President Donald Trump quickly flexed the sweeping powers of the presidency following his second inauguration at the Capitol on Monday, signing a slate of executive orders that would radically alter U.S. policy if allowed to stand.

He also pardoned or commuted the sentences of all of his loyalists — more than 1,500 people — who stormed the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning nearly all of the people charged or convicted with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, fulfilling one of his campaign promises hours after he was sworn in as president.

Trump announced mass clemency for roughly 1,500 people to reporters gathered at the White House. He...Read more

In one of the first acts of his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday evening cracking down on immigration and declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

One of the orders aims to end birthright citizenship, a right protected under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Legal experts ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump temporarily halted a ban on TikTok in the US, granting the company and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. more time to reach a deal for the popular app that would resolve long-standing U.S. national security concerns.

TikTok’s lifeline came via an executive order signed by Trump on Monday in one of his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump attempting to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants who are born in the United States is likely to face immediate legal challenges — but, if enacted, could have dramatic consequences in places like South Florida.

The order says the federal government will ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Twelve Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Monday to pass a bill on immigration, a topic that has faced congressional gridlock for years, to address one of President Donald Trump’s top campaign issues just hours after he was sworn in for a second term.

The legislation, known as the Laken Riley Act and named for a 22-year...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will reinstate all military members who were dismissed for refusing to comply with orders to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic.

“This week, I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate with full back pay,” the newly ...Read more

On the day he took his oath of office, President Trump promised to sign numerous executive orders that stand to undercut California’s aggressive auto emission standards, undo Biden-era environmental protections and boost U.S. fossil fuel production. To raucous applause — first inside the Capitol Rotunda and inside the Capital One Arena ...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed Monday to revert the name of Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the tallest peak in North America, to Mount McKinley, reigniting a long-running dispute.

“We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs,” Trump said Monday after he was sworn ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Enrique Tarrio, a Miami native convicted on felony charges of seditious conspiracy for his role in plotting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been released from a 22-year prison sentence among a sweeping declaration of pardons by Donald Trump, one of the new president’s first acts in office.

In all, Trump ...Read more

President Donald Trump quickly flexed the sweeping powers of the presidency during his second inauguration at the Capitol on Monday, signaling a slate of executive orders that would radically alter U.S. policy if allowed to stand.

He also suggested he would pardon some or all of his loyalists who attacked the same Capitol building in a failed ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker delivered their opening salvos Monday against Republican President Donald Trump and his second term in the White House, setting a defiant tone in their defense of immigrant rights and other liberal causes over the next four years.

Pritzker and Johnson did not address Trump by name Monday ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used his second inaugural address to repeat criticisms of Panama and its operation of the Panama Canal and to threaten to take back control of the waterway through which much U.S. trade passes.

“We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made and Panama’s promise ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday resoundingly confirmed colleague Sen. Marco Rubio to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of State, making him the first member of the 47th president’s cabinet to win the chamber’s backing.

The swift Senate vote, 99-0, for Rubio followed shortly after the senior senator from Florida received unanimous ...Read more

Shortly after taking the oath of office in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, President Donald Trump delivered a speech laying out his vision for what he called “the golden age of America.”

Lasting just over 30 minutes, the address was filled with a wide range of promises he intends to fulfill during his second term.

Among them were curbing illegal...Read more

Donald Trump has rescinded one of his predecessor’s final foreign policy actions in office within hours of assuming the presidency, revoking former President Joe Biden’s delisting of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.

The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” came under legal attack within minutes of its official creation Monday, as various public interest groups filed multiple lawsuits accusing the advisory panel of violating federal rules on transparency and other practices.

Suits filed by groups such as the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Hundreds of people braved single-digit temperatures to gather in downtown Chicago in opposition to President Donald Trump and his agenda as the 47th president was sworn into office Monday.

Championing a variety of causes including immigrant rights, support for Palestinians and protections for women’s reproductive and LGBTQIA ...Read more