WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work. A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection Monday just after Trump was sworn in let...
Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pardoned five members of his family in his last minutes in office, saying in a statement that he did so not because they did anything wrong but because he feared political attacks from incoming President Donald Trump. “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks...
National Championship Game on Tap as Notre Dame and Ohio State Close a Long, Strange Football Season
ATLANTA — The curtain comes down Monday night on the longest, strangest college football season anyone has ever seen. About the only thing that feels normal about it are the teams playing for the title: Ohio State and Notre Dame. Two of the country's most storied programs are set to...
Ceasefire: Hamas Returns 3 Israeli Hostages, Israel Frees 90 Palestinian Prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank — After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners walked free from Israeli jail, leaving both Israelis and Palestinians torn between celebration and trepidation as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday. The...
MLK Day Kicks Off at King’s Atlanta Congregation With Daughter’s Warning About Anti-Woke Rhetoric
ATLANTA — A massive 70-member choir belted out "Hallelujah" to open a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest daughter warning against anti-woke rhetoric. The service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta was among the most...
What Is an Executive Order? A Look at Trump’s Tool for Quickly Reshaping Government
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order. He's looking on his first day to increase domestic energy production and stop diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government, among other...
Trump Returns to Power After Unprecedented Comeback, Emboldened to Reshape US
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, promising a "revolution of common sense" and taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country's institutions. Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win...
Trump to Release Records on the Assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King
Donald Trump has said that once he is sworn in as president Monday, he will quickly release records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as part of measures to restore confidence in government. The assassinations,...
Josh Allen Advances While Lamar Jackson Goes Home, Carrying the Burden of Another Playoff Loss
Either Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen had to lose. Allen played a cleaner game, so he’s advancing with the Buffalo Bills to face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. Turnovers were the difference in both divisional playoff games on Sunday. The Bills had none...
Bitcoin Soars Past $109,000 Ahead of Possible Early Action on Crypto by Trump
WASHINGTON — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry bets he'll take action soon after returning to the White House. Once a skeptic who said a few years ago that bitcoin “ seems like a scam,” Trump...