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Attendees cheer as President Donald Trump speaks after taking the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
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Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises

Associated Press January 20, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country...

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The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives for a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
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LIVE: Former President Jimmy Carter’s National Cathedral State Funeral Service

NPR January 9, 2025

Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. President Biden is expected...

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Republican political consultant Scott Greenlee.
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Michigan GOP needs new leader, looks to maintain momentum

Russ McNamara January 8, 2025

The beginning of 2024 was marked by turmoil within the Michigan Republican Party. Infighting and complaints over the leadership of...

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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.
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Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate

Associated Press November 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general amid continued fallout over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast...

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far

Associated Press November 19, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it's shaping up much differently than his first. He's prioritizing...

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Michigan Imam says people should unite for the greater good post elections

Nargis Rahman November 14, 2024

Imam Mustapha Elturk is the president of the Islamic Organization of North America in Warren, Michigan. He’s also the co-chair...

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.
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MichMash: How Donald Trump broke the ‘blue wall’ in Michigan

Jenny Sherman November 8, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump won Michigan this week in what was expected to be a very close presidential election. In this...

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, stand on stage at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Created Equal: Examining the future of conservative politics under Trump

Sasha Bacon November 7, 2024

A second Trump presidency was not what many conservatives, or even many Republicans, said they wanted. But voters had a...

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President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
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Watch Live: Biden deliver remarks following Trump’s win

Associated Press November 7, 2024

President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks to the nation in what will be his first appearance on camera in...

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Supporters watch returns at a campaign election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Created Equal: What do the election results say about American voters? 

Sasha Bacon November 6, 2024

It’s the day after the Election, and Donald Trump is poised to retake the presidency. What does his reelection say...

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Ian E. Abbott
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Created Equal: Defining the American ‘Middle’

Sasha Bacon October 18, 2024

Jeremy Hobson is the host of The Middle, a National Public Radio call-in show about the geographic middle of our country...

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"The False White Gospel" by Jim Wallis.
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Created Equal: Conservative politics and the ‘False White Gospel’ 

David Leins October 16, 2024

It’s no secret that America’s politics are polarized. According to one preacher and educator, they’re not broken beyond repair. Jim...

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