Trump promises to delay TikTok ban in U.S. with Monday executive order  —  Trump says the order will delay enforcement of the TikTok ban so “we can make a deal to protect our national security” with partial U.S. ownership of the platform.  —  President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Sunday …

Donald Trump, crypto billionaire … - After another massive overnight rally, as of Sunday morning Trump's crypto holdings were worth as much as $58 billion on paper, enough — with his other assets — to make him one of the world's 25 richest people.

Statement from President Joe Biden on Clemency Actions  —  America is a country built on the promise of second chances.  As President, I have used my clemency power to make that promise a reality by issuing more individual pardons and commutations than any other President in U.S. history.

A president's final days  —  As Biden leaves office, his term is ending where it began: Trump.  —  On a recent Tuesday morning, in a dim underground parking garage in west Los Angeles, President Joe Biden sat idly in his car, seemingly paralyzed by events.

Live Updates: First Hostages Return to Israel as Gaza Cease-Fire Takes Hold  —  The initial stage of a truce between Israel and Hamas prompted celebrations in Gaza and hope for an end to the 15-month war.  Three women were the first Israeli hostages to be released.

Bannon: Billionaire CEOs have surrendered to Trump  —  Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon said he sees the presence of billionaire CEOs and tech moguls at President-elect Trump's inaugural events as a white flag of surrender from “the oligarchs.” … - “I will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day …

National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations  —  “I don't want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said.  —  National Guard members fear landing in the center of a political tussle between red state governors and blue state attorneys general …

Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom  —  The Supreme Court of Texas just heard oral argument in a case challenging a remarkably punitive and malicious attack on religious liberty by the state of Texas.  That attack isn't just dangerous on its own terms, it's also a potential preview …

Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast.  —  Nineteen ... and counting.  —  That's the number of former Fox News hosts …

Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows  —  Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies …

Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe  —  What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally  —  What did Donald Trump say over the phone to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, on Wednesday?  I don't know which precise words he used, but I witnessed their impact.

Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust  —  The Anne Frank Experience  —  You're probably familiar with Anne Frank, a European Jewish girl whose posthumously-published diary documents her time hiding from Nazi persecution …

A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses  —  Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.  —  President Biden warned in his farewell address to the nation …

Trump ally says first 100 days will be “shock and awe”  —  Four years ago, Donald and Melania Trump bid farewell.  Many in both parties believed Trump was heading into a permanent political winter, especially after he sought to overturn the 2020 election, and a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol.

Trump's return to office greeted with optimism, high expectations — CBS News poll  —  A majority of Americans are optimistic about the next four years with Donald Trump, even more so than they were in 2017 before his first term.  And most are hopeful about the coming year.

‘Reactionary nihilism’: how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy  —  Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others  —  There is a “real and very, very present” threat to the US …

Americans favor deporting undocumented immigrants, until they're asked how … - Among Republicans, support was at 93%, followed by 67% for independents and 43% for Democrats.  — But just 38% of Americans support using active-duty military to find and detain undocumented immigrants …