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Trump said his pardons and commutations for Jan. 6 defendants were justified, and argued that people who commit violent crime in other cities don’t get charged.
ICE raids expected on sanctuary cities after Trump’s inauguration largely failed, but executive orders on border security set the stage for further immigration actions.

“The fact that I have to do this, to try to afford my family some degree of protection, is outrageous,” Fanone said. “But we are in an age of government lawlessness.”
YouTube and TikTok start MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned.

Trump followed through on several of his Day 1 promises with a flurry of executive orders, but he left some on the table, including imposing tariffs and ending the war in Ukraine.

Mayor John Whitmire and other city leaders give an update on the winter storm impact in Houston on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

A winter storm dumped snow across the Deep South Tuesday, leaving areas that rarely see this kind of weather with dangerous travel conditions, widespread airport closures and snow days. Here’s what it looked like from Texas across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and into Texas. The system was named Winter Storm Enzo by The Weather Channel. – Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.

The tariff deadline is inspiring hope and fear among leaders in New Hampshire’s North Country.