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Trump offered a bountiful batch of campaign promises that come due on Day 1
Donald Trump has given voters a hefty list of promises, and many of them come due right away
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As Biden warns of an 'oligarchy,' Trump will be flanked by tech billionaires at his inauguration
The super-rich have long played a role in U.S. politics but have an unusually prominent spot in incoming President Donald Trump's new administration
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Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney enters race to be Canada’s next prime minister
Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada’s central bank, says he is entering the race to be Canada’s next prime minister following the resignation of Justin Trudeau
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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff
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Arkansas governor wants to revive state's Medicaid work requirements under Trump administration
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders hopes to bring back work requirements for some people on its Medicaid program
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Trump picks a former air crewman and space expert to head the Air Force
President-elect Donald Trump has named Troy Meink, a former Air Force KC-135 tanker navigator and former deputy of the National Reconnaissance Office, as his choice to serve as the top civilian leader for the Air Force
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Speaker Johnson appoints new Intelligence chairman after surprise shakeup
House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas as the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
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Trump's EPA nominee stays vague on plans as senators press him on climate views
Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, is promising to preserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy.”
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Nazi flag-bearing man gets 8 years in prison for truck crashing near White House
A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House has been sentenced to eight years in prison
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US recovers $31 million in federal payments to dead people
Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper federal payments to dead people
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