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9:45 AM ET, January 20, 2025

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Fox News:
Trump to take more than 200 executive actions on day one  —  EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump will sign more than 200 executive actions on Inauguration Day—a massive, first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living for American families …
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
‘Disgrace’: Pope Francis revives feud with Trump just before inauguration  —  Pope Francis blasted Donald Trump's plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, calling the United States president-elect's proposal a “disgrace.”  —  “If true, this will be a disgrace …
Emily Yoffe / The Free Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's Day One Executive Order on ‘Male and Female’  —  The White House strikes out at gender ideology and pronouns.  Also: ends housing of biological men in women's prisons; self-ID on passports; and more.  —  Toward the end of the 2024 presidential campaign …
Associated Press:
Trump returning to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions  —  Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in as the 47th president on Monday …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's honeymoon won't last  —  This is a very bleak moment for the United States and the world.
Discussion: Fox News
Politico:
Playbook: Trump's second coming
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:   Nobody knows what Trump is going to do
Politico:   Trump is back with a big agenda, a mandate — and an axe to grind
Mike Allen / Axios:
Day 1: Trump to revoke security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials
Discussion: CBS News
Business Insider:
TikTok says it is ‘restoring service’ after Trump announces he will issue executive order
CNN:
TikTok is coming back online after Trump pledged to restore it
Yascha Mounk / The Boston Globe:
Trump is back. But a return of total resistance would be a bad strategy.
Discussion: CBS News
Reuters:
Trump holds victory rally in Washington ahead of inauguration
Joshua McElwee / Reuters:
Pope Francis says Trump's immigration raids would be a ‘disgrace’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals  —  Acting on the day he leaves office, President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by his incoming successor, Donald J. Trump, who has vowed “retribution.”
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Associated Press:
Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential revenge by Trump  —  President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day.  They are the lifeblood of our democracy.  —  Yet alarmingly, public servants have been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.
Discussion: American Thinker, JURIST and Twitchy
Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
Biden issues preemptive pardons to Milley, Fauci, Jan 6. panel members  —  Biden explained that he was issuing the pardons, not because of any wrongdoing by those included, but to protect them after they had served their country.  —  President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday …
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Biden pardons Fauci, Jan. 6 committee ahead of Trump inauguration  —  President Biden granted pardons to several prominent public servants Monday who have faced attacks from President-elect Trump in one of his final acts in office.  —  Biden issued pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci …
Discussion: Twitchy, Florida Politics and IJR
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members  —  The move comes just hours before Biden cedes power to Donald Trump.  —  In this Nov. 29, 2021 file photo Anthony Fauci (R), Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …
Discussion: CNN, USA Today and Twitchy
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and commutes 2 sentences
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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CBS News:
Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with entrepreneur Elon Musk, is expected to soon step away from the task force, CBS News has learned.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
DOGE: Dangerous Oligarchs Grab Everything
Discussion: The Dispatch, Reason and DNyuz
Billy Bambrough / Forbes:
It's ‘Just Begun’—Trump Meme Coin Suddenly Crashes Back As Melania Coin Shock Hits Crypto  —  Crypto markets have been rocked by the launch of an “official” Donald Trump memecoin this weekend—with traders braced for more mayhem this coming week.  —  Unlock over $3,000 in NFT, web3 and crypto perks — Apply now!
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New York Times:
Trump's Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World's Most Valuable
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump's inauguration  —  Trump's team requested the high-level resignations as the president-elect prepares a sharp break with the Biden administration.  —  Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective …
Discussion: Twitchy, Joe.My.God. and HuffPost
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump vows to release JFK, RFK, MLK assassination records in ‘coming days’  —  President-elect Trump on Sunday vowed to release records related to former President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassinations “in the coming days.”
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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