Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges  —  Trump granted clemency to hundreds of alleged or convicted violent criminals.  One is back behind bars … In May 2023, Daniel Ball of Homosassa, Florida, was indicted on 12 counts related to his participation in the attack on the Capitol.

US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border  —  Thousands of additional active duty US troops are being ordered to the southern US border with Mexico, just two days after President Donald Trump mandated that the US military step up its presence there, according to officials familiar with the matter.

Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965  —  The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.  —  LOADING  —  On Wednesday, President Donald Trump revoked a six-decade-old executive order designed …

Trump warns he'll adjourn Congress to make recess appointments.  How would that work?  —  President Trump is threatening to use his powers to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments for at least some of his top Cabinet nominees and their deputies, enabling them to begin running the largest federal departments.

Trump Actions to Undermine Drug Prices Will Cost Medicare Recipients Money  —  One of the nearly 200 executive orders that newly inaugurated President Donald Trump signed on Tuesday reversed several critical policies that President Biden had put in place.  Among those was lowering drug costs for Americans.

Announcing The Stargate Project  —  The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.  We will begin deploying $100 billion immediately.  This infrastructure will secure American leadership …

Jamie Dimon says Trump's tariff policy is positive for national security so people should ‘get over it’ … WATCH NOW  —  JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that the looming tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to slap on U.S. trading partners could be viewed positively.

Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon  —  One of the people who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump, saying: “We were wrong that day.”  —  Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced …

Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US  —  Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America's refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration.

Republicans balk at new Hegseth allegations  —  The Republican wall of support around Pete Hegseth shows no sign of weakening, despite new allegations against the Defense secretary nominee that he was abusive to his second wife.  GOP senators waved away the accusations from Hegseth's former sister-in-law …

Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog  —  The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.

How to Stop Trump in One Stupid Chart  —  For reasons I can't explain, this entire newsletter feels like it was written in ALL CAPS.  So maybe you'll imagine me shouting it at you, like a crazy person.  —  Because basically, that's how I feel right now: Like a crazy person.  Maybe you do, too?

160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump's agenda  —  President Donald Trump's national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align …

House Republicans create new panel aimed at undermining Jan. 6 committee  —  Days after Trump pardoned the Capitol's violent attackers, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) will lead a new subcommittee investigating what led to the attack.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson has launched a new effort intended …

Hegseth's Former Sister-in-Law Says He Believed Women Shouldn't Vote  —  That tracks with the tenets of a religious movement he's involved in.  —  On Tuesday, NBC broke the story of a sworn testimony from the ex-sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick for the US Secretary of Defense.

Biden's letter to Trump revealed: ‘May God bless you and guide you’  —  Trump teased he may release ‘very nice’ letter from Biden  —  The letter that former President Joe Biden wrote to President Donald Trump upon leaving office on Monday has been exclusively obtained by Fox News.