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12:00 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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New York Times:
Here Are Trump's Expected Executive Orders  —  The incoming president's team said he would take unilateral action on a variety of fronts during his first hours in office, including 10 executive orders cracking down on immigration and immigrants.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday …
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 …
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 …
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
Mike Allen / Axios:   Day 1: Trump to revoke security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Nobody knows what Trump is going to do
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Trump Plans to Declare National Emergency at US Border
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals  —  Acting on the day he leaves office, President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by his incoming successor, Donald J. Trump, who has vowed “retribution.”
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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 …
Davis Winkie / USA Today:
Gen. Mark Milley ‘deeply grateful’ for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
William Kristol / The Bulwark:   Don't Be Shocked.  Don't Be Awed.  —  Welcome to Inauguration Day.  We'll be here for the next four years—at least.
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Biden pardons Fauci, Jan. 6 committee ahead of Trump inauguration
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall, Raw Story and IJR
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.
Discussion: Reuters and Al Jazeera
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  —  Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women's rights and other progressive causes, died Monday.  In a statement, her family confirmed her death, saying she passed away at home, “surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie.”
Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67
Discussion: Mother Jones and DNyuz
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
News site focused on Elon Musk to launch  —  News organizations are grappling with how to cover the overwhelming pace of news expected from the return to power of President-elect Donald Trump later today.  The lawyer and investigative journalist Judd Legum, founder of the liberal site Popular Information …
Discussion: The Hill and City A.M.
CBS News:
Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE
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 …
Discussion: Axios and The Post Millennial
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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 …
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!
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.
 
 
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Sherrilyn Ifill / Sherrilyn's Newsletter:
It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do.
Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press:
Same-sex couples in Thailand speak of happiness before marriage equality law takes effect
Discussion: Reuters
Michael Podhorzer / Weekend Reading:
Change No One Would Have Believed  —  Audacious hopes recede in the rear view mirror
Associated Press:
Do US adults support Trump's agenda? Here's what an AP-NORC poll shows
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
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
Discussion: The Hill
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump vows to release JFK, RFK, MLK assassination records in ‘coming days’
Jack Goldsmith / New York Times:
Can Trump Be a Great President?
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
 

 
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Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Internal memo: the US DOJ disbands the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit, established by Biden in 2021, as the agency is “not a digital assets regulator”

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Bradly Shankar / MobileSyrup:
Nintendo says Switch 2 pre-orders in Canada “will not start on April 9, 2025 in order to align with the timing of pre-orders to be determined in the US”
 
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