U.S. President Donald Trump says he intends to attend the funeral services of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Trump responded to the question about Carter's funeral during a brief appearance with waiting journalists at his Mar-a-Lago get-away in Florida on New Year's Eve. Seated on a couch in front of the resort's ballroom, where he and supporters were about to ring in 2020, Trump was clad in a formal tuxedo.Asked if he was planning to attend Carter's funeral, Trump replied, "I will be; I will be."The nation's 39th president died Sunday at the age of 95.Earlier in the session, a reporter asked Trump if he expected any possible ceasefire to hold in the brutal war that has so

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Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to "vigorously pursue the death penalty" after President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison.

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Trump’s second term will look nothing like his first

Donald Trump’s election victory will return him to the White House, but both his allies and detractors have made clear his second time around will look nothing like the first.

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6 key lines from Trump’s Sunday speech to conservative activists in Phoenix

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday, in his first rally-like speech since the November election, threatened to retake control of the Panama Canal, pushed back on criticism of Elon Musk’s influence, and suggested he could soon meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Donald Trump calls time on turning the clocks back

Many US states change their clocks twice a year but there are strong views about the policy and whether it should continue.

December 25, 2024

Trump backs capital punishment for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters'

Mr Trump was responding to President Joe Biden's decision to reduce the sentences of almost all federal inmates on death row to life imprisonment - whom Mr Trump called "37 of the worst killers in our country".

December 25, 2024

Donald Trump vows to 'heal the country' as he's confirmed winner of US presidential election

Speaking in Florida, Donald Trump declared his return to the White House hours before he was officially confirmed as the winner of the 2024 US presidential election.

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