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With cocktails and Snoop Dogg, crypto industry celebrates Trump inauguration

By Douglas Gillison, Suzanne McGee and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency executives swilled cocktails and danced to rap superstar Snoop Dogg on Friday night as they celebrated the approaching inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, whose administration has promised major changes in crypto policy.  After years of butting heads with Washington policymakers, executives from crypto companies …

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Biden to sign order to prioritize distressed ‘left-behind communities’

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Sunday aimed at prioritizing government resources to help economically distressed American communities – a day before he leaves the White House. Biden’s order is targeting so-called “Left-Behind Communities” and aims to help incoming President Donald Trump, who will …

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Trump rethinking next week’s planned immigration raids, report says

By Jonathan Landay and Eric Cox WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago next week after details were leaked, Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan told the Washington Post in an interview on Saturday. The new administration “hasn’t made a decision yet,” said Homan, the former acting director …

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Factbox-Trump will return to power in US Capitol Rotunda, site of Jan. 6 riot

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump will be sworn in as president in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, after the forecast bitter cold prompted planners to move the ceremony under the building’s neoclassical dome for the first time in four decades. That shift means that Trump will take the Oath of Office in …

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Trump taps Penny Schwinn for deputy secretary of education

(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said he would name Penny Schwinn, former Tennessee education commissioner, to be his deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to Tennessee, Schwinn has worked at the Texas Education Agency as deputy commissioner of standards and engagement, deputy commissioner of special populations and monitoring, and chief deputy …

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Trump arrives in Washington as inauguration celebrations begin with Elvis impersonator, fireworks

By Steve Holland and Gabriella Borter STERLING, Virginia (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump arrived in the Washington area on Saturday evening for a celebration of his return to power ahead of an inauguration ceremony that has been upended by record cold temperatures. Trump flew aboard an Air Force plane sent by outgoing President Joe Biden to …

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How Trump plans to cement control of government by dismantling the ‘deep state’

By James Oliphant, Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump is poised to seize greater control of the federal government than any modern president before him when he takes office on Monday, charging ahead with plans to dismantle what he and his allies call the “deep state,” according to two sources familiar with transition discussions. …

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Trump flies on Air Force plane to Washington as Biden sticks to tradition

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump headed to Washington on Saturday ahead of his inauguration on a U.S. military airplane supplied by U.S. President Joe Biden, as the outgoing president emphasized sticking with traditional transition norms. Trump will arrive in Washington on Saturday evening for celebrations to mark his return to office …

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Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration

By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands of people gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as activists for women’s rights, racial justice and other causes rallied against incoming policies they say will threaten their constitutional rights during the Republican’s second term. Some in the crowd wore the pink hats that marked …

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Trump expects to tour California wildfire devastation next week

(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has sharply criticized California’s response to devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, on Saturday said he would most likely pay a visit to the area next week after his inauguration. The fires have killed at least 27 people as of Friday and destroyed more than 10,000 structures in the …

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