WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTVZ) — On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump will officially be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, marking a historic return to the White House. After securing victory in the 2024 election, Trump will take the oath of office before the country inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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By Jonathan Allen, NBC News WASHINGTON (NBC/KTVZ) — President Donald Trump declared Monday that the “golden age of America begins right now” and vowed that the nation’s challenges would be “annihilated” by his MAGA movement in a bare-knuckled inaugural address that echoed the themes and grievances of his trademark rally speeches. Trump, in a relatively sedate
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump made only a smattering of false claims in his inaugural address on Monday, mostly sticking to vague rhetoric, subjective assertions and uncheckable promises of action. But then he embarked on a lying spree. In an unscripted second speech on Monday, to supporters who had gathered
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and David Goldman, CNN UPDATE: Adding video New York (CNN) — Around 12 hours after shutting itself down in the United States, TikTok is back for many users almost like it never left, attributing its return to a move by President-elect Donald Trump to save the app. TikTok welcomed users back with
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Adding video Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of Congress who served on the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, using extraordinary executive prerogative as a shield against revenge by his incoming successor, Donald Trump. The pardons,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTVZ) – Democrat Janelle Bynum was sworn-in Friday with her colleagues in the 119th U.S. Congress. Representative Bynum was elected in November, defeating incumbent Republican Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who has been nominated as Secretary of Labor by President-Elect Trump.According to the Oregon Capital Chronicle’s reporting, Bynum defeated Chavez-DeReamer by about 9,600 votes or
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Written by: William J. FordPublished by: Oregon Capital ChronicleWASHINGTON, D.C. – With a record 62 elected Black officials, including historic firsts of two women senators and two representatives from Alabama, the Congressional Black Caucus held a swearing-in ceremony Friday morning before members took the oath of office for the 119th U.S. Congress. Democrats Angela Alsobrooks
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Tonight, the nation is remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter. The former President passed away at his family home in Georgia, this Sunday. He was surrounded by his family. President Carter’s legacy was defined, not just by his presidency, but how he defined himself as a former President. KTVZ asked the people on the streets
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Plains, GA (KTVZ) — Former president Jimmy Carter, has died. The Carter Center released a statement saying carter died Sunday afternoon at his home in Plains, Georgia. While no cause of death was given…the 39th president had been ill for a while. He entered hospice care in his home nearly two years ago after a
Continue ReadingMerrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, vowed Monday to prosecute the “heinous” crimes committed in the attack on the US Capitol and to redouble the Justice Department’s efforts to provide equal justice amid heated policy debates over race and the criminal justice system. Garland is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday,
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A record 80.5 million Americans have health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, largely because states have had to keep people enrolled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new federal data released Monday. Between February 2020 and this past January, enrollment in Medicaid jumped by 9.7 million people to nearly 74 million
Continue ReadingFormer President Barack Obama on Monday invoked the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol to advocate for a sweeping voting rights bill set to be considered by the Senate, arguing the uprising proved Americans cannot “take our democracy for granted.” Obama’s comments came a day before the Senate is set to vote on whether
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Most of the public rejects Republican efforts to audit states’ 2020 election results, saying they believe the reviews are an attempt to undermine valid election outcomes, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. A 57% majority of Americans say that, based on what they’ve heard about the audits conducted or proposed by legislatures in
Continue ReadingYou can’t tell by looking at him, but retired Staff Sgt. Wesley Black is about to die. He’s just 35 years old. And today he’s having what he calls a good day. “I could be dead tomorrow. I could live another six months … It really all just depends on how my body responds to
Continue ReadingThe Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, returned to Washington, DC after spending almost three months in Moscow, the Russian embassy tweeted Sunday, after US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to send both their ambassadors back to their posts during their meeting in Geneva last week. US Ambassador to Russia
Continue ReadingWhoever wins the Democratic primary race for Manhattan district attorney on Tuesday isn’t just poised to take the helm of one of the most legendary prosecutors offices in New York. They also will inherit perhaps the highest profile investigation in the country: that of former President Donald Trump and his company. The outgoing district attorney,
Continue Reading A unanimous Supreme Court said on Monday that student athletes could receive some education-related payments in a case that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players. Read the opinion here: cnn.com/2021/06/21/politics/read-supreme-court-ncaa-case/index.html
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration on Monday announced its plan to distribute the remaining 55 million of the 80 million Covid-19 vaccine doses that President Joe Biden has pledged to allocate by the end of this month. For all 80 million doses the administration has pledged to share, the White House has said 75% will be shared
Continue ReadingChuck Schumer is confronting his most daunting series of legislative landmines in his young tenure as Senate majority leader, navigating conflicting demands from his left and his moderates — all the while facing wary Republicans after years of partisan brawling with the hard-nosed New Yorker. The legislative dilemma comes to a head in this summer’s
Continue ReadingA unanimous Supreme Court said on Monday that student athletes could receive education-related payments, in a case that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players. College sports raise billions of dollars from ticket sales, television contracts and merchandise, and supporters of the students say the
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