🗞️ Trump Certified As Winner And World's Oldest Person Dies

January 6th, 2025

Good Evening 🇺🇸,

What happened today,

• Congress has officially certified Trump as the winner of the 2024 election

• President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law which boosts Social Security benefits for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs

• NY Judge, Juan Merchan, has denied Trump’s request to postpone his Friday sentencing for his hush money conviction

• On Saturday President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to 19 recipients most notably Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Magic Johnson, and Lionel Messi

• Trump is expected to grant clemency to over 1,000 people convicted in connection with Jan. 6th of 2021 per Bloomberg

• McDonald’s has said it will be rolling back some of its DEI practices

• U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel are suing the Biden Administration after they blocked the deal to allow Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel last week

• Disney will combine its Hulu+ Live TV service with Fubo, merging together two internet TV bundles

• DOW down .06%/ S&P up .55%

• Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minster, announced he will resign as the leader of the Liberal party and as Prime Minister once the party has found their new leader

• Today the world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, from Japan has died at age 116

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