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"Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents....something I know something about," Trump said during his speech. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would sign an executive order to stop government censorship and bring back free speech. "I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America," Trump said during his speech after he was sworn in as president. Trump is set to sign multiple executive orders on his first day in office, mostly regarding the U.S. southern border and immigration. He...

Donald Trump promised a 'new golden age of America' after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. 'The decline is over,' he told about 600 allies, dignitaries and family members inside the U.S. Capitol building. He used his inaugural address to balance the idea of an optimistic new dawn with his long-standing accusations that he was the target of a weaponized justice system and to promise a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration. 'As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust,' he said. 'For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has...

According to the Russian leader, the most important thing is to eliminate the root causes of the crisisNOVO-OGARYOVO, January 20. /TASS/. Russia is open to communication with the incoming US administration about the Ukrainian conflict, and sees elimination of the root causes of the crisis as the priority, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the country’s Security Council. "We are also open to dialogue with the new US administration about the Ukrainian conflict. The most important thing there is to eliminate the root causes of the crisis, which we have talked about many times. This is the...

US President Donald Trump is preparing to issue sweeping pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6 2021 attack on the US Capitol, ABC News reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources. ABC News added that Trump also planned to extend full pardons to his supporters who were not charged with engaging in violence on the day.

WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left it in the Oval Office desk drawer after two terms as president. He did that for George H.W. Bush, his successor and vice president of eight years. Bush did the same for Bill Clinton, who left a note for Bush’s son George W. The younger Bush left behind written words for Barack Obama, who later put pen to paper for Donald Trump. Trump curiously continued this rite of presidential passage by writing a letter to Joe Biden, even...

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Following President Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, the White House Press Secretary today released President Donald Trump’s comprehensive ‘America First’ agenda. The plan encompasses a series of executive orders and policy initiatives aimed at reshaping domestic and foreign policies to prioritize American interests. These plans could potentially be enacted today through Trump’s executive orders. The email reads: 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, ending asylum for illegal border crossers, cracking down on criminal sanctuaries, and enhancing vetting...

Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday announced a boycott of companies eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, saying the effort will be in the spirit of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking from the Metropolitan AME Church, Sharpton said his organization, the National Action Network, is calling upon all Americans, regardless of their race or gender, to boycott companies that will no longer support DEI. “Why do we have DEI? We have DEI because you denied us diversity, you denied us equity, you denied us inclusion. DEI was a remedy to the racial institutionalized bigotry practice...

A man who officials said has been deported from the U.S. five times was arrested last week for attempted kidnapping in Alabama. The Elmore County Sheriff identified the suspect as Yordy Centeno-Melchor, 31. The sheriff said Centeno-Melchor tried to kidnap a teenage girl at a store in Holtville on New Year’s Eve. He was taken into custody Friday afternoon and charged with second-degree attempted kidnapping. According to the sheriff, Centeno-Melchor has been deported from the U.S. five times. His current address is in Wetumpka, Alabama. Centeno-Melchor had his first court appearance on Monday where a judge set a cash bail...

ArtII.S2.C1.3.7 Legal Effect of a Pardon - Constitution Annotated More broadly, the {U.S. Supreme} Court ruled in several cases ... the Court in Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915,) stated that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it.

An illegal migrant from Mexico has been charged with murdering his girlfriend in Utah — just a week after he was deported from the US for a second time, authorities said. Nestor Rocha-Aguayo, 24, is accused of killing 31-year-old Talia Benward and dumping her body in a remote area in Tooele, just outside Salt Lake City, last week after surveillance footage showed them arguing in a car. The accused killer, who has a string of drug and domestic violence raps, had already been deported back to Mexico twice — most recently on Christmas Eve, following a drug-related arrest. But he...

President Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents, within the final hour of his presidency. "The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier, so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement. He is now 80 years old, suffers from severe health ailments, and has spent the majority of his life (nearly half a century) in prison," the White House said in a statement...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez shook the world on Monday, January 13, with the ambiguous claim that his government planned to tax properties owned by non-EU nationals by 100 percent. The soundbite rang alarm bells and made headlines around the world, not least for the ambiguity in its language. Could this be existing properties? Could this be property owned by offshore and non-resident investors? Could this be on the purchase tax on properties? While interpretations of the boastful claim by Sánchez were various, the miscommunication caused hearts to skip throughout the entire expat community in Spain. But such an extraordinary...

President Joe Biden pardons his brother Jim Biden and other family members on Monday. President Joe Biden pardons brother Jim Biden and other family members on Monday just before his time in office expired. "My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me -- the worst kind of partisan politics," Biden wrote in a statement. "Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end." Biden also issued pardons for his sister-in-law Sara, his sister Valerie and her husband, John Owens, and his brother Francis. “The issuance of these pardons...

Trump said on his Truth Social platform that he planned to join the crowd at Capital One Arena for a modified presidential parade before finishing the day with a dizzying schedule of three inauguration balls.The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an administration official told reporters. The official did not provide details on how the administration planned to implement a change that scholars say would be illegal and quickly challenged. Trump’s order...

“I don’t believe anyone has seen this all black penguin before.” Partial melanism is as rare as 1-in-250,000 in penguins, but this morph is even rarer than that. Image credit: Yves Adams/Compass Media An ultra-rare all-black penguin has been spotted on South Georgia Island, standing out among its more typical black-and-white buddies by bucking the tuxedo trend with an entirely black body. Remarkably, the rare animal was captured by a photographer who’s no stranger to unusual color morphs, having snapped a peculiar yellow-and-white penguin back in 2021. After receiving a tip from his expedition leader that there was an unusual...

The governments of Finland and the Philippines have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) in a major step towards ensuring fair and sustainable opportunities for Filipino workers. This collaboration focuses on ethical labour mobility and protecting workers’ rights, particularly as Finland seeks to address its growing labour shortage. Ethical recruitment In a ceremony held in Manila, DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Arto Olavi Sartonen signed the agreement, reaffirming their mutual commitment to fairness and dignity in labour mobility. Filipino workers in Finland, particularly those in the healthcare, IT, and industrial sectors, will benefit...

The 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 the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an administration official told reporters.The official did not provide details on how the administration planned to implement a change that scholars say would be illegal and quickly challenged. Trump’s order would reinterpret the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which grants citizenship to...

Trump delivered the address inside the Capitol Rotunda. Trump delivered his second inaugural address on Monday inside the Capitol Rotunda. Read the full transcript of President Donald Trump's second inaugural address: Thank you very, very much. Vice President Vance, Speaker Johnson, Senator Thune, Chief Justice Roberts, Justices of the United States Supreme Court. President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Harris and my fellow Citizens, the golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation,...

Who says AI can't be useful? People from various industries have begun taking advantage of artificial intelligence to help with writing, translation, coding, and now… horrifying and potentially lethal weapons. A fascinating but terrifying video posted online shows a man demonstrating a pneumatic gun controlled by ChatGPT that can be commanded to track and fire on targets of a specific color. Though ChatGPT's parent company OpenAI reportedly shut off the engineer's API access due to disapproving of its application, the results remain truly impressive. With simple voice commands, the engineer directs the gun to target balloons of a specific color…...