Nearly all of DC shut down for Trump’s inauguration. So why was there no designated survivor?

President Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony Monday featured the largest, most complex security footprint of any inauguration in U.S. history.  The nation’s capital was transformed seemingly overnight from a pedestrian-friendly city into a daunting and impenetrable fortress – the result of a multi-agency task force that erected 30 miles of anti-scale fencing, coordinated aerial surveillance and…

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Trump’s Hollywood advisors signal ‘political shift’ in Tinseltown: experts

President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone would serve as “special envoys” to Hollywood has raised questions about their role as the industry reckons with a rocky state of affairs. On Thursday, via his Truth Social platform, President Trump wrote, “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight,…

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Politico editor-in-chief calls Trump ‘greatest American figure of his era’ due to his influence

Politico global editor-in-chief John F. Harris argued in a new piece that President Donald Trump’s second victory proves that he has dominated American politics so thoroughly that he will likely be counted among the country’s most consequential leaders. Harris clarified that he was not describing Trump as a righteous or evil character, nor was he…

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Kamala Harris mocked online for another ‘word salad’ about ‘community’ during fire department visit

Former Vice President Kamala Harris inspired some ridicule online after she offered a “word salad”-esque statement about the nature of “community” as she spoke to firefighters in California. After her tenure as vice president ended Monday, Harris visited the Los Angeles Fire Department in Altadena and spoke to the media. “As I said to these…

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Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump’s executive orders

The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday announced the deployment of personnel and equipment to various maritime borders in the United States, a day after President Donald Trump dismissed the military branch’s leader.  In a statement, Coast Guard Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday said coast guardsmen would work to detect and deter illegal migration in support…

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CHRISTOPHER RUFO: The campaign for colorblind equality just notched its biggest win yet

Editor’s note: The following column was first published in City Journal.  On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order abolishing the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” bureaucracy in the federal government. The move marks a stunning reversal of fortune from just four years ago, when Black Lives Matter, critical race theory, and DEI seemed unstoppable. Following the death…

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AI executives praise Trump’s Stargate project: ‘This is a very large investment that affects all of humanity’

The three tech CEOs who have joined forces in President Donald Trump’s multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence infrastructure project defended the venture as an investment that “impacts all of humanity.” “This is a very large investment that affects all of humanity,” Oracle founder Larry Ellison told Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier on “Special Report”…

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