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Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration

By Emily Davies, Ellie Silverman, Michael Brice-Saddler · The Washington Post (c) 2025  Applications for protest permits have been slow. The hotline for tickets has been loud. The run of show for this year’s presidential inauguration is by official estimations expected to be surprisingly routine for a city that has seen only high-drama or disrupted swearing-ins since President Barack […]

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Rubio nomination complicated by attack on Musk’s Tesla and China’s ban

By Michael Kranish · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When Sen. Marco Rubio escalated hisbroadsides against the Chinese government over what he called a “grotesque campaign of genocide” against Uyghur Muslims, Beijing responded in 2020 with an extraordinary rebuke: banning the Florida Republicanfrom the country. Afterward, Rubio not only accelerated his criticism – pushinglegislation that banned imports fromthe Xinjiang […]

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Rubio nomination complicated by attack on Musk’s Tesla and China’s ban

By Michael Kranish · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When Sen. Marco Rubio escalated hisbroadsides against the Chinese government over what he called a “grotesque campaign of genocide” against Uyghur Muslims, Beijing responded in 2020 with an extraordinary rebuke: banning the Florida Republicanfrom the country. Afterward, Rubio not only accelerated his criticism – pushinglegislation that banned imports fromthe Xinjiang […]

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Cannon temporarily blocks report on Trump classified-documents probe

By Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The federal judge in Florida who dismissed Donald Trump’s indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing the findings of that investigation. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon barred Smith and Attorney General Merrick […]

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Cannon temporarily blocks report on Trump classified-documents probe

By Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The federal judge in Florida who dismissed Donald Trump’s indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing the findings of that investigation. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon barred Smith and Attorney General Merrick […]

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After a last visit from Biden’s team, India readies itself for Trump

By Karishma Mehrotra · The Washington Post (c) 2025 NEW DELHI – On Monday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan announced in New Delhi a last hurrah for a bilateral relationship that he has personally worked hard to cement. “The United States is now finalizing the necessary steps to remove long-standing regulations that have prevented civil nuclear […]