5 hours ago Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address

President sounds alarm about growing power of ultra-wealthy before handing presidency back to TrumpJoe Biden’s final address to the nation struck an ominous tone after warning of the growing power of America’s ultra-wealthy, and cautioning that an emerging oligarchy threatens the foundations of US democracy.The Wednesday prime-time Oval Office speech came as Biden prepares to hand the presidency back to Donald Trump, who he defeated in 2020 only to see return to power after Biden’s own dramatic exit from politics last summer. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Biden farewell speech live updates: Biden calls for Constitutional amendment ending presidential immunity

President Joe Biden warned ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ during his final address from the Oval Office

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5 hours ago Biden farewell speech live updates: President warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’

President Joe Biden warned ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ during his final address from the Oval Office

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8 hours ago Joe Biden pens 'farewell letter' to all Americans and takes brutal swipe at Donald Trump

President Joe Biden's final words to Americans included a reminder about the 'attack on democracy' sparked by fanatical Donald Trump supporters before Mr Biden took office in 2021

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5 hours ago Biden warns of dangerous threat of new age of ‘robber barons’ in final presidential address

Biden warns of ‘tech industrial complex’ danger to democracy as he closes a half-century in public life with Oval Office address

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10 hours ago Key takeaways from Trump's energy secretary pick's confirmation hearing

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he would promote all sources of American energy, while also acknowledging the burning of fossil fuels causes climate change

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19 hours ago Why is TikTok being banned in America and what happens next with ruling days away?

The proposed TikTok ban would take effect on January 19 - a day before Trump takes power.

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12 hours ago Trump takes full credit for ‘EPIC’ ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas

Ceasefire expected to be formally announced later today

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18 hours ago Trump’s attorney general pick to face scrutiny on first day of Senate hearing

Pam Bondi, first female Florida attorney general and Trump loyalist, will answer if she can resist White House pressurePam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is expected to face scrutiny on Wednesday during the first day of her confirmation hearing about her ability to resist the White House from exerting political pressure on the justice department.The hearing, before the Senate judiciary committee, comes at a crunch time for the department, which has faced unrelenting criticism from Trump after its prosecutors charged him in two federal criminal cases and is about to see Trump’s personal lawyers in those cases take over key leadership positions. Continue reading...

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