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Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday — Chicago will be early target and the government will send as many as 200 officers to carry out the operation, according to people familiar with the planning — The incoming Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid …
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Trump's Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in Chicago — The size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect's goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history. — The incoming Trump administration intends to carry out …
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Trump administration planning illegal immigrant arrests throughout US on ‘day one’ — The incoming Trump administration is eyeing immigration arrests of illegal immigrants across the country as soon as day one, as top officials say they are ready to “take the handcuffs off” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Transition Live Updates: Trump, Citing Cold Weather, Moves Inauguration Indoors — Where Things Stand — President-elect Donald J. Trump announced that he would move his inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday because extreme cold is forecast.
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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 just announced there's a new constitutional amendment. Huh?
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Can He Do That? Here's What Biden's Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Means.
Can He Do That? Here's What Biden's Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Means.
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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear
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Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions
Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions
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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
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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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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.

TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users — The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok. — TikTok said late Friday …
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TikTok CEO thanks Trump for commitment to finding solution after court upholds ban
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CNN settles lawsuit after $5 million defamation verdict — CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor Friday after a Florida jury found the network had defamed him by suggesting he was charging “exorbitant prices” to evacuate people from Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal in August 2021.
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Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans
Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans
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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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Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed JD Vance in the US Senate
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed JD Vance in the US Senate
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Fox News' Jessica Tarlov Hits Sean Hannity With Blunt Reality Check On Biden — Tarlov spotted the “reason” why Donald Trump “wants to take credit” for numbers coming out of the Biden administration. — LOADING — Fox News' Jessica Tarlov on Friday took on network host Sean Hannity …
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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
Trump Moves Inauguration Indoors Amid Forecast of Extreme Cold
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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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FBI assistant special agent in charge who said New Orleans attack ‘not a terrorist event’ reassigned — The FBI later put out a statement confirming the Bourbon Street attack was ‘terrorism’ — The FBI assistant special agent in charge who told the media and the public the New Orleans attack was …
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Bill Gates ‘Impressed’ With Trump's Interest in Global Health During Three-Hour Dinner — Microsoft co-founder says he discussed HIV, polio and global health with president-elect — Add Bill Gates to growing the list of billionaires dining with President-elect Donald Trump before he returns to the White House.
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Exclusive: Elon Musk May Be the Latest Leader of D.C.'s Line Hotel — The president-elect's best new buddy hopes to snap up the hot Adams Morgan address — In huge pre-inauguration news, tech titan Elon Musk is slated to be the highest bidder on D.C.'s trendy Line hotel.
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Eric Adams, With Pardon Talk Swirling, Meets With Trump Near Mar-a-Lago — The New York mayor, who has expressed interest in a pardon to resolve federal corruption charges, met with President-elect Donald J. Trump and his son Eric on Friday. — Mayor Eric Adams of New York City met …
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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.

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.
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Yellen: Debt limit will be hit day after Trump's inauguration — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated, and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off the threat of a national default.
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Live Updates: Israeli Government Approves Gaza Cease-Fire — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the deal, which includes the release of hostages for Palestinian prisoners, would go into effect on Sunday. — Here's the latest on the agreement.
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