Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act over Minneapolis Protests
Loading the Audio Player... President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the act as protests against his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts continued in...
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Ohio’s Jon Husted Named as Vance’s Senate Replacement
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is sending his lieutenant governor to Washington. Jon Husted, 57, will represent the state in the U.S. Senate until December 2026, filling the seat vacated by Vice President-elec...
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Trump’s inauguration ceremony moved indoors due to cold
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said that his Jan. 20 inauguration would take place indoors to protect attendees from cold and snow. Temperatures in and around Washington were expected to stay ...
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Trump’s Nominee for Homeland Security Chief Fields Senators’ Questions
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confi...
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Rudy Giuliani Settles with Election Workers, Keeps Florida Home
The former New York City mayor and Trump attorney agreed on Thursday to settle the $148 million judgment against him for defaming two Georgia election workers. The settlement allowed Giuliani to keep ...
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Biden Commutes Roughly 2,500 Drug Offenders’ Sentences
U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he has handed out more pardons and sentence commutations than any other president in American history. The roughly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders who Friday...
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Potentially Banning TikTok
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would ban the social media app TikTok if its Chinese parent company ByteDance didn’t divest itself of the platform by Sunday, Jan. 19. Attorneys re...
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North Carolina Governor Tightens Abortion Protections
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order on Thursday installing more protections for abortion access at several levels within the state. Stein insisted the order is preemptive and voic...
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Trump Names Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight as ‘special ambassadors’ to Hollywood
Days before taking his oath of office, President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is appointing actors Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight as special ambassadors to Hollywood
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Bill Protecting Babies Born After Failed Abortions Faces Senate
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would ensure babies born after failed abortions receive life-saving care.
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Senate Finance Committee probes Trump Treasury nominee
President-elect Donald Trump’s U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent on Thursday appeared before the Senate Finance Committee. Trump praised Bessent as one of the world’s foremost internat...
