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- Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a ‘predator’by Amanda Seitz, Lisa Mascaro on January 28, 2025 at 11:34 pm
Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the U.S. Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of her cousin to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary.
- Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months’ pay in effort to shrink size of governmentby Mark Sherman on January 28, 2025 at 11:31 pm
The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 — part of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government.
- CNN’s Jim Acosta, an irritant to Trump, says he’s quitting rather than take a late-night time slotby David Bauder on January 28, 2025 at 11:21 pm
CNN anchor Jim Acosta, an irritant to President Donald Trump as a former White House correspondent, says he’s quitting the network rather than accept an offer for a new late-night time slot.
- ‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvreby Sylvie Corbet on January 28, 2025 at 11:11 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will take up to a decade.
- Authorities identify gunman, victims in fatal shootings inside northern Indiana supermarketby Associated Press on January 28, 2025 at 11:03 pm
Authorities on Tuesday have identified the gunman and two people killed during a shooting at a northern Indiana grocery store.