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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, an advocate of increased government action to curb carbon emissions, has taken at least 18 flights using taxpayer-funded private jets since taking office, Fox News Digital has learned.Buttigieg has traveled across the country — visiting Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire, among other states — and out of the country using a private jet fleet managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to flight tracking data reviewed by Fox News Digital. The flight records align with Buttigieg’s schedule of external and public engagements obtained by government watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT).Buttigieg’s predecessor, Elaine Chao,…

Superstar singer Celine Dion recently shared in an emotional video with fans that she’s been diagnosed with an incurable and very rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), as Fox News Digital reported last week.Speaking out on Instagram on Dec. 8, the 54-year-old Canadian star said, “As you know, I’ve always been an open book. And I wasn’t ready to say anything before — but I’m ready now. I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time.”She added, “And it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and talk about everything that I’ve been going…

Police officers in Oregon don’t know if they will be able to purchase new weapons without a permit or carry their service weapons while off duty if the state’s embattled gun control law is allowed to take effect.”It’s not clear how existing certified public safety professionals are treated under this ballot measure,” Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner told Fox News. “Both the purchase of weapons and the possession of magazines in excess of 10 rounds, which all of our duty weapons have that.” ‘NOW’S THE TIME’: STOCK UP ON GUNS AND AMMO, FIREARM GROUP TELLS OREGON RESIDENTS AS LEGAL BATTLE…

Turkey’s impending invasion of northern Syria likely results from “political reasons” rather than a national security need, and it remains unclear how officials will declare “mission success,” experts told Fox News Digital.”This is a politically motivated military incursion rather than a sort of, you know, tactically sound or, you know, strategically oriented ambition,” Sinan Ciddi, an expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said. “The timing of this operation will have been much closer to the upcoming Turkish presidential election, so they can reap maximum political benefit out of it.”Turkish President Recep…

Several elected Democrats — despite a great deal of success in the 2022 midterm cycle — have chosen to end their affiliation with the Democratic Party in recent weeks, raising concern over whether the party may be suffering from a retention problem as political divides continue to widen in the United States.From all levels of government — local, state and federal — elected officials once labeled Democrats announced after the recent midterm elections they would be switching parties or becoming independent voices in their respective roles.Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has refused to fall in line with other Democrats on…

Vanuatu’s Foreign Minister Jotham Napat has spruiked Australia’s support for the Pacific nation, including how it is a “close security partner” amid a bipartisan visit to Port Vila. Mr Napat on Monday met with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong, alongside Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy.Australia’s shadow foreign minister Simon Birmingham and shadow minister for international development and the Pacific Michael McCormack were also in attendance.Mr Napat acknowledged “Australia’s role as Vanuatu’s primary humanitarian partner” at a press conference with all five politicians present, pointing to financial support offered following Tropical Cyclone Harold and the assistance provided during the…

Grattan Institute Energy Program Director Tony Wood says overall, the government’s plan to lower energy price by introducing price caps is “pretty good”.“No one likes to see potential profits taken away but the idea that we shouldn’t recognise the impact that … this would have had on customers is just completely untenable,” he told Sky News Australia. Source: Sky News

In recent weeks, local cases have been trending lower since a late November peak of 40,052, official figures show, however. Sunday’s tally of 8,626 was down from 10,597 new cases the previous day. But the figures reflect the dropping of testing requirements, say analysts, while Chinese health expects have warned of an imminent surge. In comments on Monday in the state-backed newspaper Shanghai Securities News, Zhang Wenhong, head of a team of experts in the commercial hub, said the current outbreak could peak in a month, though the end of the pandemic might take three to six months. Signs that…

In recent weeks, local cases have been trending lower since a late November peak of 40,052, official figures show, however. Sunday’s tally of 8,626 was down from 10,597 new cases the previous day. But the figures reflect the dropping of testing requirements, say analysts, while Chinese health expects have warned of an imminent surge. In comments on Monday in the state-backed newspaper Shanghai Securities News, Zhang Wenhong, head of a team of experts in the commercial hub, said the current outbreak could peak in a month, though the end of the pandemic might be three to six months away. In…

Ice and snow has forced a number of schools to close for the day or open later than usual today in some parts of the United Kingdom – see if your school is affectedSchools across the country will be closed today after a weekend of snow and freezing temperatures. Yellow warnings of ice, fog and snow are in place for much of the UK, with some parts of the country seeing further snowfall in the early hours of Monday. The Met Office issued the alerts as temperatures are expected to stay around 0C even in the daytime, creating the risk…