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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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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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Trump pardons two D.C. officers convicted in fatal chase
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Trump suggests Biden and those he pardoned should be investigated
Trump suggests Biden and those he pardoned should be investigated
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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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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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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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Trump says FEMA is “getting in the way”
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Trump's Rush List for Security Clearances Poses Risks, and Congress Will Have No Oversight
Trump's Rush List for Security Clearances Poses Risks, and Congress Will Have No Oversight
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Former Navy SEAL Said to Be Interim Head of FEMA
Former Navy SEAL Said to Be Interim Head of FEMA
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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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ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here's What to Know
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues Over D.E.I. Crackdown
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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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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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Trump undercuts enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — For decades, the political right has purported to broadly support the goals of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. In recent years, Republicans sought to pare back perceived excesses benefiting minority groups and women …
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Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
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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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Federal health agencies told to halt all external communications — Employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were told to halt all public communications Tuesday. — NPR obtained a memo issued by the acting head of HHS, Dr. Dorothy Fink, to the heads …
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Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
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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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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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Trump Calls for MSNBC to Be Shut Down in Nighttime Rant — The president has already sued CBS for $10 billion over its “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.

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.