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“President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent. He was a natural businessman and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States. “The United States, I mean, think of this, spent more money …

NBC News reports: Trump on Monday plans to sign executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies, according to senior White House officials. The officials grouped both orders under the incoming Trump administration’s wider “restoring sanity” agenda. The official presented …

The Washington Post reports: 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-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters. The incoming official did not provide details on how the administration planned to implement a …

The New York Times reports: Donald John Trump is set to complete his remarkable return to power around noon Eastern on Monday when he is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. He plans an immediate shock-and-awe blitz of orders and actions meant to begin dramatically changing the course of the country. After meeting at the White …

The Meidas Touch reports: Watch the first-ever Puppy and Kitten Inauguration where you will see cute dogs and cats and not the other thing happening today. Support these incredible organizations providing emergency assistance related to the Los Angeles fires for animals and residents: Pasadena Human Society, the Humane Society of the U.S, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. We’ll …

CNN reports: President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are welcoming President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump to the White House following a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Typically after the morning service, the president-elect, vice president-elect, and their spouses usually visit the White House, where the president-elect and the outgoing president hold a brief private meeting. This …

The New York Times reports: Trump is seeking to repurchase the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue and turn it back into a Trump hotel — a safe space for his supporters in a city where he only captured about 7 percent of the vote in November. Other allies are looking to create a social club for Trump insiders. He …

“We are on the eve of an authoritarian administration. This is what 21st century fascism is starting to look like. All these journalists were like, congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Are you going to the inauguration? Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists, so no, I’m not going to …

CNN reports: President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of Congress who served on the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, using extraordinary executive prerogative as a shield against revenge by his incoming successor, Donald Trump. “These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience …

The Washington Post reports: Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from President-elect Donald Trump’s aides, three U.S. officials familiar with the matter said. The forced departures, aimed at establishing a decisive break from the Biden administration, will result in an exodus of decorated veterans …

CNBC reports: Incoming first lady Melania Trump launched her own meme coin ahead of her husband’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. In a Sunday evening post on the X social media platform, she announced that investors “can buy $MELANIA now.” The Melania token was trading at $11.16 at 10:48 a.m. London time on Monday, …

“There were so many down tickets that were taken. There was over there was four senators stolen, about nine congressman, judges across the country. You know, everyone said, look over here because he was too big to rig. Look over here! And what’s — You know, Donald Trump won! But we will not forget about all the other tickets down …

The Associated Press reports: President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent ban in the U.S. Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday as millions of …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump returned to Washington Saturday evening to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration. Trump made his way from West Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife Melania Trump and their son Barron aboard a U.S. military C-32 aircraft on a flight dubbed Special Air Mission 47 — a nod to …

CBS News reports: TikTok voluntarily shut down service in the U.S. just hours before a Sunday deadline. Users in the U.S. who opened the app late Saturday night were greeted with a message with the headline, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now.” “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.,” the message reads. “Unfortunately, that means you can’t …

USA Today reports: Brittany Martinez came to Washington with friends and their mothers to protest for women’s rights and immigration Saturday. The six women were waiting in a park for the People’s March, the largest anti-Donald Trump protest planned before his inauguration Monday, to begin moving. Martinez of Jacksonville, Fla. held a sign that said “Public cervix announcement. My body, …

The Hill reports: Former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer predicted that President-elect Trump will sign over 100 executive orders on a range of topics “early next week. “My guess is that by the time we wake up Wednesday morning, there’s over 100 executive orders in action, signed by this president,” Spicer said on NewsNation’s show “The Hill.” Spicer …

NBC News reports: Incoming administration staffers are being warned to weigh the threat of a pricey legal defense and consider purchasing a form of legal insurance that would provide them a lawyer if needed, a protection that many now consider part of doing business after former Trump aides were hauled before congressional committees and grand juries over the past eight …

Forbes reports: In a move that perfectly encapsulates the peculiarities of our times, Donald Trump launched a meme coin on January 17th, 2025, just a few days before his presidential inauguration. Within less than 24 hours it has reached a staggering market capitalization of $4.8 billion and a fully diluted valuation of $24.3 billion. “Trump Coin” has taken the cryptocurrency …

Politico reports: The call to move the swearing in and inaugural address indoors was made by the Trump team, but the pivot will have to be executed by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and hundreds of workers across Capitol Hill — who have less than 72 hours to pull off a huge pivot. Just a tiny fraction of …