Donald Trump named Time's 2024 Person of the Year
The announcement was made exclusively on TODAY on Dec. 12.
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Tania Fernandes Anderson attends 1st City Council meeting after arrest
Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was back at work Monday despite calls from colleagues and city leaders to resign after her arrest on federal corruption charges. Just days after her arraignment, Fernandes Anderson stuck to the script while seeming to signal she’s planning to stay in her role. The councilor is facing fi... -
House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.
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FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign at end of Biden's term in January
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job.
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Trump picks Kimberly Guilfoyle and Tom Barrack as ambassadors to Greece and Turkey
Trump chose a former Fox News personality and a California billionaire for ambassadorships in his administration. Both positions require Senate confirmation.
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Trump promises ‘fully expedited' permits for investors of $1 billion-plus in US
The Truth Social post signals Trump’s aim to deregulate federal agencies, undo Biden-era environmental rules, and attract foreign investment.
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Federal judge blocks Obamacare coverage for DACA recipients in 19 states
A federal judge in North Dakota blocked a Biden administration rule that allowed DACA recipients to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell says he's ‘feeling good' after falling and spraining his wrist
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is recovering from minor injuries after falling following Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch on Tuesday, his office said.
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Former Jan. 6 committee chair fires back at Trump's suggestion that panel members should be imprisoned
The president-elect suggested in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the former committee’s members should be jailed.
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What the oil and gas industry wants from Trump and how his administration might deliver it
The president-elect is setting up a new National Energy Council with the goal of “U.S. energy dominance.”
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Tania Fernandes Anderson returns to work after arrest
Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was back at work Monday despite calls from colleagues and city leaders to resign after her arrest on federal corruption charges. Just days after her arraignment, Fernandes Anderson stuck to the script while seeming to signal she’s planning to stay in her role. The councilor is facing fi... -
Trump pick to head ICE is agency vet who will be able to start deportation effort on day one
Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and other high-level posts have been outsiders, often with Fox News appearances as key qualifications. But to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump went a different route.
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Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation
President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school site in Pennsylvania to commemorate the resilience of tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and similar abusive institutions.
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Lara Trump says she's stepping down as Republican National Committee co-chair
President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is widely viewed as a candidate to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.
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Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism
Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.
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Trump will ‘most likely' pardon Capitol rioters on day one and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed
President-elect Donald Trump said he is looking to pardon his supporters involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as soon as his first day in office, saying those incarcerated are “living in hell.”
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Trump details sweeping changes he'll carry out on day one and beyond in an exclusive interview
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to make immediate and sweeping changes after he takes office on Jan. 20, such as pardons for those convicted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, and said he wants to find a legislative solution to keep Dreamers in the country legally.
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Trump aims to end birthright citizenship, says American citizens with family here illegally may be deported
President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that “you have no choice” but to deport everyone who is illegally in the U.S., including possibly removing the American citizen family members of those deported.
