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January 22, 2025
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| Dems Divided: Laken Riley Act Passes through Senate with Bipartisan Support |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The Laken Riley Act (S. 5) successfully passed the U.S. Senate by a wide margin on Monday afternoon after President Donald Trump's inauguration. Named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last February by an illegal immigrant who had previously been arrested for child endangerment and shoplifting, the bill enhances federal accountability and the enforcement of immigration laws. The bill is Congress's first act to address the immigration crisis, in partnership with the new Trump administration. |
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| Trump Throws Woke Coast Guard Leader Overboard |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| It may have been Donald Trump's first day on the job, but it was plenty of appointees' last. The axes started to fall almost immediately, as the 47th president handed out more than 1,000 pink slips to political holdovers from the last administration. If any of them proved that Trump meant business, the decision to relieve radical Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan of her duties should have sent dread through the ranks of the military's most progressive leaders. |
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| Joy, Anxiety Grip Israel as Hostages Released while Hamas Celebrates |
| by Dan Hart |
| As the first phase of the Israel-Hamas hostage/ceasefire deal commenced on Monday with the release of three female Israeli hostages, reports from the ground in the Jewish state indicate that the mood is a mixture of joy and apprehension as to what the future will hold for long-term peace. |
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| 'A Healthy Reset': Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization |
| by Ben Johnson |
| President Donald Trump has kept his campaign promise to protect American national sovereignty from encroaching global governance bodies by ordering the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). |
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| 'Turn Back Now': Trump Team Starts Mass Deportations |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| In his victory speech in November, President Donald Trump vowed that his second administration would be characterized by the phrase "Promises made, promises kept." One of the chief promises of Trump's 2024 campaign was a mass deportation program, and the president is already keeping that promise. In a Monday night interview, Trump's "border czar," former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tom Homan, announced that mass deportations would begin Tuesday morning, with an emphasis on locating and expelling illegal immigrants considered a threat to public safety or national security. |
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| Senate Unanimously Confirms Marco Rubio as Secretary of State |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| In a 99-0 vote Monday night, the Senate confirmed Marco Rubio as U.S. Secretary of State, making him the first official member of President Donald Trump's cabinet. An hour earlier, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had also voted unanimously (22-0) on his nomination. |
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| Trump to Declassify Files on JFK, RFK, MLK Assassinations |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| President Donald Trump is slated to declassify files and documents relating to the assassinations of famous Americans "in the coming days." In a speech shortly before his inauguration, Trump vowed transparency from his administration, pledging to declassify and release to the public information on the deaths of President John F. Kennedy, his brother and U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and activist Martin Luther King Jr. |
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| Trump Immediately Shuts Down Biden-Era Website Promoting Abortion |
| by Ben Johnson |
| Among its first acts in office, the Trump-Vance administration closed a federal government website opened by the Biden administration to promote abortion-on-demand at taxpayers' expense. Users noted the website ReproductiveRights.gov had gone offline on Monday afternoon, shortly after Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. |
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| Congressman Urges GOP to Unite behind Trump's Agenda |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Donald J. Trump is officially the 47th President of the United States of America. Between Grover Cleveland and Trump, the 60th Presidential Inauguration marks only the second time in history that a U.S. president has won two nonconsecutive terms. During his inaugural address in the Capitol Rotunda, the newly sworn-in president made several promises to the American people. "America's decline is over," he stated, and "the Golden Age of America begins right now." |
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