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10:30 AM ET, January 20, 2025

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Emily Yoffe / The Free Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's Day One Executive Order on ‘Male and Female’  —  The White House strikes out at gender ideology and pronouns.  Also: ends housing of biological men in women's prisons; self-ID on passports; and more.  —  Toward the end of the 2024 presidential campaign …
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
‘Disgrace’: Pope Francis revives feud with Trump just before inauguration  —  Pope Francis blasted Donald Trump's plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, calling the United States president-elect's proposal a “disgrace.”  —  “If true, this will be a disgrace …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's honeymoon won't last  —  This is a very bleak moment for the United States and the world.  —  Donald Trump takes office today promising to immediately start in on a litany of human rights abuses and other efforts to harm marginalized people.  He's promised a sweeping assault …
Discussion: Fox News
Fox News:
Trump to take more than 200 executive actions on day one  —  EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump will sign more than 200 executive actions on Inauguration Day—a massive, first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living for American families …
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Call for ‘Revolution of Common Sense’ in Inaugural Address  —  In his speech, excerpts of which were shared with The Wall Street Journal, the incoming president will proclaim a ‘new era of national success’  —  WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump will call for a …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:   Nobody knows what Trump is going to do
Mike Allen / Axios:
Day 1: Trump to revoke security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials
Discussion: CBS News
Associated Press:
Trump returning to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions
Politico:   Trump is back with a big agenda, a mandate — and an axe to grind
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump's Solution May Fall Short.
Joshua McElwee / Reuters:
Pope Francis says Trump's immigration raids would be a ‘disgrace’
Discussion: HuffPost and The Daily Caller
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Associated Press:
Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump  —  President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extraordinary use …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day.  They are the lifeblood of our democracy.  —  Yet alarmingly, public servants have been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.
Discussion: American Thinker, UPI, JURIST and Twitchy
Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
Biden issues preemptive pardons to Milley, Fauci, Jan 6. panel members  —  Biden explained that he was issuing the pardons, not because of any wrongdoing by those included, but to protect them after they had served their country.  —  President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday …
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Biden pardons Fauci, Jan. 6 committee ahead of Trump inauguration
Discussion: Townhall, Twitchy, Florida Politics and IJR
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members
Discussion: CNN, USA Today and Twitchy
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and commutes 2 sentences
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's DOGE to be sued within minutes of Trump inauguration  —  The legal status of Musk's government waste panel will be challenged in federal court almost as soon as the president-elect is sworn in.
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and DNyuz
Billy Bambrough / Forbes:
It's ‘Just Begun’—Trump Meme Coin Suddenly Crashes Back As Melania Coin Shock Hits Crypto  —  Crypto markets have been rocked by the launch of an “official” Donald Trump memecoin this weekend—with traders braced for more mayhem this coming week.  —  Unlock over $3,000 in NFT, web3 and crypto perks — Apply now!
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New York Times:
Trump's Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World's Most Valuable
Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died  —  Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer.  She was 67.  —  Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer, her family confirmed in a statement.
CBS News:
Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with entrepreneur Elon Musk, is expected to soon step away from the task force, CBS News has learned.
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
DOGE: Dangerous Oligarchs Grab Everything
Discussion: The Dispatch, Reason and DNyuz
The Contrarian:
Heather Cox Richardson & Jen Rubin in conversation  —  Two of the boldest, most powerful voices of our time—a historian and a journalist—discuss the precedent for arriving at this day and where we go from here  —  Heather Cox Richardson is a professor of American history and a prolific author.
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump's inauguration  —  Trump's team requested the high-level resignations as the president-elect prepares a sharp break with the Biden administration.  —  Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective …
Discussion: Twitchy, Joe.My.God. and HuffPost
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump vows to release JFK, RFK, MLK assassination records in ‘coming days’  —  President-elect Trump on Sunday vowed to release records related to former President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassinations “in the coming days.”
 
 
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Andrew Stiles / freebeacon.com:
The Joy Is Back in Town: Trump Greeted as Liberator in Triumphant Return to White House
Discussion: Reason
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Biden's So-Called ‘Oligarchs’
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Of, For, and By the Billionaires  —  Musk and Silicon Valley moguls gain unprecedented power
Discussion: The Hill
Jack Goldsmith / New York Times:
Can Trump Be a Great President?
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.
Discussion: Reuters, Al Jazeera and Politico
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Accused 9/11 Mastermind Agrees to Use of Disputed Confession for Life Sentence
Teri Kanefield:
Part 3: Democracy, Oligarchy, and Tyranny
Associated Press:
Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
 

 
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
A US judge orders the White House to lift access restrictions imposed on the AP while the AP's lawsuit moves forward

Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:
Two influential Chinese bloggers say China is considering a ban on Hollywood movies as part of a set of measures to retaliate against Trump's tariffs

Nicole Meir / The Associated Press:
The AP Fund for Journalism announces a pilot program supported by the Google News Initiative to provide content, tools, and training to ~50 nonprofit news orgs
 
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