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What America REALLY thinks of Trump's plan to pardon January 6 protesters Follow DailyMail.com's politics live blog for all the latest news and updates By JOE HUTCHISON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 21:47, 23 November 2024 | Updated: 22:16, 23 November 2024 e-mail 23 View comments New polling has suggested Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to president-elect Donald Trump 's plan to pardon January 6 defendants. During his campaign, he had pledged to 'absolutely' pardon those involved in the January 6 Capitol storming, frequently referring to them as 'patriots' and 'hostages'. When Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, he will have the authority to wipe those cases of the 1,488 people charged in relation to Jan 6 . In a new poll from Scripps , who worked alongside Ipsos, they found that 64 percent of respondents oppose Trump's plans to pardon those involved in the insurrection. Their findings also said that 68 percent of those opposed to the plan were independents, while 56 percent of Republicans told pollsters they would back it. With the economy being a hot topic in the campaign, 51 percent of respondents now believe their financial future is brighter. While 42 percent said inflation would rise. One proposal that did enjoy widespread popularity was eliminating taxes on tips and overtime, with 66 percent saying they somewhat or strongly agree with the policy. Nearly half of the respondents, 45 percent, also approved of new tariffs on imported goods that Trump has frequently touted. There is also a strong support for moving to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, with 78 percent backing peace talks. During his campaign, he had pledged to 'absolutely' pardon those involved in the January 6 Capitol storming, seen here When Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, he will have the authority to wipe those cases of all the 1,500 people charged in relation to Jan 6 While Trump has not clarified the scope or implementation of the potential pardons, lawyers are already making moves by filing the necessary paperwork. Approximately 547 defendants were charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees. Read More EXCLUSIVE January 6 rioters beg Trump to pardon them when he takes office Around 163 individuals have also been accused of using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious injury to an officer, according to the US Attorney's Office. In addition, 140 police officers were assaulted at the Capitol on January 6, and about 11 individuals faced charges for assaulting members of the media. Those pardons would be determined on a 'case-by-case basis when he is back in the White House,' campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt had said. At least one convicted rioter has also argued that the former president's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris is a vindication of their actions. Among those hoping to be pardoned is Christopher Carnell, whose lawyers asked a federal judge to delay a hearing in his case hours after the election was called. 'Throughout his campaign, President-elect Trump made multiple clemency promises to the Jan. 6 defendants, particularly to those who were non-violent participants,' the attorneys wrote, according to the New York Times. 'Mr. Carnell, who was an 18-year-old nonviolent entrant into the Capitol on Jan. 6 is expected to be relieved of the criminal prosecution that he is currently facing when the new administration takes office.' At least one convicted rioter has suggested Trump's election victory is a vindication of his actions Approximately 547 defendants were charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees Federal judge Beryl A Howell swiftly rejected the motion, without offering an explanation. Attorneys for other January 6 rioters have said they will file similar motions - with even the lawyers for former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio suggesting they would fight his conviction once Trump is back in office. The lawyers released a statement following Trump's victory saying they wanted to 'explore every possible avenue' to win Tarrio's release. He is currently behind bars, serving 22 years in prison for his role in the insurrection. 'We look forward to what the future holds, both in terms of the judicial process for our client and the broader political landscape under the new administration,' the lawyers said. Some rioters say they are confident they will be pardoned, with Edward Jacob 'Jake' Lang posting on Wednesday: 'I'M COMING HME!!!! THE JANUARY 6 POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME!!!!' 'In just 75 days, on January 20, 2025, when Donald J Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, he will pardon all of the J6 Hostages,' Lang asserted. He is currently serving time in jail, after federal prosecutors charged him with wielding a dangerous weapon against Capitol Police officers and obstruction of an official proceeding. Edward Jacob 'Jake' Lang seemed confident in a post on X that his conviction would be overturned Attorneys for former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio suggesting they would fight his conviction once Trump is back in office Footage from the mayhem shows him hitting officers with a bat 'multiple times,' according to an FBI affidavit. Derrick Evans, who was sentenced to three months behind bars in June 2022, also told Newsweek he is '100 percent confident' Trump will pardon at least the nonviolent offenders. 'And you might even see J6ers joining the administration or going back to DC as members of Congress, or Senate even,' he suggested. Meanwhile, convicted rioter Zachary Alam told a federal judge on Thursday he deserved a new classification of pardon, which he called a 'full pardon of patriotism,' ABC News reports. He argued it should come with monetary compensation, expungement of the charges on his criminal record and assurance he would never be charged again - characterizing anything less as a 'second-class pardon.' Alam has not denied his participation in the Capitol riot, but has defended his actions by saying he was doing the right thing to protect democracy. 'True patriots do the right thing in spite of everything else,' he argued, claiming his fellow rioters 'fought, cried, bled and died for what is right.' Read More Don Jr's ominous warning to people who 'sold out' Donald Trump after Jan. 6 He then asked whether the insurgency was truly a threat to democracy if the American people re-elected the former president. 'Sometimes you have to break the rules to do the right thing,' Alam claimed. But federal judge Dabney Friedlich said Alam's actions on January 6, 2021 were a 'full-throated' attack on the US Constitution and 'not the acts of a patriot.' She went on to call him one of the 'most violent and aggressive rioters' that day, after law enforcement officials testified that he told them, 'I'm going to f*** you up.' Federal prosecutors also accused Alam of knocking out the glass door of the Speaker's Lobby and pushing up against three Capitol Police officers who were trying to keep the angry mob from entering the floor of the House of Representatives - where Congressmembers were certifying the results of the 2020 election. Alam also allegedly scaled four floors of the Capitol, kicked doors and threw a velvet rope over a balcony in an attempt to hit officers below, the Department of Justice alleged. He then allegedly shouted to his fellow rioters they 'need guns' before he fled the scene. Alam was ultimately sentenced to eight years in prison with three years supervised release - despite Trump's win. 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Canuck goaltender Thatcher Demko stopped 16 shots. Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer made 25 saves. Vancouver defenceman Quinn Hughes and centre Elias Pettersson missed the game with undisclosed injuries. Pettersson broke out of a seven-game scoring drought with a pair of goals in Vancouver’s 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Monday. He left that game in the third period. Hughes had two assists in the win over San Jose. Last year’s Norris Trophy winner as the league’s top defenceman leads the Canucks with 42 points and 34 assists. TAKEAWAYS Canucks: Vancouver has just one win in its last five games (1-2-2). The Canucks outhit the Kraken 14-3 in the first period. With Hughes out, Soucy and Tyler Myers logged over 22 minutes of ice time each. Kraken: Seattle has been outscored 27-11 during the last six games. The Kraken power play was 0 for 3 against Vancouver and has scored three times in 17 attempts the last six games. 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Missouri’s two regional Planned Parenthood organizations filed a lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court the day after voters approved Amendment 3, seeking to strike down the restrictions , which they argued were in violation of the state constitution after the November vote. The lawsuit challenges regulations such as those mandating that abortion patients see the same doctor 72 hours apart, clinics meet expensive building specifications to get a license, and doctors have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Plaintiffs also asked the judge to immediately issue a preliminary injunction, which would pause the restrictions while the court case played out. A hearing was held before Judge Jerri Zhang late Wednesday, with lawyers for Planned Parenthood facing off against Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office, which is trying to keep the restrictions in place. All parties are awaiting the judge’s decision. Planned Parenthood said Wednesday they planned to take walk-in medication abortion appointments at their clinics in St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia as soon as the judge ruled in their favor. Surgical abortion appointments would be offered later, they said. As of Friday afternoon, Zhang had not ruled. A final decision in the case could be months away, with appeals expected. “The court is no doubt carefully analyzing years of anti-abortion laws and multiple outright bans on abortion,” Emily Wales, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood Great Plains, said in a statement Friday. “We know that review takes time.” Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, spent Thursday making sure cabinets at the St. Louis clinic were stocked with the two drugs needed for medication abortions, one that patients take immediately and the other taken at home 48 hours after. For now, only medication abortions up to 12 weeks gestation are planned at Great Rivers’ St. Louis clinic, with procedural abortions to come later if restrictions, such as a 72-hour waiting period, are lifted. Planned Parenthood Great Plains is also prepared to offer medication abortion at its Kansas City clinic. If telehealth restrictions are lifted, Missourians will immediately be able to use the Planned Parenthood Direct app to connect with a provider and explore the option of having drugs for a medication abortion shipped to them. Five other Planned Parenthood Great Rivers clinics also could soon provide medication abortion services as well, depending on whether restrictions such as limiting care by advanced practice clinicians and telehealth are lifted, McNicholas said. 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ITV I'm A Celeb's Ant and Dec take brutal swipe at Dean McCullough after rule breakThe re-establishment of the Nigeria Sports Commission has been welcomed by various stakeholders in the nation’s sport. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is upbeat about the new prospects for the sector’s growth, even as he has expressed implicit confidence in the competence and capacity of the NSC leadership, including Shehu Dikko, the Chairman, and Bukola Olapade, the DG, to deliver. In the past few weeks, the duo have been rejigging the direction and framework of our sports to reset, refocus and relaunch the sector as a veritable asset for national development, and with more professional administration and management. As has been revealed by Dikko, “the strategic approach of the Renewed Hope Agenda and shared prosperity aims to establish sports as a vital pillar of Nigeria’s economy and a unifying factor for national development.” The repositioning covers the entire sports eco-system with the target of improving sports infrastructure across the country, eliciting mass participation, greater and more gainful youth engagement, generation of about three million direct, indirect and induced jobs, attainment of about five per cent share in global sports export, the attraction of foreign direct investments and foreign exchange earnings, and provision of an enabling environment for private sector participation and investments to complement government efforts. The target is to steer the sports sector to contribute about three per cent to the National Gross Domestic Product and for our national teams to achieve a more respectable podium finish in international competitions. The strategies include institutional repositioning through the restructuring of the sports sector framework, which already began with the establishment of the NSC and the ongoing upscaling of the Establishing Act to meet global best practices. As an enabler for sustainable growth, the restructuring of the sports federations for greater efficiency and effectiveness; and the deepening of grassroots and school sports to strengthen the sector’s foundation through wider access to sports for the discovery, nurturing, and grooming of elite athletes. The goal is ambitious, bold, and daring. It is taking the road less travelled, but the strategies already outlined by the NSC assure its attainment as they are deliberate and focused. The most critical success factor, perhaps, is the will of the government under the overall vision of the Renewed Hope Agenda to take sports more seriously than before. Related News Ex-Eagles stars, Fagge honour Dikko Nigeria will never return from Olympics empty-handed again - Dikko FG panel indicts AFN in Ofili's Paris Olympics omission President Bola Tinubu, with his natural boldness and vision for the future, has served notice of his willingness, not only by the reclassification of sports as a national asset and critical driver of economic development, national cohesion and image building, but especially also with the deliberate capital allocation of over N78 billion to sports in the 2025 Budget proposal, the highest in about 60 years. The proposed budget is directed at accelerating sports development and growth through the establishment, construction, reconstruction, and revival of various capital and critical sports assets and programs to set the foundation of a robust and virile sports economy in Nigeria. 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Western Australia to Open a ‘Smart Freeway’Georgia quarterback Carson Beck on Saturday announced his plans to enter the NFL draft, five days after having season-ending elbow surgery . Beck, a fifth-year senior, made his NFL plans official on social media. Beck suffered a right elbow injury in the first half of the Bulldogs’ 22-19 overtime win over Texas in the Southeastern Conference championship game on Dec. 7 in Atlanta. Beck had surgery on Monday to repair his ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow. The procedure was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles. Beck is expected to begin throwing next spring. He could have returned for a sixth season but instead will enter the NFL draft. Beck posted on Instagram: “The past five years at the University of Georgia have been nothing short of a dream come true and I will forever cherish the memories that have been made.” Gunner Stockton, who took over for Beck in the second half against Texas, will start for Georgia on Wednesday in the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. Beck has started every game of the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He was 24-3 as a starter. Beck passed for 3,941 yards with 24 touchdowns and only six interceptions in 2023 but had more difficulties with turnovers this season as he passed for 28 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. He completed 7 of 13 passes for 56 yards before his injury in the SEC championship game. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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About Xylo Technologies ( Get Free Report ) Recommended Stories Receive News & Ratings for Xylo Technologies Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Xylo Technologies and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Andi Dorfman is on the mend after suffering postpartum complications following the birth of her first baby . Less than a week after welcoming her and husband Blaine Hart 's daughter Harper Bell Hart , the Bachelorette alum was hospitalized and underwent surgery to remove hematomas, or collections of blood that form outside blood vessels. "Welp, we're back! This time for Mama," Andi wrote on her Instagram Stories Dec. 27. "After getting home, I was in a ton of pain and it was getting worse by the day. Despite the internet saying recovery takes time, I still felt something was wrong and finally after trying every home remedy, called my doctors and they told me to come right in." The 37-year-old continued, "Turns out I had one large and one small hematoma that were the cause of the pain. Within a few hours, we were at the hospital and prepped for surgery. A very straightforward procedure but still pretty terrifying having a 6 day old baby (plus loads of hormones still lurking)." Andi said she felt "some guilt" worrying about herself instead of her daughter after giving birth. "But I realized," the Bachelor Nation star continued, "she's no good if I'm no good." Andi, who announced Harper's birth Dec. 22 and also previously shared she went through 28 hours of labor before welcoming her, also noted a valuable lesson she learned from her postpartum experience. "No matter how clueless you are about motherhood," she began, "you still know your body best! Listen to it! Yes, recovery is tough and everyone is different but your instincts are valid (and probably right)." The Bachelor alum later shared a video of her husband playing with their daughter, captioning it, "When Daddy is on duty." Blaine had praised his wife's strength on social media days before she revealed her postpartum complications and surgery. "Needless to say, feeling extra grateful and blessed this holiday season. Thankful for our growing family but most importantly to an incredibly loving, caring and strong wife (and now mother) in @andidorfman," he wrote on Instagram Dec. 25. "Harper and I are extremely lucky to have you as our navigational beacon. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!" Blaine and Andi married in Italy in 2023. Read on for updates on the love lives of more Bachelor Nation stars... Joan Vassos & Chock Chapple Status: Engaged After appearing on the first-ever season of The Golden Bachelor and leaving Gerry Turner 's season early, Joan Vassos handed out the roses on the debut season of The Golden Bachelorette . It was there that she met and got engaged to contestant Chock Chapple . "We are living proof that no matter what life throws at you that there is still hope, even at our age," Joan said on The Golden Bachelorette 's November 2024 finale before Chock proposed in Bora Bora . "I waited 'til this moment in this amazing location to tell you that I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to wake up next to you in the morning, and I want to kiss you when I go to bed at night." Jenn Tran & Devin Strader Status: Split During the season 21 finale of The Bachelorette , it looked like The Bachelor alum Jenn Tran was finally getting her happy ending with her final pick Devin Strader . 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Imagining his forever with the Louisiana native, he continued, "I have known for a while that I've wanted to have a beautiful life, but I truly didn't know how beautiful that life could be until I met you." Kat Izzo & John Henry Spurlock Status: Split Though underwater welder John Henry Spurlock (one of Charity Lawson 's suitors) and nurse Kat Izzo (she competed for Zach Shallcross ' heart) didn't connect until midway through season nine of Bachelor in Paradise , they were willing to dive into the deep end. "I'm going to try something a little different," he said while offering up an Ascher cut Neil Lane diamond. "I'm following my heart today. My heart's telling me that you are amazing, you are everything that I'm looking for." But days after the finale aired, the duo revealed they no longer saw forever in each other's eyes. 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Aven Jones & Kylee Russell Status: Split Though postpartum nurse Kylee Russell lamented boyfriend Aven Jones ' unwillingness to get down on bended knee—a move he was purportedly prepared to make while romancing Bachelorette Rachel Recchia —she ultimately accepted Aven's Paradise proposal to "get out of here and make it work." Though that meant her planned engagement gown remained packed, "I just had to do what I felt was right," she said. "Love is all about taking risk." Two days after their December 2023 finale aired, she announced on her Instagram Stories that their relationship had "dissolved due to multiple infidelities." Aven later issued an apology to Kylee, writing, "I have made major mistakes in the relationship and hurt someone who was very close to me." Charity Lawson & Dotun Olubeko Status: Engaged "I am happy with how this season turns out!" Charity Lawson teased to E! News, a statement that way undersold her August 2023 finale. Dropping to one knee, integrative medicine specialist Dotun Olubeko proclaimed their love to be "perfect," asking the child and family therapist, "Would you do me the honor of turning this fairytale into a reality?" While their happily ever after awaits—the pair said they're considering a 2025 or 2026 wedding—the Georgia native will first take a spin through the Dancing With the Stars ballroom. "All right, baby," Dotun told Charity on The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose . "So I know you like to cut up, you like to dance and you like to get down. You know that we've talked about this—about how amazing this opportunity would be. And I am so happy to be the one to tell you that you're gonna be on Dancing With the Stars ! Baby, let's go!" Zach Shallcross & Kaity Biggar Status: Engaged Zach shall get his happy ending. Despite more than a few Fantasy Suite-related stumbles, Zach Shallcross ended season 27 in March 2023 down on one knee . "I am so in love with you," he told travel nurse Kaity Biggar . "You are my world. The love I feel for you is something I could have never imagined." In July 2023, the Texas-based duo made an even bigger step in their journey, with Kaity sharing on Instagram , "Officially roommates." They're currently planning their October 2025 vows. Status: Split Ah, Mom and Dad. Though they left BIP season seven hand-in-Neil-Lane-diamond-free-hand, Danielle Maltby , who lost her fiancé to a drug overdose years before she competed on Nick Viall 's season, and single dad Michael Allio (he shares 7-year-old son James with his late wife) seemed slated for Bachelor Nation couple goals status. But a year after Maltby relocated from Nashville to be with Allio in Ohio, he confirmed they'd split. "We both threw a lot into this relationship and it's really awful when it doesn't work out," Allio said on a September 2023 episode of Jason Tartick 's Trading Secrets podcast . "When things don't work out, when you realize that love is there, but you're not necessarily compatible, you mourn the loss, not of just that person and that friend in your life, but also the future that you had envisioned." Status: Split "I will love you until the end of time. I will love you until my last breath and I want to start forever with you," Brandon Jones proclaimed while proposing to "best friend" Serene Russell on season seven of Paradise . Alas, their journey was cut short. Five months after their engagement aired, Brandon (a runner-up on Michelle Young 's season) and Serene (who romanced Clayton Echard ) announced they had split in a joint May 2023 statement. "We have tried to work privately on our relationship which has been incredibly challenging in the public eye," they wrote on Instagram. "This has been immensely hard to accept and painful, as there is a lot of love between the two of us. We are deeply hurting and can only ask that there be no hate." Status: Split Pilot Rachel's engagement to general contractor Tino Franco stalled when he kissed another woman while their 2022 season was still airing. "I do not stand by what I did at all," he said on The Viall Files . "It was not cool. It wasn't fair to Rachel, and it haunts me daily still. It's something I'm ashamed of and certainly wish I could have done it differently like a million times over." Status: Split Well, it was certainly a journey. Susie Evans initially rejected Bachelor Clayton Echard 's overtures during the 2022 finale only to reunite with him off-camera...and then split once again six months later . But the L.A.-based videographer insists their breakup was for the right reasons . "The people around me could see that my sparkle had dulled and I was far from thriving," she wrote in a November 2022 post for her blog "Susie Was Like." She acknowledged they "had joyous moments often, but deep down I was struggling and felt misaligned with the best version of me." Susie went on to date Bachelor Nation member Justin Glaze , before the couple announced they had also broken up in August 2024. Status: Split Minnesota elementary school teacher Michelle accepted a Neil Lane sparkler from Texas-based sales exec Nayte Olukoya —and a $200,000 check from producers to put toward their future home. But, ultimately, the pair just didn't have the right foundation, announcing their breakup six months after their season's finale aired in December 2021. Though he said on The Viall Files , "There was lots of ups and downs, lots of arguments, lots of fights and just not really clicking, not really seeing eye-to-eye," Nayte acknowledged that not having that final split conversation in person was "a dick move." Michelle started dating Jack Leius in 2023, and they announced their engagement the following year. Status: Split Viewers fully got onboard with Maurissa Gunn and Riley Christian 's vision of a future filled with sweet Sunday mornings. But ultimately the BIP season seven duo only got a couple dozen weekends together. "We have decided to go our separate ways," patient coordinator Maurissa (who romanced Peter Weber ) and attorney Riley (one of Tayshia Adams ' suitors) announced in a joint January 2022 statement. "Never did we imagine this, but we've come to a point where we both need to work on ourselves." Demi Burnett & Kristian Haggerty Status: Split Bachelor Nation's first same-sex couple got engaged on season six of Bachelor in Paradise but announced their 2019 split on Halloween. "What has always been at the forefront of our relationship is love and care for one another. Our priority is doing what is best for us. With a heavy heart full of love for one another we have decided it is best for us to take a step back from our relationship," they said in a joint statement posted on Instagram. "We ultimately want what is best for us in the long run and for us right now, that means being apart and growing individually." Noah Erb & Abigail Heringer Status: Engaged Paradise lost? Not quite. Though Noah Erb and Abigail Heringer broke up in Mexico during the BIP 's seventh season, they realized they could see forever in each other's eyes. Initially settling in San Diego, the travel nurse (who competed for Tayshia's heart) and the financial manager (who received Matt James ' first impression rose) recently purchased a place in his hometown of Tulsa. "About to enter our Chip and Joanna Gaines era because your girl bought her very first house!!!" Abigail wrote on Instagram in July 2023. "Excited to start our next chapter and for all the memories we'll create here!!" Starting with a few wedding plans. Ahead of their move, Noah proposed at a beachfront San Diego home in August 2023. Status: Married Never hurts to have a little practice run. While planning their September 2023 vows, Serena Pitt (a finalist on Matt James' season) and Joe Amabile (the Chicago grocery store owner who found fame after Becca Kufrin sent him home night one in 2018) decided to just do the damn thing at City Hall near their New York City digs, roughly one year after leaving Paradise engaged. "JUST MARRIED !!" Serena, now hosting the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast with her husband, captioned the October 2022 video. "We are still having a wedding this September but who doesn't want to get married twice!" Kenny Braasch & Mari Pepin Status: Married "Mari, I am f--king so in love with you," boy band manager Kenny Braasch said as he slipped that Neil Lane diamond onto Mari Pepin 's finger on the 2021 Paradise finale. "And I literally, like, I can't see my life without you." So the Maryland beauty queen, who initially charmed Bachelor Matt, moved to Kenny's native Chicago and set about planning their forever. And before she and Kenny (eliminated by Tayshia Adams in week five) wed in a 65-guest oceanfront ceremony in Puerto Rico in November 2023, they made their love permanent, getting inked with matching tattoos during a May 2023 trip to the Bahamas. Status: Married Former Bachelorette Becca and Thomas Jacobs (one of Katie Thurston's suitors) got together on Bachelor in Paradise season seven in 2021, broke up on the show, then reconciled after production wrapped. In May 2022, they announced they were engaged, and that Becca proposed. "I hope that other people can now feel empowered and say it's okay to bend the rules," she told E! News . The real estate agent returned the favor that October. In September 2023, the two welcomed their first child , son Benson. Wrote Becca on Instagram , "No amount of words can begin to capture the amount of love and awe we have over this tiny man." Though she's awfully fond of her 6-foot-6 guy as well. Weeks after bringing home Benson, the pair wed in a spontaneous Oct. 13 ceremony. Status: Split On The Bachelorette 's season 17 finale in 2021, Katie got engaged to Blake Moynes . The pair first declared their love for one another during their overnight date, which involved a paintball excursion, a cowboy tub and a conversation under the stars. Getting down on one knee, Blake told Katie, "You deserve the world, and I'm excited to support you and be there for you every day moving forward." Three months after the proposal aired, the couple announced their split . They explained in matching statements, "We are so grateful for the moments we shared together and the entire journey that has unfolded this year, but we ultimately have concluded that we are not compatible as life partners, and it is the most caring choice for both of us to move forward independently." She is now engaged to comedian Jeff Arcuri . Rachael Kirkconnell & Matt James Status: Dating In the years since Matt and graphic designer Rachael Kirkconnell left his 2021 season together (then briefly split and eventually reunited), they've faced many a breakup rumor. But, yes , they're still sweet on each other. "I think everybody needs to take a break from social media," he exclusively told E! News at a July 18 Baskin-Robbins event. "Our lives are lived so much in front of our phones that when anybody steps out of being on their phone 24/7, people think it's the end of the world." Marriage remains the end-game for the L.A.-based pair. "I think the good thing about our relationship is we go at our own pace," the First Impressions: Off Screen Conversations With a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness author told E! News in 2022 . "And you've seen with other couples—they force the engagement and they're not together anymore. So, I think what we got is a working recipe and we're gonna get there." Status: Split After stepping in to complete Clare Crawley 's 2020 season of The Bachelorette , Tayshia met and fell in love with Zac Clark . Though they left her season engaged, the former Bachelorette lead-turned-co-host later revealed that their relationship had some ups and downs. "It's hard to be in a new relationship and then kind of go away for a couple of weeks, you know what I mean? And this is me being real and honest," she said on The Ben and Ashley I. Almost Famous podcast in August 2021. She continued, "I think after that, it was kinda like we need to remember why we were with each other. And I think that that's absolutely normal." In November 2021, E! News confirmed the two had gone their separate ways. Status: Split Clare fell head over heels for Dale Moss during season 16 of The Bachelorette . In fact, the two were engaged by the fourth episode . The surprises didn't stop there as, weeks after Clare's replacement Tayshia nabbed an engagement of her own , Dale took to social media and revealed his love story with the hair dresser was already over. The pair sparked reconciliation rumors a month later when they were spotted together. Fast forward to July 2021, after several reunions, and Clare and Dale were fully back together —ring and all. But that September, the two called it quits again. Clare is now happily married to Ryan Dawkins and they're expecting their first daughter together . Status: Split After his brief engagement to winner Hannah Ann Sluss and then subsequent split from runner-up Madison Prewett , fans were hopeful that the third time would be the charm for Peter. Alas, his romance with The Bachelor season 24 standout Kelley Flanagan wasn't meant to be, the pilot sharing on New Year's Eve 2020 that their nine-month relationship was grounded . "While our relationship was filled with countless beautiful memories, our relationship simply didn't work out in the end," Pete posted to Instagram. "Kelley is someone I will always have a special love for." The pair attempted to take flight once more in 2022, before revealing this past May that their romance had reached its final destination . Status: Split Following the dramatic 2020 finale , the couple announced on Instagram that they'd no longer be pursuing a relationship . "Madi and I have mutually decided not to pursue our relationship any further," Peter wrote. "Believe me this was not easy for either of us to be ok with, but after a lot of honest conversations, we have agreed that this is what makes most sense for the two of us. The love and respect I have for Madi will continue to endure." Madi added in her statement, "I will always love and respect him. I am convinced our paths were meant to cross and we are both better because they did." Status: Split Peter and Hannah Ann were briefly engaged during season 24 of The Bachelor . Sadly, during part two of the finale, it was revealed that the couple was struggling a month into their exclusive relationship. Specifically, Hannah Ann was blindsided over Peter's lingering feelings for Madison. "All I've ever asked for, is for someone to give me their whole heart like I'm giving mine to them. And you took away my first engagement," she expressed before giving back her ring . "You took that away from me. 'Cause I trusted you, and that's what you have continued to ask me to do. 'Be patient with me. Have faith in me.'" Status: Married They've come a long way since their #vanlife days. Though Dean Unglert (one of Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay 's finalists) and Caelynn Miller-Keyes , who romanced Colton Underwood , split during season six of Paradise in 2019, they've been cruising together ever since. Engaged in 2022 , the former beauty queen wed her Help! We Suck at Being Newlyweds podcat cohost at a camp-themed affair in the Colorado mountains Sept. 23. "I just love him so much," Caelynn gushed to E! News ahead of the vows. "I'm just so excited to be marrying someone who's such a good person, who makes me laugh every single day even if I'm upset. I think our life together is gonna be really fun."

Nexa Resources Announces Closing Transaction of Pukaqaqa Project Sale to OlympicNoneGeorgia quarterback Carson Beck on Saturday announced his plans to enter the NFL draft, five days after having season-ending elbow surgery . Beck, a fifth-year senior, made his NFL plans official on social media. Beck suffered a right elbow injury in the first half of the Bulldogs’ 22-19 overtime win over Texas in the Southeastern Conference championship game on Dec. 7 in Atlanta. Beck had surgery on Monday to repair his ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow. The procedure was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles. Beck is expected to begin throwing next spring. He could have returned for a sixth season but instead will enter the NFL draft. Beck posted on Instagram: “The past five years at the University of Georgia have been nothing short of a dream come true and I will forever cherish the memories that have been made.” Gunner Stockton, who took over for Beck in the second half against Texas, will start for Georgia on Wednesday in the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. Beck has started every game of the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He was 24-3 as a starter. Beck passed for 3,941 yards with 24 touchdowns and only six interceptions in 2023 but had more difficulties with turnovers this season as he passed for 28 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. He completed 7 of 13 passes for 56 yards before his injury in the SEC championship game. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

It’s hard to think of a time when the Democratic Party was more bereft of real leaders. As the losing presidential candidate, Kamala Harris is not held in warm regard, and her continuing fundraising efforts have added to the irritation. Joe Biden, who accomplished more than his critics give him credit for, is going out on a low note. Usually, the chair of the Democratic National Committee is a technocrat and not the face of the party. But this time could be different. A number of names have been mentioned in the press coverage and in self-promotion, but it’s clear that the two finalists will be Ken Martin, 51, Minnesota party chair, and his neighbor, Ben Wikler, 43, who chairs the Wisconsin state party. Both are excellent party-builders, both are substantive progressives, and both have earned wide respect. The election is set for February 1. Martin, the chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, began as a campaign worker for Paul Wellstone. Under Martin’s leadership, Minnesota Democrats won 22 statewide elections in a row, flipping Minnesota from a state that often elected Republican governors and all-Republican legislatures to a normally blue one. Gov. Tim Walz’s were built on a strong grassroots state party. Martin is also a first-rate fundraiser. Under his leadership, the state party has a budget for county parties and pays half the cost of local organizers. “We need to contest every race,” he told me, “even races that we know we are not going to win.” In a recently circulated memo to members of the DNC, he called for party-building in every state, rejected the model of the DNC as an adjunct of the White House, and declared bluntly, “The majority of Americans now believe the Republican Party best represents the interests of the working class and the poor, and the Democratic Party is the party of the wealthy and the elites. It’s a damning indictment on our party brand.” Ben Wikler has a similar philosophy and can claim parallel achievements in Wisconsin. In 2022, Gov. Tony Evers won a second term, the first time a Democratic governor was re-elected since the JFK era. Voters flipped the state Supreme Court to majority-Democratic, setting up gerrymandering reform and the , Scott Walker’s anti-union law. Harris actually got 37,000 more votes in Wisconsin than Biden did in 2020. Turnout rose 1.3 percent, highest in the nation. Tammy Baldwin was re-elected in a state carried by Trump. And Democrats broke the Republican legislative supermajority, flipping ten State Assembly seats, and four Senate seats. This was built both on grassroots party-building at the county level, and on prodigious (and somewhat controversial) fundraising, of which more in a moment. What’s the difference between the two men? Both are great party-builders. Martin, because of his long years of work with other state parties, has closer relationships with the membership of the DNC. Wikler has more of a public persona. And each has taken pains not to bad-mouth the other. As president of the Association of State Democratic Committees, Martin has already lined up endorsements of at least 100 voting members of the DNC out of about 450. Because of this head start, Martin has been considered the front-runner. But since declaring his candidacy last Sunday, Wikler has sought to create a bandwagon psychology, by lining up endorsements by prominent Democrats. So far, these include a spate of flattering press mentions and explicit endorsements by Rahna Epting of MoveOn, Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, our colleague Robert Reich, as well as Jonathan Cowan of Third Way. Third Way, heavily financed by Wall Street, calls itself center-left, but because of its past policy positions ( ) and efforts at a feeble bipartisanship, it is better described as center-right. Third Way has no real base in the Democratic Party. to write an effusive piece that begins, “At Third Way, we represent the center-left of the party. But we agree with former Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Mark Pocan and others on the far left [ ] that the person best equipped to lead the Democratic National Committee in this uncertain and high-stakes moment is Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler.” Far left? What’s Cowan up to? Perhaps he wants to back a possible winner, but this is also about money, of which Third Way can channel plenty. Wikler has been criticized in some quarters for taking dark money from the likes of Reid Hoffman, . Hoffman was also a big backer of Kamala Harris, whom he urged to fire FTC Chair Lina Khan. Such are the perils of taking money from corporate Democrats. A source close to Wikler defends the coziness with Third Way, which doesn’t represent Wikler’s own politics, as showing that he’s seeking to build a “big tent” party. But even critics, who wish Wikler were more circumspect about whom he raises money from, respect him as a great state party chair. And in fairness, money remains an ongoing dilemma for Democrats. Quite apart from who ends up being elected the next party chair at February’s meeting, there will be a vote on a resolution proposed by Larry Cohen, Bernie Sanders’s top lieutenant on the DNC, calling for a ban on corporate dark money in party primaries. Others who have been either self-promoting, or who have been mentioned in the press as possible candidates for DNC chair, have little chance against Martin and Wikler. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a declared candidate, has little if any base in the broader DNC. Rahm Emanuel, also mentioned in press accounts, is an even more far-fetched possibilty. Happily, there is no way for Wikler and Martin, as two progressives, to crowd each other out, as happened with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 presidential priimaries, since the DNC rules provide for a runoff between the top two. One other party leadership post is open, and here the news is terrible. Michigan Sen. Gary Peters is stepping down as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the fundraising arm of the Senate Democratic caucus. The only declared candidate for the job is New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Gillibrand, in contrast to Martin and Wikler, represents all that is corrupt and opportunistic in the Democratic Party. She is very close to the crypto industry, which dumped scads of dark money into late campaign ads to defeat progressives such as Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Gillibrand also is widely loathed for leading the campaign to hound Sen. Al Franken out of office on charges of sexual harassment. Gillibrand will get the job mainly because nobody else wants it. Since the DNC and the DSCC work in close concert, expects sparks to fly whether the new DNC chair is Martin or Wikler. One possibility, still premature, is that one could be chair and the other executive director. If ever there were a moment for both a strong Democratic Party and a compelling face of the party, it’s now.WASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, . He denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous and abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. Now, after being elected the 47th president on Nov. 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as . Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the U.S. government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. “President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,” said Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. “The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s mind,” Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, “is a President’s air-traffic control system” and should be “involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” becoming “powerful enough to override implementing agencies’ bureaucracies.” Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: “We’re not going to save our country without a little confrontation.” The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings — ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers — who have job protection through changes in administration — as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping “efficiency” mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president — not Congress — is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his “Agenda 47,” Trump endorsed so-called “impoundment,” which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, “The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure.” Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. “Russ Vought is a far-right ideologue who has tried to break the law to give President Trump unilateral authority he does not possess to override the spending decisions of Congress (and) who has and will again fight to give Trump the ability to summarily fire tens of thousands of civil servants,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat and outgoing Senate Appropriations chairwoman. Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, leading Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Vought wants to “dismantle the expert federal workforce” to the detriment of Americans who depend on everything from veterans' health care to Social Security benefits. “Pain itself is the agenda,” they said. Trump’s protests about Project 2025 always glossed over . Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various U.S. immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries — reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in U.S. history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. “America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller said at Trump’s on Oct. 27. “America First Legal,” Miller’s organization founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump’s first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: “No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” John Ratcliffe, Trump's , was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on U.S. intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a U.S. adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman “is empowered with significant authority that is not shared” with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address “threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market,” specifically “Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square.” He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and “empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any.” Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts.Heredia’s crime was particularly brutal. During a heated argument at a bar, he attacked his victim with a knife before shooting him five times. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison but managed to evade capture, hiding for years by building a strong network of family connections that helped him remain undetected. Most Read on Euro Weekly News Despite multiple efforts by law enforcement to track him down in Toledo and other regions of Spain, he was able to remain a step ahead. His inclusion in the National Police’s ‘Most Wanted’ campaign, which sought public help in locating fugitives, proved crucial. The breakthrough came when members of the public responded to the National Police’s social media campaign, providing vital information that led investigators to Murcia. After conducting surveillance and gathering intelligence, authorities pinpointed his hiding place, where he had been living with his wife. They had taken elaborate steps to avoid detection, including using counter-surveillance tactics. These tactics likely included changing locations frequently, observing for signs of surveillance, avoiding predictable routines, using disguises, and securing their communications to prevent being tracked or followed. With support from special security units, the police were able to access the property and arrest Heredia. His capture marks the fourth arrest from the ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list since the campaign began in July. The collaboration between the police and the public has proven essential in bringing fugitives to justice and ensuring safety in local communities.

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