January 21, 2025
The Capitol agenda: Trump meeting, nominees and TikTok drama
After signing a flurry of executive orders, President Donald Trump will shift to his Capitol Hill agenda Tuesday in a White House meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune. The new Republican trifecta has much to discuss. GOP lawmakers want more guidance on whether they’ll be expected to cram Trump’s priorities […]
January 21, 2025
Top 5 Inauguration Day moments
President Trump was inaugurated for a second time on Monday. The inauguration kicked off the day on a historic note, with the ceremony moved indoors due to freezing temperatures. Notable moments played out throughout the day, including Trump’s fiery speech shortly after being sworn in, to an audio mishap that inadvertently turned into a collaborative […]
January 21, 2025
Trump ‘articulated a playbook,’ experts say of his policy-oriented inaugural address
President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address was a policy-oriented message ‘of hope and unity,’ experts said. Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, called Trump’s address ‘substantive’ when it came to outlining the president’s agenda for the next four years. ‘Trump was policy-specific from beginning to end,’ Roberts said. ‘And I […]
January 21, 2025
Trump pulls security clearance of 51 national security officials
President Donald Trump pulled the security clearances of more than 50 national security officials who said Hunter Biden’s laptop had ‘all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.’ A total of 51 former national security officials released a public letter in 2020 claiming that even though the laptop did not have ‘any evidence of […]
January 21, 2025
Trump makes appearances at several Inaugural Balls around DC after jam-packed first day as POTUS
President Donald Trump arrived at the Commander-in-Chief Ball shortly after 10 PM ET on Monday, and shared his First Dance with first lady Melania Trump – his first of three ball appearances that night. Shortly after the band played ‘Americans, We,’ Trump was introduced by an emcee at the Walter Washington Convention Center in Mount Vernon […]
January 21, 2025
Barron Trump is all grown up: A look at the first son’s transformation from 2017 to 2025
President Trump’s youngest son Barron, 18, stepped into the spotlight at his father’s inauguration on Monday. Standing at a towering 6’9′, many attendees and viewers remarked about how mature the younger Trump has become since his father first took office back in January 2017. At 10 years old, Barron Trump was often the victim […]
January 21, 2025
Trump pardons nearly all Jan. 6 defendants on inauguration day
President Donald Trump pardoned nearly all Jan. 6 defendants on Monday night, after promising at his inaugural parade to sign an executive order on the matter. Sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, Trump signed off on releasing more than 1,500 charged with crimes stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the […]
January 21, 2025
Trump’s inauguration celebrated by Candace Cameron Bure, more Hollywood stars: ‘God Bless America’
Celebrities have taken to social media to celebrate Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday. Actress Candace Cameron Bure shared photos of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Jan. 20 on Instagram. ‘Happy Inauguration Day!!! God Bless America,’ she captioned several photos of the president […]
January 21, 2025
Trump repeals rule allowing transgender troops to serve in military
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday night that repeals a provision allowing transgender troops to serve in the military, part of a wide-ranging effort to end Biden-era policies his first day in office. Trump issued a ban during his first administration that prevented transgender troops from serving, which former President Joe Biden eliminated. […]
January 21, 2025
President Trump discovers letter from former President Biden in Resolute Desk
President Donald Trump, while signing a flurry of executive orders from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House as the now 47th President of the United States, discovered a letter from his predecessor inside one of the desk’s drawers with the help of a Fox News reporter. Trump was in the […]
January 21, 2025
Marco Rubio confirmed by Senate to be next secretary of state, becomes first Trump cabinet pick to be approved
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the next secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump’s Cabinet picks to receive congressional approval. Rubio, a senator since 2011, was confirmed during a floor vote by the full Senate Monday night, several hours after Trump took his oath of […]
January 21, 2025
Trump: ‘We don’t need’ Latin America
President Donald Trump issued a stark message Monday to would-be economic and strategic partners in Latin America: The U.S. doesn’t need you. Speaking from the Oval Office after signing a spate of executive orders, Trump was asked about relations with Latin America and Brazil and said the relationship “should be great.” But he made it […]