Day: January 15, 2025

During a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Senator Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one member and how many countries were in the bloc. Hegseth was stumped, and Duckworth said she suggested he “do a little homework”.

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SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth’s dusty sidekick. The two landers blasted toward the moon, lifting off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Read more: https://bit.ly/3PCioy6

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on California Governor Gavin Newsom rising to meet the moment to debunk Donald Trump’s deluge of lies.Visit https://mei…

Winds that have fanned wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are again expected to kick up in the early hours of Wednesday – after a 25th death from the huge, week-long outbreak was confirmed.

Forecasters have again identified an area of “extreme fire danger”, emphasising the risk level in a region to the north-west of the city centre.

The anticipated increase in wind speeds threatens to further fan the remaining four blazes, which firefighters have made further progress in tackling during a few days of calmer conditions.

There are hopes of another drop in wind speeds after Wednesday – but officials have highlighted the need for rain that would help fire crews in their battle.

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