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Trump sets out to erase Biden’s legacy with pardons and orders immediately after taking office

Donald Trump began erasing Joe Biden ’s legacy immediately after taking office as the nation’s 47th president on Monday, pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and issuing a blizzard of executive orders that signal his desire to remake American institutions. It was an aggressive start for a returning president who feels emboldened and vindicated by his unprecedented political comeback. Four years after being voted out of the White House, Trump has a second chance to launch what […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025

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Just minutes before he leaves office, Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses

President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.” “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end,” he said. He issued a slew of pardons and commutations in the moments before leaving office, including for aides and allies that have been targeted by Donald Trump. None have been charged […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025 1

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Trump issues pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

Donald Trump issued pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of his first acts after being sworn in as the country’s 47th president on Monday. The pardons fulfilled Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago. “These are the hostages,” he said while signing the paperwork in the Oval Office. Trump said he hopes many are released shortly. His desk was covered with executive orders […]

todayJanuary 21, 2025 1

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Elon Musk draws outrage with accused Hitler salute at Trump inauguration event

Elon Musk, the billionaire friend and incoming White House advisor to President Donald Trump, drew immediate public outrage during a Trump inaugural celebration event. After delivering remarks at the inaugural “parade” Monday afternoon, Musk appeared to deliver the Nazi salute to at least 20,000 Trump supporters inside the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C. The salute believed to be gestured by Musk, in which a person raises their right arm outstretched with their palm facing downwards, was prominent in Germany during […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025 2

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Trump sends message to Black America, vows to make MLK’s dream a ‘reality’ despite anti-DEI orders

During his inaugural speech following his swearing-in as the 47th president of the United States, President Donald Trump sent a direct message to Black and Latino Americans and vowed to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream “a reality.” “To the Black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote,” Trump said inside the Capitol Rotunda before hundreds, including former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025 1

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Civil rights leaders won’t let Trump inauguration overshadow Dr. King’s true dream of racial justice

As Donald Trump takes the oath of office and is sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, the nation is also observing the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s contributions to the nation and the world. The civil rights leader transformed America’s consciousness and was an architect of a movement that dismantled U.S. laws sanctioning racial segregation and oppression.  On MLK Day, civil rights leaders are reflecting on the day’s ironic juxtaposition […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025 1

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Dave Chappelle uses SNL monologue to urge Trump to ‘do better,’ while addressing Palestine, LA fires, Diddy, and more

Dave Chappelle hit the Saturday Night Live (SNL) stage tasked with a big assignment: address a country on the eve of Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Despite saying he tried to avoid the assignment when he got the call from SNL boss Lorne Michaels, Chappelle relented, and the result was 17 minutes of comedy and reflection that have now swept the internet. Chappelle opened up talking about the LA wildfires and how conspiracy theories had made people illogically suspicious of what […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025 2

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Trump vows to release sealed FBI file on MLK assassination, rails against DEI

President-elect Donald Trump announced that when he takes office, he intends to declassify FBI records related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one day before the federal holiday observing the civil rights icon. Trump will also officially be sworn in on Monday as the 47th president of the United States. While delivering a more than hour-long speech at a pre-inauguration “victory rally” in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Trump told his thousands of supporters that he intends to […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025

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We must resurrect the true ideals of Dr. King this MLK Day as we inaugurate a new president

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On his last full day in office, President Joe Biden spoke at a South Carolina Black church about his vision for a just society one day before the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I first got involved in public life because of the Civil Rights Movement,” Biden said at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston. […]

todayJanuary 19, 2025 2