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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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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 …
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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 …
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Trump's honeymoon won't last — This is a very bleak moment for the United States and the world.
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‘Disgrace’: Pope Francis revives feud with Trump just before inauguration
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Trump to issue executive order defining sex as ‘male and female’: ‘These are sexes that are not changeable’
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Trump's agenda is about to remake everything from immigration to taxes to education
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Live Updates: Trump Plans to Sign ‘Close to 100’ Executive Orders
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Trump preparing sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, with commutations for violent offenders: Sources — President Donald Trump is preparing to issue a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including commuting the prison sentences …
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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 …
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Left off Biden's list of pardons: Jack Smith — Biden did not issue preemptive pardons to prosecutors and judges whom Trump has rebuked. — Among the flurry of last-minute pardons issued by Joe Biden in the final moments of his presidency Monday, a group of names was conspicuously absent …


Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals — President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by Donald J. Trump, including five members of his family as well as Liz Cheney, Anthony S. Fauci and Mark A. Milley.
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Trump said to plan blanket pardons for Jan. 6 defendants on Day 1
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Milley portrait taken down from Pentagon
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Gen. Mark Milley ‘deeply grateful’ for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration
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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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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 …


Biden pardons his family in final minutes in office … President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for three of his siblings and two of their spouses, citing concerns that they will be targeted by “baseless and politically motivated investigations.”
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Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
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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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News site focused on Elon Musk to launch
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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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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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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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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.
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Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members
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Fauci says he will accept preemptive pardon from Biden
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As Trump arrives, Macron hints NATO spending target is too low — CESSON-SÉVIGNÉ, France — French President Emmanuel Macron hinted on Monday that France would need to go beyond NATO's current spending target, especially if United States President Donald Trump pulls the American military out of Europe.
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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!


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.
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Everyone Who Was Supposed To Protect You From This Failed Miserably — Trump will now be president again. It was a top-to-bottom collapse and failure by every major institution that got us here — Many of those same people and leaders are now cashing in, paying millions in protection money, or laughing about what has happened.
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Vivek Ramaswamy to leave DOGE and announce run for Ohio governor, sources say — He's is expected to announce his run for governor next week, the sources said. — Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles arrive for the inauguration of President-elect Donald …
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