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National Guard members say security plan is still sound after inauguration changes

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Nearly 8,000 National Guard members from 40 states have come to the nation's capital for security ahead of the inauguration on Monday.
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Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israel's prime minister says his country is ready to go back to war in Gaza if negotiations for a second phase of the ceasefire deal with Hamas collapses.
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Trump launches cryptocurrency with price rocketing

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hours after its launch, the market capitalisation for $Trump reached nearly $5.5bn (£4.5bn).
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How historic Gaza deal was sealed with 10 minutes to spare

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC spoke to officials from both sides of the talks to piece together how the Gaza deal was done.
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Trump heads to Washington D.C. as days of inaugural celebrations begin

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump headed to Washington Saturday to kick off days of pageantry heralding his second inauguration as president, four years after he departed the city under the shadow of an attack by his supporters on the Capitol.

Trump, Melania and their son Barron boarded the plane at 5:13 p.m. Eastern Time and departed Palm Beach, Florida, from Mar-a-Lago, where his team has spent his transition since he won the election. The three of them turned around at the top of the stairs, and Trump waved before heading inside the plane.

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LA mayor's office silent on deputy who was in charge of fire dept., placed on leave for alleged bomb threat

  • News source: FOX News
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As wildfires wreaked devastation across Los Angeles, the city official in charge of the fire department was out of the picture – placed on administrative leave in December while he remains under investigation for an alleged bomb threat against City Hall earlier this year.

LA Deputy Mayor Brian Williams’ Pasadena, California home was raided by the FBI last month in connection to the investigation of a bomb threat which was made against City Hall in September. The Los Angeles Police Department referred the case to the FBI after it determined Williams...
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Thousands protest in Washington DC ahead of Trump inauguration

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thousands of people joined in on demonstrations as the United States prepares to inaugurate its new president.
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Former Trump aides are warning newbies: Buy legal insurance or risk a hefty bill

  • News source: Katherine Doyle | NBC News
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As Republicans gear up for new jobs in the second Trump administration, people who worked for Donald Trump the first time around are dispensing advice about a must-buy item for those coming to Washington.

It’s not an article of clothing or a trendy apartment, and it is something most hope they will never use.

Incoming administration staffers are being warned to weigh the threat of a pricey legal defense and consider purchasing a form of legal insurance that would provide them a lawyer if needed, a protection that many now consider part of doing...
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Biden is expected to issue more pardons before leaving office on Monday

  • News source: Peter Alexander, Carol E. Lee and Zoë Richards |
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President Joe Biden is expected to make further use of his clemency power before leaving office next week, potentially extending pre-emptive pardons to individuals who could be targeted for retribution by President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, according to a senior White House official and a person familiar with the discussions.

Biden has not made a final decision on any pardons for people in that group, the White House official said on Friday.

The timing for the clemency actions, should Biden decide to grant them, is likely to be...
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Man's dramatic rescue of dog from freezing river in Vermont caught on video

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A Vermont man waded into a river to rescue a dog that was struggling to escape the icy waters
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Trump says he'll 'likely' give TikTok 90-day extension to avoid ban

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President-elect Donald Trump told ABC News he is likely to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban in the United States.
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Trump nominates Penny Schwinn for deputy secretary of US Department of Education

  • News source: FOX News
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President-elect Trump announced on Saturday he has picked Penny Schwinn, the former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

While in Tennessee, Schwinn oversaw the department's response to the coronavirus pandemic, implemented Gov. Bill Lee's school voucher program and overhauled the state's school funding formula, the Associated Press reported.

DEM SENATOR WHO BASHED HEGSETH'S QUALIFICATIONS STANDS BY DOD SEC WHO OVERSAW BOTCHED AFGHAN WITHDRAWALSchwinn previously worked at...
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Thousands protest in Washington against Trump as he prepares for inauguration

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The march took place ahead of Trump's arrival to the nation's capital as he prepares to be sworn in on Monday.
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Fuel tanker explosion kills dozens of people in Nigeria

  • News source: BBC News - World
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People had rushed to collect fuel from the tanker after it overturned in a crash.
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Two Iranian supreme court judges shot dead

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The attacker reportedly used a handgun to shoot both judges, before killing himself.
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