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Biden warns against tech ‘oligarchy’ and abuse of power in farewell speech
The president defends his legacy while warning about the ‘tech-industrial complex,’ with veiled references to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
The president defends his legacy while warning about the ‘tech-industrial complex,’ with veiled references to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
The new president will follow a ceremony that has been held 58 times in U.S. history
The Netanyahu government plans to discuss and vote on the terms of the deal on Thursday. In the first of three phases of the plan, Hamas must hand over 33 hostages and Israel must begin a phased withdrawal of its troops in the northern Strip and start releasing Palestinian prisoners
Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism
The measure is being adopted, among other things, to facilitate dialogue between Havana and the Catholic Church for the release of political prisoners
The report by Jack Smith, who resigned last week, claims that the president-elect participated in an ‘unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power’
The bill seeks to expel from the country any undocumented migrant who is arrested or charged with minor crimes, even if they have not been convicted
The world’s largest economy has seen 48 consecutive months of job creation, leaving the unemployment rate at 4.1%
All executive departments and agencies of the federal government will remain closed this Thursday
Two weeks before leaving office, Biden urges Americans to remember the events of January 6, 2021, and issues an executive order halting hydrocarbon exploration along U.S. coastlines
In bitter pill to swallow, Kamala Harris will preside over the session. Meanwhile the president-elect continues to insist that his former vice president, Mike Pence, could have legally stopped the 2020 certification
Some of the individuals convicted for the events of January 6, 2021 are asking the judges for permission to attend the inauguration of the Republican president-elect, who has promised a mass pardon on day one of his return to power
The president-elect threatens a barrage of lawsuits against critical media, while owners of influential newspapers look to bury the hatchet
Bipartisan legislation, signed by President Biden, mandates congressional oversight for third-party spending above $50 million
The president has appointed 235 magistrates, the most in a single term since Jimmy Carter, and expects them to defend the Constitution in the face of the Republican’s return to power
Although defeated in Syria more than five years ago, the Islamic State group remains the standard-bearer of jihadist terrorism, maintaining a powerful online propaganda presence and expanding its influence through growing branches in Africa and Asia
Despite faster processing, more than 3.5 million cases remain open in the country’s immigration courts, representing a potential obstacle to Donald Trump’s deportation plans
Authorities are investigating both the truck attack in New Orleans that left at least 15 dead and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the tycoon’s hotel in Las Vegas as acts of terrorism
Donald Trump won the election with the promise of deporting 11 million migrants, Joe Biden restricted the right to asylum at the border and states like Texas rebelled against Washington’s response to the migration crisis
Approximately 44,000 arrests were recorded in December, extending a six-month downward trend and reaching levels not seen since July 2020, during the previous Trump administration
About to enter its fourth year of conflict, Kyiv sees out 2024 in the face of territorial advances and the military superiority of Russia. Trump’s victory brings the possibility of a negotiated end closer, but Zelenskiy distrusts the Kremlin
Donald Trump, who mocked the former president in October when he turned 100, now says that the United States owes ‘him a debt of gratitude’
The Democrat, whose influence grew after leaving the White House, served only one term (1977-1981), weighed down by inflation and the Iran hostage crisis
The outgoing president, who commuted 37 death sentences to life imprisonment without parole, excluded three prisoners due to the severity of their crimes and four others convicted by military courts
The president has the change of power in the White House and the controversy over the reelection of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela as the main international challenges her administration faces at the start of 2025
Democrat Eric Adams criticizes Biden administration to curry favor with the president-elect on the eve of being tried for corruption
With Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House, desperation is growing among the beneficiaries of immigration relief programs that the tycoon has promised not to renew