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President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office as he is sworn in as president during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

Four years? Trump struggles through the first hour. | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, the 1966 film classic that’s a mood for 2025.

Will Bunch | Columnist

President-elect Donald Trump walks with his wife Melania after a church service at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, on Donald Trump's inauguration day. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Melania Trump returns to her post as first lady in a smart, severe Adam Lippes ensemble

Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist

Rick Gomez, of Phoenix, Arizona, holds a photo composite poster he made on the computer with AI technology, of Donald Trump with his hands clasped together, in Washington Sunday, the day before Trump takes the oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States.

American oligarchy begins as Trump makes billions while MAGA gets left out in the rain

Will Bunch | Columnist

Where Martin Luther King Jr. believed in fulfilling the promises of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Donald Trump has consistently sought to undermine the republic in ways great and small, writes Helen Ubiñas.

On a day to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, the Trump nightmare returns

Helen Ubiñas | Columnist

Donald Trump listens as then-NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a 2019 working lunch in Watford, England, with NATO members that had met their financial commitments to the organization.

Stacking up Biden’s foreign policy vs. Trump’s bravado

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

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