Tulsi Gabbard is trying to explain her past support for Edward Snowden, including her push to pardon the national security leaker, to a tough crowd: members of the Senate Intelligence Committee considering her confirmation.
When she was still in the House, Gabbard introduced a resolution calling for all charges to be dropped against Snowden. And she urged President-elect Trump at the end of his first term to pardon people who "exposed the deception and criminality of those in the deep state," in commenting on another post specifically mentioning Snowden. |
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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, expected to begin its first phase Sunday, has brought relief to the international community but questions about whether the truce will hold — an issue that President-elect Trump will have to oversee when he takes office next week. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a fragile three-phase agreement to return hostages and prisoners, and establish a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. |
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The Israeli government has formally approved the ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of some hostages, soon halting the conflict that has been raging for 15 months. The Israeli Cabinet voted in favor of the deal in the early morning hours in Jerusalem on Saturday, according to The Associated Press. The release of hostages and the ceasefire in the region will begin on Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. |
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President-elect Trump's talk of taking over or acquiring Greenland is highlighting bipartisan talks about the need to increase security around the Arctic island and boost defenses in the region. The GOP views Trump's desire for Greenland as a negotiating point for enhanced Arctic security linked to his strategy on confronting China. Trump has also discussed taking back the Panama Canal, where China controls two of five ports. |
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Senate Democrats appear to be warming up to Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), President-elect Trump's combative and confrontational nominee for envoy to the United Nations, encouraged by commitments she'll engage with the global body rather than seek to burn it down.
Stefanik, who served as the third-ranking Republican leader in the House, has carved out a reputation as a bullish fighter, particularly on confronting instances of antisemitism, and is expected to make calling out anti-Israel bias at the UN a major focus of her posting. |
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BY JULIA SHAPERO AND ZACH SCHONFELD |
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a law requiring TikTok's parent company to divest from the popular video-sharing platform or face a ban was constitutional, siding with the government in a battle over free speech and national security. The decision marks a sharp loss for TikTok, although the app's fate is still undecided. |
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Video-sharing app TikTok said it will "go dark" on Sunday, Jan. 19, following the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to uphold a federal ban unless President Biden steps in. "The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans," the company wrote in a Friday statement on the social media platform X. |
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and that the agency will begin "extraordinary measures" to stave off the threat of a national default. Yellen told congressional leadership in a letter that the Treasury Department will begin the measures Tuesday after a previous roughly 20-month suspension of the debt limit expired earlier this month. |
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A federal appeals court Friday upheld a lower court ruling that found protections for so-called Dreamers to be unlawful, suspending the program in Texas while otherwise limiting its ruling in the event of an appeal. The ruling upholds a lower court ruling that found Biden administration efforts to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program violated immigration law. |
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OPINION | With President Trump's inauguration coming up soon and Beijing already levying new export restrictions and sanctions, 2025 promises to be an eventful year for the U.S.-China trade war. And while the impact is likely to be widespread, Beijing is explicitly targeting the American defense sector. The actions by China are forcing a reckoning with the uncomfortable reality that America has outsourced large parts of its military supply chain to President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party. Breaking this dependency will require incentivizing the private sector to find and create alternatives. |
BY SEYED HOSSEIN MOUSAVIAN |
OPINION | The incoming Trump administration has expressed support for a negotiated solution with Iran on all outstanding issues. When asked about a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President-elect Trump simply said, "I wish him luck." During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump indicated that his Iran policy in the second term would be "very different" than that in his first. He rejected the "regime change" policy and reiterated that he wants Iran to be successful, but also that he opposes the country's acquisition of nuclear weapons. |
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BY JAMES WAGNER AND SIMON ROMERO |
Migrants used to gather by the hundreds in encampments in Ciudad Juárez, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, waiting for a chance to cross into the United States. But as President-elect Trump prepares to take office on Monday, few people could be found this past week on the once-teeming embankments. All that remained were extinguished campfires, discarded shoes, shirts and toothbrushes. |
BY ANNIE LINSKEY, BRIAN SCHWARTZ AND DANA MATTIOLI |
Folding the world's richest man into Trump World hasn't been easy. Elon Musk, a close ally to President-elect Donald Trump, has taken broadsides from MAGA movement leader Steve Bannon on two continents in recent days. Musk feuded with right-wing conspiracy theorist and Trump-backer Laura Loomer over immigration policy. And his free-ranging access to Trump has miffed some of the president-elect's aides and allies, who argue that he was getting involved in matters he had little understanding of and speaking too much in meetings. |
There's not only one Donald Trump in the United States. Nor is there only one William J. Clinton. Plenty of people share names with famous presidents. Donald Trump, a veteran and resident of Alabama, said because of his name he often is gifted things for free. William J. Clinton, who goes by Billy, used to live in the Washington, D.C., area, and would receive interesting mail from inmates. |
BY JUSTINE MCDANIEL AND ALEXIS ARNOLD |
President-elect Trump has pledged to forcibly remove undocumented immigrants from the United States, reshape the federal government and impose major tariffs that could drive up prices. He has told Americans he will increase their paychecks, decrease their electrical bills and cut gas prices. He has made promises to executives who backed his campaign, including on oil drilling, cryptocurrency, space exploration and artificial intelligence. He has labeled political rivals as "the enemy from within" and said members of Congress who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot should be jailed. He has also suggested purging parts of the federal workforce and rolling back environmental regulations. In total, The Washington Post identified 31 major campaign promises Trump pledged for his second term. |
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