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From meeting Putin to Middle East doubts: What were Trump’s foreign policy moves on day one?

Trump took a whistlestop world tour from his Oval Office desk, touching on topics including imposing tariffs, rebuilding Gaza and withdrawing (again) from the Paris climate agreement and the WHO
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A frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days. The storm prompted the first ever blizzard wa…
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Warnings for dangerous winds extended in Southern California as new wildfires break out

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forecasters warned that dangerous winds will buffet Southern California for at least two more days as new wildfires broke out on Tuesday, a pair of major Los Angeles-area blazes burned for a third week, and officials made preparations to protect scorched neighborhoods from toxic ash runoff ahead of potential rain this weekend. Wi…
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Trump inauguration live: president pardons January 6 rioters and exits Paris climate agreement in slew of executive orders

On his first day on office the US president sought to undo much of Joe Biden’s legacy, also vowing to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling and revoking birthright citizenship
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Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol begin to leave prison following sweeping pardons

Donald Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago will begin to leave prison on Tuesday, after the newly installed president issued a sweeping pardon that signaled he intends to make aggressive use of his executive power.
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Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest historical moments for America

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Among other false and misleading claims in U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration addresses on Tuesday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media posts by New Zealanders, who said the achievement belonged to a pioneering scientist revered in his homeland. Ernest Rutherford, a Nobe…
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Trump pulls security clearance of 51 national security officials

The officials previously wrote a letter claiming that Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
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Watch: Donald Trump Dances With Military Sword At Inaugural Ball

US President Donald Trump left Secret Service agents “nervous” as he danced with a military sword in hand during the cake-cutting ceremony at the Commander-in-Chief ball. The President was handed over the sward for ceremonial cake cutting at the firs
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Trump celebrates with supporters at the inaugural balls

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are attending the Commander-in-Chief, Liberty and Starlight inaugural balls. Here are some of the highlights.
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Thousands lose power in San Diego’s backcountry as Santa Anas begin to blow

NBC 7’s Greg Bledsoe was forecasting that the winds would pick up Monday evening, then peak overnight into Tuesday morning, with isolated gusts possibly reaching 80 mph