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Trump pushes return to office for federal workers, threatens more media lawsuits
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December 16, 2024 at 1:17 p.m. EST17 min ago

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. (Evan Vucci/AP)
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President-elect Donald Trump, during a lengthy, wide-ranging news conference in Florida on Monday, threatened to dismiss federal employees working from home who don’t return to the office, promised more lawsuits against the media, defended his embattled defense secretary pick, said he would consider a pardon for New York Mayor Eric Adams and said he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok, the social media app that faces a U.S. ban. At the outset of the news conference, Trump appeared with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son to announce the Japanese firm’s major investment plans in the United States.

Acting labor secretary Julie Su announced Monday that President Joe Biden will be inducted into the Labor Department’s Hall of Honor.

“The Hall of Honor is how we acknowledge the labor heroes of America, and as we reflect on your legacy, Mr. President, the way that you always have workers’ backs, the way that you put workers first, there is really no one like you,” Su said at an event at the Department of Labor.

Previous inductees include labor leader Dolores Huerta, former president Ronald Reagan and the essential workers of the coronavirus pandemic.

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