Joe Biden
Biden pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Milley, Jan. 6 committee members
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he speaks from the Roosevelt Room about the jobs report and the state of the economy at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday issued pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, members of Congress who investigated […]
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Trump inauguration live updates: TikTok, energy and immigration top targets for ‘day one’ executive actions
Trump to call for a ‘revolution of common sense’ U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Trump’s inaugural address will feature a memorable line calling for […]
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Trump expected to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday
US President-elect Donald Trump reacts during a MAGA victory rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2025, one day ahead of his inauguration ceremony. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Donald Trump plans to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday — and possibly more than 100 — on the […]
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Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 15, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Via Reuters President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. […]
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Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office — here’s how he might do it
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office Monday, months after promising voters that he would cut their electric and gasoline prices in half in the first year of his administration. “To achieve this rapid reduction in energy costs, I will declare a national emergency to […]
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Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.
Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S. The Apple App Store and the Google Play store’s removal of TikTok means people in the U.S. can no longer download the […]
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TikTok creators post farewell videos to their fans ahead of expected U.S. ban
With the prospect of TikTok disappearing in the U.S., creators on the app spent the week posting heartfelt goodbyes to their fans. “I never even in a million years ever thought that anybody would ever just care about what I say,” Kimberly Rhoades, a creator of humorous videos, told her 3 million followers on Thursday. […]
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Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment law; impact is unclear
U.S. Representative Cori Bush along with other U.S. lawmakers and advocates hold a press conference outside the Capitol Hill building to urge U.S. President Joe Biden to certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before his term ends in January in Washington DC, United States on December 10, 2024. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images […]
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Sam Altman posts letter from senators concerned about OpenAI efforts to ‘cozy up’ to Trump
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a fireside chat organized by Softbank Ventures Asia in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. Senators on Friday expressed concern to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that he’s attempting to “cozy up to the incoming Trump administration” with […]
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Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting the stage for U.S. users to lose access Sunday
The Supreme Court has upheld the law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday or face an effective ban of the popular social video app in the U.S. ByteDance has so far refused to sell TikTok, meaning many U.S. users could lose access to the app this weekend. The app may […]
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