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Today's Political News Compilation - Friday, January. 17, 2025

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Trump will arrive in Washington Saturday for inaugural celebrations to mark his return to power

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump will return to Washington Saturday to kick off days of pageantry to herald his second inauguration as president, four years after he departed the city under the shadow of an attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol.

The ritualistic changing of power will get underway as Washington’s solemn pomp is paired with Trump’s brand of party: a fireworks showcase at one of his luxury golf properties, guests including tech industry titans, friends from the business world and conservative media stars, and thousands of his supporters streaming in from around the country.

With a blast of Arctic air expected to leave the nation’s capital facing frigid temperatures on Inauguration Day, organizers were also scrambling to move inside most of Monday’s outdoor events, including the swearing-in ceremony.

Trump, a Republican, left office in 2021 as a political pariah after his refusal to accept his loss led a mob to overrun the U.S. Capitol. He then broke tradition by skipping Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration as his successor.

In a stark contrast with Trump, Biden will adhere to one of the most potent symbols of the democratic handover, welcoming Trump to the White House and joining him on the ride to the Capitol before he takes the oath of office.

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Pete Hegseth's ex-wife 'feared for her personal safety,' former sister-in-law says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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In a sworn affidavit, Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law said Hegseth's ex-wife told her she at one point "feared for her personal safety" during her marriage to him.
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Trump's embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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President Donald Trump’s goodwill in the cryptocurrency industry has taken a hit after he and his wife launched meme coins — a move critics say looks like an unseemly cash grab that undermines an effort to legitimize digital assets
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White House OPM orders all DEI offices to begin closing by end of day Wednesday

  • News source: FOX News
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WASHINGTON — The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) notified heads of agencies and departments that they must begin taking steps to close all diversity, equity and inclusion offices by the end of the day Wednesday and place government workers in those offices on paid leave, Fox News Digital has learned.

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Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management Charles Ezell sent a memo to heads and acting heads of departments and agencies on...
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Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave

  • News source: Alexandra Olson and Zeke Miller | The Associated
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President Donald Trump 's administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management.

The memo follows an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners.

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Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride reacts to Trump's policy on gender

  • News source: Emily Rose Grassi
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In Congresswoman Sarah McBride's office, there is a photo of her with now-former President Joe Biden.

She was in the Capitol Rotunda this week for the last moments of his term and the first moments of President Donald Trump's administration.

"I did think it was important to show that Democrats and Republicans were coming together for this peaceful transfer of power," McBride said.

McBride represents Delaware in the House of Representatives and she's also the first openly transgender member of Congress.

She is serving as the issue of transgender...
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Mother on trial in West Virginia denies locking adopted teens in shed

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A woman accused with her husband of forcing their adopted children to perform hard labor denied confining two of the children to a shed
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Career Justice Department officials reassigned to different positions: reports

  • News source: FOX News
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly reassigned multiple senior officials across various divisions ahead of the anticipated confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nomination for U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi.

Fox News is told that multiple career staffers in the criminal and national security divisions at the DOJ were removed from their current posts and reassigned.

While it is difficult to fire a career person "just because," reassigning is possible, and that appears to have happened.

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Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump’s executive orders

  • News source: FOX News
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The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday announced the deployment of personnel and equipment to various maritime borders in the United States, a day after President Donald Trump dismissed the military branch's leader.

In a statement, Coast Guard Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday said coast guardsmen would work to detect and deter illegal migration in support of Trump's executive orders issued this week.

"The U.S. Coast Guard is the world’s premiere maritime law enforcement agency, vital to protecting America’s maritime borders, territorial integrity and...
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Trump considers 10% tariff on China from February

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The new president accused Beijing of sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada which ends up in the US.
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Bishop asks Trump to show mercy to LGBT people and migrants

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde made a plea to the president in a sermon that Trump later criticised.
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Trump's record-breaking 200 executive actions on Day 1 already being challenged

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President Donald Trump shattered the record for most executive orders signed on his first day in office.
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Conflicting accounts on congressional Republicans' approach to Trump's agenda

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Trump and Vance brainstormed with top congressional Republicans on a path to execute the president’s ambitious agenda amid narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress.
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Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website that the FBI once called "the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet."

Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015.

Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media site, that he had spoken to Ulbricht's mother on his first full day in office.

"It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross," he wrote. "The scum that worked to convict him were...
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Republican senators issue warning to historic museums ahead of pro-life march: ‘Respect’ free speech

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Todd Young, R-Indiana are urging historical museums in Washington, D.C., to "respect" the First Amendment rights of pro-life protesters who are expected to descend upon the city on Friday.

"This peaceful exercise of First Amendment rights has historically provided participants with a positive, welcoming experience in our nation’s capital," the senators wrote in a letter to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Two years ago, the...
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Trump signs 'full and unconditional' pardon of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a full and unconditional pardon of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, which the president promised to do "on Day 1" while on the campaign trail.

"I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbri[c]ht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross," Trump wrote in a social media post Tuesday. "The scum that worked to convict him were...
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