3 Things To Know Today

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1 Death Toll In Los Angeles Continues To Rise As Wildfires Continue To Rage

The death toll from the Los Angeles wildfires continues to climb, reaching 24 confirmed fire-related deaths last night. Officials have said they expect the confirmed death toll to rise further in the coming days. A White House official said yesterday that over 24-thousand people have registered for FEMA assistance since President Joe Biden approved a Major Disaster Declaration last week. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced yesterday afternoon that he’s deploying another one thousand members of the National Guard. The Los Angeles Unified School District announced yesterday that some schools are reopening today, depending on the location of their school and weather conditions.

2 DOJ Continues To Push To Release Now-Resigned Jack Smith's Report On Trump Investigation

Several court filings over the weekend continued the full-court press from the Department of Justice to release the final report from special counsel Jack Smith on his investigations into Donald Trump. Trump’s co-defendants won a pause on the release of the report last week when US District Judge Aileen Cannon blocked the release of volume two of the report. US Attorney General Merrick Garland told Cannon in a filing yesterday that the DOJ doesn’t believe anything in the volume has any direct or indirect bearing on the evidence or charges related to Trump’s two former co-defendants. Judge Cannon dismissed the classified documents case last year after ruling that Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional. Her injunction blocking the release of the report was set to expire yesterday, but attorneys for Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, Trump’s former co-defendants in the case, asked Cannon on Friday to extend the injunction. As of midnight last night, she had yet to rule on that request.

3 Greenland Prime Minister Says He's Ready To Talk To Trump

There’s been a lot of talk about Donald Trump’s interest in taking over Greenland. Over the weekend, Sen. Tom Lankford said on “Meet the Press” that “The United States is not going to invade another country.” Over the weekend, a new voice entered the conversation, Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede. He said at a Friday press conference that he was ready to talk with President-Elect Trump, and he’s not alone. At the same press conference, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she has also asked for a meeting with Trump, which she doesn’t expect to happen until after the inauguration.


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