By Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case had become a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement in the nearly 50 years since his conviction for killing two FBI agents. Peltier, 80, […]
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Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
By Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an administration official told reporters. The official did not provide details on […]
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Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
By Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an administration official told reporters. The official did not provide details on […]
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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made during his inaugural address
The Associated Press In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. Here’s a look at the facts. Trump repeats unfounded claim about immigrants CLAIM: Trump, […]
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FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made during his inaugural address
The Associated Press In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. Here’s a look at the facts. Trump repeats unfounded claim about immigrants CLAIM: Trump, […]
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Biden preemptively pardons Milley, Fauci, Jan. 6 panel — and his family
By Sabrina Rodriguez, Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday to retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci, members and staff of the Jan. 6 congressional committee and police officers who testified before the panel, an extraordinary move just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. He also pardoned […]
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Biden preemptively pardons Milley, Fauci, Jan. 6 panel — and his family
By Sabrina Rodriguez, Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday to retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci, members and staff of the Jan. 6 congressional committee and police officers who testified before the panel, an extraordinary move just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. He also pardoned […]
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Coldest inauguration forecast since Reagan’s in 1985 forces Trump’s indoors
By Jason Samenow, Ian Livingston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors because of the dangerously cold weather predicted for Monday. Temperatures will not get much above 20 degrees, and, factoring in howling winds, it will feel like the single digits. Trump’s inauguration is poised to be the most frigid since President Ronald […]
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Coldest inauguration forecast since Reagan’s in 1985 forces Trump’s indoors
By Jason Samenow, Ian Livingston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors because of the dangerously cold weather predicted for Monday. Temperatures will not get much above 20 degrees, and, factoring in howling winds, it will feel like the single digits. Trump’s inauguration is poised to be the most frigid since President Ronald […]
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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality. “The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of […]