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Biden to recognize Hillary Clinton, Bono and more with Presidential Medal of Freedom  CNN

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. (Image credit: AP)

British man Edward Pettifer among dead in New Orleans attack  BBC.com ‘I Joined ISIS’: The New Orleans Attacker’s Secret Radicalization  The New York Times Survivors, victims’ families describe Bourbon Street attack, the aftermath: ‘Incomprehensible’  NOLA.com New Orleans terrorist suspect set fire at rental

Biden awards Medal of Honor to 7 US Army soldiers in White House ceremony  CNN

Judge in Trump’s hush money case expected to sentence him to ‘unconditional discharge’  ABC News New York judge sets Trump sentencing days before inauguration  Fox News NY judge says Trump will face no penalties in his criminal hush money case but upholds

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case on 10 January  BBC.com

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case on 10 January  BBC.com

A U.S. Court of Appeals this week ruled that the FCC did not have legal authority to revive the so-called net neutrality rules that were first introduced a decade ago under the Obama Administration. (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Documents released this week by the new government in Syria spur concerns about whether it will seek to impose a conservative Islamic worldview.

How each House member voted on Mike Johnson as speaker  The Washington Post Rep. Mike Johnson wins vote to remain House speaker | CNN Politics  CNN With Speaker Drama and Family Photos, New Congress Gets Off to a Wobbly Start  The New York