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President Trump welcomes the Florida Panthers to the White House President Trump welcomed the NHL’s Florida Panthers to the White House on Monday, and he was greeted with gifts and praise from the 2024 Stanley Cup winners. The Florida hockey team won its first Stanley Cup last June, beating the Edmonton Oilers in the seventh game. The Panther’s arrival marks the first sports team to visit the White House during Trump’s second term. OANN correspondent Daniel Baldwin posted updates from their visit on X. In a frame near the podium this afternoon, a Panther’s jersey that says “Trump 45-47” was on…

Centene reported $3.3 billion in 2024 profits as Obamacare enrollment and premium revenue helped … [+] overcome a big dip in Medicaid enrollment. In this photo, the building housing Centene Corporation headquarters is seen Thursday, July 2, 2015, in Clayton, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)ASSOCIATED PRESS Centene Tuesday reported $3.3 billion in 2024 profits as Obamacare enrollment and premium revenue helped overcome a big dip in Medicaid enrollment. Centene, which sells an array of government subsidized health insurance including Medicaid coverage for poor Americans and individual commercial insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare, reported net income of…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is bound for Europe next week on his first foreign trip since the inauguration. The Hill sets out Vance will travel to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in France and the Munich Security Conference in Germany, citing the Washington Post as a source. The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted the European Union (EU) could be next to face tariffs, after he slapped 25 percent levies on goods from Mexico and Canada along with an additional 10 percent tax on imports from China. While arriving in Maryland from Florida, Trump said tariffs…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Moscow´s renewed attacks on Ukraine´s electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian Energy Ministry’s failure to protect the country´s most critical energy facilities near nuclear power sites. Despite more than a year of warnings that the sites were vulnerable to potential Russian attacks, the Energy Ministry failed to act swiftly, current and former Ukrainian officials in Kyiv told The Associated Press. Two years of punishing Russian strikes on its power grid have left Ukraine reliant on nuclear power for more than half of its electricity generation. Especially vulnerable are the unprotected nuclear switchyards…

The Georgia-based Waffle House has added a 50-cent surcharge per egg to all its menu items due to the rising egg prices stemming from bird flu. “The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices,” Waffle House said in a statement on Monday. “Customers and restaurants are being forced to make difficult decisions.” The company added that it will adjust the egg prices based on market conditions going forward. Since December, the average price of a dozen eggs have climbed to $4.15 with the Agriculture Department predicting a 20 percent price increase this…

Model and wife of singer John Legend Chrissy Teigen has rushed to the defense of singer and actress Selena Gomez after Gomez posted then deleted a video in which she cried hysterically about Donald Trump’s policy of deporting migrants. Last week, Gomez posted a video to Instagram in which she broke down in uncontrollable sobs and accused Donald Trump of “attacking children” with his deportation policies. A day later, she deleted her sniveling video and complained that people wouldn’t let her feel sorry for anyone. But Teigen is now defending Gomez, despite that the Only Murders in the Building star…

China has not declared a “state of emergency” over the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) after infections increased toward the end of 2024, contrary to social media posts resurfacing old Covid-19 lockdown footage alongside the false claim. The World Health Organization (WHO) said cases were “within the expected range” for winter, and Chinese authorities said HMPV infections had started to decrease as of January 30, 2025.”HMPV virus strikes China. A state of emergency has been declared amid fears that it will turn into a global pandemic,” says a Malay-language Facebook post published January 6.The accompanying two-minute video shows people dressed in personal protective…

The US president has kicked off his new term with another ‘peace initiative’ that is really just a gift for Israel Once again, US President Donald Trump has waded into the Palestinian issue, proposing radical solutions from a staunchly pro-Israel stance. The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which came into effect on January 19, is set to last 42 days, during which both sides have committed to negotiating further steps towards a resolution. However, the US president expressed skepticism about its longevity, noting the scale of destruction in Gaza.According to Trump, Gaza has been so thoroughly devastated that it…

Premier Doug Ford of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party announced on X that, in response to President Trump’s escalating trade war—including a 25% tariff on Canadian goods—the provincial government would be “ripping up” its contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, which was set to provide high-speed internet to rural communities.Ford’s statement on X:Starting today and until U.S. tariffs are removed, Ontario is banning American companies from provincial contracts. Every year, the Ontario government and its agencies spend $30 billion on procurement, alongside our $200 billion plan to build Ontario. U.S.-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in…

Joe Biden Joe Biden has been out of office for just over two weeks and he is already looking to cash in. The former president has signed a deal with the Creative Arts Agency (CAA), a Hollywood agency that represents hundreds of celebrities and Hollywood stars. “President Biden is one of America’s most respected and influential voices in national and global affairs,” Richard Lovett, co-chair of CAA, said in a statement. “His lifelong commitment to public service is one of unity, optimism, dignity, and possibility,” he continued. ”We are profoundly honored to partner with him again.” Also signed up to…