US president sweeps away years-long effort to punish those responsible for trying to overturn the 2020 election.United States President Donald Trump has granted clemency to everyone charged over the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol in one of his first official acts in the Oval Office. In a sweeping reversal of the years-long drive to punish those responsible for trying to overturn the outcome of the 2020 US election, Trump on Monday pardoned about 1,500 of his supporters and commuted the sentences of 14 others. “This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the…
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The eighth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes held off a late rally from No. 7 seed Notre Dame to win their ninth national title, 34-23, and become the first champion of the 12-team playoff. Ohio State now has the distinction of being the first champions of the four-team playoff in 2014 and the 12-team playoff in 2024. Here are three takeaways from the first championship game of the 12-team playoff:Knee-jerk reaction: Ohio State is not going anywhereAlthough this was Ohio State’s first national title since 2014, it is hard to imagine the Buckeyes going anywhere anytime soon.The Buckeyes lost two games this…
First, naturally, he gave himself props, saying, “We’re getting great reviews on the speech.”Ever the showman, he said he would give this audience “the A-plus treatment,” not the “A treatment, the B treatment, the C, the D or the F. You know what the F is? ‘Hello, everybody. Thank you for being here. Bye-bye.’” But as we all know, Trump is a man who loves to talk about himself, Castro-esque in his volubility, so he never does an F treatment.He offered the inside story of his Inaugural Address, saying that Melania and JD Vance had persuaded him to take out…
Is starting a business on your agenda in 2025? If you don’t want to launch one of the roughly 20% of businesses that fail within two years, you should consider all of the factors that make or break success.And exactly where you start your business is one of the most essential pieces of the puzzle.Related: Starting a Small Business? Here Are the States Where It’s Most Likely to Survive — and the Least. Entrepreneurs who strategically choose their business’s state, city or neighborhood can benefit from different taxes, zoning regulations and licensing requirements, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
All the planets will appear to line up across the sky towards the end of Februaryalxpin/Getty Images All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known as a great planetary alignment. The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same plane, because they all originally formed from the same disc of debris around the sun. The line the sun traces across the daytime sky, called the ecliptic, aligns with this…
Snow was falling in the Houston area Monday night, forecasters said, as more than 55 million people could be affected by a historic winter storm expected to bring rare snow and frigid temperatures throughout the Gulf Coast region until midweek.The storm will bring snow and ice by Monday night to Houston; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and other cities throughout the South. Both of Houston’s major airports, George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Hobby Airport, said they will suspend flight operations Tuesday starting at midnight.Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry warned Monday that people should stay home and remember to prevent pipes from freezing.“It is extremely…
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for 75 days, even though the law took effect on Sunday and it is unclear that such a move could override it.The order, one of Mr. Trump’s first acts after taking office, instructs the attorney general not to take any action to enforce the law so that his administration has “an opportunity to determine the appropriate course forward.” The order is retroactive to Sunday.As he signed the order, Mr. Trump told reporters that “the U.S. should be entitled to get half of TikTok” if…
COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, I was searching about civil unrest and found that FEMA did a report and cities your models. They even said: ANSWER: Sources are saying that the Democrats, who had planned for a huge protest rally tomorrow, are disappointed again. The crowd is tiny. Our model on political civil unrest, which began with the Kent State Massacre of 1970 against Vietnam, peaked in 2017 with the violent protests in Washington, DC, with Trump’s inauguration. The good news is that the model bottomed in 2021, and here in 2026, it is the first wave up in the next…
On more than one occasion, President Trump has credited his teenage son, Barron, who’s a Freshman at NYU, for his success with capturing the youth vote, particularly the young male vote, after encouraging him to appear on podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, the popular comedian Theo Von’s podcast and others. Tonight, while standing in front of over 40,000 supporters in the Capitol Arena, President Trump gave his youngest son credit for helping him to tap into a key demographic that helped to push him over the finish line. Barron, who in the past, has presented himself as a more…
Carrie Underwood has been praised for turning what could have been an embarrassing moment into a memorable one during President Donald Trump’s inauguration.Underwood was billed to perform “America The Beautiful” at the inauguration but had to endure an awkward wait due to technical difficulties.The country singer was reportedly criticized for accepting to perform at Trump’s inauguration but remained unperturbed, describing it as an honor.Article continues below advertisementTechnical Difficulties Mar Carrie Underwood’s PerformanceUnderwood looked incredibly gorgeous on Monday as she stepped up to perform at the inauguration. She wore a simple but lovely gray sleeveless dress, which she paired with matching…