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Updated Jan 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Flags to fly at full-staff for inauguration after Trump's complaints

About a dozen American flags are seen at half staff in front of the U.S. Capitol dome. The sky and clouds behind have a yellow tint.

Five questions Hegseth dodged at his Defense Department confirmation hearing

Pete Hegseth gestures and speaks behind a sign that says his name at his Senate confirmation hearing.

Hegseth claims "smear campaign" as Dems question his fitness to lead Pentagon

Pete Hegseth
Jan 14, 2025 - Technology

ChatGPT can remind you to do stuff now

Image of Tasks from OpenAI about setting a reminder

ACLU outlines how it will fight Trump's mass deportations

Mexican migrants, Laura Elizabeth and her son, Matias, turn themselves in to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers after crossing over a section of border wall into the U.S. in Ruby, Arizona.
Jan 14, 2025 - Economy

Trump promises an "External Revenue Service" to collect tariffs

A truck entering the United States, passing under a "Bridge to USA" sign.

A pro-growth immigration policy

Illustration of an upward trending line chart on a welcome mat in front of a house door

New Orleans attack injured 57 people, FBI says

A screenshot of surveillance video of a man wearing a backpack and walking on a French Quarter street.

Top 5 takeaways from Jack Smith's final report on Trump's Jan. 6 case

Capitol riot

Read: Full text of Pete Hegseth's opening statement

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth speaks with the media as he departs a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Scoop: Hegseth opening statement pledges Pentagon "warrior ethos"

: Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, arrives for a meeting at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Trump's nominees for his incoming administration continue to meet with senators on Capitol Hill, weeks before his ina
Jan 14, 2025 - Business

Meta, Google stand to win ad share from TikTok ban

Jan 14, 2025 - Business

Trump picks historically young group of top officials

Weather Service struggles to convey fire warnings to public

Illustration of a speech bubble made out of fire

Jack Smith claims in Jan. 6 report: Trump would have been convicted

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
Updated Jan 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

READ: Jack Smith's final report on Trump's Jan. 6 case

Jack Smith arrives before giving remarks, carrying a folder full of papers.
Jan 14, 2025 - Technology

Samsung tops U.S. patents as Chinese firms rise

Illustration of a dollar sign made out of quantum computer circuit chip.
Jan 14, 2025 - Business

American workers' enthusiasm for their jobs falls to a 10-year low

Updated Jan 13, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Southern California faces rare fire warning

Computer model projection of near-surface wind gusts on Tuesday Jan. 14.

Scoop: House Dems try to make nice ahead of Trump return

Tug of war between Democrats
Jan 13, 2025 - World

Scoop: Blinken to present post-war plan for Gaza on Tuesday

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Southern California Edison faces lawsuit over Eaton Fire

Firefighters work the scene as an apartment building burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on January 8, 2025.
Updated Jan 13, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Special counsel denounces president in final report on Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden, the son President Joe Biden, is seen during an event to celebrate the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, September 30, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Scoop: Trump team sets red line on Hegseth's FBI background check

This is Pete Hegseth

Enraged Dems warn Johnson not to condition California wildfire aid

This is Mike Johnson
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