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• Zelenskyy Signals Support for U.S. Three-Way Talks Proposal
  
  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukraine would back a U.S. proposal for three-sided talks with the United States and Russia if it facilitated more exchanges of prisoners and paved the way for meetings of national leaders.
• Elon Musk Becomes First $700 Billion Person After Pay Ruling
  
  Tesla ?CEO Elon Musk's net worth surged to $749 billion late Friday after the Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Tesla stock options worth $139 billion that were voided last year, according to Forbes' billionaires index.
• Brown President Won Big Salary Hike Before Attack
  
  Brown University faces continued scrutiny over campus security policies in the wake of the deadly shooting that killed two students and wounded nine others on Dec. 13.University President Christina Paxson, meanwhile, received a salary increase in 2023 that raised her...
• Suspected Brown, MIT Shooter's Path Led From Portugal to US
  
  The man who police say killed two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology ?physicist had cut short a promising academic career to take a modest software developer job back in his native Portugal before returning to the United States.
• Lucas Miles to Newsmax: AmFest Honors Charlie, While Looking Ahead
  
  Turning Point USA's AmericaFest unfolded this year at the Phoenix Convention Center, with a mix of remembrance and resolve, as organizers and attendees marked the absence of founder Charlie Kirk while emphasizing plans to carry the movement forward, Pastor Lucas Miles said...
• Archbishop Henning to Newsmax: Dolan a 'Tremendous Model' of Faith
  
  Boston Archbishop Richard Henning on Saturday reflected on Cardinal Timothy Dolan's legacy, calling the retired archbishop of New York a "tremendous model" of leadership and faith and offering simple advice on Newsmax's "America Right Now" for his successor, Bishop Ronald...
• Report: Brown Overlooked Security Risks Before Campus Massacre
  
  Brown University repeatedly dismissed security warnings from students, staff, and police over several years, the New York Post reports.
• Tim Murtaugh to Newsmax: Dems Disingenuous on 'Affordability'
  
  President Donald Trump's senior adviser Tim Murtaugh said on Newsmax on Saturday that the president plans to take his economic message directly to voters in communities hit hardest by inflation.
• Chad Wolf to Newsmax: Brown Campus Camera Failures Raise Alarms
  
  Former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Newsmax on Saturday that failures in campus security and surveillance systems at Brown University complicated the investigation into a deadly shooting.
• Dershowitz to Newsmax: Bondi Massacre Was 'Globalization of the Intifada'
  
  Professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz warned on Newsmax on Saturday that the "globalization of the intifada" is fueling antisemitic violence worldwide.
• Chuck Todd to Newsmax: Distrust of 'Experts' Spills Over to Press
  
  The sharp decline in trust in the news media reflects a wider collapse of confidence in American institutions, in that journalists can be only as reliable as the sources they are given, Chuck Todd, the former "Meet the Press" moderator and host of "The Chuck ToddCast," told...
• State Rep. Faulkner to Newsmax: Ella Cook Tragedy a Wake-Up Call
  
  Alabama State Rep. David Faulkner told Newsmax on Saturday that the killing of Brown University student Ella Cook was a "wake-up call" for young people, describing a tight-knit community left reeling and children forced to confront loss far too early.
• Paraplegic Engineer Becomes First Wheelchair User in Space
  
  A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers on Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.
• Victim Rejoicing After DOJ Releases More Epstein Files
  
  Maria Farmer, among the accusers of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, rejoiced Friday after the Department of Justice released swaths of files tied to its probe of the disgraced financier.
• Google Warns US Visa Holders Against Travel
  
  Alphabet's Google has advised some employees on U.S. visas to avoid international travel due to delays at embassies, Business Insider reported Friday, citing an internal email.
• How Surveillance and the 'Reddit Detective Agency' Found a Killer
  
  More than a decade ago, a frenzied five-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath.
• Mangione Lawyers: Bondi Conflict Tainted Death Penalty Decision
  
  Luigi Mangione's lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi's decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer's parent company.
• Pulte Referral Triggers Mortgage Fraud Probe of Swalwell
  
  A mortgage fraud probe of a Democratic congressman began last month after William Pulte, the Republican head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, referred allegations from a conservative news site to his agency's inspector general for possible criminal investigation,...
• Rubio: US Only Country Able to Broker Ukraine Peace
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the United States remains the only nation capable of mediating a negotiated end to the war between Russia and Ukraine, despite the conflict's complexity and the absence of an imminent breakthrough.
• US Retaliates on ISIS for Killing 3 Americans: Operation Hawkeye Strike
  
  he Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to "eliminate" Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter almost a week ago.A U.S. official described...
• Franklin Graham at Pentagon Service: 'God Also Hates'
  
  Evangelist Franklin Graham told U.S. service members and Pentagon employees at a Christmas service this week that "God loves" but also "hates" and is a "God of war."
• Senate Confirms Rabbi Kaploun as Antisemitism Envoy
  
  The Senate has confirmed Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun as the Trump administration's special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism.
• Sen. Sanders, AOC Top 2025 Congressional Google Search List
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., emerged as the most visible figures within the Democratic Party in Google search interest among members of Congress this year, Axios reported Friday, citing Google Trends data.
• Bill Clinton Breaks Silence, Deflects Epstein Photo Dump
  
  Former President Bill Clinton issued a statement Friday after appearing in the first tranche of Justice Department files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, accusing the Trump administration of deflecting scrutiny.
• Trump Approving Emergency Declaration for Montana
  
  President Donald Trump said Friday that he is approving an emergency declaration for Montana in the wake of severe storms that ravaged the state earlier this week.

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