Month: January 2025
January 21, 2025
Congress
Senate unanimously confirms Rubio as secretary of State
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was confirmed Monday as secretary of State, the first of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks to take office. In becoming secretary of State, Rubio,...
January 21, 2025
Politics
Trump issues 1,500 broad pardons for Jan. 6 defendants: ‘Going to release our great hostages’
Trump signed about 1,500 pardons after returning to the White House from a day of inaugural festivities. Trump signed about 1,500 pardons after returning to the White House from...
January 21, 2025
Politics
The Diet Coke button returns to the Oval Office after Trump inauguration
The button was removed from the Oval Office in 2021 by Trump’s predecessor, former President Joe Biden. The button was removed from the Oval Office in 2021 by Trump’s...
January 20, 2025
Politics
Senate passes Laken Riley Act as Trump readies border crackdown
The Senate passed the Laken Riley Act hours after President Trump was sworn into office Monday — a move that would pave the way for US officials to detain...
January 20, 2025
Politics
Marco Rubio confirmed as Trump’s secretary of state by Senate
Confirmations don’t come easier than this. Confirmations don’t come easier than this.
January 20, 2025
Politics
Head wounds, freezing temps — nothing stopped Trump super fans from getting to his inauguration
"I expected to see protesters, but I guess they couldn't withstand the cold," one Trump supporter said of the lack of antagonists outside the inauguration. "I expected to see...
January 20, 2025
Politics
Trump’s billionaire frenemies get prime spots in Rotunda — as Govs. DeSantis, Abbott put in overflow room
The world's three richest men — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — got prized positions alongside Trump on stage....
January 20, 2025
Politics
Dem LI Rep. Tom Suozzi ready to work with Trump on border enforcement, deporting criminals
Long Island Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi said he's ready to work with President Trump to bolster border enforcement, crack down on criminal illegal aliens, and addressing the broken immigration...
January 20, 2025
Politics
Biden commutes sentence of Indigenous activist who murdered two FBI agents: ‘Cruel betrayal to the families’
"This last-second, disgraceful act by then-President Biden, which does not change Peltier’s guilt but does release him from prison, is cowardly and lacks accountability,'' the FBI Agents Association...
January 20, 2025
Politics
Vivek Ramaswamy won’t serve as co-leader in Trump’s DOGE initiative
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is out as the co-leader of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, according to a spokesperson for the initiative. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is out as the...