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President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating Kimberly Guilfoyle to be U.S. ambassador to Greece, three sources familiar with the selection confirmed to CBS News. Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host-turned-political fundraiser, was dating Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.The transition team declined comment. Guilfoyle’s nomination would require Senate confirmation. Guilfoyle, 55, appeared on stage with the Trump family on election night. She traveled the country to raise money for Trump’s presidential campaign and spoke at the Republican convention in July.”In our vision, America will combat foreign aggressors and ensure our service members are protected, not abandoned, as they carry out their…

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The intersection of kinship, political authority, and ritual practices of the Moche of Peru have been discovered through reconstructed familial relationships within an elite burial in northern Peru. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), focuses on six individuals interred around 500 AD at Huaca Cao Viejo, a pyramid-like temple within the El Brujo archaeological complex in the Chicama Valley. The burial group includes the Señora de Cao, a famous, high-status woman buried with lavish offerings, and a sacrificed juvenile. Using genetic, isotopic, and archaeological evidence, researchers established…

Scarlett Johansson has been married three times. We’ve got the rundown of her romantic history. Image Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage Scarlett Johansson is just as passionate with her love life as she is about her on screen roles. The 40-year-old has been working as an actress since she was a child, so she’s been around the industry most of her life. Most of her dating history has been with fellow actors, including the men in two of her three marriages. Her current marriage is to husband Colin Jost, a Saturday Night Live cast member and writer best known for his “Weekend Update”…

Russia’s security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. His assistant also died in the attack. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack.Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, didn’t name the suspect, but said he was born in 1995. According to a statement…

Congress Narrowly Averts Government Shutdown — And Rejects Trump’s Debt Ceiling CommandsSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailAfter a chaotic week in Congress over the stopgap spending bill, Trump threatened to retake the Panama Canal in a lengthy post on Truth Social on Saturday night.Trump accused Panama of charging American vessels “exorbitant prices” to use the vital waterway that acts as a shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. “The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing…

Officials are trying to determine what caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day that killed 38 people on board, leaving 29 survivors, as speculation mounts that Russia’s military could have had a role in the disaster.Here is what we know so far:How did the plane crash?Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, was flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the city of Grozny in Russia’s North Caucasus region on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren’t yet fully clear.It crashed while trying to reach another airport in Aktau, in western Kazakhstan. Cellphone footage appears…

Sean Hannity is engaged to fellow Fox News anchor Ainsley Earhardt! Here’s a look at the eye-popping finances of the ubiquitous Fox News anchor in 2024. Image Credit: Getty Images Sean Hannity, the Fox News anchor who has developed a mind-boggling net worth, became engaged to fellow anchor Ainsley Earhardt on Christmas. The couple revealed the news in comments to their mutual employer Fox News, published on December 26. The 62-year-old broadcaster popped the question to Earhardt, 48, at the couple’s home church, and they say their children “couldn’t be happier” for them. “We are overjoyed and so thankful to…

Aston Martin’s Valkyrie AMR-LMH race car may swap out its mufflers for a straight-pipe setup for competition in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, Racer has learned. The Valkyrie AMR-LMH is being developed in time for the 2025 motorsports season and is set to be fielded by Aston Martin in partnership with Heart of Racing in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship, under the new team Aston Martin Thor. Racer reported on Dec. 26 that an IMSA official, during a November test session at Daytona International Speedway, suggested to Heart of Racing’s team principal, Ian James, that he…

The only man to lead both the FBI and CIA spoke out against Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, two of President-elect Trump’s top intelligence picks, saying both positions require “complete independence from political influence.” William Webster, who led the agencies under both Democratic and Republican presidents, made the comment in a letter to senators, saying he was “deeply concerned” about both picks. Patel, who served in a number of national security roles under the Trump administration and who is a key ally to the president-elect, has been nominated to lead the FBI, even though current Director Christopher Wray would normally…

Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican member of California’s congressional delegation, will return to the U.S. House of Representatives next year after defeating Democrat Will Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, in a hotly contested race to represent a Riverside County swing district. Calvert’s narrow victory comes amid a decisive rightward shift in American politics, with voters sending President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House and Republicans seizing control of the U.S. Senate from Democrats. The Associated Press called the race on Wednesday, though official results will take more time. Calvert’s win brought the House within one vote of Republican…