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7:30 PM ET, January 20, 2025

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Washington Post:
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship  —  The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.  —  The U.S. government will no longer recognize …
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The White House:
President Trump's America First Priorities  —  MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN  — President Trump will take bold action to secure our border and protect American communities.  — This includes ending Biden's catch-and-release policies, reinstating Remain in Mexico, building the wall …
NPR:
All of the Day 1 executive actions Trump has announced so far  —  For updates, context and analysis of Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, check out NPR's live blog throughout the day Monday.  —  President Trump is expected to sign a flurry of executive orders, memorandums and proclamations …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump taps longtime immigration official as acting attorney general  —  President Donald Trump has selected James McHenry, a lawyer specializing in immigration enforcement, to head up the Justice Department as acting attorney general.  McHenry, seen as a hard-liner on immigration matters …
New York Times:
Here Are Trump's Expected Executive Orders
Steven Nelson / New York Post:   Trump to issue executive order defining sex as ‘male and female’: ‘These are sexes that are not changeable’
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's honeymoon won't last  —  This is a very bleak moment for the United States and the world.
Discussion: Politico
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Associated Press:
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel.  It's a guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump  —  Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
New York Times:
Portrait of General Milley Is Removed From Pentagon  —  The decision was an early salvo by the new administration against a military that President Trump has assailed for a variety of perceived offenses.  —  The Pentagon on Monday removed a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley …
Discussion: USA Today and Reuters
New York Times:
Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon removes new portrait of Mark Milley
Discussion: Raw Story
Erica Orden / Politico:   Left off Biden's list of pardons: Jack Smith
Davis Winkie / USA Today:
Gen. Mark Milley ‘deeply grateful’ for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration
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.
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Politico:
Get out of DOGE: How Musk helped eject Ramaswamy  —  Ramaswamy is leaving the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and plans to run for Ohio governor.  —  Elon Musk has already achieved his first cut at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency: his co-leader Vivek Ramaswamy.
New York Times:
Musk Is Likely to Get a West Wing Office for His Cost-Cutting Project  —  The world's richest man had been expected to be situated in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, but a West Wing office would give him closer access to President Trump.  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Forbes and DNyuz
Associated Press:
Ramaswamy won't serve on Trump's government efficiency commission as he mulls run for Ohio governor
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Elon Musk already has a White House email address
Discussion: New Republic and Fortune
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  I am issuing pardons to Gerald G. Lundergan and Ernest William Cromartie.  I am also commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.  —  My family has been subjected …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier  —  The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON ― With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency …
Associated Press:
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute  —  “Incredible things are happening already lmao,” wrote Gab founder and Hitlerbot innovator Andrew Torba  —  Right-wing extremists, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis are celebrating an alarming gesture made by the world's richest man.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate  —  Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled …
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.
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Former head of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards has died
Zack Colman / Politico:
Trump to withdraw from Paris climate agreement  —  The decision delivers a blow to the effort to keep global temperatures from rising to dangerous levels.  —  President Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, delivering a blow …
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Trump's Oval Office—Version 2.0
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump to rename Gulf of Mexico, Denali  —  Donald Trump will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali as part of his Day One actions, incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on X on Monday morning.  Trump will rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” …
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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Trump doesn't place hand on Bible during swearing-in  —  Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office.  —  Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration …
Axios:
Senate confirms Marco Rubio to lead Trump's State Department … - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously earlier Monday to recommend Rubio's confirmation, and Democrats cleared the way for an expedited process.  — It's a resounding show of Senate bipartisanship for one of their own.
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Molly White / Citation Needed:
No, Trump didn't make $50 billion from his memecoin  —  Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  When Donald Trump launched a memecoin days before his inauguration, newspapers were quick to try to grab headlines with huge numbers.
Joshua Posaner / Politico:
Norway cool on Trump's demand for a massive defense spending increase  —  OSLO — Norway is one of the world's richest countries, but isn't signing up for U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that NATO members increase their defense budgets to 5 percent of GDP.  —  “'I'm prepared for new discussions about targets.
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Laura Kayali / Politico:
As Trump arrives, Macron hints NATO spending target is too low
Discussion: Bundeskartellamt and Reuters
 
 
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