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President-elect Donald Trump, center, and his wife Melania, walk with Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and his wife, Kimberley, to meet with Senate Republican at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Trump's inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations

Read full article: Trump's inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations

President-elect Donald Trump has raised more than $170 million for his upcoming inauguration, a record amount as tech executives and big donors have eagerly written large checks.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk from Marine One as they arrive back at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Biden cancels trip to Italy, meant as final foreign visit of presidency, as fires rage in California

Read full article: Biden cancels trip to Italy, meant as final foreign visit of presidency, as fires rage in California

President Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California.

FILE - Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrives at court in Central Islip, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)
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Disgraced former US Rep. George Santos granted 3-month delay in sentencing for fraud and ID theft

Read full article: Disgraced former US Rep. George Santos granted 3-month delay in sentencing for fraud and ID theft

Disgraced former congressman George Santos has won a few months' freedom from federal prison in order to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he spoke with Trump about clerk before hush-money filing

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case.

Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, speaks to The Associated Press, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)
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Here's the advice Biden's top health official has for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Read full article: Here's the advice Biden's top health official has for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Xavier Becerra's unwavering support for the Affordable Care Act helped land him the top job at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, running a $1.7 trillion agency that is responsible for nearly half of the country’s health insurance, developing vaccines and inspecting foods on supermarket shelves.

FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly at half-staff at Camp Justice, Aug. 29, 2021, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Guantanamo's prisoners have reached a pivotal moment. So has the 9/11 case. Here's what to know

Read full article: Guantanamo's prisoners have reached a pivotal moment. So has the 9/11 case. Here's what to know

After 23 years, the fate of the last remaining Guantanamo detainees swept up worldwide after al-Qaida’s shattering attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is reaching a pivotal moment this month.

FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
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US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, Austin says

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press that the U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News Channel town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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A new book alleges that someone at Fox News gave Trump's team an early look at town hall questions

Read full article: A new book alleges that someone at Fox News gave Trump's team an early look at town hall questions

A forthcoming book alleges that someone inside Fox News gave Donald Trump’s presidential campaign the questions he would face ahead of a town hall the network produced in January 2024.

FILE - In this Saturday Feb. 26, 2011 file photo, flags wave on the roof of the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Virginia elections signal no major shift in voter sentiment in a state watched closely for clues

Read full article: Virginia elections signal no major shift in voter sentiment in a state watched closely for clues

Virginia’s three special elections this week garnered national attention as Democrats protected their slim statehouse majority by winning two left-leaning districts.

FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Christine Parris King, sister of the late Dr. King, and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sing during a reception honoring friends of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change in Washington, on Oct. 3, 1978. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
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Jimmy Carter's life intersected with slavery's legacy. His record on Civil Rights is complicated

Read full article: Jimmy Carter's life intersected with slavery's legacy. His record on Civil Rights is complicated

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a news conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, July 31, 2024, three days after his disputed reelection. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
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More Americans jailed in Venezuela pose a test of Trump's deal-making foreign policy

Read full article: More Americans jailed in Venezuela pose a test of Trump's deal-making foreign policy

As many as 10 Americans are behind bars in Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro prepares to be sworn in for a third term.

FILE - Ohio attorney general Dave Yost speaks during a rally for Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, in Middletown, Ohio, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)
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Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments in watchdog group's records dispute with state attorney general

Read full article: Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments in watchdog group's records dispute with state attorney general

The Ohio Supreme Court has heard arguments in a long-running public records dispute involving state Attorney General Dave Yost and a watchdog group.

This image from police-worn body camera, and provided and annotated by the Justice Department, in the sentencing memo for Nathaniel Tuck, shows Tuck, circled in yellow, inside the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Department of Justice via AP)
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Ex-police officer and Proud Boys member gets 14 months in prison for joining Capitol attack

Read full article: Ex-police officer and Proud Boys member gets 14 months in prison for joining Capitol attack

A former police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.

FILE - President Joe Biden pauses during a photo opportunity with Medal of Valor recipients in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Biden casts doubt on his fitness to serve another four years days before term ends

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President Joe Biden is casting doubt on his fitness to serve another four years in a new interview days before he leaves office after one term.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives at Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.(Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)
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US will announce $500M in weapons to be sent to Ukraine

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The U.S. is set to provide Ukraine an additional $500 million in weapons quickly pulled from its existing stockpiles as the Biden administration works to get Kyiv in a stronger negotiating position before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel's Trump report for now

Read full article: Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel's Trump report for now

The Justice Department says it will release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep the rest of the report under wraps for now.

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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IRS has improved taxpayer services but is slow to resolve ID theft, an independent watchdog says

Read full article: IRS has improved taxpayer services but is slow to resolve ID theft, an independent watchdog says

An independent watchdog finds the IRS has improved its overall taxpayer service through Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act but still faces delays processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to resolve certain identity theft cases.

FILE - In this courtroom sketch Defendant Alexander Smirnov speaks in Federal court in Los Angeles, Feb. 26, 2024. (William T. Robles via AP, File)
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Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and his son Hunter gets 6 years in prison

Read full article: Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and his son Hunter gets 6 years in prison

A former FBI informant who fabricated a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes has been sentenced to six years in prison.

FILE - President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., as they wait to speak at fund raising reception at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del., Feb. 20, 1978. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
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Carter and Biden's long friendship had wrinkles. It will be on display a final time with a eulogy

Read full article: Carter and Biden's long friendship had wrinkles. It will be on display a final time with a eulogy

Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter's decades-long friendship will be on display one last time as Biden eulogizes Carter during his state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

FILE - The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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'Obamacare' hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump

Read full article: 'Obamacare' hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump

A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s landmark health legislation, as the program awaits an uncertain future under a Republican-controlled White House and Congress.

FILE - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks before signing into law a surface transportation infrastructure development bill to help connect the state with a passenger rail system during a ceremony May 16, 2024, in front of Union Station in lower downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Colorado governor walks a tightrope in approaching Trump. Deportations likely to be the first test

Read full article: Colorado governor walks a tightrope in approaching Trump. Deportations likely to be the first test

As Democratic governors across the country adapt to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans, some are trying to build a friendly relationship while others are strategizing ways to resist.

FILE - Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrives at court in Central Islip, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)
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Disgraced former US Rep. George Santos seeks to delay fraud sentencing to make more podcast episodes

Read full article: Disgraced former US Rep. George Santos seeks to delay fraud sentencing to make more podcast episodes

Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than $500,000 in fines with revenue from a new podcast.

Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York after testifying in a contempt hearing, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
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Lawyers collecting $148 million judgment from Rudy Giuliani say World Series rings must be given up

Read full article: Lawyers collecting $148 million judgment from Rudy Giuliani say World Series rings must be given up

Lawyers for two election workers who are owed $148 million in damages from Rudy Giuliani say the evidence proves their clients are entitled to three World Series rings that the former New York City mayor says he gave to his son.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Defense Secretary, walks to meet with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sen. Warren presses Hegseth to answer questions about his past actions and statements

Read full article: Sen. Warren presses Hegseth to answer questions about his past actions and statements

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, to answer additional questions about his past actions and statements before next Tuesday’s confirmation hearing.

FILE - This Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, center, and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash, left, attending a pre-trial session at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)
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Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

Read full article: Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty.

FILE - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at federal court where he is on trial for charges in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme, Oct. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
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In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House speaker takes stand at his own corruption trial

Read full article: In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House speaker takes stand at his own corruption trial

In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand at his own corruption trial.

This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP)
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North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats

Read full article: North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats

North Carolina’s Supreme Court has blocked the certification of a November election result for one of the seats on its court so it can review legal arguments by a trailing candidate.