Biden to deliver prime-time farewell address from Oval Office on Wednesday, five days before Trump is sworn in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden to deliver prime-time farewell address from Oval Office on Wednesday, five days before Trump is sworn in.
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- HuffPost
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The president may find himself unable to escape responsibility, warned the newspaper’s conservative editorial board.
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U.K. Magazine Expertly Trolls Donald Trump With Front Page ‘Apology’ For The Ages
Private Eye apologized “unreservedly” for its previous critical coverage of the president. But then came an utterly brutal twist.
- The Daily Beast
Top DOGE Official Quickly Exits and Snubs Musk on Way Out the Door
Well, that’s not very efficient. Elon Musk’s much-hyped White House panel is losing its top lawyer to the private sector mere days into its existence, a Wall Street Journal report revealed Thursday. Bill McGinley, whom Donald Trump tapped to be the Department of Government Efficiency’s lead counselor last month, no longer wishes to continue in the role. His departure comes after Vivek Ramaswamy was pushed out earlier this week.
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Ex-Federal Prosecutor Explains Why Donald Trump’s Fealty Move Is Actually ‘So Dumb’
"It just makes no sense at all," said Andrew Weissmann, who also predicted how it could spectacularly backfire.
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Here's What JD Vance's Body Language Said During THAT Sermon, According To Experts
Body language experts also had thoughts on second lady Usha Vance's reaction to the Episcopal bishop's sermon.
- HuffPost
Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
- The Independent
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio calls for retribution in chilling interview with Alex Jones hours after prison release
‘We need to find and put them behind bars for what they did. They need to pay for what they did,’ Enrique Tarrio exclaimed on Tuesday night, referencing those who investigated the January 6 Capitol attack.
- NewsWire
‘Most inappropriate’: Dutton slams Wong trip
The Opposition Leader has taken aim at the decision for Foreign Minister Penny Wong to lead Australia’s delegation to the commemoration of Auschwitz.
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Trump scraps $2 drug plan for Medicare patients in first week
In his first week back in office, President Trump rolled back a Biden-era executive order aimed at reducing prescription drug costs for Medicare patients, including a proposed $2 drug list for common generics. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Jordan Weissman joins Wealth to explain that the program, meant to save US seniors a combined $2 billion annually, was never implemented and is now scrapped. Trump’s decision reflects ideological differences over Medicare management, leaving questions about how his administration will handle upcoming drug price negotiations with Medicare. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Josh Lynch
- Yahoo News Australia
Tragic 440kg find in Aussie river prompts desperate plea to government
It's not the first haul of its kind to be pulled from this major waterway, and it won't be the last.
- HuffPost
Critics Rip Trump Crony Stephen Miller Over Incredibly Hypocritical Claim About 'The Law'
Trump's own actions stand in direct contradiction to Miller's claim.
- Reuters
North Korea suspected of preparing to send more troops to Russia, Seoul says
South Korea's military said on Friday that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of its soldiers captured. "As four months have passed for the dispatch of troops for the Russia-Ukraine war, and multiple casualties and captives have occurred, (North Korea) is suspected to be accelerating follow-up measures and preparation for an additional dispatch of troops," the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. The JCS analysis did not specify what other follow-up measures Pyongyang might take.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Yanks Security Detail for Fauci—Who’s Now Paying Himself
The Trump administration removed Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail on Thursday night, the latest former top official to lose protection. “You can’t have it forever,” Trump said on Friday. Fauci, who was the nation’s top infectious disease expert and worked alongside Donald Trump during the pandemic, has received several threats against his life. In May 2022, a man pleaded guilty to sending emails to Fauci and other government officials threatening to kill them and their families.
- The Daily Beast
Elon Musk Probes Competitor Boeing on New Air Force One Jet
Elon Musk has taken on a new role as the First Buddy: monitoring the progress on the long-awaited revamped Air Force One jets. The new Air Force One planes, made by Boeing, are currently $2.7 billion over budget and three years behind schedule. This delay made the head of the newly invented Department of Government Efficiency travel to Boeing’s military aircraft facility in December to inspect the planes himself.
- HuffPost
Trump Signs Order Declassifying JFK, RFK, MLK Jr. Assassination Documents
Trump reportedly cast the order as a gift to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during the signing ceremony.
- Yahoo News Australia
Dodgy camping tactic ruining Aussies' summer holidays: 'Infuriating'
One state in particular has copped the brunt of this trend.
- BBC
Canada offers to help Trump as it scrambles to avert tariff war
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has threatened the stick against proposed US tariffs. Now he's trying a different approach.
- The Independent
Trump urges Putin to ‘make a deal’ to end Ukraine war – or face tariffs and sanctions
Trump is threatening unspecified sanctions on Moscow if Russian president Vladimir Putin doesn’t come to the negotiating table ‘soon’
- BBC
Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave 'immediately'
A new executive order signed on Tuesday calls for an end to DEI practices in the federal government.