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Checking in a bit early, not sure if these are posted but here goes.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/senate-confirms-rfk-jr-hhs-secretary
Senate confirms RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary
Initially a Democratic primary challenger to Joe Biden, Kennedy dropped out of the primary in favor of an independent presidential run.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-panel-advances-kash-patels-nomination-fbi-director-final-floor-vote
Senate panel advances Patel’s nomination for FBI director to final floor vote
The committee voted to advance the nomination in a 12-10 vote.

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/critics-decry-elon-musks-influence-trump-ignore-billionaire
Critics decry Musk’s influence with Trump, ignore billionaires’ influence in previous White House
The Biden administration worked closely with billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, but Democrats and the media warn Elon Musk’s cooperation with Trump is unprecedented despite the fact that Trump announced Musk’s involvement long before the election.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/thutrump-renews-hopes-speedy-end-ukraine-war-talks-set-friday-munich
Trump renews hopes for speedy end to Ukraine War; Talks set for Friday in Munich
Talk of a ceasefire seems to come at a time of mounting Russian advantages on the battlefield, and has Zelenskyy offering mineral rights in return for continued aid.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/censorship-industrial-complex-spreads-lice-journalists-say-doge-must
Censorship-industrial complex spreads like ‘lice,’ journalists say DOGE must ‘sledgehammer’ it
Rep. Massie urges Congress not to “feed the lice” in omnibus bill. Democrats minimize Biden White House threats against social media compared to “wrecking ball of right-wing authoritarianism” in Trump-Musk alliance

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/biden-wh-national-archives-collaborated-start-trump-documents-probe
Biden White House collaborated from the start on Trump documents probe, emails show
America First Legal says the new documents show NARA collaborated with the Biden White House to develop a predicate for the probe.
Newly published emails show the Biden White House cooperated with the National Archives in the Justice Department’s classified documents case against Donald Trump – which allowed the White House to build a predicate for the federal case against Trump that was ultimately dismissed, America First Legal says.

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/democrats-react-trump-policies-promise-disruptions
Colorado Democrats promise disruptions as they react to Trump policies,
“The moment is now to use every tool at our disposal to disrupt the Trump Administration’s brazen attempts to push the legal limits of Presidential power even further,” said U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-budget-committee-advances-budget-resolution-marking-first-step-toward
Senate Budget Committee advances budget resolution, marking first step toward passing Trump agenda
The Senate framework, which was revealed last week, includes $175 billion to secure the southern border, and $150 billion to beef up national defense.

In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Trump Demands ‘Radical Left’ Reuters Return $9 Million to US Gov — That He Gave Them — After Baseless Elon Musk Claim, Tired of Taxes wrote:
I think Musk and Trump are missing something here. I wish they would research before talking.
The article says:
...the company awarded the contract was Thomson Reuters Special Services, which operates separately from Reuters News and specializes in fraud detection and risk management—areas directly relevant to countering cyber threats. [It was a] a contract awarded to a risk analytics firm to develop cybersecurity defenses..."
So... the Canadian company that owns Reuters also develops cybersecurity defenses? And the U.S. government gave that foreign company $9 million?
Here's where it gets really interesting.
Per the Wikipedia page:
Thomson Reuters owns and operates the Consolidated Lead Evaluation and Reporting (CLEAR) database, which scrapes personal and identifying data for use in law enforcement, corporate security, and fraud investigations. Per the company's marketing, CLEAR compiles public records, phone records, utility records, social media information, credit history, motor vehicle registration data, and automatic license plate reader scans to create files on its subjects. CLEAR has been the subject of numerous lawsuits alleging invasions of privacy and other violations of civil liberties.
So... a foreign company has all that information? What is going on here, right?
But, it turns out, Thomson Reuters has contracts with ICE. Here's a story about one from Trump's first term:
ICE Has a New $3.4M Contract With Thomson Reuters to Identify ‘Threats’ Against Agency Officials (2019)
And the above article mentions other contracts Thomson Reuters has had with ICE.
So, is the $9 million contract part of their work for ICE?
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