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🎄 Hidden Christmas Gems at the Movies Here are some forgotten or underrated movies of the Yuletide season. Read more ⤵️ https://theepochtim.es/52x7z0

🚨🇺🇸 US Economy Expands 4.3 Percent in 3rd Quarter, Topping Expectations Robust consumer spending and a rebound in exports helped the U.S. economy grow faster than economists expected, according to delayed Bureau of Economic Analysis data released on Dec. 23. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/9a9k6x

🚨 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 The issue sparks fiery division nationwide, often on partisan lines. So the politics of the law-and-order official leading Florida’s efforts may surprise some. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/lht6xa

🚨 𝐃𝐎𝐉 𝐒𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫, 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐬 Monday’s lawsuit is the latest in what’s become a series of legal actions brought by the DOJ against states with policies that hinder federal law enforcement. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/lwvif2

🚨 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the state could lose up to $24 million in federal highway funding. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/q1s8t3

🚨 𝐃𝐎𝐉 𝐒𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝟑 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐂 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 A top official said states are required to provide the information to guard against ‘vote dilution’ in elections. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/52yx79

🚨 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 ‘I think it’s a better thing to educate people so they choose to be vaccinated,’ a former director of the CDC said. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/lb37ey

🚨 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬 Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/qd6xhv

🚨 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 Jeanie Beeman’s supporters donated more than $260,000 following the incident at her workplace. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/a21niv

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐭 More than 100 people have been killed so far in the U.S. strikes targeting drug traffickers. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/1xhva7

🚨 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 The investigations focuses on possible Clery Act violations due to concerns over delayed alerts and security response. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/kppfqq

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 Conway was offered a position in the first Trump administration but declined. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/wwi6by

🚨 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬-𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 $𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 The agreement ends nine years of litigation for the German carmaker over emissions software installed in its diesel vehicles. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/u6z3pa

🚨 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 They express concern that the decision ‘undercuts our nation’s security.’ Read more: https://theepochtim.es/y9kv6d

🚨 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 “Our customers have high expectations for Instacart. And for some, we fell short of those expectations,” the company said. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/55fegu

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 Almost two out of every five rental listings now offer concessions, underscoring that renters have negotiating power in the current market. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/0e09pi

🚨 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 Police said they received numerous calls for drivers stranded in flooded areas. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/ulk5mb

🚨 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 Manilow, 82, said doctors found the cancer after he had an extended bout of bronchitis — six weeks, then a relapse of another five weeks. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/oh9w9z

🚨 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 The disruption came during the postal service’s busiest season. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/d4mq7z

🚨 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from ICE custody by an order of the court on Dec. 11. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/dkscc2