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Jimmy Carter Funeral Live Updates: Casket Arrivces In Plains, Georgia, After Trump, Obama, Biden Attend Service  Forbes Trump chats up Obama while Clintons, Harris, ignore president-elect at Jimmy Carter funeral  Fox News Thousands gather to honor President Jimmy Carter at state funeral  KCCI

On Jan. 9, 2025, Coach Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish will battle Coach James Franklin’s Nittany Lions for a spot in college football’s national championship game. Regardless of who wins, a Black head coach will move on to contend for the

Donald Trump Jr.’s brief visit to Greenland on Wednesday wasn’t all smiles and MAGA hats — some locals even gave the president’s son the middle finger, according to a senior Greenlandic politician. Pipaluk Lynge, an MP from Greenland’s largest party,

Snow and icy conditions threatened to paralyze parts of the U.S. South from Texas to Alabama on Thursday, as officials closed schools, canceled or delayed flights and warned residents in some of the worst-hit areas to stay off roads as

TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at forcing TikTok’s sale by its Chinese

Column: Karen Bass was no Nero — and now’s the time for her to prove that  Los Angeles Times Los Angeles cut $17.5M from fire department budget months before deadly fires  ABC7 Los Angeles Reporter grills LA mayor over handling of wildfires  CNN

California wildfires devastate Los Angeles County, killing 5 and threatening thousands of homes  Fox News New fire in West Hills. Fires burning right now have caused staggering losses  LAist California wildfires live updates: 6 killed, Palisades Fire grows as Sunset Fire spreads

Lebanon’s parliament chose the head of the country’s armed forces, Joseph Aoun, to be its next president, a post that’s been vacant since October 2022. (Image credit: Houssam Shbaro)

Denmark struggles to stay calm in crisis over Trump threat to take Greenland  BBC.com Can Trump buy Greenland? Technically, yes. Here are his options.  POLITICO Russia ‘observing’ Greenland situation; Europe cautious on Trump remarks  VOA Asia ‘Here We Go Again’: Trump’s Territorial Ambitions

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] No one would credibly mistake the dignitaries on the north side of the National Cathedral