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Banned from traveling, Brazil's Bolsonaro sees off his wife heading to Trump’s inauguration
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he is the victim of political persecution as he accompanied his wife to the airport in Brasilia to board a flight to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied Bolsonaro’s request to temporarily restore his passport so that he could travel to the inauguration, determining that Bolsonaro currently holds no position that would allow him to represent Brazil at the event. J
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10 things to know about JD Vance, Donald Trump's vice president
JD Vance will serve as Donald Trump's vice president. The two haven't always seen eye-to-eye.
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Trump’s promise of mass deportations has migrants preparing for the worst
As President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Monday, families worry he will fulfill his campaign promise by ordering sweeping deportations across the country.
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Guard troops will wear a special patch at Trump's inauguration to make it clear they aren't police
When thousands of National Guard forces and law enforcement officers locked down Washington during racial protests and the Jan. 6 riot four years ago, the blur of camouflage and helmets made it nearly impossible to tell the difference between cops and troops. This year's inauguration will be different. National Guard leaders have authorized the use of a special shoulder patch with the Guard motto “Always Ready, Always There," to ensure that people coming to the inauguration of President-elect
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‘People Are Exhausted’: Democrats Plot A More Toned-Down Opposition To Trump
Massive protests are out. Democrats are taking a more methodical approach to Donald Trump’s second term in office.
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Former Trump aides are warning newbies: Buy legal insurance or risk a hefty bill
As Republicans gear up for new jobs in the second Trump administration, people who worked for President-elect Donald Trump the first time around are dispensing advice about a must-buy item for those coming to Washington.
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What changed since the Gaza ceasefire deal was rejected months ago? Trump, some officials say
TEL AVIV — For eight months, the framework of the ceasefire deal that could bring an end to the war between Israel and Hamas had been on the table, prompting fury about the delay among some, and now praise for President-elect Donald Trump for helping to get it over the line.
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‘You can’t be pro-billionaire and pro-working class’: Biden’s labor chief on return of Trump
Julie Su, acting labor secretary, fears many of Biden’s pro-worker policies will be undone by the new administration
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US Supreme Court dealt Biden historic series of defeats
During his four years as president, Democrat Joe Biden experienced a sustained series of defeats at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose ascendant conservative majority blew holes in his agenda and dashed precedents long cherished by American liberals. Despite the Biden administration's efforts to preserve it, the court - which has six conservative justices and three liberals - in 2022 overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had recognized a constitutional right to abortion. The court
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The Biden Presidency in 9 charts
Joe Biden's time in the White House is coming to an end. These charts help tell at least part of the story of what's happened during his four years in office.
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Will the LA Fires Reignite Rick Caruso’s Political Ambitions?
The former Republican and mayoral candidate is riling up California's moderates amid the destruction, but will it work?
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Last-ditch push to keep America in WHO as Trump heads for office
The World Health Organization is drawing up a list of reasons why the U.S. should remain in the WHO for its own good, two sources familiar with the process told Reuters, as part of an attempt by its supporters to lobby incoming President Donald Trump. Trump moved to quit the U.N. health agency during his last presidency and is expected to take similar steps in his new administration, possibly as soon as he is inaugurated on Monday. The U.S. is the WHO's biggest donor, and experts agree its exi
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A US exit from NATO under Trump would likely trigger a legal showdown
Congress passed legislation that a president cannot unilaterally withdraw from NATO, setting up a major legal fight if Trump tries to pull the US out.
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Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump's second term
Rogers Lopez knows just how lucky his family is as they settle into their furnished two-bedroom apartment in suburban Connecticut, just before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Lopez, his wife Karina Cañizarez and their 5-year-old son Jesus are refugees from Venezuela and Colombia who were embraced by a team of supportive volunteers when they arrived in December. Similar encounters happened nationwide as resettlement groups scrambled in the final days of President Joe Biden's administ
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Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine quickly but Moscow and Kyiv are digging in before any talks
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever. Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly but steadily advancing through Ukrainian defenses, seeking to establish full control of the four regions in the east and south that Moscow illegally annexed early i
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TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday unless given 'definitive' assurances
TikTok confirmed that it plans to go dark Sunday unless it’s given more clarity from the Biden administration and the Department of Justice regarding the ban that’s scheduled to go into effect that day.
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Trump's inauguration will be held indoors due to frigid weather forecast
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony is moving indoors to the Capitol rotunda because of a frigid weather forecast in the nation's capital Monday, the president-elect announced on social media Friday.
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Biden is expected to issue more pardons before leaving office on Monday
The timing of the clemency actions, should Biden decide to grant them, is likely to be during his final hours in office and could include preemptive pardons.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams meets with Trump in Palm Beach
New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with Donald Trump amid speculation that the president-elect could pardon him on federal corruption charges.
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What we're watching for in Trump's first week: From the Politics Desk
NBC News staffers outline six things they are watching for in President-elect Donald Trump's first week in office after his inauguration.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams meets with Trump in Florida
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President-elect Donald Trump spoke for about an hour Friday in Florida, sources said.
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Mexico expands regional migrant aid to Latin America as Trump inauguration nears
Mexico agreed Friday to expand support to other Latin American and Caribbean nations as part of a regional migratory response, days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office with a promise to carry out mass deportations. The aid was announced by Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Juan Ramón de la Fuente after a two-day closed meeting with ministers and representatives of 11 countries of the region. The meeting – led by De la Fuente and the Honduran foreign minister in the Mexica
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Louisiana governor to fly MAGA flag for Trump's inauguration
The “Make America Great Again” flag will fly above the Louisiana governor's mansion in honor of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry announced Friday. “Today, under President Trump, begins a renaissance in this Nation," Landry said in a written statement. The staunch Trump ally invited fellow Louisianans to raise MAGA flags on Inauguration Day.
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NY Mayor Adams says he had productive meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams said he had a "productive" meeting with Republican President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Friday, including a discussion about how the federal government can help improve the lives of the city's residents and its economy. Adams, who traveled to meet with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach three days before Trump will assume the presidency, said the two did not discuss the mayor's federal indictment on corruption charges and upcoming trial. "Pr
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Bribery, fraud charges dropped against former New York Lt. Governor
Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command. Judge J. Paul Oetken signed an order closing the case against Benjamin after prosecutors told him in a letter that a review of evidence in the case led them to conclude they could no longer prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt after the death of co-defen
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Italy's Meloni to attend Trump inauguration, officials say
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, officials from her office said on Friday, in a trip that should further strengthen her ties with the U.S. leader. Meloni paid a flying visit to Trump earlier this month at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, winning praise from the incoming president, who called her "a fantastic woman." Trump has broken with precedent and invited several foreign leaders to the inauguration ceremony.
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Battling LA's wildfires, priorities shift for Gov. Gavin Newsom's once Trump-focused special session
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of President-elect Donald Trump's top political adversaries, has shifted his focus in recent days from gearing up for legal battles against the incoming Republican administration to prioritizing the state’s response to destructive wildfires around Los Angeles. After the town of Paradise was devastated by the deadliest wildfire in the state's history in 2018, then-President Trump joined Newsom, who had just been elected to his first term as governor, to tour the
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Official in Arizona county where some leaders embraced voting conspiracy theories plans to resign
An election official in a southern Arizona county where some leaders embraced voting conspiracy theories plans to resign at the end of February. Cochise County Record David Stevens’ plans to step down were revealed Friday, 10 days after he was sworn in for a third term in office. Stevens, a Republican who previously served four two-year terms in the Arizona House, won a third term as county recorder in November, breezing past a Democratic challenger.
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NYC mayor says his meeting with Trump covered jobs and ceasefire deal, but not his criminal case
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday included discussions of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the city and the Gaza ceasefire deal — but not the mayor’s federal bribery case. In a statement released Friday evening following the visit in Florida earlier in the day, the Democratic mayor said he and Trump “had a productive conversation about New York’s needs and what’s best for our city, and how the federal government can play a more helpfu
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Biden is leaving it to the Trump administration to enforce the TikTok ban
Biden won't enforce the TikTok ban set for Sunday, January 19, his last day in office. It will be up to the Trump administration to enforce the law.
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Timeline: Key dates in the century-long battle over the Equal Rights Amendment
The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when leading suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The ERA, if formally recognized as the 28th Amendment, would make gender equality explicit under the Constitution. President Joe Biden on Friday declared that the ERA should be considered a ratified addition to the Constitution.
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This Piece Of Joe Biden's Legacy Now Hangs In The Balance
Reforms of prescription drug pricing are finally taking full effect, just in time for Donald Trump and the Republicans to wreck them.
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Commerce Secretary Raimondo offers a parting shot at Trump and advice for Democrats' future
When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo looks at Donald Trump, she says she sees a president-elect who for all of his aggressive talk is afraid to let America compete with the rest of the world, responding instead with tariffs and curtailing immigration. “What Trump is saying is I want to protect you from competition,” Raimondo said in a Wednesday interview. Raimondo's four years in Washington have established her ability to cajole CEOs, work with labor unions and stare down foreign leaders.
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Georgia House speaker backtracks on banning senator who was arrested for trying to enter the chamber
Georgia's House speaker said Friday that he's lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber, a day after Sen. Colton Moore was arrested after he tried to enter for Gov. Brian Kemp's state of the state speech. The decision came after state Senate and Republican Party leaders lined up to support Moore, a Republican who has criticized members of his own party for being insufficiently pure or insufficiently supportive of Donald Trump. State troopers arrested Moore after he tried to
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Judges hand down what could be the last punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before pardons from Trump
The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case denounced efforts to rewrite the history of the U.S. Capitol attack Friday as she handed down what she acknowledged may be one of the final punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before the Republican president-elect's promised pardons. In the courthouse within view of the Capitol days before Trump is set to take office, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan acknowledged the Virginia man she was sentencing may never actually serv
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TikTok CEO praises Trump in video statement reacting to the Supreme Court upholding ban: 'More to come'
With the ban upheld by the Supreme Court and the Biden administration leaving, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is banking on Trump to save the app in the US.
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The inauguration is moving indoors. Here's what to know about the changed plans
Sub-freezing temperatures forecast for Monday in Washington mean President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda. Almost everyone visiting Washington won’t be able to see the ceremony in person. Here's what's known about the arrangements as organizers scramble to adapt: Where will Trump now be sworn in?
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US Senate forwards bill targeting undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes
Critics call Democratic lawmakers ‘spineless’ for joining GOP in making bill potentially big legislative win for Donald Trump
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Appeals court upholds dismissal of some charges against Trump, others in Georgia election case
A Georgia appeals court has upheld the dismissal of some of the charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in the Georgia 2020 election interference case, as the future of the case remains uncertain. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Trump, but he left in place other counts. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appealed that ruling to the Georgia Court of Appeals, which on Friday upheld McA
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TikTok CEO thanks Trump in video message after Supreme Court upholds ban
TikTok CEO Shou Chew on Friday thanked President-elect Donald Trump for supporting the company's efforts to remain available to U.S. users.
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Biden administration says it will leave TikTok ban enforcement for Trump
President Joe Biden's administration said it will be up to President-elect Donald Trump to implement the ban on TikTok.
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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel says he'll step down on Trump's Inauguration Day
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said in a letter to IRS workers on Friday that he intends to step down from his position on President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day. “After significant introspection and consultation with others, I’ve determined the best way to support a successful transition is to depart the IRS on January 20, 2025,” Werfel said in a note addressed to all IRS employees. “While leaving a job you love is never easy, I take comfort in knowing that the civil servant leaders
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Blinken tells AP he's worried Trump administration may abandon key Biden foreign policy initiatives
Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will press forward with key points in President Joe Biden’s foreign policy, including on the Middle East and Ukraine. Blinken said there is reason to be concerned that the new administration might not follow through on initiatives that Biden’s national security team put into place to end the war in Gaza, help Ukraine get free of Russian interference and maintain strengthened alli
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Trump says he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday
President-elect Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday that he spoke that morning with Chinese President Xi Jinping, just four days ahead of his inauguration.
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BlackRock agrees to new ESG disclosures in Tennessee settlement
(Reuters) -Asset manager BlackRock agreed to new disclosure requirements about its use of sustainable-investment factors as part of a legal settlement with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, his office said on Friday. The resolution is the latest step by New York-based BlackRock and by other firms to move away from environmental, social or governance measures. An anti-ESG backlash has gathered force among Skrmetti and other Republican politicians including incoming U.S. President-el
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Rep. Sarah McBride on picking her battles and not taking the ‘bait’
Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first openly transgender member of Congress, said she remains focused on her job and refuses to give Republicans what they want, which she said is for her to take the “bait” over a policy that bars her from women’s restrooms in the House.
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Republican Ohio Lieutenant Governor Husted to replace Vance in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed his state's lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, on Friday to fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's former seat in the U.S. Senate. The move was among several playing out as members of the party's narrow majorities in Congress prepare to join President-elect Donald Trump's new administration on Monday. Husted, 57, is a former speaker of the state House of Representatives who was also seen as a leading candidate to succeed the term
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Trump wants one of the agents who covered him after he was shot to lead the Secret Service
President-elect Donald Trump will choose to lead the U.S. Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunmen opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump Jr. said his father will be naming Sean Curran, who heads the president-elect's personal detail as special agent in charge, to be Secret Service director.
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A rebranded Women's March returns before Trump's inauguration as progressives seek to regroup
When Elisabeth Bramble and her sister stepped off the Washington Metro to join the massive crowds during the 2017 Women’s March, she counted it as one of the most powerful moments of her life. On Saturday, she will board a 2 a.m. bus full of North Carolinians headed to the nation's capital as the Women’s March returns before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration under a new name: The People’s March. Organizers say the rebranded and reorganized march has absorbed criticism and moved past
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CBO projects U.S. debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cuts
The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts being championed by President-elect Donald Trump. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its 10-year budget outlook on Friday that showed a slightly brighter picture as higher taxable incomes will relieve some pressure on the rising national debt. The analysis paints a difficult picture for an incoming Republican administration bent o
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