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President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate Doug Burgum to be secretary of the Department of the Interior.  “He’s going to head the Department of Interior, and he’s going to be fantastic,” Trump said of the North Dakota governor during remarks at the America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate.  Trump, 78, indicated that he will …

A Florida businessman was indicted with murdering his estranged wife who vanished from her apartment in Spain more than nine months ago — and he could face the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors announced Thursday. David Knezevich, 36, of Fort Lauderdale, was hit with upgraded US federal counts after he was already facing charges of kidnapping Ana Hedao Knezevich during …

Sage Steele has called “fake news” on a report that claimed she was gunning to be the press secretary for the Trump administration. Axios reported earlier this week that Steele was “vying” for the role. In a post on X on Thursday, Steele denied that this was the case. “Not sure how these rumors began about me ‘vying’ to be …

A New Jersey Democratic congressman announcing a bid Friday to become the Garden State’s next governor blasted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as “insane” Thursday for reviving the reviled congestion toll to enter Midtown Manhattan. “It’s utterly absurd at a time of inflation. The added costs for Jersey motorists went from zero to $2,500,”  Rep. Josh Gottheimer said. “It’s insane. I …

Citigroup is being probed by US government agencies over its ties to sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service are probing the bank’s work with Delaware-based Heritage Trust, which holds assets owned by Kerimov, the report said. “Citi …

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul was “briefly detained” by law enforcement officers who thought he was drunk after he mixed Ambien and alcohol before a flight. The Texas Republican said he took the sleep medication with an alcoholic beverage before a flight to Texas, but missed the plane, leaving him in a “disoriented” state at Dulles International Airport. …

She’s no longer the teacher’s’ pet. The head of the Big Apple’s most powerful teachers’ union flunked Gov. Kathy Hochul and “tone deaf” Democrats Thursday for socking working class New Yorkers with a $9 congestion toll — a week after the election where the party took a drubbing. “It’s not what I expected to see Democrats doing a week after the …

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met with President-elect Trump during a visit to his Florida estate on Sunday, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Sunday’s discussions at Mar-a-Lago centered on an Israeli ceasefire in Lebanon that involves Western and Russian cooperation, according to the Post. Dermer secretly visited Russia last week for follow-up discussions, after Russian officials visited Israel on Oct. 27 to discuss the …

New York Times columnist Ezra Klein slammed Democrats over their stubborn denials that US cities are plagued with rising crime, out-of-control migration, and skyrocketing prices, saying they need to “shut the f–k up.” In Donald Trump’s blowout election victory last week, the president-elect won a 6.5% gain in the most populous urban counties across the country, which outpaced the 3.3% …

LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t have a prayer with the nation’s Christians, a new survey reveals. The Democrat scored a decisive victory only among those who said they hold “no religious faith,” getting 64% of their votes, pollster George Barna of Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center said Wednesday. The crisis of faith in the Harris-Walz ticket …