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President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok's China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent U.S.ban.... Read more »

The first three hostages released from Gaza have arrived in Israel, the military announced Sunday, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold. Their mothers were waiting to meet them.... Read more »

The person was transported to a hospital after a bullet grazed their head.... Read more »

After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, the nominations process will move forward this week.... Read more »

‘Forever chemicals’ are present in all six city wells. Securing money from the settlement with the Minnesota-based company that manufactured them has proven challenging.... Read more »

Donald Trump has promised sweeping actions in his second administration.... Read more »

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form?... Read more »

Donald Trump’s inauguration as the country’s 47th president was expected to be an extravagant break from tradition — before it got moved indoors due to cold weather.... Read more »

Since Thanksgiving, the DNR has sold about 56,500 fishing licenses as anglers give in to pent-up demand.... Read more »

Minneapolis Police said they are investigating a shooting that damaged a city snowplow Sunday night.... Read more »

The omicron variant has halted plans to bring more workers back to the Twin Cities' downtowns.... Read more »

Minnesota is known as the state of hockey.... Read more »

In response to a historic spike in carjackings around the Twin Cities in the last two years, federal agents and prosecutors are stepping into an area of violent crime that had mostly been left up to local authorities to solve in the past.... Read more »

Prosecutors have charged a man suspected of fatally shooting the mother of his child this past weekend in St. Paul's North End neighborhood.... Read more »

The DFL-controlled Minnesota House made history last May when it passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana. However, don't look for history to repeat itself in the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate this year.... Read more »

Crime prevention and public safety have moved to the top of the 2022 agenda of the Minnesota Legislature along with COVID response and the projected budget surplus.... Read more »

A crowd full of family members, fans and local elementary students held signs and American flags outside the Super Rink, as the bus full of Olympians headed out Monday afternoon.... Read more »

St. Paul Police are investigating an incident where a liquor store employee was reportedly shot during a confrontation with a shoplifter.... Read more »

Every Meal in Roseville has already served more than one million meals this school year.... Read more »

A woman is charged with second-degree murder in Scott County after she admitted to strangling her mother.... Read more »

The federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd officially began Monday morning.... Read more »

Opening statements began Monday morning in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.... Read more »

Arvid Harry Johnson, 65, faces one count of second-degree murder in his wife's death. He is being held at the Ramsey County Jail with a bail of $1 million.... Read more »

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump might recognize the danger of overregulation. Or they might give in to ideology and personal spats.... Read more »

Workplaces, colleges, and even pubs would likely face severe restrictions on speech rights under a new Labour bill.... Read more »

Fewer American taxpayers are supporting a growing population of Medicaid recipients and an unchecked influx of illegal immigrants.... Read more »

Record early-voting turnout in Georgia is a reminder that the state’s voting laws are voter-friendly, not ‘Jim Crow 2.0.’... Read more »

Sights and sounds in an outstanding American college town.... Read more »

Repairing the immigration drama.... Read more »

The swing state’s Democratic secretary of state wants unmarked mail-in ballots to be counted until the Friday after the election.... Read more »

The governor’s staff continues to block scrutiny of her Beijing-friendly history.... Read more »

One union should not have the power to put large segments of the economy on strike.... Read more »

Neither student culture nor university policies have been reformed enough to justify increased optimism for Harvard’s future.... Read more »

On J. K. Rowling, William F. Buckley Jr., pornography, Donald Trump, John Kelly, fascism, pizza, and more.... Read more »

Defund the police? Absolutely not. Abolish ICE? No way. DEI? Haven’t heard of it.... Read more »

A proposed Biden-Harris regulation will force municipalities to choose between safety and solvency.  ... Read more »

Floridians should reject the effort to make the state a haven for abortion.... Read more »

With Inauguration Day around the corner, many people are wondering what kind of government we should expect over the next four years. Having spent much of the past autumn attending events with sectors of the hard-core members of the MAGA movement and tracking the activists and allies likely to have... Read more »

Republicans may not know it yet, but they’re in the process of handing Steve Bannon a powerful weapon to wield in his war with Elon Musk over visas granted to high-skilled immigrants. This could further divide the MAGA coalition over immigration—and badly inconvenience Musk, who is trying to protect those... Read more »

This week, The Washington Post unveiled its new internal mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” If that sounds like something generated by an AI trained exclusively on LinkedIn posts and marketing textbooks … well, just wait until you hear about the PowerPoint deck behind it.According to The New... Read more »

The most recent entry in the “good advice for Democrats” canon comes from occasional TNR contributor and Bulwark writer Jonathan V. Last, who wrote, “The job of the Democratic party comes in two parts. First: Do not help Republicans. Not in any way. Second: Make Donald Trump own every bad... Read more »

Republicans are considering removing “head of household” as an option for filing status on U.S. tax returns as part of their plan to extend Donald Trump’s 2017 tax plan.The House Ways and Means Committee released a menu-like list of possible options for funding the extension, which will likely benefit corporations... Read more »

Another billionaire chooses Trump. This time, it’s the historically liberal Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.Gates told The Wall Street Journal that he was “impressed” by the president-elect. “I had a chance to go have a long, and actually quite intriguing dinner with him,” Gates said in an interview with The Wall... Read more »

Donald Trump’s supporters were feeling a little left out in the cold Friday after the president-elect announced his inauguration ceremony was moving indoors due to predictions of severely low temperatures.In two interviews Friday, MSNBC spoke with a few disappointed MAGA fans on the streets of Washington, D.C., who were coming... Read more »

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a federal law that effectively bans TikTok, the social media platform’s CEO is trying to butter up Donald Trump.Shou Zi Chew posted a video to the platform Friday thanking the president-elect “for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that... Read more »

Republicans are looking to gut and slash federal programs in order to afford an extension to Donald Trump’s 2017 tax plan.The extension, which overwhelmingly benefits corporations and could add as much as $15 trillion to the national deficit, would arrive at the expense of dozens of popular federal programs. But... Read more »

Donald Trump has a set of executive orders to carry out his disturbing plans ready to go as soon as he is sworn in as president on Monday.The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump is ready to bypass Congress with orders on the border, tariffs, and other agenda items. In... Read more »

Failed presidential candidate and Trump disciple Vivek Ramaswamy is planning to run for governor of Ohio, according to The Washington Post. Ramaswamy, who is set to co-lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency with Elon Musk, apparently plans to work with the group for a year before setting out on the... Read more »

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of homeland security, got some heat for rattling off dubious statistics during her Senate confirmation hearing Friday. Michigan Senator Gary Peters noted that the hearing had considered a “fair amount of political theater,” and reminded those listening that the Senate Homeland... Read more »

Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted will take Vice President-elect JD Vance’s place in the Senate, Governor Mike DeWine announced Friday, in an apparent snub to Donald Trump.“This is an unusual situation, and it’s frankly a very heavy responsibility,” DeWine, a two-term former senator himself, told reporters at the Ohio Statehouse... Read more »

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was asked during her hearing Friday whether she was committed to stopping all threats to homeland security—not just the ones that push Donald Trump’s agenda on immigration. Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, who previously served as a Middle East analyst for the CIA, asked Noem if... Read more »

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Katie Rose Quandt They believe a new sentence of life without parole will hurt their legal chances. The post “Death Is Different”: Why 2 Men Are Fighting Against Biden’s Commutation appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

William Elisabeth Cuthbert A nonprofit is trying to get the FDA to approve crucial methods of gender-affirming care. Its battle will be even more important in Trump’s second term. The post Trans Healthcare Is Under Siege. These People Are Fighting Back. appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sasha Abramsky The country is about to be handed over to a band of fascists, and top Democrats are simply rolling over and waiting for the Republicans to tickle their tummies. The post Why I Won’t Be Watching the Clown Show That Will Be Trump’s Inauguration appeared first on The... Read more »

Piper French The relentless progression of eviction proceedings isn’t merely a grim irony amid sudden displacement mere miles away—it’s also a harbinger of the city’s future. The post As Los Angeles Burns, It’s Business as Usual in Eviction Court appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Rachel Rebouché The “defund Planned Parenthood” campaign is back—and headed to the US Supreme Court. The post Blocking Planned Parenthood From Medicaid Will Only Worsen the US Maternal Health Crisis appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

John Nichols They’re in shambles. They need to change—fast. Here’s what they should do. The post How to Save the Democrats appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer Biden's domestic agenda was the most progressive of any president since Lyndon Johnson. But it was entwined with a foreign policy that leaves his legacy drowned in blood. The post How Biden’s Foreign Policy Destroyed His Presidency appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Joan Walsh Once Harris became the nominee, women voters surged behind her. But on Election Day, she won a smaller share of them than Biden did. This is how it fell apart. The post Kamala Harris Was Poised to Crush the Women’s Vote. What Went Wrong? appeared first on The... Read more »

Erik Baker In his films, his TV shows, and his paintings, Lynch reminded us that all art gestures toward a world beyond the familiar and comforting. The post The Unsettling Genius of David Lynch appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Samaa Khullar It’s not just the Gaza genocide. It’s his decades of warmongering in the Middle East. The post Biden’s Biggest Legacy: An Unending Trail of Blood appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Takashi Williams With the rise in Name, Image, and Likeness compensation for NCAA student athletes, a 70-year-old Ivy League policy may be holding the league back more than ever. The post Should the Ivy League Pay Its Student Athletes? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Tariq Kenney-Shawa The agreement may reduce the intensity of Israel’s killing spree, but it is likely to usher in a grueling new phase of ethnic cleansing, with Trump’s full support. The post A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Colleen Quinn Presidential legacy. The post Biden’s Farewell appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Whether it is a New Year’s resolution or other life-changing goal, friends and family like to help. However well-meaning, they can unintentionally hinder someone’s efforts to make changes. Psychologists say a person’s ability to change depends on motivation, and motivation depends on three things: confidence that we can make the... Read more »

Research through the years shows volunteering and acts of kindness increase happiness and psychological well-being. Newer findings reveal they can improve physical health as well. Some results: less decline in memory and executive function; ability to walk longer at older ages with better balance; lower levels of physical pain; healthier... Read more »

Los Angeles County social workers are getting a little help from an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to identify people at risk of losing their housing using digital warnings such as “repeated emergency room visits, mounting unpaid bills, food stamp applications that suddenly stop.” It is a shift in social work... Read more »

In the midst of what may seem like only bad news and more bad news, enjoy these ten examples of what Solutions Journalism Network calls “hope with teeth -- not naive assumptions everything will resolve perfectly, but awareness of the scope of the problem and potential solutions, along with a... Read more »

Grieving Gracefully is a virtual support group that gives people a “place to go” with their grief. Founder Kelly Sammon said they hoped to "shine just a little bit of light in somebody's life" during those painful times, and especially during holidays. After her own grieving and extensive research, Kelly... Read more »

"By the time John Malloy was seventeen, he had moved forty-four times. In his young life as a rolling stone, Malloy learned to rely on himself. Whatever allies and friends he might have begun to cultivate in one place were always torn away by his constant displacement. In schools in... Read more »

Episode Description: In this episode of The Optimist Daily’s Weekly Roundup, Karissa and Arielle shine a light on the devastating California wildfires and explore actionable solutions for recovery and resilience. From supporting first responders and evacuees to mitigating the health risks of wildfire smoke, they share practical tips and inspiring... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Belfast is making history as the first city in Ireland and the UK to commit to eliminating single-use plastic cups in entertainment venues. This city-wide initiative, led by the Venue Sustainability Forum and supported by Visit Belfast, will see major and grassroots venues switch... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Once the holidays wrap up, many of us find ourselves dismantling the decorations, dragging our Christmas trees to the curb, and bidding adieu to the season. But in zoos across Europe, these festive trees are embarking on a second life—not in landfills, but as... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM As Los Angeles begins to heal from the wildfires that have devastated neighborhoods and left thousands displaced, a quieter crisis lingers beneath the surface—ensuring safe drinking water for returning residents. In places like Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and Pasadena, where homes once stood, the task... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a bold move to protect consumers burdened by medical debt, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled new regulations on January 7. These rules prohibit credit reporting agencies from including medical debt on credit reports and bar lenders from considering medical information when... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM We’ve all heard the standard financial advice: stick to a budget, save for a rainy day, and avoid spending more than you earn. But what about the lesser-known tips that financial experts swear by in their own lives? These often-overlooked strategies can help you... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Thailand officially banned the import of plastic waste, a move hailed as a victory by environmental campaigners. The ban, which came into effect this month, aims to curb toxic pollution and protect human and environmental health in a country that has long been a... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When wildfires tear through neighborhoods, they don’t just burn vegetation; they engulf homes, cars, and everyday materials like electronics, paint, and plastics. These human-made materials release toxic chemicals into the air, which can infiltrate nearby homes, bringing risks that persist long after the flames... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Amid mounting conservative backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) highlights a surprising trend: many U.S. companies are doubling down on their commitment to LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace. Released by the HRC’s education... Read more »

Fixing Pentagon acquisition will take confronting Congress, officials say.... Read more »

Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark.... Read more »

The Army, Defense Logistics Agency, and Pentagon are working to make data-sharing easier and improve supply-chain woes.... Read more »

Kristi Noem wants to "refocus" the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on critical infrastructure.... Read more »

<![CDATA[Tel Aviv mulls ceasefire With security group’s OK, decision moves to full cabinet. A ceasefire deal negotiated by Israel and Hamas has cleared the national-security subset of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, and is expected to go before the full body later on Friday, the New York Times reports,... Read more »

A look at Beijing's strategy to relegate the United States to second place in space.... Read more »

To meet that goal, the service needs to speed up maintenance.... Read more »

Correcting submarine program deficits will require creative thinking about workforce challenges, not just more money, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said.... Read more »

Maiden flight brings reusable heavy-lift New Glenn closer to launching U.S. military and spy satellites.... Read more »

The move emphasizes the next administration's pro-space agenda.... Read more »

<![CDATA[Officials from the U.S. and Qatar say they’ve reached an agreeable ceasefire for Israel and Hamas, potentially ending more than 15 months of war that’s killed more than 46,000 Palestinians and caused more than two million people to flee their homes since the Hamas terrorist group launched its surprise attack... Read more »

Deal aims to give a new dimension to the world’s “premier tactical drone operating military,” company president says in interview.... Read more »

Can ChatGPT-like programs help the U.S. win a war in the Pacific?... Read more »

The battle-tested LCS has moved past its reliability problems, surface-forces leaders said.... Read more »

In response to a recent parliamentary question, the Ministry of Defence has outlined its efforts to consult a variety of stakeholders to support the expansion of the UK’s cadet force. The post Britain ‘consulting’ on efforts to expand cadet numbers first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The Type 26 Global Combat Ship Programme retains its Amber Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) according to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Annual Report 2023-24. Despite challenges, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) remains committed to delivering eight Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) frigates by May 2035 to replace the ageing Type 23 fleet.... Read more »

A job notice seeking engineers suggests that the BK117D-2/3 helicopter, a model closely related to the Airbus H145, has been selected as the interim Puma replaement in Cyprus and Brunei. The post Interim Puma replacement seems to have been chosen first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during his visit to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine, hailed the agreement as a pivotal step in supporting Ukraine's sovereignty and rebuilding its future in the face of ongoing Russian aggression. The post Britain commits to help protect Ukraine for 100 years first appeared on... Read more »

The Core Production Capability programme, tasked with delivering safe nuclear reactor cores for the UK’s submarine fleet, remains under pressure as highlighted in the latest Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Annual Report. The post Submarine nuclear core project faces ‘challenges’ first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

A former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, and a senior figure in the previous Trump administration, told the UK Defence Journal "I think you’re going to see the Trump administration try to reverse this. They’re going to oppose handing them back". The post Chagos sovereignty deal ‘unlikely’ to impact US-UK ties... Read more »

The Mine Hunting Capability Programme, which aims to transition from traditional mine countermeasures vessels to Maritime Autonomous Systems, remains at Amber in the latest Infrastructure and Projects Authority annual report. The post Mine Hunting Capability Programme ‘on track’ first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The Labour government has criticised the Conservatives’ record on defence procurement, accusing the former administration of leaving major defence projects in disarray. The post Government blasts Tory record on defence projects first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The Protector programme, intended to replace the Reaper remotely piloted air system, has seen its 'Delivery Confidence Assessment' downgraded from Amber to Red, according to the latest Infrastructure and Projects Authority Report for 2023-24. The post Red rating for Protector drone marks decline in confidence first appeared on UK Defence... Read more »