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• Trump Warns Credit Card Firms Over Jan. 20 Rate Cap
  
  President Donald Trump on Sunday said credit ?card ?companies would be ?in violation of the law if they ?failed to comply with ?his demand by Jan. ?20 for a 10% cap on interest rates, ?even ?as ?legal and ?financial observers said...
• Rubio, Mexico Foreign Minister Speak After Trump Threats
  
  Secretary of ?State Marco Rubio spoke with Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente on Sunday, days after ?President Donald Trump ?threatened land strikes on drug cartels that he ?said were running Mexico.
• Trump to Talk to Musk About Restoring Internet in Iran
  
  President Donald Trump said on ?Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran, where authorities have blacked out services for four days amid ongoing anti-government protests.
• Trump: Iran Proposed Nuclear Deal Talks
  
  Iran reached out to the United States over the weekend and proposed holding talks on a nuclear deal, President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. "We may meet with them," the president said.
• Ackman: US to Overcome Debt Through Growth
  
  The U.S. will overcome its debt through growth, not through paying off the debt, hedge ?fund manager Bill Ackman said at ?the UBS Asia Wealth Forum conference on Monday.
• Trump May Veto Extension of Obamacare Subsidies
  
  President Donald Trump said on Sunday he might veto legislation to ?extend federal health insurance subsidies, ?injecting fresh uncertainty into a debate that has pitted ?congressional Republicans against Democrats and threatened to raise premiums for millions of ?Americans.
• Trump: Stop Netflix's 'Cultural Takeover'
  
  President Donald Trump sharply escalated his criticism of Netflix on Sunday, blasting the streaming giant in a Truth Social post that shared a One America News (OAN) commentary warning against Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
• Trump Weighs Possible Military Options Amid Iran Protests
  
  President Donald Trump ?said ?on Sunday he's weighing a range ?of responses ?to escalating unrest ?in Iran, including possible military ?options, ?as ?massive ?protests continue to ?roil the country. 
• Nick Sortor Detained by Police After Vehicle Incident With Protesters
  
  Conservative influencers Nick Sortor and Cam Higby said they were detained by Minneapolis police on Sunday.
• Fed Chair Jerome Powell Under Criminal Investigation
  
  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony about the Fed's building renovations.
• New Federal Probe Opened Into N.Y. AG Letitia James
  
  Federal prosecutors have opened a new investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, examining campaign payments made to her longtime hairdresser during her successful 2018 campaign.
• Trump 'Inclined' to Keep ExxonMobil Out of Venezuela
  
  President Donald Trump said Sunday he's "inclined" to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of dictator Nicolas Maduro. "I didn't like Exxon's response," Trump told reporters.
• Top Minn. GOP Rep. Hopes Walz 'Leaves Office in Cuffs'
  
  House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, the highest-ranking Republican in Minnesota, said he hopes Democrat Gov. Tim Walz leaves office in handcuffs as a sprawling fraud scandal continues to engulf the state.
• Trump Motorcade Diverted Due to 'Suspicious Object'
  
  A "suspicious object" at Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday forced President Donald Trump's motorcade to divert.
• Golden Globe Celebrities Wear Pins Protesting ICE
  
  Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this past week in Minneapolis.
• Cuban Leader: 'Ready to Defend Homeland to Last Drop of Blood'
  
  President Donald Trump's urging for Cuba to make a deal with his administration apparently has fallen on deaf ears, with Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez vowing to defend his island nation "to the last drop of blood."
• Sen. Warner Opposes Fellow Dems' Calls to Freeze ICE Funding
  
  Sen. Mark Warner is resisting suggestions from some fellow Democrats pushing for a freeze in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement even if it means another government shutdown.
• Prediction Markets in Spotlight After $400K Maduro Wager
  
  Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election , and recently the downfall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
• S.C. Police Officer Shot and Wounded; Suspect Killed
  
  A South Carolina police officer was shot and wounded while sitting in his patrol car Sunday, and local sheriff's deputies later shot and killed a suspect in a shootout, authorities said.
• Trump Hails Move Toward 'Affordability' on Gas Prices
  
  Democrats have vowed to run on a lack of "affordability" in the midterms, but President Donald Trump is challenging that narrative with what he says are real actions and results, particularly on gasoline prices.
• Report: Trump Plans Support for Iran Protesters
  
  President Donald Trump is expected to help Iranians demonstrating across the country against the regime, sources familiar with discussions held in recent days told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
• Former New Jersey Acting Gov. Richard Codey Dies at 79
  
  Richard "Dick" Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest-serving legislator in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 79. Richard Codey's wife, Mary Jo Codey, confirmed her husband's death to The Associated Press.
• ICE Expands Minn. Operations as Fatal Shooting Fuels Protests
  
  Already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer, Minnesota's Twin Cities on Sunday braced for what many expect will be a new normal over the next few weeks as the Department of Homeland Security...
• Reference to Trump's Impeachments Removed From Smithsonian
  
  President Donald Trump's photo display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has had references to his two impeachments removed.
• Rand Paul: Threatening Greenland Is Counterproductive
  
  Sen. Rand Paul pushed back Sunday against suggestions that the U.S. might use force to acquire Greenland, telling ABC News' "This Week" that such rhetoric is counterproductive and underscoring congressional concerns about executive military authority.

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