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TOP NEWS

Why Is This Man Glaring?

At a moment of peak triumph and celebration, President-elect Donald J. Trump looks stern in his inauguration portrait. [...]

How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President

“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him. [...]

An Illustrated Guide to Trump’s Conflict of Interest Risks

President-elect Donald J. Trump has a range of new business ventures that could expose him to even greater potential conflicts of interest than during his first term. [...]

Biden Commutes Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders

The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, is the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president. [...]

Little-Known Intelligence Agency Outlines Limits on Spying

The move by an agency within the Department of Homeland Security was part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to strengthen oversight and set clear guidelines for handling intelligence. [...]

Democrats Frame Trump’s Friends as Foes

Some Democrats see Elon Musk as an ideal foil. But not everyone agrees. [...]

F.A.A. Temporarily Halts Launches of Musk’s Starship After Explosion

The agency launched an investigation into the “space vehicle mishap” on Thursday night that forced commercial flights to divert and caused debris to rain toward Caribbean islands. [...]

Report Projecting Drop in Freshman Enrollment Delivered Incorrect Findings

The National Student Clearinghouse, which produced the report, reversed its conclusions after identifying methodological errors in its research. [...]

‘La Migra!’ A Glimpse of Trump’s Promised Deportation Storm

Sweeps by Border Patrol agents in California have stoked fears among undocumented migrant workers on the eve of Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration. [...]

C.I.A. Analyst Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Documents About Israel

The analyst was charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and faces up to a decade in prison for disclosing sensitive information about Israel’s response to an Iranian attack. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Israel's cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

The vote paves the way for exchanges of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners to begin on Sunday. [...]

Gazans anxiously await ceasefire, fearing last-minute catastrophes

Civilians in Gaza nervously await a ceasefire after 15 relentless months of war. [...]

US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law

A law passed last year requires TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the video platform or face a ban. [...]

TikTok ban will be first test for Trump as dealmaker-in-chief

The new law will land in the incoming president's lap – but it's also a political opportunity, writes Anthony Zurcher. [...]

US grounds SpaceX's Starship after test flight explosion

The rocket's upper stage disintegrated over the Caribbean, forcing airline flights to alter course. [...]

Donald Trump's inauguration moved indoors due to 'dangerous' cold

The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol. [...]

'War will last as long as Russia does': Ukrainian talk of victory fades as Trump returns

Those fighting for Ukraine and those who have lost loved ones hope to end the war with Russia on their own terms. [...]

Russia and Iran move to strengthen military ties

The two countries sign a 20-year treaty covering areas ranging from defence and technology to energy and trade. [...]

Cuba releases jailed activist Jose Daniel Ferrer

He spent more than three years in prison following protests that swept through the island in 2021. [...]

'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii

A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash. [...]

Vox Populi – 01-10-2025

Vox Populi Archives AdLib - January 10, 2025 0

Happy New Year! It’s Going to Be a Wild Ride

Corruption twilson117 - January 8, 2025 0

Lucifer and Mazakeen are making plans for Trump's presidential visit.

Affirmative Action, DEI, Voting Rights, They Want It All Part 2

Civil Rights twilson117 - January 7, 2025 0

How different would this country be if not for the logic of Jefferson and the citizens of the fledgling country we call the United States, clinging to their views of their right to enslave people who were free in their country but kidnapped and brought here against their will as enslaved individuals, designated as non-human and doomed to the inhumanity of enslavement?