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☆ The Week in Pictures: Bernie's mittens and Trump's snub
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -0.87 time to read: 1 min

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania are greeted by Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, their children, Eric and Donald Jr., Tiffany Trump and other Trump family members on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan. 20. In a break with tradition, Trump departed for Florida and did not attend his successor's inauguration. The Trump years in pictures: From the Women's March to the Capitol riot

Persons: Donald Trump, Melania, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Eric, Donald Jr, Tiffany Trump, Trump Organizations: Base Andrews Locations: Maryland, Florida

☆ Trump reportedly granted Secret Service protections to all his adult children and 3 top officials before he left the White House. It will cost US taxpayers millions.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-21 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump granted extended Secret Service protections to his four adult children and their spouses before he left the White House, The Washington Post reported. The extended security detail could cost taxpayers millions of dollars, especially given the amount of traveling that the Trump children do related to the family company. Former President Donald Trump extended Secret Service protections for all of his adult children and their spouses, as well as three top administration officials, just before leaving the White House, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Trump isn't the first president to extend Secret Service protections to those who aren't automatically entitled to receive them. Just hours before, Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump left the White House aboard Marine One to Palm Beach, Florida.

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☆ A billionaire New York hedge-fund CEO just dropped $20 million on a Miami Beach mansion as Wall Street firms plan moves to Florida
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-21 | by ( Katie Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

New York hedge-fund executive Dan Loeb has picked up a Miami Beach mansion for $20 million, Katherine Kallergis reported for The Real Deal. Last summer, Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner paid $23.5 million for a home on North Bay Road. At the end of December, supermodel Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber paid $10 million for a teardown. That same week, it was reported that Kushner's brother, Joshua Kushner, had bought a home in Miami Beach with wife Karlie Kloss earlier in the year. In December, an unnamed private equity executive from New York dropped $33 million on a Miami Beach penthouse, and a former Goldman Sachs executive paid $11 million for a Miami Beach home.

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☆ From Commander in Chief to Interloper in Palm Beach
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-21 | by ( Patricia Mazzei | Julia Echikson | ) www.nytimes.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +2 min

But few people expect Mr. Trump’s presence to remain low-key for long. Several of Mr. Trump’s children and associates are also decamping to South Florida. Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, have been spotted house-hunting in Jupiter, where The Palm Beach Post reported that some neighbors were already objecting to the couple’s possible presence. Michael Barnett, the chairman of the Palm Beach County Republican Party, said he had fielded calls in recent days from reporters from as far away as Germany and Japan asking about Mr. Trump’s post-presidency plans and the local G.O.P.’s political future. “The bad news is he’s going to be in our backyard.”Ms. Rizzo noted that some local Republicans have left the party since the insurrection at the Capitol — 1,488, according to the Palm Beach County elections supervisor’s office.

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☆ Elation and speculation, after Trump's last-minute protected status for Venezuelans
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Carmen Sesin | Carmen Sesin Is A Reporter Based In Miami. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump’s move to extend protected status to Venezuelans hours before leaving office has generated praise and speculation over the timing of the move. Venezuelan exiles have been among Trump’s most loyal supporters and are elated over the last-minute move. For years, Republican and Democratic members of Congress lobbied for the protected status. Moving to the Deferred Enforced Departure program for Venezuelans stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s hard-line immigration policies. Speculation over timingThere has been speculation over the timing of the executive order and the possibility of Trump’s daughter Ivanka running for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida.

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☆ Trump pardons former editor of Kushner-owned newspaper
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +1 min

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner attend the departure ceremony of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaNEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Kurson, a family friend of Donald Trump and editor of a New York newspaper once owned by the former U.S. president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was among those pardoned by Trump in his final hours in office. Kurson, a political consultant and former speechwriter for Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, served as editor in chief of the Kushner-owned newspaper The Observer from 2013 until he stepped down in 2017. The Observer endorsed Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Prosecutors began investigating Kurson in 2018 following a background check reportedly related to Trump’s nomination of him to the board of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Salomon Melgen: Trump commuted the prison sentence of Melgen, an eye doctor and major Democratic donor convicted of defrauding Medicare patients. Urlacher faced two counts in the case, each of which had carried a potential prison sentence of five years. Here is the full list, as provided by the White House:Abel Holtz – President Trump granted a full pardon to Abel Holtz. Jaime A. Davidson – President Trump commuted the sentence of Jaime A. Davidson. Those assisted by Ms. Povah’s organization include Ms. Adrianne Miller, whose remaining prison sentence the President commuted.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued a wave of pardons Tuesday night, using the final hours of his presidency to grant clemency to 143 people, including former top White House aide Steve Bannon, according to a list made public by the White House on Wednesday morning. Broidy was a top fundraiser for Trump and the Republican Party who pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws. "He appreciates President Trump for taking the time to recognize that he can contribute to society in a meaningful way." Steve Bannon is getting a pardon from Trump after defrauding Trump’s own supporters into paying for a wall that Trump promised Mexico would pay for. In November, Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

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☆ Trump issues pardons and commutations in a final wave of executive clemency grants before leaving office
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

President Trump issued pardons and commutations on Tuesday as one of his final actions in office. President Donald Trump issued a slow trickle of pardons and commutations late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, as one of his final acts before he leaves office on Wednesday. Names on the list included:George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign foreign policy aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the Mueller probe. Alex van der Zwaan, a Dutch lawyer who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the Mueller probe. Former Republican congressman Chris Collins, who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI and conspiring to commit securities fraudFormer Republican congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds.

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☆ Trump's last minute pardons include a guy who shared Google's trade secrets with Uber, a snake smuggler, and a man charged with cyberstalking a doctor
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Julie Gerstein | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

President Donald Trump's final list of pardons was released on Tuesday night and included more than 140 people. Many on the list were low-level non-violent drug offenders, but Trump also offered pardons and clemency to some surprising figures. Among the list are a one-time Trump administration nominee, a snake smuggler, and a former Google exec convicted of stealing company secrets. Trump granted him a full pardon. (Johnson was granted a full pardon by Trump in 2020 after she spoke at the Republican National Convention on his behalf.)

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ImageBiden’s first day, Trump’s lastJoe Biden will be sworn in as president of the United States today at around noon Eastern in Washington. President Trump won’t be there either, as he and many of his supporters continue to tout false claims about the election. After leaving office, Mr. Trump faces a financial minefield, with significant debts coming due on commercial properties that he personally guaranteed. Mr. Biden’s White House will impose stricter coronavirus testing, social distancing and mask wearing. In photos and headlines: Follow Mr. Biden’s road to the presidency in this illustrated timeline and revisit the biggest front-page displays of Mr. Trump’s term.

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☆ President Joe Biden just inherited the @POTUS Twitter handle — but he didn't get its more than 33 million followers
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Katie Canales | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

The millions of followers on the official presidential accounts, including @POTUS, didn't transfer to Biden on Wednesday. Trump inherited almost 14 million followers from Obama in 2017, and that count quickly increased after Inauguration Day. That won't be the case now that President Biden has inherited the @POTUS handle, according to Biden's digital director, Rob Flaherty. The @POTUS account had about 33 million followers as of Wednesday morning. After Biden's swearing in, the following count was wiped clear, but it quickly regained about 1 million followers by noon.

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☆ Trump didn't pardon himself. Here's the massive tsunami of legal peril that now awaits him.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +20 min

Former President Donald Trump faces numerous legal issues at the federal and state levels that could last for years. Trump could face criminal and civil matters at the federal, state, and local levels. By doing so, the now ex-president opened himself up to federal, state, and local prosecution for election-law violations, several election-law experts told Insider. Whether Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr does anything is another matter. Three Democratic members of Congress, in two separate requests filed in late December, have asked the Department of Justice and Federal Election Commission to investigate whether the company violated election laws.

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☆ Despite a historic inauguration, legendary investor Ellen Pao is not optimistic about tech's relationship with the new White House
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Candy Cheng | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

Legendary investor Ellen Pao thinks Silicon Valley could butt heads with Biden's administration. Legendary and sometimes controversial investor Ellen Pao has never been one to shy away from her opinions. She lost the case but the conversations Pao started with the suit stirred Silicon Valley to look at gender inequality in tech, venture capital, and beyond. While she says she's optimistic that the new White House will have a more collaborative relationship with Silicon Valley, Pao says much of the damage has already been done by big tech companies that have been unregulated for too long. Despite a new president in the White House, Pao does not expect big tech's relationship to change anytime soon.

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☆ McConnell and Schumer will meet to discuss power sharing agreement for the Senate
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

"I feel good about where we are on security," Blunt told reporters when asked if he has any concerns. So I'm feeling good about it, but I'm staying totally focused on that as much as I can," he added. Share this -What Trump's doing on his final full day in office After four turbulent years, Tuesday is President Trump's final full day in office. The president has not been seen publicly in a week and he has no public events on his schedule. Matt Dunham / AP file LONDON — The Trump Baby Blimp will live on long after its namesake has left the White House.

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☆ Sen. Blunt, who oversees inaugural ceremony: 'I feel good about where we are on security'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

SEE NEW POSTSSen. Blunt, who oversees inaugural ceremony: 'I feel good about where we are on security' Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., the chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, said Tuesday that he feels "good" about security at the Capitol for the inauguration on Wednesday. "I feel good about where we are on security," Blunt told reporters when asked if he has any concerns. So I'm feeling good about it, but I'm staying totally focused on that as much as I can," he added. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., meanwhile, said on MSNBC that she thinks the heightened security measures will have to stay in place for the time being. Share this -What Trump's doing on his final full day in office After four turbulent years, Tuesday is President Trump's final full day in office.

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☆ Who is future first lady Dr. Jill Biden?
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

SEE NEW POSTSWhat Trump's doing on his final full day in office After four turbulent years, Tuesday is President Trump's final full day in office. The president has not been seen publicly in a week and he has no public events on his schedule. In either case, it would be a downgrade, after advisers, just last week, suggested Trump host Biden at the White House for a meeting, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. But Biden has this going for him after he takes the oath of office on Wednesday: one clear job — to get vaccines into as many American arms as possible. Matt Dunham / AP file LONDON — The Trump Baby Blimp will live on long after its namesake has left the White House.

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☆ What Trump's doing on his final full day in office
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +8 min

SEE NEW POSTSWhat Trump's doing on his final full day in office After four turbulent years, Tuesday is President Trump's final full day in office. The president has not been seen publicly in a week and he has no public events on his schedule. Share this -As Trump's top diplomat, Pompeo sought to position himself as the president's successor In the final days of Donald Trump's presidency, one top deputy has remained steadfastly loyal, even as others have distanced themselves or resigned in protest. Share this -By the numbers: A statistical look at Trump's four years in office The Dow Jones Average has increased by more than 10,000 points since outgoing President Donald Trump’s inauguration four years ago. These numbers tell only part of the story of Trump’s presidency, failing to capture the tweets, controversies, Supreme Court nominations and impeachments — plural — during his four years in the Oval Office.

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☆ Pompeo denounces multiculturalism on last full day as secretary of state
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +8 min

SEE NEW POSTSPompeo denounces multiculturalism on last full day as secretary of state Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized “multiculturalism” on Tuesday, his last full day as America’s top diplomat, saying in a tweet that it was “not who America is." “Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they're not who America is,” Pompeo wrote. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., asked Haines if Haines would provide a "public written assessment of the threat QAnon poses to our country." Share this -Two National Guard members removed from Biden inauguration security Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. Share this -What Trump's doing on his final full day in office After four turbulent years, Tuesday is President Trump's final full day in office.

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☆ DNI nominee Haines vows to provide public assessment of QAnon threat
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

SEE NEW POSTSDNI nominee Haines vows to provide public assessment of QAnon threat Biden's nominee for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, told senators at her confirmation hearing Tuesday that she would provide a public assessment of the QAnon threat. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., asked Haines if Haines would provide a "public written assessment of the threat QAnon poses to our country." Haines said she was aware of a letter Heinrich and others sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray last month asking for such an assessment. Share this -Two National Guard members removed from Biden inauguration security Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. Share this -What Trump's doing on his final full day in office After four turbulent years, Tuesday is President Trump's final full day in office.

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☆ Two National Guard members removed from Biden inauguration security
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

SEE NEW POSTSTwo National Guard members removed from Biden inauguration security Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. A U.S. Army official and a senior U.S. intelligence official say the two National Guard members have been found to have ties to fringe right group militias. They did not say what fringe group the guard members belonged to or what unit they served in. "I feel good about where we are on security," Blunt told reporters when asked if he has any concerns. Share this -What Trump's doing on his final full day in office After four turbulent years, Tuesday is President Trump's final full day in office.

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☆ Pelosi recounts the moment she was whisked away from House floor during riot
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +9 min

SEE NEW POSTSPelosi recounts the moment she was whisked away from House floor during riot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., recounted in an interview with Hillary Clinton the moment she was whisked away from the House floor on Jan. 6, when the Capitol was breached by a pro-Trump mob. "We were having the debate when the security just pulled me off the podium," Pelosi told Clinton on her "You and Me Both" podcast. And they said at that point that they were storming the Capitol and the security just whisked [me] away. Share this -Two National Guard members removed from Biden inauguration security Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. On Monday afternoon, Trump met in the Oval Office with advisers, including White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, to discuss the final list of pardons and commutations, a White House official tells NBC News.

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☆ As Trump's top diplomat, Pompeo sought to position himself as the president's successor
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-18 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | Abigail Williams | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +9 min

As secretary of state, Pompeo embraced Trump’s skepticism of European allies and international organizations, employing a brash tone that echoed the president. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news briefing at the State Department. “That was so deeply unsettling for people in the State Department because Masha is respected and liked,” said one former senior U.S. diplomat. Critics say the Trump administration alienated allies, weakened America’s soft power and cozied up to dictators. The White House / Getty Images fileSanctions became the favored diplomatic weapon of choice for Pompeo and the Trump administration.

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☆ Trump plans to issue 100 pardons and commutations on his final day in office, many to people he thinks could help him prosper after the presidency, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-18 | by ( Bill Bostock | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

President Donald Trump plans to pardon or commute the sentences of 100 people on his last day in the White House, CNN reported. Some allies believes Trump expects to benefit from many of those pardons and commutations after the presidency, CNN reported, citing a source: "He likes doing favors for people he thinks will owe him." The list of pardons and commutations could include Dr. Salomon Melgen, an eye doctor convicted for healthcare fraud, and the rapper Lil Wayne. President Donald Trump plans to pardon or commute as many as 100 people on his final full day in office, CNN reported. And he likes doing favors for people he thinks will owe him," a source told CNN.

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Rudolph W. Giuliani says he does not expect one, and Stephen K. Bannon’s chances seem to have dimmed. Mixed in among the big names, low-level drug offenders are under consideration. As President Trump enters the final hours of his term, he has been intently focused on who should benefit from his clemency power. Already, Mr. Trump has been making calls to some of the recipients, people briefed about them said, and he held another meeting about the topic on Monday afternoon. There are no plans for Mr. Trump to include a pardon for himself on the list to be released on Tuesday or for him to pre-emptively pardon his two adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, neither of whom has been charged with any wrongdoing, officials said.

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