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Trump says troops dismissed for refusing the COVID vaccine will be reinstated

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President Donald Trump said he will reinstate all military members who were dismissed for refusing to comply with orders to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic.

“This week, I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate with full back pay,” the newly ...Read more

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Western Altadena got evacuation order hours after Eaton fire exploded. 17 people died there

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LOS ANGELES — All of the 17 deaths confirmed so far in the Eaton fire occurred in areas of western Altadena that received emergency evacuation orders many hours after the fire started.

The fire roared out of Eaton Canyon around 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, pushed west by intense Santa Ana winds. Many neighborhoods in eastern Altadena and surrounding ...Read more

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'Drill baby drill': Trump takes aim at clean energy, climate change and the environment on day one

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On the day he took his oath of office, President Trump promised to sign numerous executive orders that stand to undercut California’s aggressive auto emission standards, undo Biden-era environmental protections and boost U.S. fossil fuel production. To raucous applause — first inside the Capitol Rotunda and inside the Capital One Arena ...Read more

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Trump pledges to restore McKinley's name to tallest peak in North America

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President Donald Trump vowed Monday to revert the name of Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the tallest peak in North America, to Mount McKinley, reigniting a long-running dispute.

“We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs,” Trump said Monday after he was sworn ...Read more

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Senate panel advances Trump pick to lead Homeland Security

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WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Monday evening advanced the nomination of Kristi Noem to become the next secretary of Homeland Security, sending her nomination to the floor on a bipartisan basis with little fanfare.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 13-2 to approve President Donald Trump’s selection of...Read more

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Enrique Tarrio, sentenced for central role in Jan. 6 plot, is freed by Trump

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WASHINGTON — Enrique Tarrio, a Miami native convicted on felony charges of seditious conspiracy for his role in plotting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been released from a 22-year prison sentence among a sweeping declaration of pardons by Donald Trump, one of the new president’s first acts in office.

In all, Trump ...Read more

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Marilyn Mosby not among those pardoned by Biden in final hours of his presidency

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BALTIMORE — Dr. Anthony Fauci. Retired Gen. Mark Milley. Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney.

These public figures, along with several of his relatives, were among those former President Joe Biden pardoned in the final hours before the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Absent from that list was former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby...Read more

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What do Trump's environmental rollbacks mean for California?

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President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement, streamline permitting for oil and gas drilling and revoke electric vehicle rules.

The claims, which came in his inaugural address and in statements from the White House, are a replay of actions Trump took to roll back environmental ...Read more

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Trump signals major flex of presidential powers through executive orders, pardons

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President Donald Trump quickly flexed the sweeping powers of the presidency during his second inauguration at the Capitol on Monday, signaling a slate of executive orders that would radically alter U.S. policy if allowed to stand.

He also suggested he would pardon some or all of his loyalists who attacked the same Capitol building in a failed ...Read more

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker vow to push back on President Trump as he takes oath

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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker delivered their opening salvos Monday against Republican President Donald Trump and his second term in the White House, setting a defiant tone in their defense of immigrant rights and other liberal causes over the next four years.

Pritzker and Johnson did not address Trump by name Monday ...Read more

Hundreds in Philly demonstrate their opposition to Trump on Inauguration Day

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PHILADELPHIA — Among the things on Annette Kim’s agenda on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, watching President Donald Trump take the oath of office was not one of them.

Instead, Kim, 23, a recent college graduate, said that this was a day to ”to celebrate different cultures. ... Martin Luther King stood for those ideals.”

She and about 200 ...Read more

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Trump renews threat to take back Panama Canal

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used his second inaugural address to repeat criticisms of Panama and its operation of the Panama Canal and to threaten to take back control of the waterway through which much U.S. trade passes.

“We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made and Panama’s promise ...Read more

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Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of State

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday resoundingly confirmed colleague Sen. Marco Rubio to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of State, making him the first member of the 47th president’s cabinet to win the chamber’s backing.

The swift Senate vote, 99-0, for Rubio followed shortly after the senior senator from Florida received unanimous ...Read more

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What promises did Trump make in his inauguration speech? Here's a full list

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Shortly after taking the oath of office in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, President Donald Trump delivered a speech laying out his vision for what he called “the golden age of America.”

Lasting just over 30 minutes, the address was filled with a wide range of promises he intends to fulfill during his second term.

Among them were curbing illegal...Read more

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Trump rescinds Biden decision to delist Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism

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Donald Trump has rescinded one of his predecessor’s final foreign policy actions in office within hours of assuming the presidency, revoking former President Joe Biden’s delisting of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.

The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken ...Read more

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Haitian gang shoots up crowded U.S. Embassy van, wounding at least one employee

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An armed gang opened fire on an armored U.S. Embassy van in Port-au-Prince on Monday, wounding an employee, sources confirmed to the Miami Herald.

The employee, who works as a gardener in the embassy’s housing complex, was reportedly on his way to work with other employees. He was immediately transported to a medical facility where he was in ...Read more

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Trump didn’t swear on a Bible. Does it matter?

Eagle-eyed watchers of President Donald Trump’s inauguration noticed that he kept his left hand at his side and did not place it on the Bible held by First Lady Melania Trump as he took the oath of office.

Did it matter?

Constitutionally speaking, no. Though swearing upon a Bible is a ...Read more

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'DOGE' to have its day -- in court

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” came under legal attack within minutes of its official creation Monday, as various public interest groups filed multiple lawsuits accusing the advisory panel of violating federal rules on transparency and other practices.

Suits filed by groups such as the ...Read more

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Hundreds brave frigid temperatures during march in Chicago on Inauguration Day

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CHICAGO — Hundreds of people braved single-digit temperatures to gather in downtown Chicago in opposition to President Donald Trump and his agenda as the 47th president was sworn into office Monday.

Championing a variety of causes including immigrant rights, support for Palestinians and protections for women’s reproductive and LGBTQIA ...Read more

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Trump criticizes LA fire response in inaugural address, plans to visit California Friday

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During his inaugural address on Monday, President Donald Trump blasted what he called a government unable to protect its own citizens in times of crisis — including the people of Southern California affected by the still-burning Palisades and Eaton fires, which have destroyed thousands of structures and killed at least 27 people.

Trump used ...Read more