Watch: Biden leaves Washington after Trump’s swearing-in ceremony
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Highlights from Trump’s inauguration eve rally
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Why Trump supporters see sunshine in Trump’s dark and foreboding speeches
The first time Donald Trump gave an inaugural address, official Washington winced. It was a scorching and dystopian assessment of what he cast as a country in ruins — this “American carnage,” Trump said. And it was, as George W. Bush reportedly called it, “some weird shit.” But that’s not how much of Trump’s MAGA…
Baby, baby: Is having children the new political battleground?
In recent elections, having babies seems to be becoming a big topic. For example, over 3 lakh babies were born in Delhi in 2022 and 2023, and the BJP has promised ₹21,000 to pregnant women…
Baby, baby
Is fertility the new poll battleground? What netagiri ignores is the cost of childbearing borne by women Over 3L babies were born in Delhi in both 2022 and 2023. It’s a safe bet that some…
Trump says he will ‘probably’ travel to California next week after LA fires
President-elect Donald Trump will “probably” travel to Southern California next week, he told NBC News, making the likely first trip of his second term to the liberal stronghold still reeling from some of the worst wildfires in its history. In a wide-ranging phone interview on Saturday with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, Trump said…
Trump hires fed-firing mastermind
President-elect Donald Trump is bringing back a senior White House official who led his first-term push to make it easier to fire civil servants. James Sherk, who served as a special assistant on domestic policy during Trump’s first term, will return to serve in the White House Domestic Policy Council, Trump announced Saturday. Sherk has…
Freebies to be or not to be
In view of increasingly aggressive competitive welfarism and law of diminishing returns staring them in the face, strategists of political parties were in huddle. They were asked to suggest new vote-catching promises to be included…
Democrats look to inject fresh energy into the LGBTQ+ movement
It’s been a dozen years since the Stonewall Democrats, a once-prominent LGBTQ+ rights group, went defunct. But now, on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a new coalition of state-level advocacy groups is reestablishing a national presence to gird against the incoming president and a Republican-controlled Congress. The group, the National Federation of Stonewall Democrats,…
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…