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Trump 2nd term live updates: More executive action plans for Day 2 amid Day 1 fallout
CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, Jan. 6, health policy and more. More orders are expected Tuesday amid [Read More…]
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Rachel Sennott, Bowen Yang to announce 2025 Oscar nominations
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang will announce the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards. The two actors will come together live Thursday from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater to [Read More…]
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43 states under cold weather alerts, blizzard warning in parts of Texas and Louisiana
An ABC News graphic shows the weather forecast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — About 265 million Americans, or nearly 80% of the population, are under cold weather alerts on Tuesday, [Read More…]
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Fire chief shot and killed after stopping to help driver who hit deer with their car
Facebook / Coweta County Fire Rescue (CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL) — A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 1/20/25
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONMavericks 105, Hornets 110Pistons 107, Rockets 96Timberwolves 106, Grizzlies 108Hawks 110, Knicks 119Suns 92, Cavaliers 118Celtics 125, Warriors 85Jazz 119, Pelicans [Read More…]
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Julia Stiles on her romantic directorial debut, ‘Wish You Were Here’
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Julia Stiles makes her feature directorial debut with Wish You Were Here, now playing in movie theaters. The journey to making her first film was long, but the actress-turned-director told ABC Audio [Read More…]
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Trump inauguration live updates: Trump to address supporters, sign executive orders
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At noon today, Donald Trump took the presidential oath for a second time, capping a historic political comeback to the White House. As he did on the campaign trail, Trump [Read More…]
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Biden sparks outrage with last-minute commutation of man convicted of killing FBI agents
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday. Peltier, 80, has spent nearly 50 years in prison [Read More…]
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Biden gives farewell remarks: ‘We’re not leaving the fight’
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Joe Biden told his staffers, “We’re not leaving the fight,” during farewell remarks following Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Biden referenced President Donald Trump’s inauguration remarks, which offered a [Read More…]
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Trump to shift the course of US climate policy starting on Day 1
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump announced some energy and environmental policy priorities that represent a stark departure from U.S. climate policy [Read More…]
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Trump administration to acknowledge only a person’s gender assigned at birth, officials say
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is expected to issue a slew of executive actions on Monday that would impact transgender Americans, including an executive order declaring that the U.S. government [Read More…]
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Trump will rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ among 1st executive orders
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Among the first executive orders set to be signed by President Donald Trump will be an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named “Gulf [Read More…]
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‘The Brutalist’ sparks backlash for use of AI, director Brady Corbet responds
A24 The Brady Corbet-directed awards contender The Brutalist is causing a stir after the film’s editor, Dávid Jancsó, revealed artificial intelligence was used to enhance the performances of the film’s stars, Adrien Brody and Felicity [Read More…]
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Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren star in ‘1923’ season 2 trailer
Lo Smith/Paramount+ Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren fight for their home in the 1923 season 2 trailer. The official trailer for the second season of the Yellowstone prequel dropped Sunday, showcasing the war between the [Read More…]
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Trump inauguration: Vladimir Putin, others from international community react
MORRY GASH/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday for a second term in the White House, and international figures across the globe are sharing their reactions to the [Read More…]
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Trump inauguration live updates: Trump airs list of grievances in 2nd Capitol remarks
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At noon today, Donald Trump took the presidential oath for a second time, capping a historic political comeback to the White House. As he did on the campaign trail, Trump [Read More…]
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Trump doesn’t place hand on Bible during swearing-in
Saul Loeb – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the Bible as he took the oath of office during his inauguration on Monday. First lady Melania Trump stood [Read More…]
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President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency
Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency. “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and [Read More…]
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Mike Pence, Joe Rogan, tech CEOs attend Trump’s inauguration
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, a long list of political leaders, tech CEOs, celebrities and others were in attendance in [Read More…]
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Vivek Ramaswamy to leave DOGE and announce run for Ohio governor, sources say
Saul Loeb/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy is planning to leave his new appointment leading The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and announce a run for Ohio governor, according to two sources familiar [Read More…]