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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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Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Senate Passes Border Crackdown Bill, Teeing Up Final House Vote — The measure, which increases deportations for undocumented migrants charged with crimes, is likely to be the first bill to reach President Trump's desk. It must pass one more House vote to clear Congress.
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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 …
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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Fires Immigration Court Officials as Crackdown Begins — Four immigration court officials were removed from their positions on Monday. It's unclear who is in charge at this point. — The acting head of the U.S. immigration court system and three other top officials …
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NBC News:
Senate passes Laken Riley Act aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration
Senate passes Laken Riley Act aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate panel advances Defense secretary nominee Hegseth on party-line vote
Senate panel advances Defense secretary nominee Hegseth on party-line vote
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Plans to Sign ‘Close to 100’ Executive Orders
Live Updates: Trump Plans to Sign ‘Close to 100’ Executive Orders
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump taps longtime immigration official as acting attorney general
Trump taps longtime immigration official as acting attorney general
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Washington Examiner, RedState and Global News
Good Morning America:
Trump preparing sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, with commutations for violent offenders: Sources — President Donald Trump is preparing to issue a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including commuting the prison sentences …
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Associated Press:
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
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CNN:
Trump commutes sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders as he pardons over 1,000 January 6 US Capitol rioters
Trump commutes sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders as he pardons over 1,000 January 6 US Capitol rioters
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New York Times:
Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals
Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals
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Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events
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Politico:
Get out of DOGE: How Musk helped eject Ramaswamy — Ramaswamy is leaving the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and plans to run for Ohio governor. — Elon Musk has already achieved his first cut at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency: his co-leader Vivek Ramaswamy.
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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:
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 …
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HuffPost:
Trump Rambles About His Enemies In More On-Brand Speech After His Inaugural Address
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Davis Winkie / USA Today:
Gen. Mark Milley ‘deeply grateful’ for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration
Gen. Mark Milley ‘deeply grateful’ for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Inauguration Live Updates: Trump to Take Oath as 47th President
Inauguration Live Updates: Trump to Take Oath as 47th President
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CNN, New Republic, New York Magazine, Washington State Standard, Reason, Al Jazeera, Washingtonian and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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The White House:
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular …
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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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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden pardons his family in final minutes in office
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Left off Biden's list of pardons: Jack Smith
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 …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Elon Musk already has a White House email address
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Politico:
Trump's pledge to rename Denali rankles Alaskan lawmakers — President Donald Trump's pledge to rename the highest mountain in North America put Alaska's all-Republican congressional delegation in varying states of dismay after he reiterated plans to change Denali back to Mount McKinley in his inaugural address Monday.
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump to rename Gulf of Mexico, Denali
Trump to rename Gulf of Mexico, Denali
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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
Former head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards has died
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The White House:
GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021 — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon …
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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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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 …
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 …
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The White House:
APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Policy. The Protecting Americans …
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The White House:
Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Purpose.

