The who’s who of Silicon Valley and Washington converged at Peter Thiel’s Beaux-Arts mansion in D.C. on Saturday evening, as the power brokers gathered in anticipation of the inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Even before Trump got to town, groups of protesters began taking to the street in the morning as a light sleet fell.

Donald Trump returned to Washington Saturday evening to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration, a triumphant return for the Republican four years after he departed the city under the shadow of an attack by his supporters on the Capitol.

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command.

Former New York State Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin exits Manhattan federal courthouse following a hearing on bribery charges in New York City, U.S., May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their corruption case against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin,

U.S. prosecutors drop bribery charges against New York's former lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness