Author name: Minnie Hanson

Minnie Hanson is a news writer at Simplym Press, where she covers politics, health, business, parenting, and finance. She also has a passion for writing about sports and the arts. Minnie has lived in New York her whole life and graduated from New York University with a degree in journalism. She loves to read, watch movies, and listen to music when she's not working—but she doesn't have a lot of time for hobbies these days.

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House GOP chairman moving ICC sanctions bill amid Israeli arrest warrants

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is planning to move legislation this week to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year. A GOP congressional aide said the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act could get a vote […]

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First U.S. bird flu death reported in Louisiana after severe case of H5N1

A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu, the state’s health department announced Monday, marking the first U.S. death from the H5N1 virus. “The patient was over the age of 65 and was reported to have underlying medical conditions,” Louisiana’s health department said in a statement, saying that health officials still judge

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Police union endorses Trump’s attorney general pick Pam Bondi

The nation’s largest police union endorsed Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, ahead of her confirmation hearings in the Senate. In a letter the Trump transition team first shared with The Hill, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) national president Patrick Yoes expressed “strong support” for Bondi and said she was “a longtime

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Judge holds Giuliani in contempt in Georgia election workers case

A federal judge held Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt on Monday for failing to comply with court orders in two former Georgia election workers’ efforts to collect their $146 million defamation judgment.  At the end of a two-day hearing that saw Giuliani take the stand, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman agreed with the election workers

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Solar panels are powering through US West wildfire smoke: Study

The wildfire smoke that often wafts across the U.S. West may only be causing minimal disturbance to the output of photovoltaic solar panels, a new study has found. Smoke-linked losses of photovoltaic resources remain modest outside of the areas immediately surrounding active blazes, where plumes are denser, according to the study, published in Nature Communications. Meanwhile,

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Watch live: Harris speaks after Trump election win certification

Vice President Harris is expected to speak Monday afternoon after Congress certified President-elect Trump’s electoral victory. The certification officially cemented his win over Harris ahead of his inauguration with no objections from any lawmakers. Harris presided over the event, donning a business-like or expressionless demeanor and refrained from any applause.  Watch live in the player

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Arthur Brooks on why small New Year's resolutions are better

Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor who studies the science of happiness, told “CBS Mornings” that while many people make New Year’s resolutions, their success rate is low. “About 50% of Americans make a New Year’s resolution. Most of them fail. Most of them fail really quickly. And the big reason is because they are too

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Trump: Biden ‘doing everything possible’ to make transition difficult

President-elect Trump on Monday accused President Biden of making the presidential transition difficult, mentioning recent executive orders on climate. “Biden is doing everything possible to make the TRANSITION as difficult [as] possible, from Lawfare such as has never been seen before, to costly and ridiculous Executive Orders on the Green New Scam and other money

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