Unbiased headline news – The commander of Syria’s rebel forces that toppled President Bashar Assad’s regime, Ahmad Sharaa, stated on Wednesday that individuals responsible for torturing and killing thousands of detainees will not receive pardons.
Many, including missing American journalist Austin Tice, remain unaccounted for. Sharaa, widely known as Abou Mohammed al Jolani, who leads the Islamist group “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” or HTS, declared, “we will not pardon those involved in torturing the detainees and liquidating them.”
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Donald Trump hailed Chris Wray’s resignation as FBI director, calling it a “Great day for America.”
President-elect Trump has selected Kash Patel to take over Wray’s position at the FBI, pending Senate approval. Trump, in a statement issued shortly after the announcement, criticized Wray and commended Patel, who spent Wednesday on Capitol Hill gathering support from Republican senators.
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Consumer prices increased by 2.7% in November compared to the same period last year, marking an uptick from the previous month.
This development could influence the Federal Reserve as it considers an anticipated interest rate cut next week. The figure aligned with economists’ projections. The latest report reflected two straight months of rising inflation, reversing some earlier progress in easing inflationary pressures made earlier this year.
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A U.S. bankruptcy judge has blocked the sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars media platform to the satirical outlet The Onion.
The Onion had secured the right to purchase InfoWars in a bankruptcy auction on November 14th. Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, expressed disappointment in a BlueSky statement following the late Tuesday ruling, vowing to “continue to seek a resolution that helps the Sandy Hook families receive a positive outcome for the horror they endured.”
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fell during a Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday.
Initial details about McConnell’s condition, age 82, were unclear, but two medical responders briefly entered his office before leaving. Shortly after, his office released a statement indicating he had sustained a “minor cut” to his face and a “sprained wrist” as a result of the fall. “Leader McConnell tripped following lunch. He sustained a minor cut to the face and sprained his wrist,” the statement read.
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Albertsons has filed a lawsuit against rival Kroger following the collapse of a multibillion-dollar merger deal that would have created the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.
Federal judges in Oregon and Washington blocked the merger on Tuesday, siding with the Federal Trade Commission, which argued the deal would reduce competition and increase prices for U.S. consumers. Albertsons announced on Wednesday that it had terminated the merger agreement following the legal setback.