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Statement from President Joe Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment — I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex. We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women's full equality once and for all.
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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear — President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is “the law of the land,” a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect …

Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality.
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Biden just announced there's a new constitutional amendment. Huh? — Three days before leaving office, President Joe Biden has made a surprising announcement: He declared that a decades-old proposed Constitutional amendment enshrining equal rights on the basis of sex is now “the law of the land.”
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Trump's inauguration expected to be moved indoors — President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is expected to be moved indoors Monday due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation's capital, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the plans told CNN.
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Trump Moves Inauguration Indoors Amid Forecast of Extreme Cold — The change, a rare break with tradition, will deny Mr. Trump the pomp and large audience he hoped for at his second swearing-in. — President-elect Donald J. Trump said Friday that his inauguration would be moved inside the Capitol Rotunda because of weather concerns.
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Transition Live Updates: Trump, Citing Cold Weather, Moves Inauguration Indoors
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China will dispatch an envoy to Trump's inauguration
China will dispatch an envoy to Trump's inauguration
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Trump's inauguration ceremony likely moving indoors due to frigid weather forecast
Trump's inauguration ceremony likely moving indoors due to frigid weather forecast
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Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans — A Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country. — It was an unusual ruling against a media outlet in a defamation case.
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CNN settles lawsuit after $5 million defamation verdict
CNN settles lawsuit after $5 million defamation verdict
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'I'm Urging You Not to Run': How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out — The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then dragged his feet on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.”
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How Biden Destroyed His Legacy
How Biden Destroyed His Legacy
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Kennedy Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice to lead …
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CNN wants to exile Jim Acosta's show to the ‘Siberia of television news’ to stop him annoying Trump — CNN is apparently plotting to exile star anchor Jim Acosta — a longtime antagonist of President-elect Donald Trump — to the “Siberia of television news” in a bid to “throw a bone” …
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Acosta at a Midnight Crossroads — CNN chief Mark Thompson wants Jim Acosta to take up the network's graveyard shift, delivering the anchor the proposal days before Donald Trump takes office. … Thompson, I'm told, delivered the veteran journalist a sudden and strange proposal: Move your show to midnight and anchor it until 2am ET.
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Exclusive | CBS Owner Discusses Settling Trump Suit, With Merger Review on Tap — Paramount, owner of CBS, its namesake studio and several cable channels, has a major piece of business in front of the new administration: its planned merger with Skydance Media.
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Gov. Mike DeWine picks Jon Husted to fill JD Vance's U.S. Senate seat — Gov. Mike DeWine has chosen Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill a vacant seat representing Ohio in the U.S. Senate. — “I came to the conclusion, as you see, that the person who is best suited to be the United States senator …
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TikTok CEO thanks Trump for commitment to finding solution after court upholds ban — TikTok CEO Shou Chew thanked President-elect Trump on Friday for his commitment to find a solution that keeps the app available in the U.S., after the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring the platform …
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Supreme Court upholds law that would ban TikTok in the U.S.
Supreme Court upholds law that would ban TikTok in the U.S.
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Statement from President Joe Biden on Additional Clemency Actions — Today, I am commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses who are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice.
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Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
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Washington DC residents flee ahead of Trump inauguration: 'I can't be here' — Republicans and conservatives meanwhile are pouring in for celebrations with hotels being nearly 70% booked — Alejandra Whitney-Smith has plans for president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week: spend a week in a cabin without technology.
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As Zuckerberg Goes Around Whining About Biden, He Made Sure To First Get His New Approach Approved By Trump — Remember how Zuckerberg was “done with politics”? Remember how he promised that he was going to stop doing what politicians demanded he do? — Now it turns out that he not only …
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This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes. — Cynthia Robertson could be forgiven for feeling that the banner was aimed at her. Its white-on-black lettering — “FUCK BIDEN AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM” — hung from the wooden house right across the street from her own.
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HHS Announces 15 Additional Drugs Selected for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations in Continued Effort to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors — Medicare has selected 15 more drugs to negotiate directly with participating drug companies. Building on the success of the first round of negotiations …
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Vivek Ramaswamy plans to announce Ohio gubernatorial run — The co-leader of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency initiative plans to announce a run for Ohio governor, two people familiar with his plans said. — Biotech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy plans …
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Senate advances Laken Riley Act, teeing up final vote — The Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, putting Republicans a step closer to sending the first bill of the 119th Congress to President-elect Trump for his signature next week and giving him an early win on one of his key issues.
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Antiabortion advocates look for men to report their partners' abortions — Boyfriends and husbands can have uniquely personal and specific information necessary to help surface new lawsuits in states with abortion bans. — As anti abortion advocates launch legal efforts to stop abortion pills …
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Voters Want MAGA Lite From Trump, WSJ Poll Finds — Survey shows Biden leaves office with record-low approval and a badly tarnished party — Voters support many of the goals President-elect Donald Trump has set for his second term. They are just not on board with all the ways he wants to accomplish them.

Supreme Court to hear case on opting out of lessons with LGBTQ+ books — Parents in Montgomery Count, Maryland, want to be able to opt out of instruction on gender and sexuality that they say goes against their religious convictions. — January 17, 2025 — Live updates: Trump's inauguration …