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Who owns a house in Rhode Island?

Jan. 1, 2026, 5:07 a.m. ET With its beautiful waterfront homes and historic architecture, Rhode Island’s real estate market consistenly attracts celebrities. Since all the way back in the Gilded Age, the rich and famous have flocked to Rhode Island for secondary or summer houses. Today, the state’s celebrity homeowners include big names like comedian […]

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New Year’s resolutions for billionaires: Get bigger yachts!

Jan. 1, 2026, 4:02 a.m. ET Like most Americans, I enter 2026 concerned about our billionaires. Are they happy? Are their dreams being realized? Are they living in the kind of extravagant comfort to which they’re entitled? It keeps me up at night. The year that just ended was a fantastic one for the superwealthy.

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Why are some African countries banning US citizens from entry? | Donald Trump News

Mali and Burkina Faso have announced they are imposing full visa bans on United States citizens in retaliation for US President Donald Trump’s ban on US visas for their citizens this month. The two West African countries, which are both governed by the military, on Tuesday became the latest African nations to issue “tit-for-tat” visa

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Trump is wrong: ‘woke’ policies aren’t the real threat to Europe | Nouriel Roubini

Donald Trump’s new national security strategy offers a misguided assessment of Europe, long regarded as the US’s most reliable ally. Unrestrained immigration and other policies derided by administration officials as “woke”, it warns, could lead to “civilisational erasure” within a few decades. That argument rests on a fundamental misreading of Europe’s current predicament. While the

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‘Hong Kong has lived up to expectations,’ Beijing says in New Year message

Beijing’s top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs said on New Year’s Day that the city’s administration had lived up to expectations, stressing its effective response to the deadly Tai Po fire demonstrated unity and resilience. Acknowledging President Xi Jinping’s New Year wishes for the city, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also pledged in a social

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Heaven Hopeful Trump, 79, Shares New Year’s Eve With Jesus

President Donald Trump kicked off his swank New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago by shaking down guests during a charity auction in the name of Jesus. Trump, 79, launched his end-of-year party at his Florida resort, where guests, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, watched Christian worship artist Vanessa Horabuena speed-paint

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China’s Xi says ‘reunification’ with Taiwan ‘unstoppable’ | Xi Jinping News

Taiwan’s Lai pledges to defend national sovereignty after Beijing holds live-fire drills around island. Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to achieve the “reunification” of China and Taiwan, calling Beijing’s long-held goal “unstoppable.” In a New Year’s address delivered a day after China’s military wrapped up war games around Taiwan, Xi on Wednesday invoked the “bond of blood and kinship” between

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Jan. 6 riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress : NPR

In this image from video released by the House Judiciary Committee, former special counsel Jack Smith speaks during a deposition Dec. 17, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. House Judiciary Committee/AP hide caption toggle caption House Judiciary Committee/AP WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald

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Gavin Newsom Takes Swipe at Sleepy Trump, 79, in Year-End Post

California Governor Gavin Newsom ended the year how he spent it: trolling President Donald Trump. The governor couldn’t let the year end without getting in a few final swipes at Trump, opting to highlight his tendency to fall asleep in public. In the first post, Newsom responded to a post from Trump’s War Room account

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Trump news at a glance: the end of some national guard efforts and all childcare payments | Trump administration

The Trump administration has pushed through a flurry of actions on the final day of 2025, including drastic reversals on two high key issues. Donald Trump has abruptly retreated from efforts to deploy federal troops in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland. The move marks a significant U-turn after months of tension between the federal government

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ND Police departments speak about impact of Trump’s marijuana executive order

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – After President Donald Trump’s executive order on marijuana, North Dakota police departments say that their job hasn’t changed, and they are still focusing on protecting the public from the most dangerous crimes. “If we come across something, we can’t just do nothing, so we will take enforcement action on that, but

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