From Beyoncé to Lady Gaga, who else sang the national anthem at presidential inaugurations?
President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at Monday’s inauguration, at which Carrie Underwood will also perform “America the Beautiful.” Here’s a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations: John
What is an executive order? A look at Trump’s tool for quickly reshaping government
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order. An incoming president signing a flurry of executive orders is
President Trump names Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as ‘special envoys’ to Hollywood
President Donald Trump has named Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as his “special envoys to Hollywood, California,” in a hope to make Hollywood “stronger than ever before”. Trump wrote on Truth Social: “It is my
The Chinese president’s envoy meets with Vance and Musk on the eve of Trump’s inauguration
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s vice president held meetings with the U.S. vice president-elect and U.S. business leaders, including Elon Musk, in Washington on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, as the two major powers tackle ongoing
The Weeknd donates $1M to L.A. wildfire relief
The Weeknd has donated $1 million towards Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. The donations will support firefighters and efforts to help displaced residents in the wake of devastation across the city. The funds will be spread across
Hearing on Nippon Steel’s lawsuit over U.S. Steel bid set for Feb-March, Kyodo says
TOKYO (Reuters) – The hearing for a lawsuit that Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel brought against U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is scheduled for February and March, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, without citing sources. The
Vice President Han Zheng, China’s representative at Trump’s inauguration, is a trusted adviser to Xi
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Vice President Han Zheng, China’s representative at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, is a trusted adviser to President Xi Jinping, a long-time survivor of Chinese politics who rose from toiling on a collective
Bitcoin soars past $109,000 ahead of possible early action on crypto by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry bets he’ll take action son after returning to the White
Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans of mass deportation of immigrants ‘a disgrace’
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after calling him “not Christian”
Factbox-Trump’s foreign policy: end Ukraine war, buy Greenland, target Mexican cartels
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to acquire Greenland, bring the war in Ukraine to a close and fundamentally alter the U.S. relationship with NATO during his second four-year term. In
