Outgoing President Joe Biden greeted incoming President Donald Trump at the north portico of the White House on Monday with an enthusiastic “Welcome home!” The first families enjoyed tea together, and a few hours later Trump, a convicted felon who attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair …
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Cecile Richards, the organizer and activist who transformed Planned Parenthood into a political powerhouse, died on Monday at age 67. A year ago, Richards announced that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer. Richards “passed away at home, surrounded by her family and …
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Carrie Underwood performed “America the Beautiful” at the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday. The swearing in of the 47th president of the United States took place inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of winter temperatures, as opposed to outdoors on the traditional “west front” of the building, which …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s Inauguration Day again for Donald Trump, who will become the second president in United States history to return to office after leaving it (Grover Cleveland was the …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will absolutely not be attending Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration on Monday, and she has no problem explaining her reasons. “All these journalists are like ‘Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Are you going to the inauguration?’ Let …
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Some Democrats were questioning President Joe Biden’s fitness to run for a second term privately as early as January 2024, believing that his age and performance were going to be detrimental, paving the way for Donald Trump’s return to office, as The Guardian reports. While the report details the legacy …
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Dave Chappelle, two days before Donald Trump‘s inauguration, spoke to the president-elect during the tail end of his SNL monologue to wish him good luck, and to urge everyone to have empathy for all displaced peoples–“whether they’re in the Palisades or Palestine.” In the comedian’s fourth time hosting since 2016, …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed several elements of the presidential transition process, including a new portrait of Donald Trump, figures like Mark Zuckerberg cozying up to the president-elect, and some of President Joe Biden’s final actions while in office. “It’s the dawn of anew era,” co-anchor Colin Jost began.“Donald …
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Joe Biden concludes his single term as, paradoxically, one of the best and worst presidents to occupy the Oval Office. Biden’s remarkable service to the country includes defeating Donald Trump in 2020 — which in that moment had the air of saving American democracy. A seasoned dealmaker from his career …
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President-elect Donald Trump, who once supported banning TikTok and signed an executive order targeting its parent company, is now vowing he will issue an executive order attempting to save the social platform. But there’s a major catch: he wants the app to operate under 50 percent U.S. ownership. Apparently reacting …
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