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January 4, 2025
Biden to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, George Soros, 17 others
Published 5:11 a.m. ET Jan. 4, 2025 | Updated 5:11 a.m. ET Jan. 4, 2025 WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden on Saturday named former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire political activist and philanthropist George Soros recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, part of a group of 19 people selected for the nation's highest civilian honor. Others to be presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the outgoing president at a White House ceremony Saturday include U2 fr ...
Go to discussionGiuliani calls Georgia 2020 election workers' questions 'abusive' in contempt hearing
January 3, 2025 3:49 PM EST Updated 5 hours ago NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani on Friday said legal questions from two Georgia election workers that he falsely accused of trying to help steal the 2020 U.S. presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden were "abusive," as the former New York City mayor seeks to fend off a citation for contempt of court. The election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea Moss, say Giuliani, 80, has not responded to all of the questio ...
Go to discussionJimmy Carter's funeral attractive target 'for violent extremists to attack': Security assessment
January 3, 2025, 3:43 PM The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter is an attractive target "for violent extremists to attack," especially after the vehicle ramming in New Orleans that killed 14 people, though there are no known threats to the funeral, according to a new security assessment obtained by ABC News. "State funerals are considered no-notice events that significantly reduce planning timelines for potential hostile actors," the document said. "Howev ...
Go to discussion'Do something!' Rep. Stacey Plaskett furious as she's told she can't vote for speaker
January 3, 2025 4:39PM ET A congresswoman from the Virgin Islands rose in the House during the speakership vote on Mike Johnson (R-LA) to protest the more than a century-long refusal of the House to give a vote on the floor to elected officials from U.S. territories. "I note that the names of representatives from American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia were not called, representing, collectively, 4 million Americans," sai ...
Go to discussionEPA determines formaldehyde poses an 'unreasonable risk' to humans and must be regulated
01/03/25 4:20 PM ET The Biden administration has officially determined the chemical formaldehyde poses an “unreasonable” risk to human health and should be regulated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said this week that “formaldehyde presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health, specifically to workers and consumers.” The agency noted that the chemical “is found nearly everywhere” and so “people are routinely exposed to formaldehyde in indoor and outdoor environments, oft ...
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