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Mitch McConnell is giving up one leadership role in the Senate for another — head of the Republican resistance should President-elect Donald Trump overreach. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Liberal failing media propaganda.
The individuals threats varied from swatting to detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes, according Jeffries. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Jefferies is a joke.
The Israeli military said it killed the worker in a strike in Gaza on Saturday. “To the best of our knowledge, no WCK team members are affiliated with Hamas,” a spokeswoman for the aid group said. New York Times
VOA VIEW: WCK is anti Israel.
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As the truce appeared to largely hold, a deal appeared far away in Gaza, where an Israeli strike killed dozens, according to a rescue group. New York Times
VOA VIEW: There is no peace.
Some House Democrats want to oust aging committee leaders like Representative Jerrold Nadler in favor of younger lawmakers who they see as better suited to take on the president. New York Times
VOA VIEW: As they should.
Donald Trump's campaign has dismissed claims that he plans to discharge members of the military who are transgender. OANN
Amid Black Friday sales and other holiday shopping bonanzas, the FBI and Federal Trade Commission are warning Americans to beware of scams. Washington Times
Southwest Airlines flight attendants will begin preparing the cabin for landing at a higher altitude to reduce the risk of turbulence injuries. CBS
VOA VIEW: Will see what happens and/or see how long it stands.
The Los Angeles City Council earlier this month approved an ordinance declaring itself a sanctuary city in defiance of President-elect Donald Trump's deportation plan. But post-election fears are running high in the city. Andres Gutierrez has more. CBS
VOA VIEW: The deportations will happen.
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Many people heading home from Thanksgiving celebrations will have to contend with heavy snow and bone-chilling cold this weekend in several portions of the U.S. Meteorologist Paul Heggen has more. CBS
Some companies are weaving Trump's tariffs into their marketing efforts, telling consumers to buy now in case prices rise. CBS
VOA VIEW: The propaganda is a game.
Ikea is the latest big-box retailer to experiment with a smaller-is-better retail store strategy. CNBC
As space exploration rapidly evolves, so do the cybersecurity threats facing spacecraft, satellites, and space-based systems. CNBC
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Economists expect the euro to hit parity with the U.S. dollar next year, partly due to tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump may impose. CNBC
Consumer advocates are worried about the fate of the U.S. Department of Education's SAVE repayment plan in a second Trump administration. CNBC
VOA VIEW: There won't be a repayment plan.
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Tren de Aragua members Denyeer Aramillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25, were arrested in the Bronx. Both were pictured in a viral video of a Colorado armed break in. FOX News
VOA VIEW: They should be prosecuted and jailed.
Political opponents are not "enemies," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on Saturday after reports of House and Senate Democrats receiving bomb threats over the Thanksgiving holiday. UPI
VOA VIEW: The madness is going too far.
Israel has attacked and destroyed infrastructure at a border crossing between Syria and Lebanon being used to provide weapons to the militant group Hezbollah, Israeli officials confirmed Saturday. UPI
VOA VIEW: Peace is nowhere in sight.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov that the U.S. authorization of Ukraine to fire missiles into Russia represented a direct U.S. intervention in the war during a meeting Friday UPI
VOA VIEW: Un is an idiot.
The deadly 2024 hurricane season ended with a whimper Sunday. UPI
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Donald Trump's threat to impose stiff tariffs on Canadian imports would hurt both economies and later flew to Florida for a meeting with the president-elect. UPI
VOA VIEW: Canada will hurt if it does not cooperate.
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said Fridayhis Iran-backed militant group will coordinate with the Lebanese Army to implement the U.S. led cease-fire agreement that ended almost 14 months of conflict with Israel. UPI
VOA VIEW: Hezbollah can not be trusted.
Four people were injured by gunfire, three of them seriously, in Israel Friday after a Hamas gunman started shooting at a bus in the occupied West Bank city of Ariel, according to authorities. UPI
VOA VIEW: Hamas will pay deeply.
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Thousands of Amazon workers in more than 20 countries across the world began striking Friday, part of an organized movement aimed at drawing attention to the tech giant's labor practices. UPI
VOA VIEW: All will suffer.
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Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend that the Pentagon has struggled to abate, senior defense officials said. The increase is a bit of a setback after the deaths dipped slightly the previous year. Liberal, progressive and woke policies have been the main contributors.
Officials said both the number of suicides and the rate per 100,000 active-duty service members went up, but that the rise was not statistically significant. The number also went up among members of the Reserves, while it decreased a bit for the National Guard.
Secretary Lloyd Austin has declared the issue a priority, and top leaders in the Defense Department and across the services have worked to develop programs both to increase mental health assistance for troops and bolster education on gun safety, locks and storage. Many of the programs, however, have not been fully implemented, and the moves fall short of more drastic gun safety measures recommended by an independent commission.
The increase was fueled by spikes in the number of Army and Air Force deaths, while the Marine Corps and Navy saw a very small dip, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public. Overall, there were 523 reported suicides in 2023, compared with 493 in 2022. The number of active-duty troops who died by suicide increased to 363 from 331. Officials have said that due to the decreasing size of the active-duty force in recent years, they believe the rate of suicides, rather than the number, is a more accurate measure. The suicide rate is calculated based on an active-duty force of about 1.28 million, about 330,000 Reserves and nearly 430,000 in the Guard. The rate for active-duty service members and Reserves went up, while the Guard was lower.
More broadly, however, the trend since 2011 has been an increase in suicides among active-duty suicides service members, while the Guard and Reserve have stayed largely stable. Officials said the statistics generally reflect suicide rates for society as a whole, when adjusted for age and gender, because a majority of those in the military are young and male.