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Before losing the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign continued to outspend and outspend President-elect Donald Trump's in the last days of the election. Her campaign also garnered millions more from small-dollar donations after she lost. In the final days of the election and the weeks that followed, Harris's billion-dollar campaign raised and spent almost twice as much as Trump's, breaking fundraising records this year, according to new campaign finance disclosures submitted to the Federal Election Commission. Between October 25 and November 25, when the fresh financial records were released, the Harris campaign raised $160 million and spent $277 million, while the Trump campaign raised $87 million and spent $113 million over that same period. An examination of expenditu...

Jurors in the trial of Daniel Penny, the man charged with manslaughter in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely in May 2023, claimed they were at a standstill and the judge ordered them to continue deliberating on Friday. The jury stated that it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the primary allegation of manslaughter. Additionally, Penny faces charges of criminally negligent homicide. He entered a not guilty plea. On Friday morning, the jury, which has been debating since Tuesday afternoon, wrote to Judge Maxwell Wiley to express their inability to reach a consensus on a verdict about the manslaughter allegation. Wiley informed the jury before they started deliberating that they could not consider the lesser allegation of criminally negligent homicide until they reached a unanimous ...

President-elect Donald Trump expressed total faith in his choice for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, on Friday, despite some Republican senators' doubts due to several accusations against him. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account that Hegseth is "doing very well" and that his "support is strong and deep," adding that he studied at Harvard and Princeton and has a "Military state of mind." In his post, Trump predicted that Hegseth would be "a fantastic, high energy, Secretary of Defense," who "leads with charisma and skill." There is nothing that can change the fact that Pete is a winner! Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the vice president-elect, quickly echoed Trump's endorsement. We're fighting for Pete Hegseth under President Trump's leadership," Vance posted to X.Pete Hegseth will ...

WASHINGTON — As Democrats prepare for a second Trump administration, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., formally began her campaign on Friday to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. The millennial progressive star will face off against Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., a more senior panel member. "I understand the gravity of leading the panel in the next Congress with Trump back in the White House," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a letter to her Democratic colleagues. She stated that both legislative oversight and enhancing the quality of life for regular Americans must be the committee's priorities. Democrats in the Oversight Committee will have a crucial task in the 119th Congress: we have to strike a balance between focusing on the corruption and corrosive actions of the inco...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a federal order Friday requiring the testing of the nation's milk supply for avian flu. Samples must be gathered and shared with USDA upon request by organizations that handle raw milk, such as dairy processors or bulk milk transporters. The objective is to stop the spread of the avian flu strain H5N1, which is generating outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, among livestock by promptly identifying which dairy herds are impacted. In 15 states, 718 dairy cattle were impacted as of Thursday. Among other benefits, this will help farmers and farmworkers feel more secure about their animals' safety and self-defense, and it will set us up for swiftly containing and halting the virus's spread across the country, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsacks stated...

Washington On Friday, the Supreme Court decided to hear a unique case in which Congress stepped in to support terrorist victims' lawsuits against Palestinian organizations. The question at hand is whether the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019 unconstitutionally infringes upon the Palestinian Authority's (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) due process rights. After the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, located in New York, ruled that U.S. courts lacked jurisdiction to hear the claims, Congress—which seldom intervenes in particular cases—stepped in twice. A number of victims, including the family of Ari Fuld, an American citizen who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist at a West Bank retail center in 2018, are bringing the underlying cla...

It began as a slogan on social media, progressed to a marketing potential, and ultimately became a cryptocurrency. The social media star who gave a new digital coin her viral hawk moment is now at the center of the most recent scandal surrounding cryptocurrency and what some are describing as an all-too-familiar scam designed to defraud people of their money. following its price crashed, influencer Hailey Welch, who became well-known online this year following a particularly viral interview clip, is denying claims that HAWK, the cryptocurrency she helped establish this week, is a hoax. Welch stated on X that neither she nor the coin's creators have sold any of their assets. DEX Screener, a platform that tracks the price, trading volume, and on-chain transactions of different tokens, report...

It would be an understatement to suggest that college football has never had a successful postseason. Furthermore, even though the 2024 college football postseason expansion seems to be a success, the ruling class has established an elite rather than inclusive system. In the end, this approach may cause college football to become smaller, which would be detrimental to everyone in the long run. Over the past 40 years, all college football fans have wanted is a better method for selecting a champion. And all that the ruling class has done is figure out ways to enrich the larger programs at the expense of maybe starving and reducing the size of everyone else who is not a member of the two biggest conferences. Miami, a school I've loved since I was a kid, is a perfect example. Given their 10-2...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a new federal order Friday requiring the testing of the nation's milk supply for avian flu. Samples must be gathered and shared with USDA upon request by organizations that handle raw milk, such as dairy processors or bulk milk transporters. The objective is to stop the spread of the avian flu strain H5N1, which is generating outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, among livestock by promptly identifying which dairy herds are impacted. 718 dairy herds have been impacted as of Thursday. Among other benefits, this will help farmers and farmworkers feel more secure about their animals' safety and self-defense, and it will set us up for swiftly containing and halting the virus's spread across the country, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsacks stated in a ...

Mexican health officials are looking into the deaths of 13 infants who contracted a bacteria that most likely started in IV feeding bags at four different hospitals. In hospitals, seven people are undergoing treatment. Klebsiella oxytoca is a bacterium that is resistant to several popular antibiotics. The nation's Department of Health said the children, all under 14, seemed to have died from a blood illness. The cases were initially discovered in November at a private hospital on the outskirts of Mexico City as well as three federal institutions. Four of the 20 instances that were found are thought to be likely cases, one has been ruled out, and 15 have been confirmed to have Klebsiella oxytoca. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference on Friday that Produ...