How Japan’s Leader, Sanae Takaichi, Rescued Her Party from the Abyss
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How Japan’s Leader, Sanae Takaichi, Rescued Her Party from the Abyss

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters to achieve a record election win. Source link

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Social Security: Payments of Up to $5,181 Coming This Week
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Social Security: Payments of Up to $5,181 Coming This Week

Millions of Americans are set to receive Social Security payments this week. Why It Matters Over 70 million people in the U.S. rely on Social Security for essential…

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Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Sentence Follows Beijing’s Playbook on Dissent
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Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Sentence Follows Beijing’s Playbook on Dissent

The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how Hong Kong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity. Source…

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Winter Storm Warning Brings 20 Inches of Snow—‘Delay All Travel’
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Winter Storm Warning Brings 20 Inches of Snow—‘Delay All Travel’

Winter storm warnings or winter weather warnings have been issued to six states, as the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts that up to 20 inches of snow may…

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Talks on Immigration Enforcement Still Stuck as DHS Funding Deadline Nears
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Talks on Immigration Enforcement Still Stuck as DHS Funding Deadline Nears

Democrats’ demands include that immigration officers be required to show visible identification and have judicial warrants when they enter private property to make arrests. Source link

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Apple Daily Sentences Show a New Era of Media Peril in Hong Kong
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Apple Daily Sentences Show a New Era of Media Peril in Hong Kong

Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once…

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Oregon Family Seeking Medical Care for Daughter Detained for Weeks by ICE
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Oregon Family Seeking Medical Care for Daughter Detained for Weeks by ICE

An Oregon family detained by border patrol agents last month while seeking medical care for their seven-year-old daughter is heading home after being held in a detention center…

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Hearts Melt at What Owner Catches New Kitten Staring At: ‘Taking It All In’
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Hearts Melt at What Owner Catches New Kitten Staring At: ‘Taking It All In’

A quiet, intimate moment between a kitten and a wall of memories has melted the hearts of viewers online, after a short video shared on TikTok showed the…

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Bad Bunny Delivers a Love Letter to Puerto Rico at Super Bowl Halftime
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Bad Bunny Delivers a Love Letter to Puerto Rico at Super Bowl Halftime

His performance featured a sugar cane field, a wedding seemingly officiated onstage and a New York-style street scene, along with appearances by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. Source…

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Kid Rock Mocked Over ‘Lip Syncing’ in TPUSA Halftime Show 
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Kid Rock Mocked Over ‘Lip Syncing’ in TPUSA Halftime Show 

Kid Rock has been accused of lip syncing during his alternative Super Bowl halftime show. Kid Rock served as the headliner for the alternative Turning Point USA (TPUSA)…

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