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| Good morning! Today we're covering the rising death toll from the Los Angeles wildfires, more than a dozen Trump's picks facing confirmation hearings this week, and Israel's economy one year into a costly war. |
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24 Dead as Crews Race to Contain Los Angeles Wildfires Firefighters are racing to contain wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area as forecasters warn of the return of strong winds this week. Sixteen people are reported missing and at least 24 have been confirmed dead, officials said.
More than 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and the threat of further destruction remains high, officials said. Coupled with low humidity, officials expect high winds to sweep through the region in the coming days, with gusts up to 50 miles per hour, according to Los Angeles City Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley. Authorities instituted a red flag warning until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, with the strongest winds expected to occur on Tuesday.
"These wind events are coming into Los Angeles," Crowley said at a Sunday press conference. "Every available LAFD firefighter is on hand and will remain in place through this wind event. Additionally, firefighters continue to pour into the Southern California region to bolster our firefighting capabilities." (More) |
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13 Trump Appointees Face Confirmation Hearings This Week More than a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees will face confirmation hearings in the Senate this week.
The back-to-back Senate hearings are likely to prove the first major test of Trump's second term in office, as some of the president-elect's selections have stoked controversy on both sides of the aisle in recent months.
The Republican Party currently maintains a slim majority in the Senate of 53 to 45 Democrats and two independents who caucus with Democrats. As such, the ability of the Republican majority to push through Trump's nominees will provide a key read of just how far his influence on the party extends.
A failure to secure nominations for some key positions, such as secretary of defense, could likewise hamstring the first weeks of Trump's second term in office by limiting the president-elect's ability to carry out sweeping institutional changes in government. (More) |
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Israel Seeks Economic Rebound as War Takes Toll More than a year into the most expensive war in Israel's history, the nation's leaders are eyeing the economic toll while cautiously finding some good news. The war disrupted everything from agriculture to tourism to foreign investment to the nation's vaunted high-tech sector.
With Israel emerging from a seven-front war as the Middle East's dominant force, its economy, too, shows resilience. The Israeli economy expanded at a healthy annual rate of 3.8 percent during the third quarter, far stronger than the anemic 0.3 percent of the previous quarter, according to the Bank of Israel. A key index on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the TA-125, on Dec. 30 showed the Israeli stock market up more than 28 percent for the year and at an all-time high.
Of great concern were the war's effects on high tech, an ever-growing part of the economy, a source of pride for the so-called "Start-Up Nation," and a key to its critical security needs. (More) How did you enjoy today's Morning Brief? Tell us what you think here. |
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