Government Shut Down, But Life Continues

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration will be an indoor affair, as the temperature Monday in Washington, D. C., is expected to dip under 20 degrees, with a wind chill forecasted to make the weather feel like single digits. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th U. S. President inside the U.

“To be or not to be, that is the question.” The Shakespeare quote, from Hamlet, was not a reference to whether or not someone could pull off creating an entire theatrical performance within the world of a video game. And yet, in 2022, that’s exactly what happened. The documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, directed by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, tells the incredible true story of how a group of actors banded together to perform Hamlet in the world of Grand Theft Auto Online.

With Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos joining the CEO of TikTok as guests of President-elect Donald Trump at Monday’s Inauguration, many have noticed how differently some tech titans are greeting the second Trump presidency. This follows the many CEOs racing to Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump, contributing to a narrative that has emerged that “corporate America is going MAGA,” and that “Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms” as corporate leaders “rush to suck up to Trump.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] President Joe Biden, in his farewell address, ominously warned that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy,” while Maryland Democratic Rep.

A lot of hardware destined for space went to pieces this week, but to hear the rocket companies responsible for the messes tell it, little untoward happened at all. “We did it! Orbital. Great night for Team Blue,” David Limp, the CEO of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin posted on X, after the Jan.

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the next President of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20. Inauguration Day takes place every four years on Jan. 20 at the U. S. Capitol Building in Washington, D. C. On years when Jan. 20 falls on a Sunday, the incoming President still takes the oath of office privately on that day, but the public inauguration occurs on Jan.

Thousands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires, some of the worst California has ever seen. The Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, which continue to burn since they were first detected ten days ago, have destroyed 12,000 structures, killing at least 27 people, and burning down nearly 40,000 acres of land (when including damage from the smaller, now extinguished fires).