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Across the spectrum of American society, leaders who once shunned Trump or battled him are now seeking to bolster their ties or extend olive branches.

Palisades and Eaton fires start coming under control as fierce winds ease but forecasters predict another red flag warning for Monday After the fire, the insurance battles: new ordeals to come Los Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and images Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires? The LA Fire Department issued a … Read more

Returning Pacific Palisades residents were grieving not just homes turned to ash, but memories buried amid the rubble Wildfires had crept close to the Pacific Palisades before. Just in 2018, the catastrophic Woolsey fire wreaked havoc in nearby Malibu. There’d been other close calls: evacuations because of a brush fire in 2019. A blaze chewing … Read more

While Los Angeles officials were stripping millions in funding from their fire department ahead of one of the most destructive wildfires in state history, hundreds of thousands of dollars were allocated to fund programs such as a “Gay Men’s Chorus” and housing for the transgender homeless. Deadly fires erupted across Southern California this week, which … Read more

DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’ On Friday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) released its report on the Tulsa race massacre after announcing the review last September. The report came more than 100 years after a June 1921 report by the justice department’s Bureau of Investigation, … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Newly sworn-in Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, in his first letter as a member of the Senate, sent a blistering inquiry to the Department of Homeland Security demanding answers on the extension of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals from a slew of countries. “I write to express my sincere concerns … Read more

It’s the second time this week that the former NY mayor has been found to be contempt for defaming election workers Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court on Friday for continuing to spread lies about two former Georgia election workers after a jury awarded the women a $148m defamation judgment. Federal judge Beryl … Read more

MLB bans two spectators who grabbed Dodgers’ Betts Yankee fans were ejected from World Series in October Major League Baseball has banned two fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks. MLB sent a letter to Austin … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: A wife desperate to bring her husband home from 2½ years of wrongful detainment in Afghanistan has flown to Mar-a-Lago in Florida to implore President-elect Trump to take up her case.  Ryan Corbett was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2022 just as the U.S. was pulling out of the country, and … Read more

The government and lawyers for TikTok argued over the future of TikTok and whether a law should be upheld requiring a ban on TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell it. Government lawyers cited national security concerns, while TikTok’s lawyers argued that the law infringed on free speech rights. NBC News’ Savannah Sellers reports.