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They’re baaack: Congress gavels in

That hammer’s gonna ring.
That hammer’s gonna ring. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

1. Swearing In

Swearing-in ceremonies were held as members of the 115th Congress arrived on Capitol Hill, with vice-president Joe Biden and House speaker Paul Ryan doing the honors.

Obamacare in crosshairs

Dick Cheney: still angry (Liz Cheney, left, is sworn in as a House member).
Dick Cheney: still angry (Liz Cheney, left, is sworn in as a House member). Photograph: Zach Gibson/AP

The full Biden

2. False start

Republicans immediately shelved their plan to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, citing constituent calls. Or were they responding to pressure from elsewhere?

House GOP drops rule change

Allow House majority leader Kevin McCarthy to explain.
Allow House majority leader Kevin McCarthy to explain. Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Setting policy on Twitter?

Trump said in two tweets: “With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance!”

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4. What’s good for GM...

After Ford motors announced the cancellation of plans for a new plant in Mexico … president-elect Donald Trump warned General Motors about a new “border tax.”

Trump hosts Joey ‘No Socks’

Made in Mexico.
Made in Mexico. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters

Made in America… or else

5. Trump sends thrilling tweet about nukes

6. Clinton RSVP’s yes

Hillary Clinton will attend Trump’s inauguration, along with her husband, the former president. Former president George W Bush will be there too, officials said. Neither Clinton nor Bush wanted Trump to win.

The band plays on

At the Polar Bear Plunge on Coney Island Sunday.
At the Polar Bear Plunge on Coney Island Sunday. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Reuters

7. Ivanka Closes

Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner have closed on a home in Washington DC, not far from where the Obamas will live upon leaving the White House, according to local real estate sources.

Nice looking place

The old gig.
The old gig. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

...and another thing:

...and another thing:

...and another thing:

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