Political News Compilation - Weekend Updates - Jan. 25 & 26, 2025 (1 Viewer)

Users who are viewing this thread

    • Admin
    map.png
    Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:




    1737882982379.png

    AP Photo

    ap.png
    He’s emboldened, he’s organized and he’s still Trump: Takeaways from the president’s opening days


    By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK
    Updated 10:57 AM CST, January 25, 2025

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first week in office isn’t over yet, but already it offers signals about how his next four years in the White House may unfold.

    Some takeaways from the earliest days of his second term:
    He’s emboldened like never before

    Within hours of being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people who were convicted or charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by his supporters. Those pardoned include people who attacked, bloodied and beat police officers that day. The Republican president’s decision was at odds with earlier comments by his incoming vice president, JD Vance, and other senior aides that Trump would only let off those who weren’t violent.

    The pardons were the first of many moves he made in his first week to reward allies and punish critics, in both significant and subtle ways. It signaled that without the need to worry about reelection — the Constitution bars a third term — or legal consequences after the Supreme Court granted presidents expansive immunity, the new president, backed by a Republican Congress, has little to restrain him. ...

    READ THE FULL STORY - AP





















































































































     
    Andrus Whitewing

    Andrus Whitewing

    Owner/Webmaster

    Create an account or login to comment

    You must be a member in order to leave a comment

    Create account

    Create an account on our community. It's easy!

    Log in

    Already have an account? Log in here.

    Back
    Top Bottom