Credit: The White House President Trump’s inauguration last week set viewership records with an estimated 80.7 million viewers, the President announced. The previous record is held by Ronald Reagan, who had an estimated 41.8 million television viewers for his first inauguration. Trump nearly doubled this number. Trump’s inauguration ceremony was originally planned for the West Front of the U.S. Capitol but was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to frigid weather conditions. Despite the limited attendance in the Rotunda, thousands packed into the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, and attended watch parties across the country to watch the historic…
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Miley Cyrus has reportedly decided to stay away from the ongoing drama in her family.The famous Cyrus Family has dominated headlines following its patriarch, Billy Ray Cyrus’s performance during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities.Following the performance, Billy’s adopted son, Trace, expressed concerns for him, claiming he wasn’t healthy, leading to family drama spilling out on social media.Article continues below advertisementMiley Cyrus Is ‘Looking Out For Herself’ Amid Family DramaMEGAMiley has been involved in family drama in the past and didn’t like the experience. Hence, she is doing all she can to avoid the ongoing one involving her father and siblings.An…
SYDNEY: Australia’s southeast sweltered in a heatwave on Monday (Jan 27), raising the bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for several parts of Victoria state. The extreme temperatures brought back memories of the catastrophic 2019-2020 “Black Summer” that saw fires destroy an area the size of Turkey, killing 33 people and billions of animals. On Monday, the nation’s weather forecaster warned that the temperature could reach 41 degrees Celsius in Victoria’s capital Melbourne, more than 14 degrees Celsius above the city’s mean maximum temperature for January. Authorities rated the fire danger at extreme, the second-highest danger rating,…
The United States and Colombia have announced tit-for-tat tariffs amid a spat over Bogota’s refusal to accept the return of migrants being deported under United States President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Trump on Sunday slapped tariffs and visa restrictions on Latin America’s third-most populous country after Colombian President Gustavo Petro turned away two US military aircraft carrying deportees. The US will immediately impose a 25 percent “emergency” tariff on all Colombian imports, which will be raised to 50 percent in a week, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. Petro swiftly announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 50…
The Kansas City Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl for a third year in a row and will have a chance to become the first team to ever win three in a row. They punched their ticket to their latest Super Bowl on Sunday with a 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills.They will play the Philadelphia Eagles in two weeks. Here are some takeaways from their latest AFC Championship Game win. Knee-jerk reaction: The Chiefs are inevitable It does not matter what flaws the roster has or how many question marks you might have about them. It does not matter how…
With President Trump back in the White House, it should be abundantly clear that “establishment liberalism” is no longer viable. We need a new liberalism that is more faithful to its original values but adapted to our times.Establishment liberalism is liberalism as it came to be practiced in the mainstream of Western countries and their institutions throughout the post-World War II era, by both center-right and center-left parties.But a renewed liberalism must rediscover its most inspiring roots: an energy coming from opposition to the unfair and unrestrained use of power; a commitment to freedom of thought and celebration of different…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Success in sales is not just about charisma or closing techniques — it’s about understanding the psychology of your customers and guiding them through a structured process. One such process is called the Four Boxes, a step-by-step approach designed to help sales professionals build trust, overcome customer objections, and achieve higher close rates. Here’s a breakdown of how it works:1. The introduction (10% of the sales process)Your introduction sets the tone for the entire sales interaction. This is your opportunity to overcome every customer’s first objection: an inherent mistrust toward salespeople. Building…
A generic drug is pharmacologically identical to its counterpart branded medicationAegeanBlue/Getty Images Drugs seem to cause worse side effects if people think they are cheap. This finding could encourage doctors to explain to people that treatments can be effective and safe regardless of whether they are trademarked brands or less expensive copies. “Most people have heard of the placebo effect,” says Kate Faasse at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. “It’s this idea that you can take a sugar pill, think it will work, and it’s going to cause health improvement.” Source link
CHICAGO — Immigration enforcement operations unfolded across multiple cities Sunday, marking what President Donald Trump has called the beginning of an era of mass deportations that would primarily target migrants with criminal backgrounds but in which concerns remain that migrants with no criminal histories will be swept up, as well.Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, told NBC News on Sunday that several people convicted of serious offenses, including murder and sex crimes, were apprehended. He added that collateral arrests — detentions of people without criminal convictions who were present during the raids — would occur. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in…
On Tuesday, the day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, many Instagram and Facebook users found themselves following him on the social media apps even though they had not signed up to do so.What gives?Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said it was part of a regular process in which White House social media accounts are handed over when a new president takes office. It added that there were some other bugs in the process that may have mucked up the gears of the transition.Let’s walk through what happened.Why am I following Donald Trump, Melania Trump and JD…