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President-elect Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday to complain that the American flag will be flown at half-staff for his inauguration due to the period of mourning for the recently deceased former President Jimmy Carter.

In the immediate aftermath of Carter's passing, Trump actually surprised some observers — and annoyed his own supporters — with a heartfelt tribute to the 100-year-old former president, who was controversial in his day but became beloved in his later years for his devotion to charitable causes around the world.

UPDATE: During a long break, Mike Johnson managed to convince Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Keith Self (R-TX) to change their votes, returning him to the speakership.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) had hoped to win the speakership easily in the first round of voting.

A wide swath of the normally politically-engaged celebrities in Hollywood are being called out for tempering their criticism of Donald Trump since he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in November.

In a scathing column written by the Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchick, two of the stars of the critically acclaimed "The Apprentice," which documented Donald Trump's association with controversial lawyer Roy Cohn, expressed dismay that the film is being ignored post-election.

The way that President-elect Donald Trump responded to the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day says a lot about how he is likely to behave when it comes to terrorism in his second term.

Writing for The Guardian, Robert Tait said that Trump's reaction "especially when combined with his false accompanying message that the episodes confirmed his frequent warnings against open borders and illegal immigrants."

The U.S. House of Representatives opened Friday morning to begin the 119th Congress with a cheer for the missing Florida man who now works for the far-right OAN channel.

House Clerk Kevin McCumber began the session by announcing that new members from American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands were present. Then, he mentioned Gaetz.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are making big claims about leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but one conservative columnist warns that it's all for show.

"There is little chance Elon Musk will save us from debt. It's all a show," wrote Dace Potas, who leads Lone Conservative, which purports to be the largest conservative student publication in America.

Donald Trump could very well be in a battle for control of the MAGA movement because he has lost the plot on how social media works while Elon Musk –– who has his ear –– hasn't.

That is the opinion of political analyst Andrew Eggers writing for the Bulwark who asserted that, while Trump is repeating his "greatest hits" on Truth Social, Musk is using his X platform, and his wealth, to overshadow the president-elect with rage-bait that has connected with the MAGA base.

Conservative Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy on Friday referred to January 6 rioters as “political dissidents,” a term traditionally reserved for individuals persecuted for opposing authoritarian or oppressive governmental authority or policies. Renowned figures who have been described as political dissidents include Martin Luther King Jr., Alexei Navalny, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Nelson Mandela.

Campos-Duffy, a longtime Trump defender, is married to former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), a former lobbyist and Fox Business co-host, who is now President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Duffys met when they were both contestants on a reality TV show.

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes has a theory for how Donald Trump won the election — and it involves exploiting a talent the host has found central to his own success.

Hayes wrote in the New York Times Friday that the modern world is terrified of boredom. That’s a fact he said he’s used to secure a successful career — and he said Trump honed in on it to tempt voters.

When Donald Trump won in 2016, people took to the streets. Women flooded Washington, D.C., fearful that the administration would appoint judges that would kill Roe v. Wade and reproductive freedom. This time around, things seem different.

Politico wrote Friday that Democrats are changing their approach to some issues, like immigration, which has been Trump's top issue for nearly a decade. They claim that Democratic leaders believe the "resistance" strategies of combatting Trump don't make sense in the political climate of 2025.

Should House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) manage to hold onto the gavel during what promises to be a contentious vote on Friday, he may find that life as the leading Republican in the House of Representatives isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Writing at MSNBC, James Downie makes the case that Johnson's reward for retaining the speakership will be to serve as the "first scapegoat" for President-elect Donald Trump for whatever failures beset the GOP in the coming month.