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4:55 PM ET, January 22, 2025

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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges  —  Trump granted clemency to hundreds of alleged or convicted violent criminals.  One is back behind bars … In May 2023, Daniel Ball of Homosassa, Florida, was indicted on 12 counts related to his participation in the attack on the Capitol.
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
“F—k it: Release 'em all”: Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons … - Trump vacillated during an internal debate over targeted clemency vs. a blanket decision according to two insiders.  — But as Trump's team wrestled with the issue, and planned a shock-and-awe batch of executive orders Day 1 …
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump May Come to Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons.  Here's Why.  —  The potential for political backlash is real — now and in the future.  —  Even though President Donald Trump had vowed to deliver pardons to those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol, his sweeping clemency for roughly 1,500 people was stunning.
Thomas Joscelyn / The Bulwark:
What Kash Patel Doesn't Want the Senate to Know About the ‘J6 Prison Choir’
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and NPR
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Raskin: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters ‘a reserve army of political foot soldiers’
Discussion: The Independent
Associated Press:
Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave  —  President Donald Trump 's administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.
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Axios:
Trump rolls back bedrock civil rights measure in sweeping anti-DEI push … - LBJ's order gave the Secretary of Labor the authority to ensure equal opportunity for people of color and women in federal contractors' recruitment, hiring, training and other employment practices.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, Do No Harm and New Republic
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:   Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Order That Banned Discrimination in Federal Hiring
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump launches savage attack on bishop who asked for ‘mercy’ for minorities  —  U.S. president calls the clergywoman a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater,” “ungracious,” “nasty” and “not compelling or smart.”  —  U.S. President Donald Trump hit out Wednesday at a bishop who directly called …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump demands apology, criticizes bishop's prayer service remarks
Associated Press:
Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
CNN:
US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border  —  Thousands of additional active duty US troops are being ordered to the southern US border with Mexico, just two days after President Donald Trump mandated that the US military step up its presence there, according to officials familiar with the matter.
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. border agents told to summarily deport migrants without asylum hearings under Trump edict  —  Washington — Citing President Trump's extraordinary move to close the American asylum system, U.S. border agents have been instructed to summarily deport migrants crossing into the country …
Discussion: New York Times, Reuters and DNyuz
Robert Plummer / BBC:
Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon  —  One of the people who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump, saying: “We were wrong that day.”  —  Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced …
Politico:
Trump pulls back Biden drug pricing action  —  TRUMP PULLS BACK BIDEN DRUG PRICING EO — The Trump administration's first drug pricing action — rescinding a Biden executive order encouraging Medicare to help lower prescription costs — is befuddling drug pricing experts.
Discussion: WVEC
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says Trump's tariff policy is positive for national security so people should ‘get over it’ … WATCH NOW  —  JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that the looming tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to slap on U.S. trading partners could be viewed positively.
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OpenAI:
Announcing The Stargate Project  —  The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.  We will begin deploying $100 billion immediately.  This infrastructure will secure American leadership …
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Musk trolls Trump's €500B AI mega plan
CNN:
Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US  —  Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners obtained by CNN.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Elon Musk's salute falls flat: Why far-right trolling isn't working this time around  —  As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said to defenders of Musk's provocation, “People can officially stop listening to you”  —  One thing that's easy enough to see about Elon Musk's infamous hand gesture …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Bloomberg and DNyuz
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Kate Connolly / The Guardian:
‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi salute
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
How to Stop Trump in One Stupid Chart  —  For reasons I can't explain, this entire newsletter feels like it was written in ALL CAPS.  So maybe you'll imagine me shouting it at you, like a crazy person.  —  Because basically, that's how I feel right now: Like a crazy person.  Maybe you do, too?
Donald Trump / STAT:
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts  —  Agencies subject to the HHS directive include the CDC, the NIH, and the FDA  —  The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month.
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
White House budget office narrows scope of executive order restricting IRA funds  —  The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued new guidance Wednesday clarifying limits to the disbursement of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds ordered by President Trump on Monday.
WTVF-TV:
Antioch High School on lockdown: Two people are dead, one stable  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Two students are dead and another student was injured after a shooting inside Antioch High School on Wednesday.  —  According to police, two students were shot by another in the cafeteria.
Associated Press:
White House sidelines 160 National Security Council staffers, aligning the team with Trump's agenda  —  President Donald Trump's national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Trump's Second Inauguration Down From 2017 (and 2021)  —  Monday's ceremony follows the usual pattern for presidents beginning a second term. … Early figures from Nielsen show Trump's swearing in as the 47th president of the United States averaged 26.05 million viewers from 11:30 …
New York Times:
Kennedy Would Keep Stake in H.P.V. Vaccine Suit if Confirmed  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's nominee to be health secretary, would have oversight power over the vaccine's maker, Merck, if confirmed.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to be health secretary …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and Forbes
 
 
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Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog
Discussion: Axios and Defense One
Sharon Lerner / ProPublica:
Donald Trump's No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm
Discussion: New York Times
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