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7:35 PM ET, January 20, 2025

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Washington Post:
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship  —  The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.  —  The U.S. government will no longer recognize …
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The White House:
President Trump's America First Priorities  —  MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN  — President Trump will take bold action to secure our border and protect American communities.  — This includes ending Biden's catch-and-release policies, reinstating Remain in Mexico, building the wall …
NPR:
All of the Day 1 executive actions Trump has announced so far  —  For updates, context and analysis of Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, check out NPR's live blog throughout the day Monday.  —  President Trump is expected to sign a flurry of executive orders, memorandums and proclamations …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump taps longtime immigration official as acting attorney general
New York Times:
Here Are Trump's Expected Executive Orders
Steven Nelson / New York Post:   Trump to issue executive order defining sex as ‘male and female’: ‘These are sexes that are not changeable’
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:   Trump's honeymoon won't last  —  This is a very bleak moment for the United States and the world.
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Associated Press:
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel.  It's a guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump  —  Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
New York Times:
Portrait of General Milley Is Removed From Pentagon  —  The decision was an early salvo by the new administration against a military that President Trump has assailed for a variety of perceived offenses.  —  The Pentagon on Monday removed a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley …
Discussion: USA Today and Reuters
New York Times:
Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals  —  President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by Donald J. Trump, including five members of his family as well as Liz Cheney, Anthony S. Fauci and Mark A. Milley.
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon removes new portrait of Mark Milley
Discussion: Raw Story
Davis Winkie / USA Today:
Gen. Mark Milley ‘deeply grateful’ for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Inauguration Live Updates: Trump to Take Oath as 47th President
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's DOGE to be sued within minutes of Trump inauguration  —  The legal status of Musk's government waste panel will be challenged in federal court almost as soon as the president-elect is sworn in.
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New York Times:
Musk Is Likely to Get a West Wing Office for His Cost-Cutting Project  —  The world's richest man had been expected to be situated in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, but a West Wing office would give him closer access to President Trump.  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man …
Discussion: Bloomberg and DNyuz
Associated Press:
Ramaswamy won't serve on Trump's government efficiency commission as he mulls run for Ohio governor
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Elon Musk already has a White House email address
Discussion: New Republic and Fortune
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  I am issuing pardons to Gerald G. Lundergan and Ernest William Cromartie.  I am also commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.  —  My family has been subjected …
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Erica Orden / Politico:   Left off Biden's list of pardons: Jack Smith
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute  —  “Incredible things are happening already lmao,” wrote Gab founder and Hitlerbot innovator Andrew Torba  —  Right-wing extremists, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis are celebrating an alarming gesture made by the world's richest man.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate  —  Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled …
Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died  —  Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer.  She was 67.  —  Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer, her family confirmed in a statement.
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Former head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards has died
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump to rename Gulf of Mexico, Denali  —  Donald Trump will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali as part of his Day One actions, incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on X on Monday morning.  Trump will rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier  —  The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON ― With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency …
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Associated Press:
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Trump doesn't place hand on Bible during swearing-in  —  Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office.  —  Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration …
Axios:
Senate confirms Marco Rubio to lead Trump's State Department … - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously earlier Monday to recommend Rubio's confirmation, and Democrats cleared the way for an expedited process.  — It's a resounding show of Senate bipartisanship for one of their own.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate panel advances Defense secretary nominee Hegseth on party-line vote  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor.  —  The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines.
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NBC News:
Senate passes Laken Riley Act aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration
Joshua Posaner / Politico:
Norway cool on Trump's demand for a massive defense spending increase  —  OSLO — Norway is one of the world's richest countries, but isn't signing up for U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that NATO members increase their defense budgets to 5 percent of GDP.  —  “'I'm prepared for new discussions about targets.
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Laura Kayali / Politico:
As Trump arrives, Macron hints NATO spending target is too low
Discussion: Bundeskartellamt and Reuters
Molly White / Citation Needed:
No, Trump didn't make $50 billion from his memecoin  —  Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  When Donald Trump launched a memecoin days before his inauguration, newspapers were quick to try to grab headlines with huge numbers.
 
 
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Biden said his pardon of family was meant to shield them from Trump. That's not the full story.
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