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Trump inauguration
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons hours before Trump’s inauguration
US politics live  
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons hours before Trump’s inauguration
Joe Biden pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, Capitol riot investigators and retired Gen. Mark Milley before leaving office
Photo essay  
Freezing rain dampens mood in Washington ahead of Trump’s inauguration
Immigration  
‘There is no plan’: migrant groups at US-Mexico border await mass deportations
Protest  
As Trump is inaugurated, activists ask: is there any point in mass protest?
Headlines
‘Shocked’ Palestinians return to their homes as 90 prisoners freed by Israel
Israel-Gaza war live  
‘Shocked’ Palestinians return to their homes as 90 prisoners freed by Israel
The release of Palestinian detainees came after three Israeli hostages were freed on Sunday
Cryptocurrencies  
Melania Trump launches meme coin as crypto rallies on Donald’s return
UK  
Man admits to murdering three girls Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England
Environment  
High levels of fertilizer leads to drastically less pollinators and flowers, world’s longest study finds
Business live  
Bitcoin hits new record high, dollar dips ahead of Trump inauguration
In focus
The LA fires left a beloved school in ashes. Now, parents are rallying to restart their ‘community’
California wildfires  
The LA fires left a beloved school in ashes. Now, parents are rallying to restart their ‘community’
Altadena’s Village Playground education center served diverse families with outdoor classrooms, small farm and animals – till it was destroyed by flames
Media  
CNN defamation case foreshadows Trump media crackdown, experts say
South Korea  
Has South Korea just witnessed its own January 6 moment?
Spotlight
From the perfect CV to acing an interview – experts on 23 ways to get the job of your dreams
The experts  
From the perfect CV to acing an interview – experts on 23 ways to get the job of your dreams
Should you get an AI to write your application? Does LinkedIn matter? And when should you talk about salary? Recruitment experts reveal how to get hired
NFL review  
Bills v Ravens was supposed to be about two stars. It was settled by a brutal drop
My wonder of the world  
A sprawling megacity of multi-level madness: why Chongqing in China is my wonder of the world
Life and style  
Is it true that … stress makes you gain weight?
Review  
Dead Before They Wake review – brutal grooming-gang thriller marries mawkishness and bloodlust
Interview  
Edmund White on lust, love and literature: ‘I’d had sex with 3,000 men. A peer asked: “Why so few?”’
Opinion
Yes, Trump is back. Yet I remain hopeful about America
Robert Reich
Yes, Trump is back. Yet I remain hopeful about America
Biden was a remarkably consequential one-term president
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sports
Premier League  
Ten talking points from the weekend’s top-flight action
Ten talking points from the weekend’s top-flight action
Djokovic the master divider is comfortable back in headlines
Jack Snape
Culture
My feelgood movie  
‘An unmitigated joy’: why Married to the Mob is my feelgood movie
‘An unmitigated joy’: why Married to the Mob is my feelgood movie
Games  
‘Inside I was doing the Mario jump’ – how one artist became a key player in Nintendo’s story
In case you missed it
The world braces for Trump, hoping for the best, unprepared for the worst
Analysis  
The world braces for Trump, hoping for the best, unprepared for the worst
His pick for secretary of state may have given measured assessment of world affairs, but ‘crazy’ Trump will call the shots
TikTok  
Who banned TikTok? Politicians toss culpability like a football
Trump 2.0  
‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: what will be unleashed?
The landlord and the LA fires  
How my friend’s loss revealed a new hierarchy of who gets help
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