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In photos: Thousands attend People's March ahead of Trump inauguration

Demonstrators near the Lincoln Memorial during The People's March ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.
Jan 18, 2025 - Politics & Policy

What to know about Trump's inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and their son Barron board a U.S. Air Force aircraft en route to Dulles, Virginia on January 18, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

King Center MLK Day event to focus on "prophetic response" to Trump

Dr. William Barber II speaks to several thousand marchers during the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly & Moral March On Washington DC & To The Polls on Pennsylvania Ave in 2024 in Washington, DC
Jan 18, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump says he will "most likely" grant 90-day TikTok extension

President-elect Trump after meeting with Republican senators at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025. Photo: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Updated Jan 18, 2025 - World

Gaza ceasefire set for Sunday morning after Israeli cabinet approves hostage deal

Netanyahu
Updated Jan 18, 2025 - Economy

These are 2025's best-performing cities

Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: A chilling, "catastrophic" warning

Illustration of the American flag with a warning pop up window in front of it.
Jan 18, 2025 - Economy

Yellen: Treasury 'extraordinary measures' on debt limit start Jan. 21

Janet Yellen testifies before Congress.

TikTok is Trump's problem now

Illustration of a Trump-like figure in a business suit with the Tik Tok logo wrapped around his ankle

OpenAI's Altman responds to Dem letter demanding he explain Trump donation

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2024

Thune gets his first big win

This is John Thune

GOP flirts with magical thinking on paying for Trump's tax cuts

This is Mike Crapo

Trump's indoor inauguration scrambles lawmakers' plans

A crowd standing inside the Capitol rotunda with a flag draped over a coffin in the middle of the room.

Trump inauguration will move indoors over frigid weather

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 07, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, making him the only president other than Grover Cleveland to serve
Updated Jan 17, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump had a call with China's Xi about TikTok and trade

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka.

Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified, though unclear it matters

Biden, left, points away from camera while Harris, right, applauds.

Biden planning book with his narrative on presidency, election exit

Biden debate CNN backdrop

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

WASHINGTON,DC - JANUARY 10: Content creators outside the Supreme Court ahead of arguments on social media app TikTok in Washington, DC, January 10, 2025. (Photo by Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Jan 17, 2025 - Business

The return of bankruptcy, all thanks to the Fed

Jan 17, 2025 - Business

Americans are fine with corporate DEI

Tech CEOs flock to Trump's inauguration

First look: Mayors across U.S. warn of worsening housing crisis

Illustration of a brick wall where a front door should be.

It's getting easier to find a charger for your electric car

Jan 17, 2025 - Business

Everything's coming up Zuck

Mark Zuckerberg

Trump inauguration signals a warmer tone than 2017

Photo illustration of former President Trump with the U.S. Capitol Building duplicated in the background behind him

California's "red pill": MAGA wages information war as LA burns

Illustration of the handle of a megaphone shaped like the state of California.

China's AI keeps getting better — and cheaper

Illustration of the Chinese flag with binary code in the stars.

Apple pauses AI-generated news alerts after headline notification errors

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 10, 2024.
Column / Behind the Curtain

Axios Finish Line — Jeff Zients on leading: Face into it

Jeff Zients (right) laughs with then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during the White House Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn last year. Photo: Al Drago/Pool

3 GOP-led states can challenge abortion pill rules, Texas judge says

packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. A Massachusetts appeals court temporarily blocked a Texas-based federal judge's ruling that suspended the FDA's approval of the abortion drug Mifepristone, which is part of a two-drug

China says it's sending top official to Trump's inauguration

China's Vice President Han Zheng and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (not pictured) attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 11, 2025.

Scoop: Trump team sweats McConnell's vote on Tulsi Gabbard

This is Mitch McConnell

Trump fuels an informal House GOP land-grab caucus

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