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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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“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 …
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What Kash Patel Doesn't Want the Senate to Know About the ‘J6 Prison Choir’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Federal judge says Trump's pardons can't erase ‘immutable’ truth of Jan. 6
Federal judge says Trump's pardons can't erase ‘immutable’ truth of Jan. 6
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump May Come to Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons. Here's Why.
Trump May Come to Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons. Here's Why.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump freed a Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting police. DOJ had him arrested again on a gun charge.
Trump freed a Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting police. DOJ had him arrested again on a gun charge.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Far-Right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump Express Desire for Retribution
Far-Right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump Express Desire for Retribution
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Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965 — The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement. — LOADING — On Wednesday, President Donald Trump revoked a six-decade-old executive order designed …
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Trump rolls back bedrock civil rights measure in sweeping anti-DEI push
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Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
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The White House:
Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects Civil Rights and Merit-Based Opportunity by Ending Illegal DEI
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects Civil Rights and Merit-Based Opportunity by Ending Illegal DEI
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Order That Banned Discrimination in Federal Hiring
Trump Revokes Order That Banned Discrimination in Federal Hiring
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Trump warns he'll adjourn Congress to make recess appointments. How would that work? — President Trump is threatening to use his powers to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments for at least some of his top Cabinet nominees and their deputies, enabling them to begin running the largest federal departments.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Slow G.O.P. Rush to Confirm Trump Nominees
Democrats Slow G.O.P. Rush to Confirm Trump Nominees
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House passes Laken Riley Act, sending it to Trump for first legislative win
House passes Laken Riley Act, sending it to Trump for first legislative win
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Senate Democrats block GOP's ‘born-alive’ abortion bill
Senate Democrats block GOP's ‘born-alive’ abortion bill
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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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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 …
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Donald Trump Demands Apology From Bishop Who Hurt His Feelings — Right Rev. Mariann Budde had appealed to Trump to have mercy and compassion during an interfaith service.
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Trump launches savage attack on bishop who asked for ‘mercy’ for minorities
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CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture — Daniel Bice Mary SpicuzzaMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — A Milwaukee TV weather forecaster has been dropped by her station one day after she criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture that many have likened to a Nazi salute.
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‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi salute
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration …
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Justice Dept Memo Calls for Investigations of State and Local Officials
Justice Dept Memo Calls for Investigations of State and Local Officials
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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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Musk trolls Trump's €500B AI mega plan
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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 …
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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.
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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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Republican Senators Seem Willing to Endure the ‘Challenge’ of Trump's Proposed Tariffs
Republican Senators Seem Willing to Endure the ‘Challenge’ of Trump's Proposed Tariffs
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Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US — Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America's refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration.
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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?

Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog — The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.
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House Republicans create new panel aimed at undermining Jan. 6 committee — Days after Trump pardoned the Capitol's violent attackers, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) will lead a new subcommittee investigating what led to the attack. — Speaker Mike Johnson has launched a new effort intended …
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Hegseth's Former Sister-in-Law Says He Believed Women Shouldn't Vote — That tracks with the tenets of a religious movement he's involved in. — On Tuesday, NBC broke the story of a sworn testimony from the ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick for the US Secretary of Defense.
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Biden's letter to Trump revealed: ‘May God bless you and guide you’ — Trump teased he may release ‘very nice’ letter from Biden — The letter that former President Joe Biden wrote to President Donald Trump upon leaving office on Monday has been exclusively obtained by Fox News.
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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 …
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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.
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