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Trump Admin Determines SJSU Violated Title IX With Handling Of Trans Volleyball Player Blaire Fleming (Fox News) — The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced Wednesday that it has determined San Jose State University violated Title IX due to its handling of a transgender former volleyball player. The university now has 10 days to comply with a series of agreements or risk "imminent enforcement action." The ED launched an investigation into the university last February after a highly publicized college volleyball season that saw seven teams forfeit games to SJSU amid the controversy. Former SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser joined multiple lawsuits against the NCAA, the Mountain West Conference and representatives of the university after alleging she had been made to share changing spaces and bedrooms with trans teammate Blaire Fleming in 2023 without being told that Fleming is a biological male. Former assistant coach Melissa Batie-Smoose was suspended and later not re-signed to a new contract after filing a Title IX complaint against the school for its handling of Fleming. See full story	Trump Warns Iraq Against Reinstalling Nouri Al-Maliki As Prime Minister (WSJ) — President Trump warned Tuesday that his administration would no longer support Iraq if Nouri al-Maliki is named the country’s next prime minister. “I’m hearing that the Great Country of Iraq might make a very bad choice by reinstalling Nouri al-Maliki as Prime Minister,” Trump wrote in a social-media message. Because of Maliki’s policies and ideologies, Trump added, “if elected, the United States of America will no longer help Iraq and, if we are not there to help, Iraq has ZERO chance of Success, Prosperity or Freedom.” Maliki, a powerful Shiite politician, served as Iraq’s prime minister from 2006 to 2014. The Iraqi leader was initially supported by the George W. Bush administration at a time when the country was in danger of unraveling. But the U.S. later soured on Maliki, whom American officials accused of fanning sectarian tensions and pursuing an authoritarian agenda. After Islamic State militants swept into Iraq in 2014 and captured Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, the Obama administration insisted that Maliki relinquish his post before it committed to helping the Iraqi military roll back the extremists. See full story
Trump Calls For Criminalizing 'Fake' Polls (Just the News) — President Donald Trump on Monday called for making fake polling a criminal offense, insisting that major surveys had under-counted his support and that they had done so to influence election results. "Fake and Fraudulent Polling should be, virtually, a criminal offense," he said on Truth Social. "As an example, all of the Anti Trump Media that covered me during the 2020 Election showed Polls that were knowingly wrong. They knew what they were doing, trying to influence the Election, but I won in a Landslide, including winning the Popular Vote, all 7 of the 7 Swing States, the Electoral College was a route, and 2,750 Counties to 525." Last week, Trump raged against the New York Times/Siena College survey showing him with 40% approval, despite favorable economic metrics. He further indicated plans to sue. "You can’t do much better than that, and yet if people examined The Failing New York Times, ABC Fake News, NBC Fake News, CBS Fake News, Low Ratings CNN, or the now defunct MSDNC," he added. "Polls were all fraudulent, and bore nothing even close to the final results. Something has to be done about Fraudulent Polling." See full story	Thousands Of Popular Products, Including Diet Coke, Pringles, Recalled Over Rodent Contamination Concerns At Minnesota Distributor (Fox Business) — Thousands of popular products are being pulled from shelves after federal officials uncovered evidence of rodent and bird contamination at a Midwest distribution center. Gold Star Distribution Inc., based in Minnesota, issued a sweeping recall covering food and beverage items, health and beauty products, household goods and more, according to a Dec. 26 notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The recalled items, distributed to stores in Minnesota, North Dakota and Indiana, include a wide range of grocery items, including Diet Coke, Nutella, Froot Loops, Pringles, Cheerios, Folgers instant coffee, Sour Patch Kids, Fiji Water, Jolly Ranchers and Skittles. It also includes hair gel, mouthwash, pregnancy tests and deodorant. The FDA said products stored at the warehouse may have been exposed to "insanitary conditions," including rodent droppings, rodent urine and bird waste. See full story
Newest Ford-Class Carrier USS John F. Kennedy Heads To Sea For Testing (Military Times) — The U.S. Navy’s second nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier steamed out to sea Wednesday for sea trials ahead of its much-anticipated arrival to the fleet in 2027. The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) left Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, for initial trials, the ship’s manufacturer Huntington Ingalls Industries, announced in a post on X. “These trials will test important ship systems and components at sea for the first time,” the post read. “This huge milestone is the result of the selfless teamwork and unwavering commitment by our incredible shipbuilders, suppliers and ship’s force crew.” Several ship spotting social media accounts on X posted videos of the massive vessel making its way out to open water. The ship was launched on Oct. 29, 2019, christened on Dec. 7, 2019, and is the second vessel named after President John F. Kennedy. The first (CV-67) was decommissioned in 2007 after 50 years of service. [TYSK was a member of the original crew of "Big John".] See full story
Biggest Revelations From Final Epstein Documents Include Lavish Gifts To Top Obama Lawyer (Just the News) — Never-before-seen emails were included in the newly-released Jeffrey Epstein case files on Friday. The emails from the U.S. Justice Department files show the convicted sex criminal gave former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler luxury gifts, including a Hermes-branded Apple Watch, a $9,400 Hermes handbag, and a spa treatment package at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. Correspondence between Washington Commanders and Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris and Epstein were included in the latest files released. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Harris had correspondence with Epstein after his guilty plea in 2008 for solicitation of prostitution with a minor, but prior to his arrest on child sex trafficking charges in 2019. See ful story	DOJ Probing Incident Where Climate Group Stormed Jewish Synagogue Event With Democrat Congressman (Just the News) — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into an incident this week in which climate protesters stormed a Jewish synagogue where a Democrat congressman was speaking, signaling an aggressive effort to protect houses of worship from vile intrusions from leftist activists. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the probe in a statement Saturday to Just the News. “We are investigating this case and will continue to actively investigate any house of worship that is disrupted,” Bondi said. The decision to probe the intrusion by the group Climate Defiance at a Long Island synagogue in Roslyn, N.Y., comes days after DOJ charged three activists – including former CNN anchor Don Lemon – for invading a Christian church service in Minnesota. See full story
CNN Leftist Repeats Myth A Right-Winger Killed Charlie Kirk (Legal Insurrection) — Some leftists are still clinging to the myth that a right-winger shot and killed Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, a claim repeated by late-night “comedian” Jimmy Kimmel without any serious consequence. During a panel discussion on Tuesday on CNN, commentator Tiffany Cross repeated a debunked assertion that a conservative killed Kirk on Sept. 10. “Let’s also not forget Charlie Kirk was murdered,” legal analyst Elie Honig said during a discussion about political violence. “Not by a left-wing extremist,” Cross jumped in to say. “That person espoused very right-wing extremism,” she said. “The right attacks the right,” Cross also said. “Those were right-wing people,” she said shortly after, repeating her assertion that a conservative killed Kirk. See full story	Nearly 100-Year-Old Candy Company Files For Bankruptcy Amid Rising Costs, Heavy Debt (Fox Business) — A nearly century-old Chicago candy maker has filed for bankruptcy as rising costs and heavy debt pressure its business. Primrose Candy Company – a family-owned manufacturer known for its hard candies, chewy treats and popcorn – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, according to court documents. The company is seeking to restructure more than $12 million in debt and obtain new financing to cover payroll for its roughly 90 workers, as well as other operating expenses, the Chicago Tribune reported. Court documents show Primrose reported assets of between $1 million and $10 million, while liabilities were estimated to range from $10 million to $50 million. See full story
Florida Couple Sues Fertility Clinic After Allegedly Giving Birth To Someone Else's Baby (Fox News) — A Florida couple is suing a fertility clinic weeks after the woman gave birth to a baby that allegedly isn’t biologically their child. Steven Mills and Tiffany Score gave birth to a "beautiful, healthy female child" in December, but when the couple, who are both White, realized their new daughter appeared to be "racially non-Caucasian," they ordered genetic testing that proved she wasn’t theirs, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. The lawsuit claims the Fertility Center of Orlando somehow implanted the wrong embryo in Score’s uterus five years after the couple had their embryos frozen at the clinic. "Of equal concern to the Plaintiffs is the obvious possibility that someone else was implanted with one or more of their embryos and is pregnant with or has been pregnant with and is presently parenting one or more of their children," the lawsuit, filed in Orange County, Florida on Jan. 22, added. See full story	'Laughing During The Abuse': School Bus Aide Beat 10-Year-Old Child On 14 Separate Days, With The Driver Looking On And Chuckling At Least Once, Deputies Say (Law & Crime) -- Two public school employees in Florida were arrested after one of them hit a child on a school bus and the other observed the abuse and laughed, authorities say. Juanita Wright, 79, has been charged with 14 counts of child abuse and Tonya Rice-Constant, 62, has been charged with failure to report child abuse, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday. "This case goes far beyond abuse," Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. "It reveals a level of cruelty that is deeply disturbing." Deputies began a "child abuse investigation" after someone "reported observing a school bus aide striking a 10-year-old victim while on a Hillsborough County Public Schools bus parked at Caminiti Exceptional School," according to the sheriff's office. The school says on its website that it "serves students across a wide range of exceptional needs, including autism spectrum disorders, emotional disabilities," and more. See full story