Affinity Partners, Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, played a small financial role in Paramount’s $108 billion offer, but it had attracted political attention to the deal.

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People from Syria, South Sudan and those with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority are included in the latest restrictions. More than 35 countries are now under U.S. travel restrictions.

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In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay.

Oregon parents and teachers form ICE watch groups using social media to alert communities about immigration enforcement near schools and neighborhoods.

Sports radio host Mike Francesa claimed political differences over President Donald Trump caused a feud between Mets players Francisco Lindor and Brandon Nimmo.

Ex-soldier Craig Lang was sentenced to life for murdering a Florida couple in a gun-sale robbery tied to plans to join a paramilitary group in Venezuela.

Coy Thomas, 53, has been charged with murder in the brutal stabbing death of Lafayette Dailey, a 93-year-old military veteran in Philadelphia.

MSG broadcast cameras caught Igor Shesterkin obliterating his stick on his way down the tunnel after the Rangers lost to the Ducks Monday night at Madison Square Garden. 

Cardiff City 1-3 Chelsea: Two late goals from substitutes Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho killed off the Bluebirds’ hopes of an upset

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The pair reportedly got into a tense tiff at Conan O'Brien's holiday party on Saturday night.

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“Morning Daniel, (it’s approaching 7am in Western Australia),” opens Karris Evans. “Fox Cricket noted an hour ago that Smith got a head knock in training this morning, so possible concussion has ruled him out.”

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Simple law-abiding people ask one another: Is this it? Can this be the end?

A shock to the system will come on Thursday when temperatures are expected to reach the mid-40s to mid-50s in some areas in the Midwest and the Ohio Valley.

The devastating anti-Semitic attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 14 that left at least 15 dead. An ambush on US and coalition forces in Palmyra, Syria on Dec. 13 that killed three, including two US service members. And a horrific New Year’s Eve Bourbon Street attack, when a terrorist maniac drove his car...

A pal of the Reiners who lived with the family just weeks before the murders told Page Six on Tuesday that Nick portrayed himself as the picture-perfect son, doing his chores and participating in meals.

The Trump administration has placed hundreds of American troops and ships near Venezuela’s coastline

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Well-intentioned commentators have proclaimed anguish that this holiday of “light” and “togetherness” could be marred with a massacre. But that vision of Hanukkah is a lie.

Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. Read More

Republicans in tough elections want to force a vote on their legislation, but aren’t receiving much help from leaders in either party

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is already facing a hurdle to his freebie-filled agenda with a projected $2.18 billion budget shortfall -- with bigger funding gaps possible in the years ahead, a new report said.

The world is your oyster when you have the 1-1. Sometimes that oyster is plump and sweet and feels good all the way down your throat. Sometimes it can give you food poisoning.

Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino has returned to the Chicago area, about a month after leaving to lead immigration crackdowns in other cities

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Bidding war talk heated up Tuesday now that WBD is on the verge of formally calling on investors to reject Paramount Skydance’s hostile bid for the entire company.