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Friday, January 24, 2025

Vice President JD Vance to Attend March for Life on Friday

Washington Post: Thousands of antiabortion demonstrators are expected to gather in the nation’s capital Friday for the 52nd annual March for Life, protesting and pressuring lawmakers to take action. The march has been held every January since Jan. 22, 1973, when Roe v. Wade established a woman’s right to have an abortion without excessive government restrictions — the day Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, calls “the darkest day of our American story.” While Friday marks the third March for Life since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, Hawkins and others say they are motivated to rally as research found the number of abortions in the United States increased in the aftermath of the decision (Washington Post). Politico: President Donald Trump will address the annual March for Life demonstration on the National Mall via video, the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America told reporters Thursday. “This pro-life president is going nowhere,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, the group’s president, said… March for Life also announced on Thursday that Vice President JD Vance will address the event in person, saying in a statement that it was “a sign of his commitment to standing up for life” (Politico).

Trump Pardons Peaceful Pro-Life Protesters Who Were Prosecuted Under Biden Administration

Katie Pavlich: Nearly a dozen pro-life activists who were arrested for praying and singing in an abortion clinic, then charged and thrown in federal prison by the Biden Department of Justice, have been pardoned by President Donald Trump. DOJ prosecutors argued they violated the FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances) Act. The move comes on the eve of the annual March for Life in Washington D.C (Townhall). Trump War Room: President Donald J. Trump grants pardons to peaceful pro-life protesters prosecuted by the Biden administration over exercising their First Amendment rights (X).

Trump Secures $600 Billion Investment From Saudi Arabia

Into the U.S. over the next four years. Townhall: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince on Thursday said the Kingdom will make a $600 billion investment in the United States over the next four years, an announcement that came after President Trump suggested he could make a visit to the oil-rich nation his first international trip as president. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s investment pledge reportedly occurred during a phone call with Trump and was first reported by the state-run Saudi Press Agency on Thursday (Townhall). Bloomberg: Trump said he would pressure the crown prince to raise that figure to $1 trillion and expressed dismay that the Saudis and other OPEC nations had not acted sooner to help reduce oil prices… He said doing so would also pressure Russia to end the war in Ukraine (Bloomberg). CNBC: Crude oil futures fell on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he will ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to reduce prices. U.S. crude oil fell 63 cents, or 0.84%, to $74.81 per barrel, while global benchmark Brent dropped 55 cents, or 0.70%, to $78.45 per barrel (CNBC).

Trump Redesignates Houthi Rebels a Terror Organization

Axios: President Trump announced on Wednesday that he is once again designating the Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist organization. Trump’s decision reverses a decision by then-President Biden in 2021 to remove the terrorist designation from the Houthis. Biden had lifted the designation over concerns about the ability of the UN and other humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to civilians in Yemen. Trump’s move is expected to be welcomed not only by Israel but also by Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Axios). Israel War Room: The order fully restores US sanctions on the Iran-backed terror group. The order also declares it is now US policy to eliminate the Houthis’ capabilities and operations and deprive them of resources to end their attacks on US personnel, partners, and ships in the Red Sea (X). Iran is not pleased. Jerusalem Post: Iran on Thursday condemned as “baseless” a move by US President Donald Trump to re-designate Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthi movement as a “foreign terrorist organization (FTO)” (Jerusalem Post).

Laken Riley Act Heads to Trump’s Desk to Be Signed Into Law

Fox News: The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, sending the first piece of significant legislation to President Trump’s desk for his expected signature. Lawmakers voted 263–156 to approve the Senate-amended version of the bill dedicated to slain jogger Laken Riley, who was viciously strangled and beaten to death in February 2024 by an illegal immigrant charged with multiple past crimes. Forty-six Democrats backed passage of the Laken Riley Act, while 13 did not vote (Fox News). Paul Szypula: This will be President Donald Trump’s first bill, of his second term, to sign into law. We did it Laken (X).

New York Times Receives Flack for Headline Sympathizing with Foreign Criminal Cartels

NYT headline: “How Labeling Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Hurt the US Economy.” Townhall: Social media users did a double take this week on a New York Times headline reacting to President Trump’s recent executive order designating certain cartels as global terrorists and foreign terrorist organizations… But the Times is concerned about the economic effects of the designations (Townhall). Libs of TikTok: I can’t believe this is real. New York Times wants us to have empathy for the foreign drug cartels and terrorists who are responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans (X). Joshua Hartley: NY Times: “How Labeling Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Hurt the US Economy.” Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador: ‘They tried to tell me arresting criminals would destroy our economy but instead it helped the economy’ (X). Elon Musk: NYT is pure propaganda (X).

Judge Puts Pause on Trump’s Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

Wall Street Journal: A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aimed to end birthright citizenship, an early setback for the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. In a written ruling issued on Thursday, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour entered a temporary restraining order that prohibits the Trump administration from implementing the executive order until he can more fully hear arguments over its legality. The federal government has long recognized birthright citizenship—the automatic granting of citizenship to children born on U.S. soil. Trump issued an executive order hours after taking office to end recognition for birthright citizenship for babies born to immigrants in the U.S. illegally as well as to visa holders (Wall Street Journal). Breitbart News: Senior U.S. District Judge temporarily blocks President Trump’s EO on birthright citizenship for 14 days. “This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” says John Coughenour, a Reagan appointee (X).

CNN Prepares for Layoffs

Independent: CNN announced on Thursday that it is eliminating about 6 percent of its workforce — mainly across the network’s traditional television operations — as it aims to expand and prioritize its digital and streaming services as cable viewers continue to cut the cord and the network’s ratings continue to dip. Roughly 200 employees will be laid off, though the network is looking to add roughly that same number of staffers to its digital side over the next year. Additionally, the network is reshaping its weekday lineup, which will see Jim Acosta losing his 10 a.m. ET show and is in talks to move to a new role (Independent). CNN: CNN CEO Mark Thompson announced that CNN will soon unveil a new streaming service, a redesigned digital footprint and new subscriber services as well as the new show line up. CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is investing $70 million into CNN’s digital plans, Thompson said (CNN).

Kamala Harris Takes Advice from Hillary Clinton in Getting Over Election Loss

Townhall: Former Vice President Kamala Harris is at a crossroads after losing the 2024 presidential election to President Donald Trump. Since November 5, she has been considering her future plans and has reached out to several high-profile individuals, including former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, for advice. Harris is considering three options, according to New York Magazine: Making another run for the White House, vying for California’s governor seat, or simply riding off into the sunset as a private citizen…The report notes how Harris has frequently sought the counsel of Hillary Clinton after her defeat about her future (Townhall). New York Magazine: In her final weeks as VP, as Harris heard unsolicited advice from donors, she reached out to some carefully selected allies to hear their thoughts, too. Among them was Hillary Clinton, the other would-be first woman president who lost to Trump and who also famously wrestled with how to manage life after her campaign…Since November, Harris and Clinton have spoken on multiple occasions about their exceedingly rare shared experience and about how to think through the future (New York Magazine).

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Trump Declassifies Files Related to Assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK Jr.

CBS: President Trump announced that he’ll declassify any remaining files from the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He signed an executive order at the White House Thursday… The president instructed his aide to give the pen he used to sign the order to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy and Mr. Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services (CBS). Just the News: There have been multiple theories and speculation on the deaths of all three of these men. Trump had promised on the campaign trail that he would make the documents public. All three men were fatally shot in the 1960s (Just the News).

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