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Thursday, January 23, 2025

The Daily Beast's Michael Daly writes about the death of Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick after Jan. 6 and the impact Trump's pardons has on the officer's legacy. read more


Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde isn't the only religious leader leveling criticism at President Donald Trump this week. read more


House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced Wednesday the creation of a new select subcommittee to investigate events before and after Jan. 6, 2021. read more


Amid a flurry of executive orders, some of which were signed live on TV on inauguration night, the US president issued several orders that repeal Biden-era directives that had expanded healthcare access and options for lower-income and middle-class Americans. read more


President Donald Trump has pardoned two D.C. police officers who were convicted after one chased a man riding a moped, which ultimately led to his death, and the other helped cover it up. read more


A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents' immigration status. read more


Fear of increased ICE raids have already negatively affected the nation's agricultural sector, causing alarm that food prices could skyrocket in the near future as a result of Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies. read more


NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Bishop Mariann Budde about her homily Tuesday, where she made a plea directly to President Donald Trump. read more


One of Trump's executive orders could imperil billions in funding for projects that states have already begun working on, some experts said. read more


Wednesday, January 22, 2025

A Danish Member of the European Parliament had some pointed words for President Donald Trump. As he did during his first term, Trump has expressed interest in attempting to acquire Greenland ... read more


Frank Bowman: We may be entering a prolonged era of legal impunity for presidents, their families, friends, and even criminally violent supporters. read more


Employees in any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave "effective immediately," according to a post from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. read more


All of the intelligence officials who signed a letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop scandal was similar to a "Russian information operation" could lose their security clearances. The Trump administration will move to take the clearances away from the officials. read more


A bored German translator was caught in a hot mic moment after being heard calling Donald Trump's presidential speech "s---." The translator, working for German TV channel Phoenix, appeared to get frustrated during the 2,885-word marathon speech ... read more


Trump ordered all federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites, and health advisories. The orders were delivered to the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Centers for Disease Control, and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health. On top of this, the Avian flu is spreading and the US just withdrew from the WHO. read more


Last week, an Amarillo, Texas-based U.S. District judge ruled that three states can proceed with a lawsuit that would limit the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. read more


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