Day: January 20, 2025

Carrie Underwood triumphs at Trump inauguration after musical mishap

11:59 pm January 20, 2025

Not only did Carrie Underwood display her musical chops to the world at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday, but she also flaunted her professional prowess. Tapped to perform “America the Beautiful” at the inauguration, held inside the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol, Underwood was escorted inside and awaited her musical cue to […]

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Trump national security adviser pick Waltz resigns from House, shrinking GOP majority

11:48 pm January 20, 2025

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., retired from Congress Monday to serve as President Trump’s national security adviser – a long-awaited move that he announced just one hour before Trump was sworn in as president. Waltz had confirmed to Fox News his plans to resign on Inauguration Day prior to Trump’s inaugural ceremony, a decision that further […]

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Mark Milley pardoned: general at center of Afghanistan withdrawal predicted it wouldn’t be a Saigon moment

11:44 pm January 20, 2025

Former President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Gen. Mark Milley on Monday, capping off a presidency marred by the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021. Milley accepted the pardon, saying in a statement he does not want to spend the remainder of his life fighting “retribution.”  But critics of the withdrawal in Congress say […]

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Trump vows ‘new era of national success,’ says America’s ‘decline is over’ in inaugural address

11:24 pm January 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said a “tide of change is sweeping the country,” telling Americans during his inaugural address Monday that he is “optimistic” that the U.S. is beginning a “new era of national success,” while declaring that the country’s “decline is over.” Trump addressed the nation on Monday after taking the oath of […]

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Flashback: Biden told CNN he would not issue preemptive pardons before leaving office

11:15 pm January 20, 2025

President Biden previously pledged that he would not issue preemptive pardons before leaving office, telling CNN that he would take a “totally different approach” to the justice system compared to then-President Trump. In December 2020, CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Biden if he was concerned about rumors that Trump would dole out a wave of […]

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