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On Thursday, the new members of Chicago’s Board of Education were sworn in after the previous board resigned.
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Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
And nothing will prevent the only outcome that our constitutional democracy can abide: the winner of the election will be sworn in as the 47th President on Jan. 20, 2025.
—Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Wearing a traditional black hat and navy suit with a woven maroon and golden sarong, Prabowo officially became Indonesia’s eighth president on Sunday morning after he was sworn in during a ceremony at Indonesia’s parliament.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
The Congress elected this year, which will be sworn in on Jan. 3, 2025, will witness the counting of the electoral votes three days later.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
And nothing will prevent the only outcome that our constitutional democracy can abide: the winner of the election will be sworn in as the 47th President on Jan. 20, 2025.
—Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Wearing a traditional black hat and navy suit with a woven maroon and golden sarong, Prabowo officially became Indonesia’s eighth president on Sunday morning after he was sworn in during a ceremony at Indonesia’s parliament.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
The Congress elected this year, which will be sworn in on Jan. 3, 2025, will witness the counting of the electoral votes three days later.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Extended Wolf Pack Aside from clever software applications, family cars have to satisfy multiple use cases, as Wheel confirms.Jason Barlow, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
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The state's 2020 election outcome has been confirmed by recounts Trump paid for, court rulings, a nonpartisan state audit and a study by a prominent conservative group.Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
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Within hours in office, Trump would also overtake the Justice Department and install an Acting Attorney General who would fire Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor who indicted Trump for willfully mishandling classified information and conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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Jorge Castellanos/Sopa Images/Sipa USA/Reuters The budget is helping the city transition to electric vehicles, create net-zero construction sites, expand cycling lanes by 100 kilometers (62 miles), and install carbon-capture technology.Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
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The merger process, initiated at the end of 2023, stretched on for months and at one point Redstone pulled out of a previous agreement with Skydance at the 11th hour.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Beijing last month announced provisional tariffs on EU brandy imports, and has initiated anti-dumping probes into some EU pork and dairy imports.Chris Morris, Fortune Asia, 5 Nov. 2024
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The pastor-film producer has been quietly spotted out with his new lady, but didn’t formally affirm his relationship until Saturday (Nov. 2) at the 14th Annual Merge Awards.Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Clips show Harris affirming her support for federal policies that allow federal prisoners access to medical care including gender-affirming hormone treatments and, potentially, transgender surgery.Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jurisdictions follow strict processes to validate and count mail-in ballots, ensuring only eligible votes are included.Clifford Tatum, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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The need is to have large data sets for validating outputs, for training, and for different types of data experiments.John Werner, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Non-doms face a major tax hit The U.K.’s non-dom regime is a 200-year-old tax rule, which permits people living in the U.K., but who are domiciled elsewhere, to avoid paying tax on income and capital gains earned overseas for up to 15 years.Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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For this vital right to be effective, election officials must be permitted to do their jobs free from improper partisan influence, physical threats, or any other conduct designed to intimidate.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The 49ers let another fourth-quarter lead slip away this season, however, as the Bucs pulled even at 20 on a last-minute, 26-yard field goal from Chase McLaughlin.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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After a heck of a Sunday afternoon, Payton’s challenge now is to not let this one become an emotional crusher on the season.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The winner of the 2024 presidential election will be inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, during the inauguration ceremony.Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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The president-elect is inaugurated as president on Jan. 20.Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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