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Trump freed a Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting police. DOJ had him arrested again on a gun charge. — The charges against Daniel Ball, unrelated to Jan. 6, had been pending since 2023. — A Jan. 6 defendant whose felony assault charges were dismissed a day earlier was arrested Wednesday …
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New York Post and The Independent
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Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges
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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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HuffPost, New York Times, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Hill, Vox, CBS News, DNyuz, Washington Times and Axios
Associated Press:
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemency
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemency
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CBS News, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, DNyuz, New York Times, Twin Cities, Daily Press, Crooked Media, The Guardian and Associated Press

Trump targeted federal workers in his opening act, starting with DEI employees — President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders aimed at overhauling the federal workforce, but the details will determine who is affected and how. — President Donald Trump targeted federal workers …
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Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
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NBC News, UnHerd, The White House, Breitbart, The Independent, DNyuz and The American Conservative
New York Times:
Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues Over D.E.I. Crackdown
Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues Over D.E.I. Crackdown
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Politico, Raw Story, DNyuz, USA Today, The Mahablog, The Daily Caller, BatBoyBlog and The White House
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Trump's sweeping new order tries to dismantle DEI in government — and the private sector
Trump's sweeping new order tries to dismantle DEI in government — and the private sector
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NPR, The Free Press, HotAir, One America News Network, Megyn Kelly, The 19th, Hollywood Life, RedState, Alternet.org, Daily Mail, WNYW-TV, CBS News and DNyuz

Trump threatens to withhold aid for California wildfires in first TV interview since inauguration — “I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,” he told Sean Hannity — Trump slams Biden over prosecutions, pardons — President Donald Trump threatened …
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Exposing the role … and CBS News
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President Donald Trump goes off the rails when asked about California wildfires — President Donald Trump went off the rails when asked about California wildfires during his first full day in office. He claims city officials are diverting “limitless” water to the ocean through a “massive valve.”
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Washington Times

President Trump, Crypto Billionaire — His new family tokens, which have soared in value, are courting legal and political trouble. — Donald Trump doesn't always separate his personal interests from his public obligations, and a howling example is his sudden new status as a crypto billionaire.
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Former Navy SEAL Said to Be Interim Head of FEMA
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The Intercept
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump says FEMA is “getting in the way”
Trump says FEMA is “getting in the way”
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Associated Press, Mediaite, DNyuz, Raw Story, IJR, NOTUS, Bloomberg, The Independent, Breitbart, Washington Times, The Hill, Fox News, The Guardian, New York Post and Townhall

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring — Researchers facing “a lot uncertainty, fear and panic” — Donald Trump's return to the White House is already having a big impact at the $47.4 billion U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
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STAT, Talking Points Memo and carpe natem
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Donald Trump / STAT:
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
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New York Times, CBS News, Roll Call, MedPageToday.com, DNyuz, NewsNation, Al Jazeera, Gizmodo, Daily Mail, Reuters, The Post Millennial, Washington Examiner, MeidasTouch News, Washington Post and CNN

Bishop who made plea to Trump says she won't apologize — The reverend who called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrants during a prayer service for his inauguration said in a new interview she would not apologize for her remarks.
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Hollywood Life, LGBTQ Nation, Fox News, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones, Plain Dealer, IJR, MeidasTouch News and The Guardian
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Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump
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Brian Bennett / Time:
‘I Am Not Going to Apologize’: The Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out
‘I Am Not Going to Apologize’: The Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out
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HuffPost, NBC News, Associated Press, Washington Times, Advocate, CBS News, UnHerd, DNyuz, Human Events, USA Today, Fox News, The Hill, Slate, Washington Examiner, ABC News and New York Daily News
David Strom / HotAir:
Bishop At National Prayer Service Attacks Trump's Character and Policy
Bishop At National Prayer Service Attacks Trump's Character and Policy
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DNyuz, One America News Network, RTÉ, Townhall, Breitbart, Alternet.org, New York Post, RedState and Twitchy

Trump suggests it was a mistake Biden didn't pardon himself — President Trump on Wednesday repeatedly suggested it was a mistake that former President Biden did not preemptively pardon himself before leaving office. — Trump, in a sit-down interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity …
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HuffPost, PJ Media, The Guardian, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Independent, USA Today, Daily Mail, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall and Raw Story
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Trump suggests Biden and those he pardoned should be investigated
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Reason
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of ‘drain the swamp’
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of ‘drain the swamp’
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USA Today, The Hill, Reason, New Republic and Deseret News

Trump pardons police officers convicted of murder, obstruction in man's death — President Donald Trump pardoned two Washington, D.C. police officers convicted in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, who was riding a moped on a sidewalk without a helmet when he ignored instructions to stop.
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Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division — The memo doesn't state how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the civil rights division for at least the first weeks of the Trump administration. — The Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division …
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Reuters, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Forbes, The White House and DNyuz

Trump's Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry — Fear of increased ICE raids have already negatively affected the nation's agricultural sector, causing alarm that food prices could skyrocket in the near future as a result of Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies.
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STAT, Raw Story, Iowa Starting Line, Salt Lake Tribune and Los Angeles Times
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Nikki Marín Baena / Teen Vogue:
ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here's What to Know
ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here's What to Know
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Daily Mail, DNyuz and CBS News

CNN to lay off hundreds of employees as post-inauguration transformation begins, sources say … Warner Bros. Discovery's CNN plans to lay off hundreds of employees Thursday as it refocuses the business around a global digital audience, according to people familiar with the matter.

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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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

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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House passes Laken Riley Act, sending it to Trump for first legislative win
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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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Washington Post, Semafor, Breitbart, Balloon Juice, Atlantic Council, Daily Kos, New York Daily News, CBS News, NBC News and Politico

Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’ — JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A state senator in Mississippi has filed a bill entitled the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act.” — As written by Sen. Bradford Blackmon, the bill would make it “unlawful for a person …

Trump Gives Gun, Drug Agents Deportation Power — The directive is the latest in a flurry of moves the new administration has taken on immigration — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is attempting to amass a larger force of law-enforcement officials to help carry out deportations …
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Townhall, Daily Mail, Twitchy and Raw Story

GOP leaders mull a big debt-and-funding deal with Democrats — The option would include an agreement that ties together government funding, border money, disaster aid and a debt-limit hike. — House and Senate GOP leaders are internally debating a possible deal with Democrats …
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UnHerd

FTC Chairman Ferguson Announces that DEI is Over at the FTC — Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced that the agency is delivering on the promise that President Trump made to the American people and issued the following statement: — DEI is a scourge on our institutions.

Rubio is heading to Panama — Trump has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should use military force to take back the Panama Canal. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Panama — the country whose canal President Donald Trump has suggested he'd seize — as early as next week …
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Fox News, Bloomberg, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart