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Biden administration has no plans to fine companies if TikTok ban goes into effect — A ban on the popular app is set to start on Sunday, although the Supreme Court could rule at any time on whether to uphold it. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration does not plan to levy billions …
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Biden administration will leave it to Trump to implement TikTok ban
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TikTok to sponsor Trump inauguration party
TikTok to sponsor Trump inauguration party
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Giuliani Keeps His Home in Settlement of Defamation Case — The former mayor of New York City was at risk of forfeiting his sole remaining home, a Palm Beach apartment, to election workers he defamed after the 2020 vote. — Rudolph W. Giuliani has reached a settlement with two Georgia election workers …
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Eric Adams Heads to Mar-a-Lago to Meet With Trump — The New York mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him. — Mayor Eric Adams of New York City was on his way to Florida …
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Indicted Democrat Eric Adams to meet Trump — who could pardon him — in Mar-a-Lago — The trip comes as Adams stares down federal corruption charges and just days before the president-elect's inauguration. — NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams will meet with President-elect Donald Trump Friday …
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Biden says he spent too much time on policy, not enough on politics — President Biden said that he spent too much time on policy and not enough time on politics while reflecting on his presidency in his final interview just days away from leaving office. — Biden sat down with MSNBC host …
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‘One of the great tragedies of American politics’: Biden ends 5 decades in public life — Biden leaves behind a complicated legacy of legislative wins and economic gains, along with a trail of fractured relationships and grievances within his own party. — Joe Biden ascended to the highest office …
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I knew one day I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down - I just didn't expect them to be such losers — Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl — I don't know if anyone else has noticed …
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Far-right state senator arrested for trying to enter the Georgia House — State Sen. Colton Moore last year was banned from House chambers by the speaker. — A northwest Georgia senator was arrested Thursday after he refused to abide by a ban on entering the House chamber made by the speaker last year …
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Trump's official portrait released - and it looks like his mugshot — Unlike his smiling photo from his first term, Trump is seen glaring at the camera like he does in the image taken at Fulton County Jail — The official US presidential and vice-presidential portraits of Donald Trump …
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Trump team brags new presidential portraits “go hard”
Trump team brags new presidential portraits “go hard”
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Trump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland — Negotiations over an 836,000-square-mile island may fall to a close friend of Elon Musk with experience in deal-making. Just not that kind of deal-making. — Ken Howery is a quiet, unassuming tech investor who prioritizes discretion.
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FBI closed DEI office in December, agency says — EXCLUSIVE: The FBI has closed its DEI office, Fox News can confirm. — “In recent weeks, the FBI took steps to close the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), effective by December 2024,” the agency told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

An Expert in Grand Strategy Thinks Trump Is on to Something — Do you want a future in which Canada defects to the EU, Russia rules the Arctic and China runs Latin America? That's the default outcome of non-action. — Our inbound president Donald Trump generates torrents of diplomatic angst …

Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever … In less than a decade, Stephen Miller has risen from an anti-immigrant agitator on Capitol Hill to one of the most powerful unelected people in America.Doug Mills/The New York Times — When Stephen Miller met with Mark Zuckerberg …
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Scoop: Trump team sweats McConnell's vote on Tulsi Gabbard … - Gabbard's team isn't banking on McConnell's vote, sources tell Axios. — McConnell is studiously avoiding public or private indications that he'll support Trump's nominees, three people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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Mike Johnson faces bipartisan shock, fury for ousting Intel chair … - Turner's replacement is Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), who is closer to MAGA world on issues like Ukraine, Axios' Hans Nichols reported. … - “This is not a President Trump decision. … - “It's a new Congress.
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Trump's attorney general pick owned at least $3.9 million in Truth Social stock and made $1 million as a lobbyist last year — Pam Bondi owned $3.9 million in Truth Social stock as of mid-December, per financial documents. — She also earned more than $1 million last year from lobbying.

Fetterman was elected to challenge convention. Now, he's challenging his fellow Democrats — When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat, many backers hoped he'd challenge convention and the status quo. He did and has — just not in the way many had expected.
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The Washington Post's New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’ — This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” — After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored …
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Greenland's PM stands firm on independence: ‘We want to be Greenlanders’ — His remarks risk frustrating President-elect Donald Trump. — Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede insisted Thursday that the island wants close ties to the U.S. and Denmark. But only to a point.

Two Watchdogs Were Rebuffed From Joining Trump's Cost-Cutting Effort — “We have no room in our administration for Democrats,” a transition spokeswoman replied after good-government activists tried to join the president-elect's new efficiency department. — President-elect Donald J. Trump's …
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Elon Musk to speak at Trump's inauguration weekend rally — The rally, which will be held in downtown Washington, D.C. on the day before Trump's inauguration ceremony, will also feature Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock and The Village People. — Elon Musk is among the opening speakers …
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Judge who wanted to ban mifepristone refuses to dismiss case — The federal judge who unsuccessfully tried to ban the medication abortion drug mifepristone nationwide back in 2023 announced on Thursday that he is keeping a version of the case alive for now.
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Trump Treasury secretary nominee won't support raising minimum wage — Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage. — Bessent, if confirmed, would not have the authority to raise wages, which would require an act of Congress.
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