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President Trump issued pardons Monday night to hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — staying true to his promise to grant clemency to people involved in halting the counting of Electoral College votes that day. Read More.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attempted to stop the federal rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine six months after it began. The son of the former United States Attorney General and Donald Trump 's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services has faced backlash over his views on vaccines in general . Read More.

The president-elect is scheduled to first start the day with a church service near the White House and a tea before heading to the U.S. Capitol for the swearing-in Read More.

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen said her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, on January 21 in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon. Read More.

President-elect Donald Trump has cried foul over the FBI shuttering its diversity, equity and inclusion wing just before his return to the White House . Read More.

Total number of pardons and commutations issued by US president is now higher than any of his predecessors Read More.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to skip President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, while former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama are not expected to attend the post-swearing-in luncheon at the US Capitol. Read More.

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance Read More.

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Canada’s energy minister came to Washington this week to warn U.S. lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs threat on Canada: They’d inflict economic pain on Americans, with higher prices and job losses. Read More.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) reportedly announced that she will be supporting Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, to be confirmed. Read More.

Vice President Kamala Harris has declined the traditional invite for her successor, JD Vance, to visit the vice presidential residence ahead of the president-elect’s inauguration. Read More.

Puerto Rico's governor has called on President-elect Donald Trump to respond after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called for an invasion of the island territory. Read More.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he plans to create an “External Revenue Service” to collect revenue from tariffs and duties from other countries, even though it was quickly pointed out that the United States government already has an agency tasked with such a job. Read More.

The Supreme Court turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government, marking a small victory for land conservation advocates who worry that similar efforts may escalate in a Republican-controlled Washington. Read More.