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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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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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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 …
Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Senate Passes Border Crackdown Bill, Teeing Up Final House Vote
Senate Passes Border Crackdown Bill, Teeing Up Final House Vote
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, Politico, Associated Press and Semafor
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Fires Immigration Court Officials as Crackdown Begins
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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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
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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freebeacon.com, Semafor, Politico, The Guardian, CBS News and Forbes
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 — 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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals
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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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HuffPost:
Trump Rambles About His Enemies In More On-Brand Speech After His Inaugural Address
Trump Rambles About His Enemies In More On-Brand Speech After His Inaugural Address
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Raw Story, New Jersey Online and freebeacon.com
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
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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Semafor, freebeacon.com, Politico, Center for Biological …, HuffPost and USA Today
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:
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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New York Times, The Hill, NBC News, Fox News and Baltimore Sun
Erica Orden / Politico:
Left off Biden's list of pardons: Jack Smith
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 — 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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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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New Republic and Fortune
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Trump's Oval Office—Version 2.0 — Spoiler alert: The Diet Coke button is back.
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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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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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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Rubio unanimously confirmed as secretary of State, becoming Trump's first Cabinet official — The Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as America's 72nd secretary of State, putting in place the first member of President Trump's Cabinet on the day of his inauguration.
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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:
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 …
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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