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What is Xbox Game Pass Ultimate?

Serious gamers will know Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is designed to enable you to play new games on the same day they’re released. After signing up, you will be granted instant access to hundreds of games on your console, PC, or the cloud.

We’re talking indie classics, Electronic Arts titles, and iconic franchises from the likes of Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks. Plus, you’ll be able to play exclusive challenges with members-only content and early trials of new titles up for grabs too. What more could you ask for?

For price comparison, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate currently costs $19.99 per month on the official Xbox website. So, that’s a grand saving of $479.76 over 24 months.

How to claim 24 months of Xbox Ultimate Game Pass for free now

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What to know about the Xbox Series S

Verizon/Xbox

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24 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

• Hundreds of games
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• 1TB internal storage
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24 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

• Hundreds of games
• Day one releases
• Online multiplayer
• EA Play membership

Prices start from $36.99 per month.

A deadline for the above Verizon Xbox Ultimate Game Pass offers has not been confirmed. You must be a US resident to claim the offer. Ts&Cs apply.

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Kid Rock has made a swipe at Michelle Obama after it was confirmed that she isn’t attending Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Following his historic win in November’s election, Trump will be sworn into office once more on Monday (January 20) — his second time becoming president.

The businessman-turned-congressman will reportedly have a host of famous faces perform at the event, including Carrie Underwood, the Village People, and Kid Rock.

Kid Rock will perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The Village People, best known for their hit song ‘Y.M.C.A.’ that Trump often plays at his rallies, confirmed earlier this week that they’d be performing.

“We are announcing today that VILLAGE PEOPLE have accepted an invitation from President Elect Trump’s campaign to participate in inaugural activities, including at least one event with President Elect Trump,” the band penned in a Facebook post.

“We know this wont make some of you happy to hear however we believe that music is to be performed without regard to politics.

“Our song Y.M.C.A. is a global anthem that hopefully helps bring the country together after a tumultuous and divided campaign where our preferred candidate lost.”

They added that they want to ‘bring the country together with music‘.

Also speaking ahead of his scheduled performance, Kid Rock featured on Jesse Watters Primetime on Thursday (January 16), where he discussed the news that Michelle Obama will not be attending Trump’s inauguration.

“She seems a little angry,” the singer said of the former first lady’s apparent decision not to go.

The five-time Grammy nominee went on to point out that he performed at the Youth Inaugural Ball hours after former President Barack Obama was first sworn into office in 2009, despite not having voted him.

“I would kindly remind her that years back when Obama was first elected, I did not vote for him,” Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, said.

“But they asked me to play the inauguration. And I played it and I went.”

Former first lady Michelle Obama won’t be there to see Trump sworn into office (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“I had a good time,” the singer went on. “I went out of respect for the president so I would kindly remind Michelle about that.”

Michelle is thought to be the only former first ladies who will not be in attendance on Monday.

As per NBC News, Joe and Jill Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and George W. and Laura Bush are expected to be there.

A handful of foreign leaders have also reportedly been invited.

UNILAD have approached Michelle’s reps in light of Kid Rock’s remarks.

The US President made an apparent blunder with his choice of words, not once but several times, during a White House briefing on the LA wildfires.

Deadly fires are continuing to ravage California, with thousands of acres of land, buildings and homes destroyed across the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Hurst and Lidia neighborhoods in LA.

The inferno has claimed the lives of at least 10 people at the time of writing, though experts warn the death toll could still rise with more high winds forecast to fan the flames.

It’s clear the disaster is nowhere near from being over as firefighters are forced to grapple with the growing firestorm while water supplies run low.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said all three of its one million-gallon water tanks that supply fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades had run dry by 3am on Wednesday.

While discussing the federal response to the ongoing situation in Washington, the President came under scrutiny for his poor turn of phrase.

Joe Biden told speakers twice to ‘fire away’ on Thursday, which visibly shocked attendees around the Roosevelt Room board table.

Joe Biden made the comments during a briefing on Thursday (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

To the Californian Vice President, Kamala Harris, he said: “Madam Vice President, I know you’re directly affected, so you fire away.”

In response to her surprised look at the wordplay, Biden added: “No pun intended” to a few laughs in the room.

Yet mere moments later, he repeated the expression to the US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, saying: “Chief, why don’t you fire away?”

He then appeared to repeat the utterance at least another two times.

Twitter users have since slammed the President’s remarks, calling it ‘disgraceful’, ‘despicable’ and ‘disgusting’.

The President ultimately pledged the federal government will support California’s effort to tackle the inferno with 100 percent of financial support for 180 days.

However, the 82-year-old took a swipe at local power companies for turning off the power and applauded the Democrat California governor, Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after President-elect, Donald Trump, called on Newsom to resign, saying the fires were ‘all his fault’.

The Vice President appears to shoot Biden a look when he says the phrase (CNN-News18/YouTube)

Biden said: “What I know from talking to the governor [is] that there are concerns out there that there’s also been a water shortage.

“The fact is, the utilities understandably shut off power because they’re worried the lines that carry energy were going to be blown down and spark additional fires.

“There’s a direct correlation between the utility company and the ability to pump water out of a hydrant. And so it allows for a lot of uninformed people to make assertions or concerns or accusations about the local officials not caring or not working.”

The accusations come as two of the area’s electricity providers said they were not to blame for the hydrants running out of water, claiming the water pumps and water flows ‘were not affected by power outages’, according to the New York Times.

The criticism also comes as Biden was condemned just a day earlier for sharing his ‘good news’ that he had become a great-grandfather during a visit to a Santa Monica fire station.

Donald Trump will make history in more ways than one if he beats Democratic incumbent Joe Biden in November’s presidential elections.

Now facing a staggering 91 criminal charges, if found guilty of a single one he could become the first convicted criminal to be appointed President of the United States.

He would also be the first person to be re-elected to a non-consecutive term in more than 130 years; the last person to do this was Democrat Grover Cleveland in 1892.

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Civil suits cost Trump

Outside of the criminal cases, Trump is facing multiple civil suits, having been ordered to pay journalist E. Jean Carroll a total of $83.3 million in damages after he was found liable for defaming her when he called her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.

Carroll was initially awarded $5 million, but Trump continued to defame her publicly during a CNN Townhall and on his social media platform. The total amount was subsequently raised to $83.3 million in a second ruling.

Then there was the New York fraud case, in which Attorney General Letitia James accused Trump of inflating his net worth to obtain more favorable loan rates. Justice Arthur F. Engoron found Trump liable for $450 million.

Trump’s vast wealth more than covers the costs of the civil cases for which he was found liable. However, the payouts have no doubt made a sizeable dent in the cash needed to run a presidential campaign – and he has been turning to supporters for small donations to help cover his legal fees.

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Federal Cases

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is overseeing two separate cases featuring Trump. The first examines his handling of classified documents at his home in Mar-a-Lago, a property he owns in Palm Beach, Florida.

The former president allegedly took classified documents packed in boxes from the White House and stored them in various parts of his home, including the ballroom, bathrooms, and his shower. Smith points out that Mar-a-Lago is also an ‘active social club’ with thousands of people passing through its doors each year.

Trump allegedly had an aide delete security camera footage showing the documents in question being moved.

According to the indictment, the documents contain top secret details of America’s nuclear programs, vulnerabilities of the United States to a foreign attack, and how they may respond to such an attack.

The court case will eventually take place in Florida, but the Trump-appointed judge in charge, Aileen Cannon, has indicated that Jack Smith’s preference for a July hearing pre-election is ‘unrealistic’.

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January 6

In what many legal minds view as his most serious charges, Trump is accused of conspiring to defraud the United States government, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiring against rights, and obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s case claims that Trump knowingly spread falsehoods of a stolen election after Joe Biden was declared the winner, then tried to pressure his Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the election and exploited the violence that took place afterward.

Over 1,200 people have been arrested for their involvement in the attack at the Capitol building on January 6 2021, with 450 or so facing jail time.

Trump claims that, as he was president at the time, he should be immune from prosecution.

The Supreme Court, which contains three Trump appointees and a third of all Justices, has agreed to hear Trump’s case and opposing arguments on April 22 before ruling.

The delay from the Supreme Court decision to hear arguments is a big win for the 45th President, who doesn’t want to stand trial before the November election.

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No pardon

The New York criminal case against Donald Trump will likely be the first to take place. It involves accusations he used business expenses to cover up infidelity; he is alleged to have paid former adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money via his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, who was repaid by Trump. The payment was allegedly written off as a legal expense.

Cohen has already served over a year in federal prison for campaign finance wrongdoing and lying to Congress; jury selection will begin on March 25.

The case in New York has overlapped with the criminal racketeering case in Georgia.

Trump is accused of violating The Georgia RICO act which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. There are 18 co-defendants, including Rudy Giuliani and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

Trump was recorded speaking with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, making a slew of disproven allegations of voter fraud and asking him to ‘find 11,780 votes’.

Both Georgia and New York are state cases, which means that even if Trump wins in November, he could not pardon himself if found guilty.