Donald Trump's presidential portrait echoes his viral mugshot

Thursday, January 16, 2025

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Donald Trump's official portrait echoes his infamous viral mugshot, Twin Peaks director David Lynch dies age 79, and Rudy Giuliani settles with pair of defamed election workers.

Top stories

1 | Scowling Trump echoes mugshot in his official portrait - and social media quickly slams his and Vance's pics

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2 | David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Elephant Man director, dies aged 78

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3 | Rudy Giuliani settles with defamed election workers after blowing off trial

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4 | Man with stick kills two homeless people in Miami in 'unprovoked' attack

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5 |Hero police dog helped from scene after being shot during standoff with cops and gunman

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The Big Question 

The worries over TikTok's impending shutdown have now reached a full-fledged panic among the site's user base.

But at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump sees an opportunity to play the hero for millions of Americans who use the app daily — and to do so by spurning his onetime rival, Joe Biden.

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STAT OF THE DAY

$63 billion

UnitedHealth has lost some $63 billion in value since the shocking murder of one of its top executives last month.

The price of shares in the group have dropped by roughly $100 since December 4, the day that UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down on a New York City street by suspect Luigi Mangione.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

'We're counting the seconds to peace... the bombing hasn't stopped' 

Anxious civilians in Gaza are "counting the seconds" until a ceasefire is enforced, as Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the besieged strip, killing dozens of people, according to local health officials.

International diplomats and mediators scrambled to salvage the truce between the Hamas militant group and Israel, which was announced by US president Joe Biden and the Qatari leadership on Wednesday.

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