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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Lawmakers play the market

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Freedom Caucus holds its fire on Johnson’s strategy for passing Trump agenda

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are holding their fire despite Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) bucking their preferred strategy for passing President-elect Trump’s agenda, arguing that the ultimate product is more important than the configuration. The Freedom Caucus’s board of directors sent a letter to Johnson last month endorsing a two-bill strategy for reconciliation,

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White House readies nicotine proposal in administration's final days

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Parts of Los Angeles under evacuation as Palisades fire picks up due to high winds

LOS ANGELES — Two fires have ignited in the Los Angeles area Tuesday, including one dubbed the Palisades fire that exploded to more than 1,200 acres and has forced evacuations, as the area expects to see some of the worst winds in more than a decade. Residents in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood almost 20 miles west

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CFTC chair to step down when Trump takes office

The chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is slated to resign on Jan. 20, coinciding with President-elect Trump’s inauguration, leaving a vacancy for the federal regulatory agency, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. Rostin Behnam has served at the helm of the CFTC for four years, navigating new mandates for carbon offsets and tracking

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Canada's Conservative leader slams Trump's '51st state' idea

Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, shot back at President-elect Trump’s idea of making his country America’s 51st state. “Canada will never be the 51st state. Period. We are a great and independent country,” Poilievre wrote Tuesday in a statement on social platform X. “We are the best friend to the U.S.,” he continued.

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5 takeaways from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago press conference

President-elect Trump faced the media at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday, the day after Congress had certified his victory in November’s election. The press conference came 13 days before Trump will be inaugurated, at which point he will become the only president since Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century to serve nonconsecutive terms.

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Harris calls for Carter’s decency, humility to ‘be a lesson’

Vice President Harris eulogized the late President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday, calling for the decent and humble way he lived his life to be a lesson for others. “Throughout his life and career, Jimmy Carter retained a fundamental decency and humility. James Earl Carter, Jr., loved our country. He lived his faith, he served the

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