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Los Angeles police detained Killer Mike at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, after he won three prestigious music awards, and escorted the rapper out of Crypto.com Arena in handcuffs. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)...

Former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama joined their Democratic successor, Pres. Joe Biden, at a campaign fundraiser in New York on Thursday, which reportedly raised more than $25M for Biden's re-election campaign. US News & World Report...

Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday brought new criminal counts against former President Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, adding to the 37 counts he already faces in the investigation. Newsmax...

Michiel McCarty, a banking expert, Wednesday testified that former Pres. Donald Trump and his company cost banks more than $168M by obtaining favorable loan terms on lending that Trump guaranteed personally. CNN...

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun — whose pay-packet is largely comprised of deferred stock tied to prices last year — received his annual compensation of roughly $23.6M for the end of the financial year on Friday. ABC News...

Left-wing tweets from NPR's new CEO, Katherine Maher, have re-emerged, increasing scrutiny on the media outlet accused of stark liberal bias by a long-time editor last week. New York Post (LR: 5 CP: 5)...

According to an unpublished report from the Pentagon obtained by Politico, the US arms industry isn't able "to satisfy the full range of military production needs at speed and scale" — a "mismatch" the report warns poses risks as the US tries to support "active combat operations" and "the larger and more technically advanced...

Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday fined former US Pres. Donald Trump $1K for each of the nine Truth Social posts the judge said violated Trump's limited gag order in the New York "hush money" case. Merchan also threatened Trump with jail time for further violations. NBC (LR: 2 CP: 4)...

Israeli singer Eden Golan has qualified after a public vote for the Eurovision Song Contest final, which will take place Saturday, despite being booed in the semifinal on Thursday and during dress rehearsals. BBC News...

Several top Biden administration officials allegedly disagreed with the Dept. of the Interior's decision to resume oil and gas leasing, with internal emails reportedly obtained by Fox News showing that some even expressed support for the condemnation of the action by Democratic lawmakers. FOX News (LR: 4 CP: 4)...

On Wednesday, South Korean police announced they had arrested 17 American soldiers for smuggling synthetic marijuana through the US military's postal service and distributing it to at least two US army camps based in Gyeonggi Province between February and May 2022. The Mirror US...

The UN has urged the US to abort Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith's execution by nitrogen hypoxia — the first of its kind — claiming it risked subjecting him to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or even torture." www.reuters.com (LR: 3 CP: 5)...

The UK government announced a plan on Sunday to ban the sale of disposable vapes as part of an effort to tackle the rise in young people vaping. www.reuters.com (LR: 3 CP: 5)...

Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have claimed that Charles Littlejohn, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor who allegedly leaked former Pres. Donald Trump's tax returns, obtained his job with the intention of disclosing Trump's confidential records. USA Today (LR: 3 CP: 5)...

Pope Francis, whose previous remarks on the Russia-Ukraine war have prompted controversy from both sides involved in the conflict, again faces scrutiny after suggesting that Ukraine should seek a negotiated end to the war. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)...

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday reported that Pres. Kim Jong Un personally reviewed images of the White House, Pentagon, and key US military installations, which were captured late Monday by its military reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1. Korea Herald (LR: 3 CP: 3)...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have documented the development of the ability to turn a skin cell into an egg capable of producing viable embryos. EurekAlert!...

The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation has canceled its Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RGB) Leadership Award for 2024, following criticism over the organization's choice of honorees. Prnewswire (a)...

Republican US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana on Monday made his first visit as speaker to the Mar-a-Lago estate to meet with former Pres. Donald Trump. New York Times (LR: 2 CP: 5)...

Retail giant Walmart announced Tuesday it will be closing down its 51 healthcare clinics across the US, as well as its virtual care service. This comes a month after the company announced it would add 22 new locations this year and more next year. CNBC (LR: 3 CP: 5)...

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said in an interview over the weekend with CNN that he wouldn't rule out a potential third-party presidential run, probably using state ballot lines that were secured by the bipartisan group No Labels. CNN (LR: 2 CP: 5)...

Former Pres. Donald Trump on Monday pledged that, if elected to a second term in the White House, one of his first acts in office would be to pardon around 500 imprisoned Capitol Hill rioters. Leadership News...

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), urged President Joe Biden in a video on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday to stop all imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) to the US, saying they pose "an existential threat to the American auto industry." BBC News (LR: 3 CP: 5)...

Former US Representative Liz Cheney has told various media outlets that she is mulling a run for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate. The daughter of former US Vice President Dick Cheney has been a vocal critic of former Pres. Donald Trump; Trump is the current frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Reuters (LR: 3...

The US Senate passed a stopgap continuing resolution, 87 to 11, on Wednesday to fund federal agencies into early next year and prevent a government shutdown, sending the measure to Pres. Joe Biden for signature just ahead of Friday's 11:59 p.m. deadline. The bill was passed by the House on Tuesday with near-unanimous support...