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Lawmaker pushes bill to rename Nashville International Airport after Donald Trump

  • News source: FOX News
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Travelers arriving in Music City may soon be greeted by Trump International Airport.

On Friday, Tennessee Republican State Rep. Todd Warner filed House Bill 217, which would rename Nashville International Airport to honor Trump.

The bill would require the metropolitan airport authority to take actions to execute the name change.

Those actions would include setting up new signage, changing registered trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), revising all existing contracts and legal documents to reflect the new name...
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Melania Trump launches her own cryptocurrency

  • News source: BBC News - World
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$Melania is announced a day after President-elect Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency, $Trump.
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TikTok restores service in US after Trump pledge

  • News source: BBC News - World
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TikTok is resuming services to its 170 million users in US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would give the app a reprieve.
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How technology has changed inauguration coverage

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Millions of people across the country are expected to tune in to President-elect Trump's second inauguration ceremony. Television networks, online publications and social media outlets are preparing for the big event. The way inaugurations have been presented to the public has changed drastically over the years.

"We must think big and dream even bigger," Trump said during his first inaugural address in 2017.

Tens of millions of people watched his first address in real time – both on television and through online streaming. But inaugural addresses...
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Trump promises spate of executive orders, including on Jan. 6 defendants

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President-elect Donald Trump promised a spate of executive orders when he takes office as president Monday, suggesting at a Sunday rally in Washington, D.C., that among them will be action on the Jan. 6 rioters.

"Everybody in this very large arena will be very happy with my decision on the J6 hostages," he said of the defendants and those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol. Trump has long expressed sympathy for his supporters accused or found guilty of crimes for their involvement in the riot. He recently claimed...
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Anti-poverty group says billionaires' wealth soared in 2024 as the elites prepare for another Davos

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Billionaire's wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least 5 trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990
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Simpler language, more unity: How inaugural addresses have changed over time

  • News source: Annetta Stogniew
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On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump will give his second inaugural address to the nation. Although presidential addresses have been customary since George Washington's first inauguration in 1789, the content of those speeches has changed over time.

NBC's analysis of past inauguration speeches shows they have generally become simpler, with a vital theme emerging in recent years: unity among Americans.

Inaugural addresses have long served to unite the country under a new president. At the fourth presidential inauguration in 1801, Thomas Jefferson...
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Trump promises blizzard of executive orders on first day of presidency

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Trump pledged to launch deportations, slash environmental regulation and release classified files within hours of taking office.
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Who are the three Israeli hostages released by Hamas?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari have been freed 471 days after being taken hostage.
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Brexit fishing row heads for trade court showdown

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The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters but the EU is challenging the move.
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Chappell Roan: 'I'd be more successful if I wore a muzzle'

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The star talks about the impact of fame and the pressure to conform in an exclusive BBC interview.
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‘I do solemnly swear…': Interesting facts about Inauguration Day history

  • News source: Mike Gavin
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Imagine Donald Trump wearing a top hat.

He would have had to if his inauguration had been a few decades earlier, when the hat was required attire at the ceremony for the incoming president.

Yes, much has changed over the course of 60 inaugurations, from fashion to transportation to the date of the swearing-in ceremony.

On Monday, Trump will take the oath of office for the second time during his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He'll become just the second president to be inaugurated in non-consecutive terms after Grover...
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A presidential inauguration is very expensive. Who pays for it?

  • News source: Mike Gavin
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They're throwing a $200 million dollar party in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

Most taxpayers aren't invited, but they're all chipping in on the bill.

Inauguration Day commemorates the transfer of power from one United States president to the next -- this year going from Joe Biden to Donald Trump. There will be performances and parties, and of course the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

All of that pomp and circumstance -- and security -- ain't cheap.

Taxpayers don't pick up the entire inaugural tab, though. Here's how the bill is split...
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Trump expected to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday

  • News source: Vaughn Hillyard, Garrett Haake, Frank Thorp V and
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Donald Trump plans to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday — and possibly more than 100 — on the first day of his second presidency, according to a person in his transition operation.

Trump, who is scheduled to take the oath of office inside the Capitol at noon, intends to sign several of the orders in front of a crowd at an event in Capital One Arena in Washington later in the afternoon. The inauguration-related events were moved to indoor locales because of inclement weather in the nation's capital.

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Historic Bibles and the oath: Here are some of the traditions you may see at Donald Trump's inauguration

  • News source: Noreen O'Donnell
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The United States was facing crises on two fronts four years ago when Joe Biden was sworn in as president — rioters had weeks before taken over the U.S. Capitol and the coronavirus pandemic was still a danger — but tradition prevailed and the ceremony went forward.

On Monday, Donald Trump will take the oath of office to assume the presidency for the second time.

As Trump's new term in office begins, here is what else to expect at the 60th presidential inauguration ceremony.

The inauguration’s one requirement, the oath of office, is spelled out in...
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