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The reason they will not help is unclear, but it may stem from internal disputes over Metro PD's use-of-force policy. DC police agreed in a lawsuit settlement to restrict the use of sting balls or explosive devices on protestors and rioters. More from NBC Washington:

A new rule by the FDA could change smoking as we know it.No drug is quite like nicotine. When it hits your bloodstream, you’re sent on a ride of double euphoria: an immediate jolt of adrenaline, like a strong cup of coffee injected directly into your brain, along with the calming effect of a beer. Nicotine is what gets people hooked on cigarettes, despite their health risks and putrid smell. It is, in essence, what cigarette companies are selling, and what they’ve always been selling. Without nicotine, a cigarette is just smoldering leaves wrapped in some fancy paper. But if...

As protesters gather in Washington DC on Saturday for this year's Women's March, Vanessa Wruble, one of its founders, will be 2,500 miles away, at her farm in the Californian desert. "I didn't even know it was still a thing," she told the BBC from her five-acre animal sanctuary near Joshua Tree, which features a zebra, mini cows and horses, peacocks and chickens. Eight years ago, on the eve of the first Women's March, Wruble had been consumed by it. In the aftermath of Donald Trump's surprise 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, Wruble, along with a handful of other female...

What you need to know: Governor Newsom has suspended penalties and interest on late property tax payments for a year, effectively extending the state property tax deadline, for those living in communities impacted by the Los Angeles firestorms.

Federalist CEO Sean Davis blasted the FBI for stonewalling Congress’s investigation into the first assassination attempt against President-elect Donald Trump. The moment came during a Friday interview, in which Davis was asked by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson what information is publicly available about Thomas Crooks, the would-be assassin who tried to kill Trump at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The 20-year-old was killed by law enforcement shortly after the attempt on the incoming president’s life and information about his activities leading up to the shooting has remained scarce.Davis noted despite the near assassination having occurred months ago, Americans “still...

COLORADO: Rocky Mountain Oysters Rocky mountain oysters aren't a type of seafood—they're actually fried bull testicles. Whether or not that sounds appetizing, these are a delicacy in Colorado.

President-elect Trump will be sworn in Monday inside the Capitol Rotunda, and D.C. will be packed with events surrounding the inauguration. Why it matters: Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in D.C. for the event, sparking road and Metro closures plus a massive security operation. Here's everything you need to know: Schedule Saturday, Jan. 18 Trump will kick off the weekend with a reception and fireworks at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling. There will be a cabinet reception and the vice president's dinner, as well. Sunday, Jan. 19 The "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" will begin at...

CNN is set to banish longtime anchor and former White House correspondent Jim Acosta to the “Siberia of television news,” according to a report from a former colleague.Acosta, known to conservatives as an annoyance to President-elect Donald Trump, will see his program CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta moved from 10 a.m. to midnight, ex-CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcy said.“The move would effectively exile Acosta to the Siberia of television news,” according to a Status News update from Darcy.

President Joe Biden released a statement Friday declaring that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “has become part of our Constitution.” Biden asserted that as of 2020, 38 states have ratified the amendment and stated it should now be recognized as “the law of the land,” according to a White House press release. The amendment is meant to ensure equal rights for men and women in the U.S., but some interpretations of the text have implied it would erase gender distinctions and grant abortion protections. “The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary...

State Farm will offer insurance renewals to Los Angeles residents it had planned to drop. In a major U-turn, the company said it would renew policies in the badly-hit Pacific Palisades neighborhood, alongside thousands more in Los Angeles county. However, the offer does not apply to policies that had already lapsed when the deadly fires started on January 7. In fact, California insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara urged coverage providers last week to suspend pending non renewals in the Palisades and Eaton fire zones. State Farm made the U-turn on Wednesday, a move first reported by The LA Times. Lara's office...

Politics Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won't attend Trump's inauguration By Kaia Hubbard Updated on: January 16, 2025 / 12:18 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to her spokesperson. Pelosi led House Democrats during the first Trump administration and attended his inauguration in 2017. She became one of Trump's chief antagonists, overseeing both impeachments against him as speaker. A spokesperson did not provide a reason for her planned absence from the president-elect's second inauguration. ABC News first reported on her plans.

WASHINGTON—President Biden moved to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution, declaring that the measure to prohibit sex-based discrimination had cleared the necessary hurdles to go into effect after a half-century of debate. The announcement came just days before Biden is set to surrender power to President-elect Donald Trump, and it was certain to face legal challenges and fierce objections from Republicans.

Explanation: Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives. Collapsing from vast cosmic clouds, their nuclear furnaces ignite and create heavy elements in their cores. After only a few million years for the most massive stars, the enriched material is blasted back into interstellar space where star formation can begin anew. The expanding debris cloud known as Cassiopeia A is an example of this final phase of the stellar life cycle. Light from the supernova explosion that created this remnant would have been first seen in planet Earth's sky about 350 years ago, although it took that light...

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn believes Joe Biden will go down as one of the greatest presidents in American history. In an interview on MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports, the South Carolina congressman said that history will judge Biden kindly. “Given everything that was in place when he took office, Covid the economic challenges, do you think that this was in some ways inevitable?” Jansing asked. ”And how do you think history will judge this presidency?” Clyburn responded: I think that he will go down as one of the greatest presidents we ever had. I think the same thing about Jimmy...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced the U.S.-Cuba Trade Act of 2025 to repeal sanctions on Cuba and establish normal trade relations with the island nation. Wyden introduced the bill after the Biden White House announced this week it was removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and Cuba agreed to free a number of political prisoners. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., co-sponsored the legislation. The U.S.-Cuba Trade Act would repeal the major statutes that codify sanctions against Cuba, including the Helms-Burton Act and the Cuban Democracy Act, as well as...

Democrats are likely to delay the confirmation of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth until after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, leaving the Pentagon without a confirmed leader, according to Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS). Wicker told Politico Thursday that although Hegseth has the votes to be confirmed as defense secretary, Democrats are likely to drag it out as long as possible, until as late as Thursday. “I expect our Democratic friends will delay it to the extent to which they are free to do under the rules. Wednesday, Thursday perhaps,” Wicker told the outlet. “This...

Friday on ABC’s “The View,” Joy Behar told her co-hosts that the 2024 presidential election was “not normal” and President-elect Donald Trump was not a normal person. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, “So I have no problem with Michelle Obama not going. I think it’s critical that all former presidents and vice presidents attend. I think it signals to the world that despite a very tumultuous political season that America moves forward and we’re going to have a safe and secure transfer of power despite Donald Trump in 2020 and what he did after January 6th but as spouse she...

‘The Moment Of Truth,’ a new recording from the First Lady Of Soul, is coming in February.A new, never-before-heard album is coming from the First Lady Of Soul. The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum, an unearthed live album from Ella Fitzgerald’s performance at the Oakland Coliseum on June 30, 1967, will be released on all formats on February 28, 2025. First single “The Moment Of Truth” is out now with its own new animated music video directed by Sharon Liu. The nine-track album was recently found in the private collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz, and...

Meet John Larson, a paraplegic firefighter who is breaking barriers with the LAFD.

Matt Himes is a writer and editor at Blaze Media who lost his Pacific Palisades home when the wildfires struck Los Angeles. A former liberal, he says the ineptitude shown by Democratic leaders like LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have made him — and many of his neighbors — more conservative. Want to cure a liberal? Ship them to California. One-party rule has been squandering California’s abundant talent and treasure for decades, turning a one-time exemplar of the middle-class American dream into a crumbling, crowded and crime-ridden hellhole. Los Angeles especially has suffered a steep decline....