‘This sanctuary cities thing will be an early administration showdown, and I believe Trump will come down as hard as you can see,’ Stephen K. Bannon, who served as a top White House adviser to Trump during his first administration, told The Post.
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Biden proposes Medicare, Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans
Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under the proposed new rule.
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Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah start a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting
There were no immediate reports of alleged violations of the truce, and there were signs of celebration in Beirut.
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Trump aide sought payments from job seekers, internal legal review found
Boris Epshteyn used his proximity to the president-elect to benefit himself, a Trump legal review found. He denies the allegation.
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Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Day 1
It was unclear whether the president-elect will actually make good on the threats – issued via posts on his Truth Social site Monday evening – or if he is using them as a negotiating tactic.
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Israel launches new airstrikes on Lebanon as leaders draw closer to ceasefire with Hezbollah
Israel’s ambassador to Washington says a deal could ‘happen within days.’
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Workers at Charlotte airport, an American Airlines hub, go on strike during Thanksgiving travel week
American Airlines says it doesn’t expect significant disruptions to flights. The Service Employees International Union is demanding higher wages; the strike is expected to last 24 hours.
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Special counsel moves to abandon Trump election interference, classified document cases
DOJ prosecutors, citing longstanding guidance that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, said the department’s position is that ‘the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated.’
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Is Outlook down? Thousands of Microsoft 365 users report outage issues
Microsoft said it was deploying a fix but that it was ‘progressing slower than anticipated for the majority of affected users.’
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Forecasters warn of possible winter storms across U.S. during Thanksgiving week
Areas from Boston to New York could see rain and breezy conditions, with snowfall possible in parts of northern New Hampshire and northern Maine.