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President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives his farewell address Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Biden uses farewell address to warn an ultra-wealthy ‘oligarchy’ and a ‘tech-industrial complex’ are infringing on Americans’ rights

By Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, and others

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, makes a point during an appearance at SIGGRAPH 2024, the premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, Monday, July 29, 2024, in the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Mark Zuckerberg will cohost a Trump inauguration reception along with Republican billionaires

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, and others

President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden to lift Cuba’s state sponsor of terrorism designation in deal to free prisoners—a move likely to be reversed soon under Trump

By Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long, and others

FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith’s much-anticipated report says Trump would have been convicted if he hadn’t been elected

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, and others

This undated photo, provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows an ID belonging to Matthew Livelsberger, found inside a Tesla Cybertruck involved in an explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.

Army Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound before Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas

By Tara Copp, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

A Tesla Cybertruck on fire after detonating outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

Matthew Livelsberger, who died in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas, was a highly decorated Green Beret

By Tara Copp, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he’s a ‘big believer’ in polio vaccine and might pardon NYC Mayor Adams at freewheeling Mar-a-Lago press conference

By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, and others

President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conference on Women’s Health Research from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 in biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history

By Colleen Long and The Associated Press

FILE – Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump will ring NYSE opening bell as he’s named Time’s Person of the Year again

By Michelle L. Price, Colleen Long, and others

President Joe Biden speaks on the South Lawn of the White House during a ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families and advocates, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden decision to break promise on pardoning his son Hunter raises questions about his legacy

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, and others

FILE – Hunter Biden steps into a vehicle as he leaves federal court, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, after pleading guilty to federal tax charges. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter. What does that mean and why did he break his promise not to?

By Colleen Long, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

FILE – President Joe Biden, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

By Zeke Miller, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi

Who is Pam Bondi? Trump’s new AG pick and former impeachment trial lawyer

By Michelle L. Price, Colleen Long, and others

Trump in a MAGA hat

About 1 in 3 of Trump’s cabinet picks have been accused of sexual misconduct

By Colleen Long and The Associated Press

FILE – Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., speaks during a hearing July 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Duffy to be Transportation Secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump’s casting call for administration hopefuls prizes one trait—TV experience

By Colleen Long and The Associated Press