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The Associated Press reports: A federal judge said Monday that the Justice Department can release special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by Trump, is latest back and forth in a court dispute over the report from the special …

Fox News reports: Donald Trump’s designated special envoy for Ukraine and Russia said the president-elect wants the biggest war in Europe since WWII to end as soon as possible, as it’s set to enter its third year in February. Keith Kellogg, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served in Trump’s first administration, told “America Reports” on Wednesday that the …

Hate group leader Tony Perkins writes: Tragedy has struck our nation again with the devastating fires in California. Major news outlets call the Southern California landscape “apocalyptic.” That same word described the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which battered the East Coast three months ago. It’s unfortunate that “apocalyptic” is being used more often to describe disasters — whether natural or …

404 Media reports: Meta deleted nonbinary and trans themes for its Messenger app this week, around the same time that the company announced it would change its rules to allow users to declare that LGBTQ+ people are “mentally ill,” 404 Media has learned. Meta’s Messenger app allows users to change the color scheme and design of their chat windows with …

Raw Story reports: A woman in her seventies served two months hard time after being found guilty for rioting on Jan. 6, but she is promising to refuse any pardon from “felon” Donald Trump. Pam Hemphill, from Boise, Idaho, was once all in on Trump, but she condemned the former and incoming President in an appearance on CNN earlier this …

NOTUS reports: When Musk killed a government spending package last month — which he described as “criminal” and a waste of money — he also killed the passage of a long-debated measure to scrutinize American companies’ investments in sensitive Chinese industries, such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductors. The outbound investment screening bill, which was tucked into the original …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has reposted a bad taste meme on his Truth Social platform making light of the Los Angeles wildfires. The image circulated by the president-elect replaces the city’s famous Hollywood sign with the phrase “Trump Was Right” as the hills around it burn, his latest criticism of California’s Democratic leadership as the blazes continue to rage, …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: A Clearwater man who vandalized the Delray Beach LGBTQ+ pride intersection pleaded guilty in court Wednesday morning before apologizing at the request of a Palm Beach County judge. “Do you understand what I mean when I use the word ‘remorse’?” Judge Daliah Weiss asked Dylan Reese Brewer, 19, before granting the plea deal, which critics …

The Ventura County Star reports: A former Oxnard priest was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail in connection with sex offenses against two youths in Los Angeles County but avoided state prison, officials said. Rodolfo Martinez-Guevara pleaded no contest to sodomy with a person under age 16 and a lewd act with a child age 14 or 15, according …

Punchbowl News reports: Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) — the chair and ranking member, respectively — are the only committee members who have viewed Hegseth’s FBI file, which was delivered to the panel late last week. Republicans on SASC who have been briefed say that the report is unremarkable. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) told reporters on Friday …