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6+ min ago (1652+ words) Drip, drip, drip: A newly-declassified timeline exposes how the FBI's investigation of the Clinton Foundation was hamstrung by DOJ leaders while the inquiry into Trump-Russia collusion hoax marched forward. This isn't the first tranche of evidence pointing to political interference. A top Republican senator has provided Just the News a timeline written by FBI investigators laying out the repeated political obstruction those agents faced from their own bosses and the Justice Department during the 2016 election and beyond as they probed whether Hillary Clinton engaged in a pay-to-play corruption scheme involving her family foundation. "Field agents were frustrated. But HQ would not let it go forward," the newly-released and lengthy investigative timeline reveals. "We were trying to explore the [Clinton] Foundation, and we were told "NO" by FBI HQ." Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the records produced to him…...

7+ min ago (164+ words) Two people were reportedly found dead at a mansion in Brentwood belonging to actor-director Rob Reiner on Sunday. The bodies have not yet been publicly identified, but NBC Los Angeles said the ages were 78 and 68 years old " Reiner is 78 while his wife, Michele, is reportedly 68. Two people were found dead Sunday afternoon inside a Brentwood home owned by director and actor Rob Reiner, multiple law enforcement sources told NBCLA. The LA Fire Department said a man and a woman were found deceased inside, approximately 78 and 68 years old. The LAPD Robbery Homicide Division have reportedly been assigned to the case and several LAPD officials said they could not share any more information at this time. A large police presence was seen swarming the home on Sunday evening. "Neighbors said Reiner and his wife live in the home, and property records indicate…...

12+ min ago (273+ words) As with all information during high-stakes negotiations, particularly ones covered in geopolitics, trillions at stake and power dynamics on this scale, it is prudent to ignore most media reporting and focus on the public statements from the negotiators. German Chancellor Fredrich Merz seated right next to Zelenskyy, highlighting the oppositional nature of the U.S. vs EU position during negotiations. STEVE WITKOFF " Official Readout: "The meeting in Berlin between President Zelenskyy, Special Envoy Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and delegations from the United States and Ukraine lasted over five hours. Representatives held in-depth discussions regarding the 20-point plan for peace, economic agendas, and more. A lot of progress was made, and they will meet again tomorrow morning." Official Readouts are the statements that all parties agree to." The "readout" is not a shaping statement giving insight into the deal itself, but rather a status…...

14+ min ago (205+ words) It was at this point that Livy describes Rome's rapid and rather unlikely transformation into a republic. To summarize: the entire population was given a rank. At the top were patricians, men of high authority and extreme wealth (they owned vast land holdings), of whom 300 had been appointed as advisors to the kings. Then came equites, "cavalrymen," also very wealthy (horses were the equivalent of Ferraris). Everyone else was a pleb, from those fairly rich and probably moving in the same circles as the top group, all the way down to the poorest of the poor. Slaves, perhaps 10 percent of the population, had no status. Those republican principles lie behind modern democracy, i.e. that we the people possess the right, under the law, to run our own affairs; to outsource that running to freely elected officeholders with a mandate to serve…...

15+ min ago (199+ words) Two people have reportedly been found dead in the mansion of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner, which the LAPD is reportedly investigating as a murder. Multiple law enforcement sources told NBCLA that the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had allegedly been discovered inside the home, which is located in Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood, a haven for celebrities. Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department Robbery Homicide division were said to be on the case, and LAPD detectives reportedly told ABC7 said the deaths were being investigated as a homicide as a large number of officers were at the home on Sunday evening. While the identities of the two deceased people have not yet been identified, Reiner is 78, while his wife, Michele Singer, is 68, matching the ages of the deceased people. A neighbor source told ABC7 that Larry David…...

16+ min ago (370+ words) Police departments in New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, and other major cities said they are on high alert after a shooting in Australia's Bondi Beach over the weekend that left numerous people dead. Officials in Sydney said that at least 11 people were shot and killed in an attack on Sunday as hundreds gathered to celebrate Hanukkah. Authorities indicated that it was a terrorist attack targeting Jewish people. The NYPD said that it is "deploying additional resources to public Hanukkah celebrations and synagogues out of an abundance of caution," adding: "As always, if you see something, say something." "While there is no known threat to Los Angeles at this time, the LAPD remains vigilant and committed to protecting our diverse communities. As part of this commitment, the LAPD will provide extra patrols at Jewish facilities, schools, synagogues, and at Hanukkah…...

20+ min ago (397+ words) A crisis is looming over artificial intelligence, but it's not what you think. While politicians fret about AI's impact on jobs and deepfake videos, state laws are strangling the small businesses trying to harness this technology for Americans' benefit. They need uniform nationwide standards, but instead, they face a costly patchwork of conflicting and innovation-killing rules. President Trump has taken the first step. Now it's up to Congress to create the nationwide standards that will unleash AI's potential. This doesn't just prevent the creation of AI that serves families and job creators. It directly benefits the biggest tech companies at the expense of their small competitors, while threatening American leadership in a field where the U.S. has to win. Only D.C. can end this crisis before it gets worse. The supporters of these laws say they reflect states' role as laboratories of…...

20+ min ago (600+ words) Prudence is always welcome, and we have sound pragmatic reasons for managing our relations with African nations with tact. The proclamation went out anyway, communication technology being what it is. Berber autonomists, led by the MAK (Movement for Kabyle self-determination), announced that following decades of repression of their native culture, language, civil and human rights, they want out. They know very well the proclamation remains symbolic. But still significant. Does issuing a proclamation without any intent " or possibility " of acting on it treason? Or free speech? The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, a think tank, did not miss the irony. The self-rule movement operates within strict institutional and legal structures, setting it apart from certain other "national liberation movements." The Algerian state that they helped create in a bitter anti-colonial war with France became a colonial state itself, they…...

23+ min ago (385+ words) European leaders should ask themselves why young Americans should be asked to fight and die on their behalf. The Warsaw speech characterized the threat as "radical Islamic terrorism" and insisted that we " and the "we" clearly includes Poland and other like-minded European nations " will "always welcome new citizens who share our value, our borders will always be closed to terrorism and extremism of any kind." And in the very next paragraph, he makes the connection with Islamic terrorism explicit. The National Security Strategy builds directly on this, and this is the nub of its supposed "grave insult" to our European allies. The offending passages read as follows: There's nothing novel in this, and the contrast is not between "Trumpism" and European values, but rather between those Europeans who still hope to save their own civilizations and those who've wholeheartedly drunk…...

23+ min ago (201+ words) Weather aside, we celebrate Christmas here pretty much like the rest of the country. It's a great break from the day to day, a mood elevator for most, at least if the family doesn't talk politics over Christmas dinner. A bringing together in a country that could use some bringing together just now. As joyous as the holiday may be, it's not without its stresses. Gift giving can be a chore when there are people you should give a gift to but have no idea what it should be. It can be a burdensome obligation, one that the makers and retailers of Chia Pets rely on this time of year. But there's a real joy in giving someone you care for something you know they will like. So, celebrant or not, believer or not, enjoy the 25th of this month, whether…...