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🚨 Bessent Forecasts Large Tax Refunds and Wage Boosts Next Year Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that an increase in Americans’ tax refunds would enable the United States to “go back to the kind of economy that we had.” Read more: https://theepochtim.es/fyn6p8

Anderson comes from a prominent Palm Beach family and has an active social media presence. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/000ynx

The box is the highest level of warning. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/pn6htt

💭 OPINION: Add This to Your Christmas Movie List Everyone loves a good Christmas movie. “It’s a Wonderful Life” comes to mind but also “Miracle on 34th Street,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” and plenty of modern ones too. There are so many choices now that major media organs have started to print lists. They are fine. Some better than others. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/dzxsh9

🚨 FBI Offers $50,000 Search Reward The FBI on Monday evening said it is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the suspect in the shooting that left two dead at Brown University over the weekend. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/75wsib

🚨 Food Products Recalled Nationwide More than 65,000 pounds of food items are being recalled across the United States by two companies due to product misbranding and undeclared allergens. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/dgoahe

🚨 USDA Must Give States More Time to Implement Food Stamp Restrictions: Judge The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must extend a deadline for states to implement new immigration-related eligibility restrictions on food stamps, a federal judge ruled on Dec. 15. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/ozs915

🚨🇲🇽 Small Plane Crashes in Central Mexico A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/vws6rz

Pearl Harbor Through the Eyes of a Navy Salvage Diver After the attack that fateful day in December, divers immediately set out to retrieve the sailors who had died. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/j8t2of

🚨 ‘General Hospital’ Star Anthony Geary of Luke and Laura Fame Dies at 78 Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and 180s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on “General Hospital,” has died. He was 78. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/4b37ug

The delayed jobs report shows employment gains topped economists’ expectations. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/6j7zyb

🚨 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐂 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 President Donald Trump cited crime as the reason for an ongoing deployment of the National Guard in Washington. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/l0cf1t

🚨 𝐃𝐞𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 ‘We have a right to do this,’ the Florida governor said at a roundtable discussion. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/6ilj20

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 The president also signed an order classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, citing the hundreds of thousands of U.S. deaths linked to the opioid. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/5gnhe0

🚨 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 AFP and NSW Police confirmed the duo possessed extremist material, and IEDs as the counter-terror probe deepens. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/f1o614

🚨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟒.𝟕 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐃𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥’ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐓𝐂 There are currently nearly 260 million numbers active in the registry. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/m1h24g

🚨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 Boasberg attempted to investigate executive branch officials’ state of mind when they decided how to respond to one of his orders. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/hnwt9v

🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐈𝐟 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. Disruptive students put away their phones and walk in the woods. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/mjiw5o

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟖 In a statement, U.S. Southern Command said that the vessels were operated by cartels which have been designated as terrorist groups by the administration. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/gtagla

🚨 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐗 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 ‘𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬,’ 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 Americans generally estimate that they need more than $1 million to retire comfortably, according to a study conducted this year by Northwestern Mutual. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/p188h8