House staffer charged with swiping and pawning hundreds of government cellphones

A former House committee staffer has been arrested on charges of stealing hundreds of government cellphones and selling them at a pawn shop.

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Beshear: Focusing on everyday concerns is key for Democrats vying for governorships

Democrats looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships should be focused on offering solutions for Americans feeling stressed by high costs for housing, health care and other essentials, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who is tasked with electing more Democratic governors, said Monday.

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U.S. lawmakers to visit Denmark as Trump continues to threaten Greenland

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week in an attempt to show unity between the United States and Denmark as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten to seize Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the NATO ally.

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Fed audit says local police don't report all terror watchlist encounters to FBI

State and local police never report many of their encounters with people on the FBI's terrorism watchlist, the government's chief watchdog said Monday, blaming the feds for failing to give better guidance on how to use the watchlist.

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell criticizes DOJ probe as interference of central bank's decision-making

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says a Department of Justice probe into the central bank's multibillion-dollar renovation project is a "pretext" to harass the Fed over its interest-rate decisions.

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High-ranking Iranian official says Tehran is ready for war, negotiations with U.S.

Iran's top diplomat declared Monday that his country isn't looking for conflict but is "prepared for war," as President Trump is suggesting U.S. military strikes to stop the Islamic republic from killing protesters.

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Trump says U.S. presence in Greenland is not enough, needs ownership 'title'

President Trump says a military presence on Greenland is not sufficient, and he wants to have ownership of the Arctic island, citing the Russian and Chinese presence in the Arctic.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in a surprise audience

Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday.

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'Hamnet' and 'One Battle After Another' take top honors at Golden Globes

Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag revolutionary saga "One Battle After Another" took top honors at Sunday's 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama "Hamnet" pulled off an upset over "Sinners" to win best film, drama.

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Milan's Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life

Milan's Catholic leaders faced a choice when the city was selected to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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Mattel unveils autistic Barbie to make dolls more inclusive

Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and a Ken with vitiligo, and other models the toymaker added to make its fashion dolls more inclusive.

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'ICE OUT': Celebrities at Golden Globes wear pins targeting ICE

Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis.

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Golden Globes kicks off Hollywood's 2026 awards season

Hollywood's awards season is underway with the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, happening now.

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Trump: Iran proposed negotiations after he threatened action for protester crackdown

President Trump said Iran reached out to the U.S. and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country.

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Trump motorcade rerouted due to 'suspicious object'

President Donald Trump's motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a "suspicious object," according to the White House.

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Minnesota senator alleges 'cover up' amid intensifying dispute over ICE shooting probe

The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer has morphed from a local tragedy into a national political battle, further inflaming deep divisions over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the role of federal agents in Democratic-led cities.

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Human heads found hanging on a beach in southwestern Ecuador

Five human heads were found hanging from ropes on a beach in southwestern Ecuador, police said on Sunday, as the country reels from a wave of violence related to drug trafficking.

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Democrats call for Kristi Noem's resignation following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

Democrats are intensifying calls for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment following two recent shootings involving federal immigration agents.

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Wildfires in south Argentina rip through nearly 12,000 hectares of forest, threatening communities

Raging wildfires in the Argentine Patagonia have blazed through nearly 12,000 hectares of scrubland and planted and native forests, threatening local communities, according to firefighting authorities in a report published Sunday.

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'Avatar: Fire and Ash' tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer 'Primate' second

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January doldrums began setting in for the industry.

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