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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made during his inaugural address

The Associated Press In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. Here’s a look at the facts. Trump repeats unfounded claim about immigrants CLAIM: Trump, […]

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Biden preemptively pardons Milley, Fauci, Jan. 6 panel — and his family

By Sabrina Rodriguez, Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday to retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci, members and staff of the Jan. 6 congressional committee and police officers who testified before the panel, an extraordinary move just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. He also pardoned […]

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Biden preemptively pardons Milley, Fauci, Jan. 6 panel — and his family

By Sabrina Rodriguez, Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday to retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci, members and staff of the Jan. 6 congressional committee and police officers who testified before the panel, an extraordinary move just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. He also pardoned […]

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Advocates will back legislation to expand NM sex ed curriculum

by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico When Jade Waskow attended Albuquerque Public Schools, she took a sexual education course in junior high, but it wasn’t until she was in high school she learned on her own that she is “ace,” or asexual, so sex didn’t really interest her. Her schooling hadn’t even presented her identity […]

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Advocates will back legislation to expand NM sex ed curriculum

by Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico When Jade Waskow attended Albuquerque Public Schools, she took a sexual education course in junior high, but it wasn’t until she was in high school she learned on her own that she is “ace,” or asexual, so sex didn’t really interest her. Her schooling hadn’t even presented her identity […]

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Coldest inauguration forecast since Reagan’s in 1985 forces Trump’s indoors

By Jason Samenow, Ian Livingston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors because of the dangerously cold weather predicted for Monday. Temperatures will not get much above 20 degrees, and, factoring in howling winds, it will feel like the single digits. Trump’s inauguration is poised to be the most frigid since President Ronald […]

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Coldest inauguration forecast since Reagan’s in 1985 forces Trump’s indoors

By Jason Samenow, Ian Livingston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors because of the dangerously cold weather predicted for Monday. Temperatures will not get much above 20 degrees, and, factoring in howling winds, it will feel like the single digits. Trump’s inauguration is poised to be the most frigid since President Ronald […]

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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality. “The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of […]

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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality. “The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of […]

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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban-or-sale law set to start Sunday

By Ann E. Marimow, Cristiano Lima-Strong · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that effectively bans TikTok in the United States on Sunday unless the wildly popular video-sharing app pulls off an unlikely, last-minute divestiture from Chinese ownership. The unanimous decision was a major blow for TikTok, injecting deep uncertainty into […]