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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024.

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Corporate interests commit millions to celebrate Trump’s inauguration

Trump names ambassador to Panama after suggesting US control of Panama Canal

Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

The Supreme Court enters its teenager era

Unique deal could bring F-16s to Maryland, NFL to DC

Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’

Former President Bill Clinton discharged from hospital after being treated for flu

How to track Santa Claus around the world with NORAD’s flight tracker

Analysis

President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and members of their party leave the White House in Washington on Dec. 25, 1941, for Christmas services at the Foundry Methodist Church. From left to right are Lord Beaverbrook, British Minister of Supply; Mrs. Roosevelt; the Prime Minister; the President; and the President's, Gen. E. M. Watson.(AP Photo)

Bonds forged during a wartime Christmas 83 years ago could soon be at risk

Trump bristles at Musk’s rocketing profile as Democrats play on the president-elect’s vanity

Trump would abolish the debt ceiling. Here’s what’s going on

A farce before Christmas could send the government into a Trump-Musk shutdown

Here’s how Congress is supposed to fund the US government, but never does

Trump and Musk unleash a new kind of chaos on Washington

Trump 2.0 greets the press with a fight

Trump is going after Canada now – but everyone else is next

Many Trump voters still have doubts about him. Can he hold them?

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<p>President Biden commuted 37 federal death row sentences to life in prison in one of his final acts as president. CNN Legal Analyst Elliot Williams weighs in on why he thinks this decision was "a long time coming." </p>

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How these older voters who backed Harris are engaging in ‘quiet resistance’

Even Iowa Republicans who initially wanted to move on from Trump see hope — and a mandate — in his win

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President-elect Donald Trump in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press."

Fact check: Trump, repeating old lies on ‘Meet the Press,’ falsely claims US is the only country with birthright citizenship

In this January 20, 2017 photo, then-President Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding federal agencies to try to waive or delay requirements of former President Barack Obama's health-care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

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Fact check: Trump falsely claims he never wanted to end the Affordable Care Act

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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Sen. John Cornyn at the US Capitol on December 10 in Washington, DC.

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KFile: Pete Hegseth spread baseless conspiracy theories that January 6 attack was carried out by leftist groups

Ed Martin, president of the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, speaks during a January 6th field hearing held by Rep Matt Gaetz in the U.S. Capitol on June 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration

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What Matters

The House floor convenes before a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

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Electoral College: How it’s changed this year

Fault Lines

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Drake Enterprises, an automotive parts manufacturer, on September 27, 2023 in Clinton Township, Michigan.

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How Trump is giving the labor movement the blue-collar blues

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Matt Gaetz files unsuccessful last-ditch lawsuit to stop release of House Ethics report

Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office

An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader

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Retiring Texas congresswoman, who has missed votes since July, experiencing ‘dementia issues,’ son says

Joe Manchin torches Democrats on the way out the door

Two US Navy pilots eject safely over Red Sea after fighter jet shot down in apparent friendly fire incident

6 key lines from Trump’s Sunday speech to conservative activists in Phoenix

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Liberal leaders say they have a plan for a new, more effective anti-Trump resistance in 2025

Durbin uses new report to accuse Justices Thomas and Alito of violating disclosure laws

Trump has claimed his victory was a mandate. Washington’s realities are already challenging that

Pharmacy benefit manager reform fails to make the cut in federal funding package

2024 election

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Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks during a campaign event in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

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Donald Trump at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Will Lanzoni/CNN)

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sits in the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, in April 2023.

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