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Deutsche Welle reports: Panama reiterated on Tuesday that the sovereignty of its eponymous ship canal was not up for discussion after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to regain control. “The sovereignty of our canal is not negotiable and is part of our history of struggle,” Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha said, adding that President Jose Raul …

Dakota News Now reports: A bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be posted and taught in public schools will make an appearance in the 2025 legislative session. First-term lawmakers usually don’t carry much legislation, if at all, but Senator John Carley out of Piedmont said it’s important to recognize the historical significance of the Ten Commandments in U.S. …

Slate reports: On Monday, the four-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, members of the self-proclaimed “J6 community” gathered at a Washington hotel ballroom to lionize those who had stormed the Capitol and to rail about the “civil rights abuses” Jan. 6 defendants faced as “political hostages.” Pardons were not sufficient, speakers at the event argued. Those who had committed …

The Hill reports: Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been pushing over the last several weeks. Johnson plans to introduce the Panama Canal Repurchase Act on Thursday. The bill would authorize the president, in coordination with …

CBS News reports: Capitol Police said officers arrested a man with a machete and other knives on Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol Visitor Center. Those wishing to view Carter’s casket are entering through the Capitol Visitor Center. Capitol Police said they arrested the man after 2 p.m. as he was going through security at the Capitol Visitor Center. “Our officers …

“I’m gonna say this just off the cuff before I introduce our guest. Can we please just do away with giving half the screen during these emergency briefings to the sign language interpreters? “I have nothing against, obviously, people that cannot hear, but there’s closed captioning. I mean, this is just over the top. We can’t do this. We gotta …

ABC News reports: At least two people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Tens of thousands were evacuated as more than 15,000 acres burned in the Palisades Fire. At least 1,000 structures are estimated to have been destroyed in the fire. Meanwhile, the Eaton Fire — …

Via press release from the White House: Under President Biden’s leadership, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking significant actions to support state and local response efforts for the wildfires in Los Angeles, California. As the fires continue to devastate communities, President Biden is focused on mobilizing life-saving and life-sustaining resources across the region. The President is closely monitoring ongoing response efforts …

Axios reports: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed Wednesday that President-elect Trump invited him to attend the inauguration — but it may be difficult for Bolsonaro to attend amid his ongoing his legal turmoil. Bolsonaro — like Trump — had refused to concede his election loss while his supporters rioted. Now, Bolsonaro takes inspiration from the president-elect’s impending White House …

The Daily Beast reports: Facebook’s algorithm angered founder Mark Zuckerberg when he shared a November 2023 post about his knee surgery and it received little engagement, The Wall Street Journal reports. It was this experience that led to the Meta CEO’s Jan. 7 announcement that the platform will divest from a centralized fact-checking process, according to the newspaper. “We’re going …