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Former President Donald Trump speaking after declaring victory in the 2024 Election on November 6, 2024. The Kamala Harris campaign raised a record billion dollars for the 2024 election and somehow still ended the race with $20 million in debt. Now, in addition to coping with a stunning loss, Democrats have to figure out how to pay off the debt. Enter Donald Trump. He recently posted on Truth Social, saying that he would be willing to help with his leftover campaign funds. He might be trolling, but Democrats would be wise to swallow their pride and take him up on…

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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, who have been separated since 2016 despite being married since 1997, were spotted dining together on November 7 at Crossroads Kitchen in Calabasas, California. The restaurant, co-owned by musician Travis Barker, hosted the couple for an evening meal alongside mental health podcast host Jay Shetty.Though the couple publicly acknowledged their separation in Jada’s memoir, “Worthy,” they have expressed a commitment to working through their relationship, describing themselves as “still figuring it out.”Their recent dinner marks one of the few times Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been seen together since that revelation.Article continues…

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LEBANON FIGHTING The Hamas attack that sparked the war resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed 43,552 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry that the United Nations considers reliable. Of 251 hostages seized by Palestinian militants during the Oct 7 attack, 97 remain in Gaza including 34 the Israeli military says are dead. Israelis have protested every weekend, pressing their government to do more to secure the captives’ release. Crowds again demonstrated Saturday in…

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The Israeli military has killed several dozen Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in a string of attacks as it allowed a small amount of aid into the northern part of the enclave, the first after over a month of intensified siege. Medics quoted by the Palestinian Wafa news agency said Friday evening that at least 40 people were killed across Gaza since dawn, including 24 in the north. At least six Palestinians were killed in the targeting of the Fahd al-Sabah school sheltering displaced people in the Tuffah neighbourhood on Saturday, according to the Al Jazeera team on the ground…

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Alexander Ovechkin just does not seem to age. The Washington Capitals star scored his ninth and 10th goals of the season Saturday, contributing to a dominant 8-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Ovechkin has now scored eight times in his last seven games, putting him on pace for his 10th career 50-goal season. It was also his 175th career multi-goal game, just 14 behind Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky who has the most in league history (189).”The Great Eight,” as he’s affectionately called, would pass both Gretzky and Mike Bossy for the all-time record for most 50-goal seasons…

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Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Omaha, Nebraska-based holding company Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the world’s most well-known investors, with a net worth north of $145 billion.Image Credit: Eric Francis | Getty Images. Warren Buffett.However, like all successful investors, Buffett had to start somewhere. In his biography The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, author Alice Schroeder recounts Buffett’s early fascination with money — and an important lesson he learned from his first investment.Related: Introvert Warren Buffett Was ‘Terrified’ of Public Speaking. Here’s the Secret That Helps Him Address 40,000 People at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting.…

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Coal plants and wind turbines coexist rather than replace each other in Westphalia, Germanymauritius images GmbH / Alamy More and More and MoreJean-Baptiste Fressoz (Allen Lane) The drive towards decarbonisation and the search for alternative, less-polluting sources of energy vex our planet and its politicians and decision-makers. Many wealthy countries are working to strip pollutants and emissions-belching elements out of our industrial processes and individual lives. This is an age of environmental consciousness. At least that’s the argument. But it is one Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, a historian of science and technology at the French National Centre for Scientific Research,… Source link

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A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee was fired after recently advising a disaster relief team to not visit homes with yard signs that support President-elect Donald Trump. FEMA did not clarify where the incident happened, or when, and the employee has not been identified. But in a statement on Saturday, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell called the incident “reprehensible.””This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” she said in the statement shared with NBC News. Criswell said FEMA’s more than 22,000 employees are dedicated to helping those impacted by disasters.”I…

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During his first presidential campaign in 2015, Donald Trump blamed Mexico for taking US jobs while exporting drug traffickers and rapists. But five years later, he had updated the treaty binding their economies and called his Mexican counterpart a “great guy”.Mexico’s business leaders felt they weathered the first Trump storm relatively well. Some believe President Claudia Sheinbaum can follow the playbook that worked for her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador: don’t criticise Trump and give him what he wants on migration.But a second Trump administration poses far more serious challenges for Mexico, the biggest trading partner of the US. Business…

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President-elect Donald Trump will meet with Joe Biden at the White House next week to begin the peaceful transfer of power. The White House issued a statement about the meeting on Saturday, saying it was set up at Biden’s request. “At President Biden’s invitation, President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday at 11:00 am. Additional details to follow,” the statement read. A meeting between the incoming and outgoing president has typically taken place with every new administration, but the tradition was skipped in 2020. Trump did not attend Biden’s inauguration and it remains unclear…

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