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Donald Trump has nominated a businesswoman who had a front-row seat for his July 13 assassination attempt to become the ambassador to Sweden.

The president-elect tapped Christine Jack Toretti, a Pennsylvania-based GOP fundraiser, as the top diplomat to the Scandinavian nation after she was twice rejected by the Senate during Trump's last term as ambassador to Malta, reported Politico.

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Donald Trump late Thursday night asked a simple question about his legal case: "What is going on here?"

The president-elect has his legal matters at top of mind, because the Supreme Court just ruled that he must face sentencing in the criminal matter in which he was convicted of dozens of felonies.

"Democrats have become the party of war" and "Americans are tired of it."

That's the message that Matt Duss, a former top aide to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who is now the executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, imparted in an opinion piece published Thursday in The Guardian.

Amid mounting fears over U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in purchasing or potentially even invading the Danish territory Greenland, his incoming national security adviser made the reasons why quite clear in a Wednesday interview on Fox News.

Speaking with Fox host Jesse Watters about Trump's recent comments on Greenland, Congressman Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), his incoming national security adviser, expanded on the president-elect's Tuesday declaration that Denmark should give the autonomous island northeast of Canada to the United States "because we need it for national security."

Donald Trump’s claim that he is being left with “NO MONEY IN FEMA” as President Joe Biden prepares to leave office – and other assertions related to the devastating wildfires in California – were subjected to a thorough fact check by CNN’s Daniel Dale.

FEMA continues to dispel the myth that they don't have any funds to aid Americans in disasters despite Trump repeatedly peddling the inaccurate statement. This particular myth began after hurricanes hit Florida and the east coast this past fall, Dale noted Thursday night.

U.S. Senator John Fetterman is facing criticism after accepting an invitation from Donald Trump to meet at the President-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort and residence. Just hours after the Democratic freshman senator from Pennsylvania confirmed his decision, his top communications aide reportedly resigned.

Senator Fetterman increasingly appears to be taking controversial positions that are at odds with many elected and rank-and-file Democrats, such as suggesting Trump's call for the U.S. to take over Greenland is a “responsible conversation.”

by Olivier BAUBE / Max DELANY

Donald Trump hasn't even moved back into the White House yet -- but the volatile US president-elect has already succeeded in rattling his counterparts in the EU.

by Manon JACOB

Months of dry weather and recent strong winds created optimal conditions for the deadly wildfires engulfing Los Angeles, but narratives on social media falsely single out "liberal" policies -- including those to increase diversity in the city's fire force -- as the culprit.

by Nina LARSON

Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog ruled Thursday, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing.

A Vietnamese court jailed a prominent former lawyer for three years on Friday over Facebook posts, a ruling condemned by rights groups as a fresh attack on freedom of expression in the communist country.

Tran Dinh Trien, former deputy chair of the Hanoi Bar Association, is the latest high-profile lawyer to be targeted by authorities for what they have written online.

by Andrew MARSZAL

Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception -- solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.

There will be "real-world harm" if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned Thursday while disputing Mark Zuckerberg's claim such moderation amounts to censorship.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's surprise announcement this week to slash content moderation policies in the United States has sparked alarm in countries such as Australia and Brazil.