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Jan 2025
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What Trump Did on Day 1, and Biden’s Fin...

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Plus, an Olympic medal fail.  

 

On Today’s Episode:

What Trump Did on Day 1: Tracking His Biggest Moves, by Chris Cameron

Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters, by Alan Feuer

Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals, by Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear

C.E.O.s, and President Trump, Want Workers Back in the Office, by Emma Goldberg

Paris Olympics Medals Are Tarnishing, Putting LVMH in the Spotlight, by Tariq Panja and Liz Alderman

 

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