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🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟎 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 Charges against the cartel members included murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/uncune

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥 Fuel theft, including the smuggling of crude oil, is the ’most significant non-drug revenue source' for Mexican cartels, Treasury said. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/jooflo

🚨 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was acquited of a second charge alleging she concealed a person from arrest. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/069dvl

🚨 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬, 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 A series of fatal accidents in 2025 spurred calls for reforms and better scrutiny of non-resident foreign commercial driver license holders and applicants. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/5ubren

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝟐 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 With Christmas on a Thursday this year, federal workers will get a long weekend. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/g8g11y

🚨 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 The move comes as the Labor government faces pressure over its response to the Bondi terror attack that claimed 15 lives. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/6a1wx4

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝟐 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜, 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟓 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 The Joint Task Force Southern Spear eliminated two boats linked to drug trafficking, according to the Department of War. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/aober9

🚨 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐃𝐍𝐂 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐬 DNC Chair Ken Martin said the party will focus on ‘learning from the past and winning the future.’ Read more: https://theepochtim.es/ixrwfd

🚨 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 The state said tests showed Frank Athen Walls was of normal intelligence. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/rfrjj7

🚨 𝐍𝐘 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Hochul wrote about her reasoning and decision to support the bill in an op-ed in the Times Union, published on Dec. 17. She said she believes that the government should allow people to have this option. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/zhub3b

🚨 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 The Republican-led House passed a permit reform bill designed to trim environmental reviews and judicial timelines for the development of federal public lands in a 221–196 vote on Dec. 18. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/23kj7d

🚨 𝟓 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐱-𝐇𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐀𝐢𝐝𝐞’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 Linda Sun maintained close relationships with Chinese officials and boasted about her influence over New York state, according to court records. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/otgucn

🚨 𝐄𝐔 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 “We are certainly after a breakthrough,” Tusk told reporters. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/3yj94n

🚨 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 $𝟐.𝟓 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐇𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 More than 43,000 people across the globe have raised $2.5 million to thank Ahmed Al Ahmed, who wrestled a gun from one of the gunmen during the mass shooting. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/fqj0qo

🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 ‘𝐁𝐲 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐭’ “I'll soon announce our next chairman of the Federal Reserve,” Trump said. Read here: https://theepochtim.es/4687ao

🚨 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 $𝟔𝟎 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐓𝐂 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 “The FTC is focused on monitoring online delivery services to ensure that competitors are transparently competing on price and delivery terms.” Read more: https://theepochtim.es/vr3x72

The holiday season is one of decorating and festivities, but the risk of falls and injuries is real. These tips and exercises can help keep you safe. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/ujc5a1

🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 The shooting on Dec. 13 left two dead and nine injured. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/l6h8yg

🚨 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 “His story is remarkable, and it’s a redemptive, powerful story, which is what you look for and what you hope for." Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/80blju

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟎 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 Charges against the cartel members included murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/b821xj