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Variety reports: Whoopi Goldberg showed some support to Carrie Underwood on “The View” amid backlash against the “American Idol” winner and country music star for her decision to perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump‘s inauguration on Jan. 20. The EGOT winner has been outspoken against Trump for years but said she stands behind Underwood, although Goldberg will not be …

“You know, the more we learn about these LA wildfires, the angrier that everybody, I think, should get. I think everybody should be very angry. Because this is what radical environmentalism is all about. It’s also rooted and deeply tied into the socialist, Marxist, statist agenda, hence the Green New Deal. “Now, at the end of the day, I’m telling …

The New York Times reports: U.S. securities regulators sued Elon Musk in federal court in Washington on Tuesday in an enforcement action arising from his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X. The lawsuit against Mr. Musk, who has become a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, is likely to be one of the more contentious final acts …

Newsweek reports: Puerto Rico’s governor has called on President-elect Donald Trump to respond after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called for an invasion of the island territory. Maduro’s comments were an “open threat to the United States and our national security,” Jenniffer González-Colón wrote in a post on X on Monday. On Friday, the U.S. announced a $25 million reward for …

“With the absurd catastrophic policies they’ve put in place, California is a disaster. Those same people weren’t concerned about the people in North Carolina or the people in Florida who we’ve tried to help. “So this is really important though, they’ve caused this problem. These people are obstructionists. They also, by the way, tried to cap insurance under Proposition 103. …

NBC News reports: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, according to an official involved with the planning of the event. They will have a prominent spot at the ceremony, seated together on the platform with other notable guests including Trump’s Cabinet nominees and elected officials. In a post on his social …

The Hill reports: A Texas lawmaker got down on one knee and proposed to his longtime partner on the statehouse floor during the first day of the 89th legislative session. Texas Rep. Venton Jones (D-Dallas) popped the question to Gregory Scott Jr. on Tuesday, right before other lawmakers were set to be sworn in. “In a time when our love …

The House side of Congress also saw fireworks today: The House Oversight Committee went off the rails on Tuesday as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) fumed at Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) for using the term “child” in reference to her, resulting in Mace asking the Texas Democrat if “she wants to take it outside.” Mace jumped in and said, “I am …

Raw Story reports: During a Tuesday confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, Sen. Eric Schmitt complained about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the military. “This stuff is insane,” Schmitt said after claiming that “5,800 white officers” would be fired if the Air Force had quotas. “And people wonder why recruiting is dropped off.” “They’ve lowered their …

Law & Crime reports: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a federal court of appeals to reconsider taking on his request for a new trial in the defamation case brought — and won — by writer E. Jean Carroll. In December 2024, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit turned down a substantially similar …