The world’s three wealthiest people are expected to pop up in Washington, D.C., for Donald Trump’s inauguration and surrounding events—joining a long list of other billionaire attendees.

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Author: Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

The Defense Ministry and the IDF have received instructions to prepare for the implementation of the hostage d

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Author: By AMIR BOHBOT

President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for top cabinet positions vowed not to politicize the agencies they would oversee, as they faced friendly questioning from Republican lawmakers in confirmation hearings on Wednesday.

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Author: Patricia Zengerle,Sarah N. Lynch,Jonathan Landay

Deal with Hamas inches closer amid warnings from rightwingers against any hostages-for-peace agreement

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Author: Julian Borger,Lorenzo Tondo

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg is co-hosting a black tie reception on Jan. 20 after President-elect Trump’s inauguration to celebrate the Republican win. The tech giant teamed up with Houston Rockets own…

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Author: Ashleigh Fields

Bondi faces confirmation hearings alongside nominees Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio and CIA pick John Ratcliffe; Joni Ernst signals support for Pentagon pick

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Author: @ChrisJStein

Top Republican officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are poised to begin overhauling the agency’s cryptocurrency policies potentially as early as next week when President-elect Donald Trump takes power, said three people briefed on the matter.

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Author: Hannah Lang,Chris Prentice

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Author: Sky News

The session showcased an utter lack of willingness to take the Senate’s constitutional role seriously.

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Author: Ruth Marcus

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General K…

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Author: Julia Mueller

Texas has a powerful new House speaker after years of escalating Republican infighting. Dustin Burrows won the job on Tuesday with the support of Democrats who favored him over a challenger backed by the GOP’s emboldened hard right.

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Author: NADIA LATHAN

For years, the biggest tech giants have battled amongst themselves (remember when Zuckberg and Musk were going to have a cage match?). Now they are coming together in support of the president — and their own interests, writes Io Dodds

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Author: Io Dodds

Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is facing stiff criticism from Democrats—but most Republicans back him.

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Author: Sara Dorn

Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report, joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday with Steve Spriester and Myra Arthur to discuss the 89th Texas Legislature and react to Speaker Dustin Burrow’s vote.

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Author: KSAT

Just days before his inauguration, US president-elect Donald Trump is yet to publicly state his position on the AUKUS pact, which would see Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines from the US.

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Author: Jade Macmillan

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is cohosting a reception with billionaire Republican donors next week for Donald Trump’s inauguration, the latest sign of the Facebook founder’s embrace of the president-elect.

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Author: CNBC