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The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one who brought them home at the expense of his own political career. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/vnYH7cB

The decision to withdraw the petition appeared to be an effort to preserve a favorable federal ruling that could have been in jeopardy under President-elect Donald J. Trump. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/vMWOQ4s

In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and warned against defiance of court rulings. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/oVZNtES

Other state laws going into effect in 2025 will boost wages, restrict social media for children and make insulin cheaper. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/W2Ae36i

Plains, Ga., had been bracing for the inevitable through the former president’s ailments and nearly two years of hospice care. Still, his death, at 100, “doesn’t seem real.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/N5D4mxn

Oklahoma’s attorney general dismissed the charge against an Oklahoma City police sergeant who was seen in body camera footage throwing a 71-year-old man to the pavement during an argument over a ticket. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/QFR07Tg

The department notified lawmakers of the breach, which it said was linked to a state-sponsored actor in China. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jUNQgIf

For much of the period since Election Day, the billionaire has been staying at a $2,000-a-night cottage at Mar-a-Lago, giving him easy access to the president-elect. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/BktodGF

Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/AFp6Jrz

In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/T3yS821

A tornado that touched down in Brazoria County struck some homes and other structures on Saturday, the authorities said. It was a day of tornado warnings in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/J7YxSjd

Marc Fogel was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced in 2022 to 14 years in prison by the same court that handled the case of Brittney Griner. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/DbMmsfC

More than 7,000 flights were delayed on Saturday amid threats of rain, snow and tornadoes across the country. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/JMDktEX

The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/YKdtMgx

The building, now boarded up, was made famous when it was featured on the cover of the 1970 album “Morrison Hotel.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6Ht7R8Y

The North Korean losses amount to almost 10 percent of the country’s deployment to Russia, the Biden administration said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Mf5Wztn

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4P0SBOH

Past U.S. presidents have used their holiday messages to inspire the nation to overlook their differences and face hard times by coming together. President-elect Donald J. Trump had his own idea. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/w64Unac

A Freedom Caucus bloc has never won control of a state legislative chamber — until now. Some lawmakers worry that the newly ascendant conservatives want to “burn it all down.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/zTEQyGd

The body was discovered after the flight, which originated from Chicago, landed at the airport in Hawaii. The death is under investigation. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/DEPVJC5

The selection of Mr. Cabrera, a Miami-Dade County commissioner, comes a few days after Mr. Trump called for the United States to regain control of the Panama Canal. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/rBsJkYw

The man, who had been serving a life sentence, broke out of the state’s newest prison on Christmas Eve, officials said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/AvouIFL

Children and the young at heart can see where in the world Santa is and how many gifts have been delivered. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yOdAiWp

An unusually powerful surf has already killed one man and destroyed part of a historic pier in Santa Cruz, Calif. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/V3brFaO

The former president was discharged Tuesday morning after being admitted to a hospital on Monday after developing a fever. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/1crLEUk

In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/WSIi81A

A federal judge found Lt. Shane Lamond guilty of lying to investigators and undermining police work by sharing tips with Enrique Tarrio, the group’s leader. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/RWyvax1

President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row but declined to save the lives of three men convicted of “hate-motivated mass murder” or “terrorism.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/2PrXGxY

They include a billionaire investor who supported Mr. Trump’s campaign, a former official who froze aid to Ukraine and a former executive at Uber. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Z3LjFAa

President-elect Donald J. Trump repeated false claims about immigration and the border, slammed diversity initiatives and discussed the Panama Canal in the 90-minute address. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/tc9VRls

The Maryland governor had faced a controversy over whether he had received the medal for his time in Afghanistan. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/P5TgK9s

Two bills on pediatric cancer research and a football stadium site had been left out of the main spending package, but passed early Saturday as separate legislation. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/f0RauQh

In his books about Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and other figures on the right, he was, one observer said, “a keeper of the flame and spreader of the gospel.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Put83D5

Body-camera footage shows an officer from the Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky detain the woman, who gave birth later that day. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/URNn48M

A freshman at George Mason University, who is a citizen of Egypt, was arrested on Tuesday after being accused of planning an attack. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fTt1S2J

Investigations have singled out Pete Arredondo, the former chief, for the delayed police response to a 2022 school shooting in Texas. A judge denied his request to quash the charges against him. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Vi3t04u

The virus has spread rapidly in California, the nation’s largest producer of milk. Farmers are frustrated that their herds are getting infected despite various precautions. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/rRvKCL9

The mammoth year-end federal funding measure congressional leaders agreed on does far more than just keep the government running. It is stuffed with all manner of policy and other changes. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ueTAh2Z

The conference’s eight schools will be able to participate in the Football Championship Subdivision’s 24-team playoff. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/CUuS9LY

Nima Momeni, 40, was convicted by a San Francisco jury in the fatal stabbing of Bob Lee, a well-known tech executive. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/XexqMTh

The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sQTdzNH

The technology company plans to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects, echoing the multibillion-dollar pledge it made after Donald J. Trump’s first election victory in 2016. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HkRa7y1

Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim American federal appellate court judge, wrote an angry letter to President Biden describing bigotry he faced in the confirmation process. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PgN2Uwh

John Hasenbein, who has escorted Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary to meetings on Capitol Hill, said he was unjustly prosecuted for the 2019 episode. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wAF8Dyv

Unable to find effective treatments at home, veterans with brain-injury symptoms are going abroad for plant-based psychedelics like ibogaine that are illegal in the U.S. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ASfBDOe

The conviction is considered one of the first of its kind since Congress required the military to change how its legal system addresses sexual assault and harassment. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/TLj0x1y

The shooting spree on Thanksgiving Day killed one person and injured several others in Nevada and Arizona. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yDIQXuY

Kirstin Blaise Lobato sued the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and two detectives after she spent nearly 16 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/t9qjxPl

The outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for President-elect Donald J. Trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9WETfnt

The eyes were attached to eight installations, to the delight of residents. City officials, who lamented the cost of repairs, were less amused. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/vMznicx

An “international cybercriminal group” harvested the personal data of potentially hundreds of thousands of people from the state’s social services and health insurance systems, officials said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/86H2pIA

The former speaker of the House “is well on the mend,” her spokesman said. She fell while in Luxembourg as part of a congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/JyEGx28

The justices agreed to decide whether industry groups have suffered the sort of injury that gave them standing to sue over an unusual waiver. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/SuWxEpH

Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the next F.B.I. director has both exaggerated his importance in the government’s criminal inquiry into the 2012 attack and misleadingly distorted its conduct and results. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/koP17B8

The farewell address is a Senate ritual that reflects the culture of the chamber, which prizes tradition, individual relationships, lofty debates and long-winded speeches. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/pMIhRBV

The two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said prospective nominees should be prepared to testify about any discussions with Boris Epshteyn about their selections. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NPCuZJU

The review acknowledged that several informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, but said that only a handful were collecting information for the F.B.I. that day, contrary to conspiracy theories. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/JSTz3fD

Kristen McDonald Rivet won a tough House race in a heavily white, working-class area even as many Democrats in such places lost. In an interview, she warned against a “tone-deaf” economic message. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/oFK5wLT

Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said she questioned President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon on the misconduct allegations against him and other topics. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yfEIjA1

Several justices indicated that a federal agency had complied with a federal law by issuing a 3,600-page report on the impact of a proposed railway in Utah. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/xmJcLBf

A growing number of Chinese Americans, especially naturalized immigrants, say Democrats have become too lenient on crime and homelessness. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/eoLfmyg

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s stance on the immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children is filled with contradictions. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/aYsvcSC

At a gathering of Democratic governors, many were reluctant to discuss the issue that sank President Biden’s campaign: age. Others are ready for a Gen X president. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PVMy102

Conservative justices voiced objections and concerns about the court’s failures to take up a series of cases on major social controversies. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/vFED6bO

Linda McMahon is accused of failing to stop abuse in the 1980s within W.W.E., which she led at the time. The suit is on hold pending a ruling over a state law related to such cases. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/mJeUzTs

The president-elect has promoted the theory for more than a decade and said on Sunday that he was “open to anything” to address a nationwide rise in autism. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/omVzHk7

Applicants for government posts, including inside the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, say they have been asked about their thoughts on Jan. 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/icp9FvS

Herman Whitfield III had told officers “I’m dying” and that he couldn’t breathe after one of the officers deployed a Taser, according to body camera footage. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/83pxcol

The Ohio city’s mayor and the family of the 15-year-old, Jazmir Tucker, raised concerns about how officers handled the incident. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/U3wuvLx

That figure, which includes totals from the three presidential contenders’ main allied groups, emerged in the final federal filings of a staggeringly expensive campaign. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fKZpT3u

The post amounted to a public dare to Republican senators, a number of whom have expressed private concerns about Mr. Hegseth, to vote against Mr. Trump’s wishes. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uIlWeqR

Jason Alan Thornburg, who lured his victims to a motel room, told the police he was “being called to commit sacrifices,” according to an arrest warrant. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/UxeyzJl

The justice had been under pressure to step aside from the matter because of his myriad ties to Philip Anschutz, an oil and gas magnate. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/FrmkpM9

The authorities said they were surveying for signs of damage. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/IcC0F3E

The agreement, opposed by some victims’ families, would have required the aviation company to pay a fine of up to $487 million and invest in additional safety measures. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/OW7ASGu

Mike Duggan is shedding the label of his longtime party to seek the state’s highest office, as the term-limited Gretchen Whitmer departs in early 2027. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/R7IDpsZ

If confirmed as assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, she would inherit lawsuits to break up Google’s search monopoly and ad tech dominance, as well as a case accusing Apple of making it hard for consumers to switch software and hardware. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/s0HTQw2

President-elect Donald J. Trump let weeks pass before signing the agreement as his team considered using private investigators instead. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NsSum3f

Robert Deane was waiting for a package when he discovered 4- and 5-month-old girls in car seats abandoned in the cold across the street from his house. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fzM0xbw

The post-Watergate norm that political leaders should steer clear of criminal cases is being tested from opposite ends of the political spectrum. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/xG70Ars

The World Anti-Doping Agency’s investigative unit highlighted intelligence about Chinese athletes possibly using a banned medication, but were kept out of the loop when 23 swimmers tested positive for it. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/nlcUFxa

The judge who issued a death warrant for Robert Roberson voluntarily recused herself, adding the latest legal complication to a case that has drawn national scrutiny. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/LaIkTEj

The director, Dinesh D’Souza, who is facing a lawsuit over the documentary, admitted that an analysis used to make claims about election fraud that were later debunked had been faulty. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hM7su5J

In Angola on likely his last overseas trip in office, the president will tour a slavery museum and spotlight a rail corridor that is part of his administration’s strategy in the region. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Nw1jd8q

Sheriff Chad Chronister, who has spent decades in Hillsborough County, Fla., is likely to face an array of challenges should he be confirmed as the agency’s administrator. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/IJcEulb

The state’s top prison official criticized reports that the self-burnings at Red Onion State Prison, which has had a history of complaints, were in protest of poor conditions. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/IbA7qW4

The announcement on Sunday was the second time this weekend that President-elect Donald J. Trump offered an influential post to an in-law. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/WOSV271