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The New York Post reports: A potential $35 million settlement of President Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount’s CBS affiliate has been delayed after the company’s management continued to fear a potential legal backlash, The Post has learned. Paramount’s hesitancy to make a deal prompted members of Trump’s legal team to maintain its initial bargaining position and demand even more money to …

“Too Late’ Jerome Powell is costing our Country Hundreds of Billions of Dollars. He is truly one of the dumbest, and most destructive, people in Government, and the Fed Board is complicit. Europe has had 10 cuts, we have had none. We should be 2.5 Points lower, and save $BILLIONS on all of Biden’s Short Term Debt. We have LOW …

Newsweek reports: A U.S. Air Force “Doomsday Plane” arrived at Joint Base Andrews Tuesday night, fueling speculation of a potential U.S. role in the escalating Israel-Iran crisis. The E-4B “Nightwatch,”dubbed the “Doomsday Plane” is a militarized Boeing 747. It serves as the National Airborne Operations Center and is a key component of the National Military Command System for the president, …

CNN reports: After a spate of tense encounters involving lawmakers at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, the Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting detention centers, according to new guidance. Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are allowed to enter any DHS facilities “used to detain or otherwise house aliens” …

The Brownsville Herald reports: The newly incorporated city of Starbase has sent out hundreds letters to property owners and individuals who reside within its city limits notifying them about the possibility that they may lose their property pending the city’s adoption of a zoning ordinance. A Texas Public Information Act request filed by MyRGV.com has revealed that hundreds of such letters …

The Washington Post reports: As President-elect Donald Trump assembled his core national security team early this year, congressional and media attention fell on two choices better known for their Fox News appearances and invective against a supposed “deep state” than for their executive branch experience: Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to lead the …

Block Club Chicago reports: Sidetrack, the city’s largest and arguably most popular gay bar, has applied to open a location at O’Hare Airport — a move that, if approved, would make it the first gay bar inside an airport in the United States. The proposal was submitted earlier this month by restaurateur Germán González, managing partner of Somos Hospitality Group …

The Washington Post reports: What do Americans think about the possibility of launching U.S. airstrikes against Iran, which President Donald Trump threatened this week unless the country dismantles its nuclear program? The Washington Post texted more than 1,000 people on Wednesday to ask. The poll finds Americans opposing U.S. airstrikes against Iran by a 20 percentage-point margin — 45 percent …

The Associated Press reports: The State Department has begun evacuating nonessential diplomats and their families from the U.S. embassy in Israel as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify and President Donald Trump warns of the possibility of getting directly involved in the conflict. A government plane evacuated a number of diplomats and family members who had asked to leave the …

Law & Crime reports: After fighting back attempts to drop his conviction, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department now wants a Jan. 6 defendant who was found guilty last year of plotting to kill FBI agents to spend the rest of his life behind bars — a request he says is based on “scandalous and unsubstantiated” claims and “uncharged allegations that …