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- Senator pauses Coast Guard nomination over policy on swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols - A U.S. senator said Wednesday that she is pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are considered hate symbols and prohibited from
- China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees - Reuters reports that scientists in China have created a prototype of a machine that could eventually be used to produce semiconductor chips capable of powering AI.
- Federal employees in the hot seat as GOP senator pushes transparency proposal: 'Historic opportunity' - Sen. Joni Ernst introduced her ‘Where’s WALDO’ Act aimed at compelling the government to build a public directory listing every federal worker’s name, salary, duties and more.
- Dramatic bodycam video captures moment suspected kidnapper is arrested after 40 years on the run - Debra Newton allegedly lived under a stolen identity for four decades in The Villages, Florida, before investigators used DNA evidence to solve the decades-old kidnapping case.
- Republicans Clinch Democrats’ Bid to Force Vote on ACA Subsidies - After the speaker denied them a vote on extending the subsidies, four Republicans from competitive districts joined Democrats’ bid to go around G.O.P. leaders and force action.
- Heisman Trophy voter blasts Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia for F-bomb remark in fiery column: 'Punk move' - One of the Heisman Trophy voters Diego Pavia was targeting with his "F--- all the voters" remark responded with a fiery column that called out the Vanderbilt QB's "punk move."
- FCC scrubs own reference as 'independent' agency from website after Dem's testy exchange with chairman - The FCC quietly removed the word "independent" from its website after chairman Brendan Carr sparred with Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., during a tense hearing.
- Florida teen undergoes 17-hour surgery to amputate 170-pound leg that grew so fast she had to use a wheelchair - 14-year-old Jasmine Ramirez’s condition is so rare doctors do not have a name for it
- Trump administration seeks to ramp up denaturalization of some US citizens, New York Times reports - WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Trump administration intends to increase its efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their U.S. citizenship, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing
- Wild viral video shows 'blood-red' scenes covering island after rainstorm - Heavy rainfall on Hormuz Island created blood-red runoff as iron oxide soil washes into coastal waters, captured in stunning viral blood red footage.