10. Top FBI Official Steps Down as Republicans Prepare to Probe Into Bureau
A top FBI official has stepped down just as House Republicans have announced plans to investigate recent operations and actions at the bureau.

In a Dec. 2 post to his LinkedIn profile, Steven D’Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office, announced his retirement. “After a 26-year, 10-month career with the FBI, I chose to retire,” D’Antuono wrote. “Yesterday was my last day.”
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9. Loudoun School Officials 'Dropped The Ball' Over Transgender Bathroom Rape: Report
Loudoun County Public School officials put their own interests above that of their students in their handling of two sexual assaults committed by the same transgender student, according to a 24-page grand jury report released on Monday.

"LCPS administrators were looking out for their own interests instead of the best interests of LCPS. This invariably led to a stunning lack of openness, transparency, and accountability both to the public and the special grand jury," reads the report, after the grand jury uncovered evidence that the district was aware of multiple sexual assaults that occurred on two high school campuses in 2021 - yet failed to inform community members about them over 'privacy concerns.'
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8. House Financial Services Chair Waters Doesn’t Plan to Subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried to Testify at Hearing on FTX Collapse
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters told Democrats she doesn’t plan to subpoena former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to testify at Tuesday’s hearing about the crypto exchange’s rapid demise, according to people with direct knowledge of the conversation.

Waters informed committee members of her decision at a private meeting Tuesday with Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on Capitol Hill, these people said, declining to be named in order to speak freely about private conversations.
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7. Los Angeles County DA Gascon Issues Woke Directives to Avoid ‘Adverse Immigration Consequences’
Prosecutors in Los Angeles County will now have to weigh the effects charging decisions will have on the immigration status of suspects and are encouraged to seek diversion programs to help avoid deportations, according to a new directive.

The policy from District Attorney George Gascon is another in a long list of progressive measures to overhaul how justice is sought in the nation's largest district attorney's office.
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6. ‘Food Inflation Is New Grinch’ as Survey Finds Nearly 70% of Shoppers Struggle to Afford Groceries
Many Americans are struggling to afford groceries and have adjusted their grocery shopping habits throughout the past year, according to a new survey released Wednesday.

“The grocery sector is at a turning point. After massive e-commerce growth throughout the pandemic, we are beginning to see a transition as consumer spending is tested by inflation and a looming recession,” Henry Kim, a co-founder and chief executive officer of Swiftly, said in a press release.
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5. DHS Mayorkas Rewards Haitian Exodus with TPS Temporary Amnesty
President Joe Biden’s border agency is using the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program to pull another 110,000 Haitian migrants deeper into Americans’ economy and society.

The much-expanded TPS program now gives temporary work permits and legal residency to 250,000 poor Haitian migrants. That total includes roughly 110,000 Haitian illegal migrants who have walked across the border since the prior expansion of the Haitian TPS program in July 2021.
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4. New AI Chatbot Covers For Biden, Says Rachel Levine Is A Woman. Can It Replace The Washington Post?
There’s a new child of artificial intelligence (AI) that is just as woke as the children going from liberal arts colleges to legacy newsrooms.

“ChatGPT,” a prototype dialogue-based AI chatbot, has impressed so many with its capability to render human-like text that The Guardian wondered whether the technology could even replace humans.
Read at TheFederalist.com

3. Gov. Glenn Youngkin Announces End of 'COVID-Era Draconian Overreach,' Reimbursement for 'Unjustly' Fined Businesses
COVID-19-era fines and penalties have now been dealt a final blow in Virginia, and some of those unfairly hit with them may soon be reimbursed.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin indicated earlier this week that while the damage done by his Democratic predecessor's administration in the state of Virginia cannot be undone, he is nevertheless "taking action going forward to end COVID-era draconian overreach."
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2. IRS Warns Americans About $600 Threshold to Report Venmo, Cash App Payments
The Internal Revenue Service issued a reminder this week for taxpayers to prepare to report transactions of at least $600 that are received through payment apps like Venmo, PayPal and Cash App.

In an explainer posted online, the IRS warned small business owners about the $600 threshold for receiving Form 1099-K for third-party payments exceeding $600.
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1. Judge Cites 'Colonialism' in Light Sentencing for Man Who Slashed Stranger's Throat
A violent offender who slashed the throat of a visually impaired man will avoid federal prison for the crime he committed in mid-2022, according to the Calgary Herald. The judge considered the "history of colonialism" and its effects on the native population as part of his ruling.
Read at TheBlaze.com