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Taliban says 2 Americans freed in prisoner swap and Ryan Corbett's family says he's one of them

Afghanistan's Taliban government announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The family of Ryan Corbett says he's one of them.

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Video: Fact Check: Trump’s Inauguration Day

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What Melania Trump, Jill Biden, and other notable guests wore to Donald Trump's inauguration

Melania Trump and Jill Biden both wore outfits by American designers to Donald Trump's inauguration.

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Billionaires got prime seats to Trump's inauguration — ahead of his own cabinet and lawmakers

Trump's inauguration drew a number of business and tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and even TikTok CEO Shou Chew.

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Video: Trump’s Inaugural Address: 2017 vs. 2025

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Joy, Anger and Little Remorse Outside D.C. Jail After Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

Dozens of people with ties to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol gathered outside the detention facility in Washington to celebrate Trump’s pardons of those convicted of crimes that day.

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Trump orders hiring freeze, end to remote work for federal employees

Trump also stripped some civil servants of job protections

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Photos show the biggest moments from Donald Trump's inauguration

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were sworn in on January 20. Photos of Inauguration Day show the biggest moments from the event.

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Michelle Obama posts poignant message as she skips Trump inauguration

Barack Obama attended Trump’s inauguration while wife Michelle decided to skip the ceremony

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New Zealanders Balk at Trump Claim That Americans Split Atom

In his Inaugural Address, Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom, an achievement credited by many to pioneering physicist Ernest Rutherford of New Zealand.

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American held in Afghanistan has been released, his family says

The Taliban had earlier confirmed that it was holding Ryan Corbett, who was arrested in August 2022 and whom the State Department had classified as wrongfully detained.

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Taliban announce the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. In a statement Tuesday, the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S. citizens, but said they were exchanged for Khan Muhammad, who was arrested in eastern Afghanistan two decades

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Fashion Notes: Melania Trump Attends Inaugural Ball in Hervé Pierre Gown

First lady Melania Trump attended inaugural balls in a custom black and white gown by her longtime fashion confidant Hervé Pierre.

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2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap

In exchange, the Biden administration released an Afghan man convicted on narcotics charges in 2008.

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Two Americans released by Taliban in final deal of Biden administration

US national Ryan Corbett released from Taliban detention after 894 days

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Watch: Trump Performs Signature Dance with a Sword at Inauguration Ball

President Donald Trump performed his signature dance while brandishing a sword at the inauguration ball on Monday evening.

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Trump announces US withdrawal from World Health Organization

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts.

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Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen next

President Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years.

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Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump's comments on canal

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control is feeding nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.S. military intervention.

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Another day of ferocious winds forecast for Southern California

A second day of windy and dry conditions is forecast for Southern California

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Trump seeks to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order saying the United States will designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a move that could push a militarized agenda for the border and Latin America.

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Beneath a veneer of calm, Trump's inauguration holds warning signs for US democracy

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed normal, but there were concerns about U.S. democracy lingering just beneath the surface.

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Everything we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

A last-minute delay by Hamas put off the start of the truce by nearly three hours

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Trump Rescinds 78 of Biden's Executive Actions with Stroke of a Pen

President Donald Trump rescinded 78 of former President Joe Biden's executive actions with the stroke of a pen on Monday night.

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Two Americans held in Afghanistan traded for Taliban prisoner in final Biden deal delayed until Trump took office

In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for one Taliban member serving a life sentence in a US prison.

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Analysis: Trump wields huge power to kick start his new ‘Golden Age’

Donald Trump on Monday restored the warp speed presidency.

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Trump signs executive order aimed at weakening federal employee protections

President Donald Trump wasted no time signing an executive order Monday that aims to give him more control over the federal workforce – whom he has long vilified as the “deep state.”

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Trump pulls security clearance of 51 national security officials

The officials previously wrote a letter claiming that Hunter Biden's laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

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Trump makes appearances at several Inaugural Balls around DC after jam-packed first day as POTUS

President Trump visited three inaugural balls around Washington DC on Monday night, after a jam-packed first half-day in office as the 47th president.

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Trump Moves to End Entry Program for Migrants From 4 Nations

The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.

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Trump celebrates with supporters at the inaugural balls

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Ohio State outlasts Notre Dame to take home CFP National Championship

The Buckeyes earned their second national title since the start of the College Football Playoff era.

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Here’s What Trump’s Declaration of an Emergency at the Southern Border Means

Invoking presidential emergency powers gives the president the ability to go around Congress and unlock federal funding to crack down at the border.

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FBI Agents Association 'Outraged' by Biden's Clemency for Leonard Peltier

The FBI Agents Association expressed outrage after Biden granted clemency to activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents.

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Trump is about to be sworn in. Here are all the changes he has promised to make on Day One

Like his predecessors, Trump did little on his first Inauguration Day. Eight years later, Trump has promised a Day One full of executive orders.

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Notre Dame's Leonard can't keep do-it-all pace set in monstrous opening drive of loss to Ohio State

Riley Leonard opened the national championship game with a do-it-all drive that made it appear the Notre Dame quarterback could win the title by himself.

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A Ukrainian drone commander says battlefield tech can change within a month, and the old style of yearslong military contracts can't keep up

Drone makers have to innovate within weeks to counter new enemy techniques, something a three-year contract for a Shahed can't do, the commander said.

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Trump signs order on withdrawing U.S. from the Paris climate agreement again

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Alex Marlow: Biden Pardoned His Own Crime Family 20 Minutes Before Leaving Office

On Monday's "Alex Marlow Show," host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed President Joe Biden's last-minute pardons. Marlow stated, "Right | Clips

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Alex Marlow: Trump’s Speech ‘Called Out All the Bad Guys Right to Their Faces’

On Monday's "Alex Marlow Show," host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed President Donald Trump's Inauguration speech. Marlow said, "He | Clips

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Trump praises defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during ball

President Trump praised defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during his remarks at the Commander in Chief inaugural ball and said he would build "the most powerful military."

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Elon Musk Shares Clip of Nazi-Like Salute, Proclaims ‘Exciting’ Future

The billionaire sparked heated debate over a gesture he made at a rally celebrating Trump’s Inauguration.

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‘No One Cares’: Anti-Trump Inauguration Day Protests In DC Fail To Deliver

Groups opposing Donald Trump's second presidency had plans to "fight back" with thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C. — but that's not what happened.

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Ukraine war live: Germany says Putin is rapidly rearming for possible attack on Nato

Putin replenishing arsenal of missiles and drones from Iran and North Korea, German general says

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Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed in a muted reaction to the U.S. inauguration

Asian shares are mixed in mostly muted trading, despite anticipation for a market reaction to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump

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Watch: President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s Inaugural Ball dance

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Trump rolls out his blueprint on border security, but his orders will face challenges

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to beef up security at the southern border that began taking effect hours after he was inaugurated

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Trump, first lady share first dance at Commander in Chief ball

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump shared a first dance during the Commander in Chief Ball in honor of Trump's inauguration. They were later joined by Vice President Vance and second lady Usha Vance.

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Trump Orders The U.S. Out Of The World Health Organization

Public health experts warn that pulling out of WHO, which Trump attacked for its response to COVID-19, will leave Americans more vulnerable to health threats.

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