'Beyond angry': What people are saying about the Verizon outage

Verizon customers across the United States lost cellular service for hours Wednesday afternoon, with more than 175,000 users affected shortly after 12:30 Eastern Time. The disruption knocked out voice, text, and data services and continued into the evening, affecting major cities from New York to Houston to San Francisco.

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Another DHS shooting: Feds say officer was ambushed and beaten, fired to stop attack

A federal agent trying to arrest an illegal immigrant in Minnesota was ambushed by people who attacked him with a shovel and a broom handle, forcing him to open fire, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday.

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Trump to shut down Afghan evacuee camp

President Trump has informed Congress he will shut down the migrant camp in Qatar where the U.S. holds Afghan evacuees before they are allowed to reach America, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday.

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Youngkin declares Virginia 'stronger than ever' in final State of the Commonwealth address

Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivered his final State of the Commonwealth address on Wednesday, closing out a four-year run that steered Virginia out of the COVID-19 lockdowns and attracted substantial business investment and job growth. But his four years in office also ran into partisan gridlock and failed to translate his achievements into Republican gains at the ballot box.

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California's new Democrat-dominated congressional map survives court challenge

A federal court ruled in favor of California's new congressional map Wednesday, saying the fact that the lines were approved by voters as a way to give Democrats more political power shields it from any questions about being an illegal racial gerrymander.

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ACLU drops lawsuit after HHS restored some funding to Planned Parenthood

The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped its lawsuit against the Trump administration after the Department of Health and Human Services quietly restored millions of dollars in funds to Planned Parenthood after freezing tens of millions in Title X family planning funds.

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Georgia seeks to spend $1.8 billion to unclog Interstate 75

Georgia's governor said Wednesday that he wants to spend $1.8 billion to unclog one of traffic-choked Atlanta's notorious chokepoints on the most important highway between the Midwest and Florida.

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Trump administration lawyers blessed U.S. operation to remove Maduro from power, memo shows

Days before the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro from power, Trump administration lawyers blessed the action by saying it would "not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense" and would serve "important national interests," according to a legal opinion that articulates a muscular view of presidential power.

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From Minneapolis to Venezuela, Trump starts new year with fresh risks as he faces midterm verdict

It's only two weeks into the new year, and President Donald Trump has already claimed control of Venezuela, escalated threats to seize Greenland and flooded American streets with masked immigration agents.

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Venezuela's acting president vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Wednesday vowed to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolas Maduro during her first press conference since Maduro was ousted by the United States earlier this month.

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As Trump's envoy, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry says he wants to meet Greenlanders and not diplomats

While President Donald Trump says he will take action on Greenland whether its people " like it or not, " his newly handpicked U.S. special envoy is setting off on his own approach.

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US apologizes for deporting a college student flying home for Thanksgiving surprise

The Trump administration apologized in court for a "mistake" in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, but still argued the error should not affect her case.

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Syrian military tells civilians to evacuate contested area east of Aleppo amid rising tensions

Syria's military said it would open a corridor Thursday for civilians to evacuate an area of Aleppo province that has seen a military buildup following intense clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces in Aleppo city.

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FBI improperly questioned agents about Trump support and Catholic faith, watchdog finds

The FBI's own inspector general has found that bureau investigators trampled on agents' constitutional rights by asking inappropriate questions about their political beliefs, religious practices and vaccine views during security clearance reviews.

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FBI agents search home of Washington Post reporter in leaker investigation

FBI agents on Wednesday searched the Virginia home of a Washington Post reporter as part of a broader investigation into a government contractor accused of taking home state secrets.

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FBI wrongly questioned agents' support for Trump, religious beliefs, COVID vaccine status

FBI investigators conducting security clearance reviews wrongly asked agents and other witnesses about political and religious beliefs, the bureau's inspector general said in a new report Wednesday.

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From Canada to China, fall of Maduro is transforming global oil market

Reverberations from the most consequential U.S. intervention since the 1989 invasion of Panama -- the stunning Jan. 3 capture and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro -- are reshaping energy calculations around the globe, from pipeline politics in Canada to investment strategies in China.

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Luxury retailer Saks seeks bankruptcy protection, overwhelmed by debt

The owner of Saks Fifth Avenue is seeking bankruptcy protection, buffeted by rising competition and the massive debt it took on to buy its rival in the luxury sector, Neiman Marcus, just over a year ago.

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Personnel urged to leave U.S. bases in Middle East as Iran threatens retaliatory strikes

Iran on Wednesday warned neighboring countries hosting U.S. forces that it would launch strikes on American military bases if Washington attacks, according to a new report.

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Trump says Greenland is necessary for Golden Dome project, NATO prowess

NATO needs the U.S. to take control of Greenland to be an effective deterrent to China and Russia, and anything less is "unacceptable," President Trump said Wednesday.

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