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FBI agent in government car struck pedestrian and lied about NYC hit-and-run, prosecutors say
NEW YORK — An FBI agent drove his government car the wrong way down a busy thoroughfare in Brooklyn, N.Y., blew through a red light and then struck a pedestrian before speeding away, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Andrew Reyes later lied to investigators about the Feb. 3 hit-and-run that left the victim seriously injured, according to an…
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Schumer reckoning imminent as posse of new senators circles: ‘He’s holding us back’
Progressives sending a posse of Democrats to the U.S. Senate in January have a message for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): Join us or get out of our way. Leaders from top progressive groups spoke out Thursday against the Democratic Party’s presumptive majority leader for a centrist stance that saw Schumer recently claim he’d work with…
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Tankers carrying Russian diesel change course, raising doubts about shipments to U.S.
FRANKFURT, Germany — President Trump’s plan to allow imports of Russian diesel appeared to falter this week after state and federal officials warned that handling any shipments could bring legal consequences and two tankers initially bound for the United States changed course. Trump announced an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 9 to make more…
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Midterm voters clearly wanted to make America nice again
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. As the dust from Tuesday’s elections continues to settle, Republicans are looking around their shrunken ranks and wondering precisely where they went wrong on this one. President Donald Trump, who’s been generally (and surprisingly)…
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MAGA erupts over Newsom’s ‘unbelievably disgusting’ move: ‘Justice doesn’t matter’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ignited a furious conservative backlash Thursday after announcing he would spare all 548 inmates on the state’s death row from execution. “Unbelievably disgusting,” outgoing MAGA Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) fumed. “Gavin Newsom just told the victim of every criminal on death row [that] their justice doesn’t matter,” Mace wrote. “Stop coddling…
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How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost
This week on Uncanny Valley, Hugo Lowell, David Gilbert, and Vittoria Elliott from WIRED’s politics team join Leah Feiger to break down how Democrats flipped both the House and the Senate, and why the MAGA base is pinning the losses on Trump and the Iran war. We look at how more than $400 million from…
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Culver City teen voting measure trailing in early returns
A Culver City ballot measure that would give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in municipal and school board elections was trailing Thursday. Ballots still were being counted, but Measure YV was losing, with 55% of voters in Culver City voting against it and 45% voting for it, according to early results posted by…
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Alina Habba scrambles to delete ‘haha’ reaction to Trump library cash question: report
A former lawyer for President Donald Trump appeared to find a question about his presidential library funny, but not for long. Alina Habba reacted with a “haha” to a text message from CBS News asking whether she planned to give recent earnings that came to light to Trump’s presidential library, the outlet reported Thursday. She…
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‘John Wick’ Animated Prequel Film Officially in the Works at Lionsgate, Keanu Reeves Returning
Yeah, we’re thinking he’s back. An untitled “John Wick” animated prequel, which dramatizes the “impossible task” that got him out from under his gangland overlords on the High Tables, has officially been greenlit by Lionsgate, with Keanu Reeves set to return as the determined hitman. Lionsgate made the announcement during today’s earnings call. Additional plot…
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Cops return to slain NJ mom Brook Hanlon’s home weeks after autopsy revealed stabbing details
Police returned Wednesday and Thursday to the home where New Jersey mother Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed to death nearly five months ago. Investigators were seen at the property on Pottersville Road in Chester, New Jersey, on Thursday with brown bags. That followed a swarm of activity on Wednesday, when neighbors told Fox News Digital…