PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP  —  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.  Purpose.  The privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift.

Judges Begin Freeing Jan. 6 Defendants and Dismissing Their Cases  —  Two prominent far-right extremists with central roles in the Capitol attack, Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers militia, have been set free.  —  One day after President Donald J …

Trump signs order seeking to rename Alaska's Denali and the Gulf of Mexico  —  President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert to its old name, Mount McKinley.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday issued …

Coast Guard Commandant terminated over border lapses, recruitment, DEI focus: official  —  Senior DHS official confirms to Fox News Digital Coast Guard Adm. Linda Fagan has been relieved of her post  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border …

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 …

Musk responds to backlash over gesture at Trump rally  —  Elon Musk has caused outrage over a one-armed gesture he gave during a speech celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump.  —  Musk thanked the crowd for “making it happen”, before placing his right hand over his heart and then thrusting …

WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION  —  WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD  —  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.  Purpose.

Why Ruben Gallego's Laken Riley vote is a warning for Democrats  —  In backing the Laken Riley Act, the Arizona senator said he's breaking with a party that's “largely out of touch with where your average Latino is.”  —  Ruben Gallego didn't run to be the next John McCain or Kyrsten Sinema …

Trump to announce up to $500 billion in private sector AI infrastructure investment  —  President Trump is set to announce billions of dollars in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States, CBS News has learned.

No Time for Wonkery  —  This is hell, nor are we out of it  —  Donald Trump's second inaugural speech was as vile as expected, but also surprisingly dull.  —  OK, I guess his promise to take back the Panama Canal was a bit exciting.  But nobody took him seriously.

The gravity of Trump pardoning Jan. 6ers who assaulted police  —  Donald Trump's decision to do something so obviously unpopular and fraught should put to rest any GOP attempts to minimize his intentions.  —  One of the big questions surrounding a newly sworn-in President Donald Trump …

Distorting Trump's Language  —  In the flurry of boasts, exaggerations, and untruths that President Trump emitted during yesterday's Inaugural Address, he made evident his intention to turn reality on its head.  Taking his predecessor's successes in reducing crime, increasing oil and gas production …

Time to Admit It: Trump Is a Great President.  He's Still Trying To Be a Good One.  —  The most consequential presidents divided the nation—before “reuniting it on a new level of understanding.”  —  Donald J. Trump in his second inaugural address was everything his supporters hoped he would be …

Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy  —  If it wasn't already obvious, the last 72 hours have made it crystal clear that it is urgent to build and mainstream alternative, decentralized social media platforms that are resistant to government censorship and control …

CNN poaches WaPo vet Philip Rucker … - Rucker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has been with the paper for two decades. … - He will help manage newsgathering efforts around politics while also overseeing the use of that reporting across all of CNN's platforms, including its digital products.

Instagram hides search results for ‘Democrats’  —  Meta says its working urgently to fix a problem with Instagram which results in a “results hidden” message when users search for the terms “Democrat” or “Democrats”.  —  Some social media users have accused the company of political bias …

Bored German Translator Caught Calling Trump's Speech ‘S***’ on Hot Mic  —  SWEARING IN  —  A bored German translator was caught in a hot mic moment after being heard calling Donald Trump's presidential speech “s—.”  The translator, working for German TV channel Phoenix …

Pritzker attacks Trump over birthright citizenship order: It's ‘chaos’  —  CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker launched an attack on President Donald Trump's planned executive order attempting to revoke birthright citizenship.  “That's unconstitutional.  We will not follow an unconstitutional order …

The White House Press Corps Gears Up for Another Trump Term  —  Plenty to worry about—but some are looking forward to the press having better access.  —  The return of Donald Trump to the White House has prompted predictable worries among many DC-based reporters about how his administration might seek …

Judge blocks release of Jack Smith's report on Trump documents case to lawmakers  —  Washington — A federal judge in South Florida blocked the Justice Department from giving lawmakers the portion of former special counsel Jack Smith's report that deals with his investigation into President Trump's handling of classified documents.