Full Timeline: Trump's Historic Inauguration

Full Timeline: Trump's Historic Inauguration

Mateo Guillamont
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January 20, 2025
Inauguration Day :President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in today as the United States’ 47th president.  President Trump was re-elected to the presidency after losing the 2020 elections to President Joe Biden.  Some have qualified Trump’s return as “the greatest political comeback in American history.”  Today, Trump will officially become the 47th US […]
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SCOTUS Upholds 'Divest or Disappear' TikTok Law as Trump Vows to 'Preserve' Chinese Social Media Platform

SCOTUS Upholds 'Divest or Disappear' TikTok Law as Trump Vows to 'Preserve' Chinese Social Media Platform

Mateo Guillamont
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January 18, 2025
The US Supreme Court unanimously rejected a first-amendment challenge brought by TikTok against a recently passed law mandating ByteDance, its parent company, divest from the app or cease operating it.  ByteDance now has until Sunday to divest from TikTok lest it be granted a one-time 90 day extension by the President.  President-elect Donald Trump, who’s […]
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FBI DEI Policies Under Scrutiny From Conservative Lawmakers

FBI DEI Policies Under Scrutiny From Conservative Lawmakers

Mateo Guillamont
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January 17, 2025
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has caught conservative lawmakers’ attention as it shutters its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives prior to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.  The FBI recently decided to shut down its DEI central office prior to President Trump’s inauguration on January 20th.  FBI DEI initiatives have been subject to harsh criticism […]
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Moody Pledges to 'Deliver on The Trump Mandate'

Moody Pledges to 'Deliver on The Trump Mandate'

Mateo Guillamont
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January 17, 2025
U.S. Senator and former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has assured Floridians she intends to fully support President-elect Donald Trump’s policies in her new role as US Senator.  “In the U.S. Senate, I will support President Donald Trump and fight for legislation that strengthens the border, builds the wall, and removes those who entered unlawfully,” […]
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Biden Set to Depart the White House With a Gloomy December Consumer Price Index Report

Biden Set to Depart the White House With a Gloomy December Consumer Price Index Report

Mateo Guillamont
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January 16, 2025
President Joe Biden is facing renewed criticism for his economic policies following the recently released Consumer Price Index’s (CPI) December 2024 report.  The CPI report outlines inflation rose 2.9% for the month of December, increasing the accumulated inflation Americans experienced under President Biden to 20.7%.  Conservatives have consistently criticized Biden’s economic policies as inciting inflation […]
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Israel and Hamas Strike Ceasefire Deal With Help From Biden and Trump

Israel and Hamas Strike Ceasefire Deal With Help From Biden and Trump

Mateo Guillamont
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January 15, 2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal brokered by President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump’s teams.  President Biden announced the deal, which President Trump claimed “could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November.” Biden explained his team worked with Trump to represent the United States as “one […]
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After 4-Hour-Plus Hearing, Hegseth Heads to Approval Vote by Senate

After 4-Hour-Plus Hearing, Hegseth Heads to Approval Vote by Senate

Mateo Guillamont
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January 15, 2025
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth faced hours of questioning from Republican and Democrat Senators in the Senate’s Armed Services Committee. “USA, USA, USA,” chanted Hegseth’s supporters as he entered the confirmation hearing.  Hegseth has recently enjoyed a groundswell of conservative support following increasing criticism of his nomination by Democrats and some conservatives.  However, Hegseth […]
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Floridians Set to Control House Foreign Affairs Committee

Floridians Set to Control House Foreign Affairs Committee

Mateo Guillamont
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January 14, 2025
Representatives Cory Mills (R-FL) and Maria-Elvira Salazar (R-FL), under the direction of Representative Brian Mast (R-FL), have been selected as subcommittee chairs for their respective subcommittees within the House Foreign Affairs committee.  The slate grants Floridian lawmakers control over nearly one third of the subcommittees of a committee already led by a Floridian lawmaker: Representative […]
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Trump Fumes at Special Counsel Smith's Last Condemning Report

Trump Fumes at Special Counsel Smith's Last Condemning Report

Mateo Guillamont
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January 14, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump fiercely attacked former Special Counsel Jack Smith after the latter’s final report on his investigation and prosecution of the former president was published.  Special Counsel Smith had prosecuted President Trump for the latter’s alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and wrongfully retaining classified documents.  Smith dropped charges against Trump following […]
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Trump Becomes First President to be Criminally Sentenced

Trump Becomes First President to be Criminally Sentenced

Mateo Guillamont
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January 10, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump became the first president to be criminally sentenced after the US Supreme Court declined to stay sentencing in his New York ‘hush-money’ criminal case.  President Trump had argued sentencing would unduly burden his presidency and should therefore be halted.  The Supreme Court, however, disagreed.  In a brief one-paragraph memo, the court argued […]
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Chaos in Venezuela as Machado is Violently Detained on Eve of Innaguration

Chaos in Venezuela as Machado is Violently Detained on Eve of Innaguration

Mateo Guillamont
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January 9, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was violently detained by Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s security forces, as reported by local media. Machado was leading global rallies to dispute Dictator Maduro’s planned January 10th inauguration when she was abruptly sequestered.  According to Democratic opposition forces, Machado was released after being forced to film a series of videos, […]
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Musk Points to

Musk Points to "Excessive Regulation" as Fueling Wildfires in California

Mateo Guillamont
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January 9, 2025
Tesla founder and tech billionaire Elon Musk is blaming excessive regulation for enabling the ongoing California wildfire crisis. According to Musk, California’s environmental regulations are preventing sufficient water quantities from flowing to local communities to fight these wildfires while also inhibiting them from clearing biomass, such as dead trees and shrubs, that fuel wildfires. “Take […]
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Trump Slams Newson, Blames His Water Management Policies For Permitting Wildfires

Trump Slams Newson, Blames His Water Management Policies For Permitting Wildfires

Mateo Guillamont
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January 8, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump is blaming California Governor Gavin Newsom’s water management policies as partly exacerbating the ongoing wildfire crisis in the state.  President Trump’s comments have poured gasoline over the flames of the political and natural crisis Governor Newsom is facing as his administration struggles to combat raging wildfires in Southern California. According to local […]
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'Defeat ISIS' Campaign Underway as Biden Pledges $8 Billion in Israel Aid

'Defeat ISIS' Campaign Underway as Biden Pledges $8 Billion in Israel Aid

Mateo Guillamont
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January 8, 2025
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has released reports describing its ‘Defeat ISIS’ (D-ISIS) operation in Iraq and Syria.  D-ISIS included US-led operations against ISIS strongholds in the Hamrin mountains of Iraq and the Dayr az-Zawr region of Syria. According to CENTCOM, ISIS forces garrisoned inside a cave attacked US and allied forces during the operations. In […]
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House GOP Passes Laken Riley Immigration Bill as First Act of The Year

House GOP Passes Laken Riley Immigration Bill as First Act of The Year

Mateo Guillamont
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January 8, 2025
The US House of Representatives has passed the Laken Riley Act, an immigration enforcement bill named after a US student who was murdered by an illegal alien at the University of Georgia last February.  Riley was murdered by Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, after he was reportedly released into the US under President […]
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Florida Lawmakers Meet With Venezuelan President-Elect

Florida Lawmakers Meet With Venezuelan President-Elect

Mateo Guillamont
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January 7, 2025
Venezuelan President-elect Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia recently met with Florida lawmakers during his diplomatic trip to Washington, D.C. President-elect Gonzalez met with lawmakers prior to his return to Venezuela on January 10th to demand he be inaugurated as Venezuela’s legitimate president.  Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado also virtually joined the meetings, which Gonzalez described as demonstrating […]
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First US Bird Flu Fatality Recorded as Biden Ramps up Precautionary Spending

First US Bird Flu Fatality Recorded as Biden Ramps up Precautionary Spending

Mateo Guillamont
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January 6, 2025
Louisiana has reported the first confirmed death of a US citizen from bird flu, also known as the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1. The death comes after President Joe Biden recently directed hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to preparing for an HPAI outbreak.  The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) broke the news, […]
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Venezuelan President-Elect to Meet With US Lawmakers Prior to Facing Maduro

Venezuelan President-Elect to Meet With US Lawmakers Prior to Facing Maduro

Mateo Guillamont
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January 6, 2025
Venezuelan President-elect Edmundo Gonzalez-Urrutia will visit US lawmakers in Washington, D.C. this week prior to leaving for Venezuela and facing Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro.  Gonzalez is reportedly scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders as he prepares to return to Venezuela on January 10th and demand he be inaugurated as Venezuela’s legitimate […]
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