97 minutes ago Three of the country’s most notorious billionaire rivals will sit together at Trump’s inauguration

For years, the biggest tech giants have battled amongst themselves (remember when Zuckberg and Musk were going to have a cage match?). Now they are coming together in support of the president — and their own interests, writes Io Dodds

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7 hours ago Stephen Colbert on Trump’s legal immunity: ‘A president should be bound by the same laws as everyone else’

Late-night hosts discuss the special counsel report on Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election and Pete Hegseth’s tense confirmation hearingLate-show hosts talk Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration and the latest developments with the Los Angeles wildfires. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Celebrities and tech leaders supporting Donald Trump: Tim Cook donates $1m to inauguration

The Apple chief executive is among OpenAI boss Sam Altman, Amazon, founded by Jeff Bezos, and Meta in handing out cash to the incoming president’s inauguration committee

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16 hours ago Biden's 'sneaky' and 'dirty' plot to slow down Trump on Day One... despite promising a 'smooth' transition

President Joe Biden enacted a series of roadblocks to Donald Trump's agenda to slow down the president-elect in his first days in the White House, despite his public promise to cooperate.

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19 hours ago America's biggest Diet Coke fan Donald Trump receives a special gift for his inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump , a well-known consumer of Coca-Cola products, received his very own bottle of Diet Coke on Tuesday prior to his inauguration.

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21 hours ago The View's Joy Behar launches savage attack on Carrie Underwood's performance at Donald Trump inauguration

The View co-host Joy Behar trashed Carrie Underwood for agreeing to perform at Donald Trump's inaugural before she was contradicted by Whoopi Goldberg and the rest of the panel.

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24 hours ago Mark Zuckerberg will cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cohosting a reception with billionaire Republican donors next week for Donald Trump’s inauguration

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25 hours ago Tech bro enemies Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk jockey for position at Trump’s inauguration

For years, the biggest tech giants have battled amongst themselves (remember when Zuckberg and Musk were going to have a cage match?). Now they are coming together in support of the president — and their own interests, writes Io Dodds

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26 hours ago Speaker Johnson orders Capitol flags raised for Trump’s inauguration despite Jimmy Carter mourning period

Many Republican governors have already said flags would be raised for Donald Trump’s inauguration, despite it happening during a period of mourning for Jimmy Carter

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26 hours ago Whoopi Goldberg defends Carrie Underwood’s decision to perform at Trump’s inauguration: ‘I won’t be watching’

‘The View’ host’s remarks came after the country singer was hit with immense backlash online

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28 hours ago Kamala Harris delivers an extraordinary snub to J.D. Vance by skipping inaugural tradition

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has not received an invitation for a formal sit-down with predecessor, Vice President Kamala Harris, in her latest snub to the incoming administration.

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29 hours ago National Park officials fear they will be stuck in the middle again of Trump’s crowd size boasts

Experts estimate that between 800,000 and 1 million people attended Obama’s 2009 inauguration, compared to about a third of that for Trump in 2017

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29 hours ago Michelle Obama to skip inauguration after absence at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

Former first lady’s office provides no explanation for plan to miss Trump ceremony in unusual break from traditionThe former first lady Michelle Obama will skip Donald Trump’s upcoming presidential inauguration, marking her second absence from a major gathering of US political figures this month.While her husband and former president Barack Obama will join fellow formers Bill Clinton and George W Bush at the 20 January ceremony, Michelle Obama will not be in attendance. Her office provided no explanation for her planned absence from the event at the US Capitol. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago Michelle Obama will skip Donald Trump's inauguration after missing Jimmy Carter's funeral

Former first lady Michelle Obama is skipping President-elect Donald Trump 's inauguration on Monday after missing President Jimmy Carter's funeral last week.

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31 hours ago Move fast, break things – sprint to kiss Trump’s ring. It’s the tech bros inauguration derby | Marina Hyde

Zuckerberg, Musk and Bezos are falling over themselves to suck up to the incoming president. And he’s just as keen to let themOver the past month, we’ve learned that Donald Trump’s inauguration fund has received million-dollar donations from, among others, Google, Meta overlord Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple boss Tim Cook. Hard to know whether it’s encouraging or quite the opposite to find them being so public about it. Traditionally when industrialists have made knee-bending gestures to incoming self-confessed authoritarians, they’ve preferred to do it in a back room somewhere, rather than on a publicly available list that also risks implying they like Carrie Underwood’s music.So let’s deal first with the entertainers. Underwood will perform at Trump’s inauguration, having previously insisted it was absolutely impossible to put her in some kind of ideological box. “I feel like more people try to pin me places politically,” she mused a fe...

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32 hours ago Delay finalising Chagos Islands deal until after Trump inauguration, say Tories

The UK wants to cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius but lease back the strategically important UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

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35 hours ago When will Trump take office? Everything you need to know about the 2025 inauguration

President Donald J. Trump will be sworn-in on January 20, 2025 at noon - wrapping up a spectacular political comeback that was two years, two months and five days in the making.

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37 hours ago Carrie Underwood's 'career is over' after agreeing to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration

Carrie Underwood is set to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration next week, but she has been warned that her 'career is over' after her decision to support him.

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38 hours ago LGBT+ backlash after Village People agree to perform at Trump inauguration events

Decision to sing Y.M.C.A. for Donald Trump’s inauguration marks a huge u-turn by group

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