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8:20 AM ET, January 21, 2025

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The White House:
PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  The privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift.
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Actually, the 14th Amendment Still Exists  —  Trump signed an executive order purporting to rewrite birthright citizenship.  That's not how the Constitution works.  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday declaring that the federal government would no longer recognize …
Discussion: The 19th, Politico and Washington Post
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The Trump executive orders that threaten democracy  —  Ever since Donald Trump declared he'd act like a dictator on Day 1 during his presidential campaign, there have been real concerns that he'd be true to his word — that he'd take a series of unilateral actions that threaten the integrity of American democracy.
Discussion: The White House and Axios
USA Today:
Trump declares border emergency to use US military to ‘repel forms of invasion’  —  President-elect Donald Trump signed nearly a dozen executive orders on border security Monday.  —  Lauren Villagran Bart JansenUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump on Monday declared …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump order seeks end to birthright citizenship in US
Discussion: Reuters and Iowa Starting Line
The White House:
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Trump rescinds Biden's census order, clearing a path for reshaping election maps  —  Among the dozens of Biden-era executive orders that President Trump revoked on Monday was one that had reversed the first Trump administration's unprecedented policy of altering a key set of census results.
Jack Blanchard / Politico:   Playbook: The Trump blitz hits Washington
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Fires Immigration Court Officials as Crackdown Begins
NBC News:
Trump Inauguration Day live updates: Trump signs flurry of executive orders after Capital One Arena rally
The White House:
GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack  —  The sweeping pardons would mark the beginning of the end of one of the largest investigations in FBI history.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was issuing roughly 1,500 pardons …
Washington Post:
Trump to meet with GOP leadership following action-packed Inauguration Day
Discussion: Punchbowl News
Alan Feuer / New York Times:   Trump Commutes Sentence of Stewart Rhodes, Founder of Oath Keepers Militia
David Gilbert / Wired:
Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump's Inauguration  —  The far right is celebrating what it views as a clear signal from the X owner and Donald Trump associate, who made the gestures on stage Monday.  —  Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk making two Nazi …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Did He Actually Do That?  —  Elon Musk either had a slipped-mask moment or is supremely awkward.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally
The White House:
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION  —  WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization  —  Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation's standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.  —  President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the United States …
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 …
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Jack Detsch / Politico:
Trump repeals rule allowing transgender troops to serve in military
STAT:
Trump's initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Trump Signs Two Orders to Dismantle Equity Policies
Discussion: NBC News and The Guardian
The White House:
APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Policy.  The Protecting Americans …
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Tiago Rogero / The Guardian:
Can Trump really rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America?  —  President plans to sign an order to change the name within the US - but other countries would not have to follow suit  —  In his inaugural speech, Donald Trump repeated his intention to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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The White House:
DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:
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.
The White House:
Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President  —  Personnel  —  Clearances for Executive Office of the President  —  The Executive Office of the President requires qualified and trusted personnel to execute its mandate on behalf of the American people.
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Fetterman rips rumors he'll switch to GOP: ‘Rocket sled to Palookaville’  —  Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) shot down rumors that he would switch to the Republican Party.  —  Speaking to Semafor, Fetterman dismissed such rumors as “amateur hour s***,” vowing to remain with the Democratic Party.
Discussion: Semafor and Daily Mail
The White House:
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis  —  Over the past 4 years, the Biden Administration's destructive policies inflicted an historic inflation crisis on the American people.  The Biden Administration not only exploded Government spending …
 
 
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Landon Mion / Fox News:
Coast Guard Commandant terminated over border lapses, recruitment, DEI focus: official
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Time to Admit It: Trump Is a Great President. He's Still Trying To Be a Good One.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Biden started the day with pardons. Trump finished with many more.
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Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
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