relative may have been killed by Baumeister. One matched DNA samples provided by Livingston’s mother and sister.

Persons: Herbert Baumeister’s, Jeff Jellison, “, ”, ” Jellison, Eric Pranger, Jellison, Allen Livingston, Livingston, Sharon Livingston, Allen, Pranger, ” Pranger, ” “, Baumeister, Krista Latham, Rick Callahan, Livingston’s, Jeffrey Jones, Manuel Resendez, Johnny Bayer, Richard Hamilton, What’s, Latham, that’s, ” Latham, Steven Hale, Shannon Doughty, Linda Znachko, Doughty Organizations: WESTFIELD, Indiana, University of Indianapolis, Indiana State Police, FBI, Indiana State Police Laboratory, Coroner’s Locations: Ind, Indianapolis, Westfield, Canada, Baumeister, Hamilton County, U.S, Noblesville, Hamilton, Livingston

U.S. consumers will no longer have medical debt appear on their credit reports under a new rule the Biden administration finalized Tuesday. The change, which administration officials had proposed over the summer and is set to take effect in March, means some $49 billion in medical bills will be struck from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans. The agency expects the rule will lead to the approval of some 22,000 additional mortgages every year, and that Americans with medical debt on their credit reports could see their credit scores rise by an average of 20 points. The three major U.S. credit bureaus already announced in 2023 that previously paid medical debts, or any medical debts under $500, would no longer appear on credit reports. The move comes as Biden administration officials race to safeguard aspects of their work weeks before President-elect Donald Trump retakes office.

Persons: “, ”, Rohit Chopra, Donald Trump retakes, Elon Musk Organizations: Biden, Consumer Financial, Trump Locations: U.S

Zuckerberg said that Meta will end its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replace it with a community-driven system similar to X’s Community Notes. Facebook will also be moving its trust and safety and content moderation team from California to Texas. In addition to the changes in content moderation, Zuckerberg also said Tuesday that the company will be changing its powerful recommendation system that decides what to show users. In the last several years, the government's interactions with social media companies have come under intense scrutiny from Republican politicians who have made claims of censorship. In June, the Supreme Court rejected arguments that the government had unlawfully coerced social media companies to take down content.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, we've, We're, we'll, —, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Trump, Meta, Joel Kaplan, UFC's Dana White, Kaplan, it's, Jim Jordan, podcaster Joe Rogan Organizations: Facebook, Republicans, Meta, Bloomberg Television, Fox News, ., FBI, White, Biden White House Locations: U.S, California, Texas, United States, Ohio

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