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Trump orders United States to exit WHO again. Health experts warn of danger.

The day-one executive order fulfills a campaign promise. Health experts worry it puts US health at risk.
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Trump Says He Will Stop Leasing Federal Land for Wind Farms

President Donald Trump ordered a broad assault on US offshore wind development Monday, including a freeze in permitting the massive renewable power projects despite warnings from developers it imperiled jobs from coast to coast.
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Jan. 6 Capitol Riot defendants pardon: What 13 people from Connecticut were charged with

President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 defendants charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack on Monday.
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Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers, using his clemency powers on his first day in office to undo the massive prosecution of the unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. Among those set to be released from prison are defendants captured on camera committing violent attacks on law enforcement as lawmakers met to certify President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
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What is the Paris Agreement? Trump pulled the US out of it (again)

President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement. The stakes couldn’t be higher for the planet and our ability to adapt.
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GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
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Trump signs order to rename Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali

In a flurry of first-day-in-office activity, Donald Trump has signed an order to rename the 617,800 sq mile Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s 20,000ft mountain Denali. The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America, and Denali, the highest peak in North America, will revert to Mount McKinley – the name it was called before Barack Obama changed it in 2015. The renaming of the two natural features is to honor “American greatness”, according to a…
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Trump pardons nearly all Jan. 6 defendants on inauguration day

Trump issued a pardon on Monday evening at the White House for more than 1,000 Jan. 6 ‘hostages.’
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Trump administration quickly removes top immigration court officials

The firings suggest President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking change in how asylum claims are processed and will remove those they see as obstacles.
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Multiple immigration-related DOJ officials removed as part of Trump overhaul: Source

Multiple officials in the DOJ office that oversees immigration courts have been removed from their positions as part of the Trump administration’s overhaul, sources say.