Thu, January 23, 2025

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: Poynter

Is the United States turning into an oligarchy? Scholars react to Joe Biden's warning

Wealthy people have always had a louder voice, but Trump's new allies represent the starkest consolidation of wealth in US politics in recent memory

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

Trump signs executive order ending remote work for federal employees, slashing Biden administration's plan

President Donald Trump has followed through with another campaign trail promise by signing an executive order requiring federal employees to return to the office.

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: Firstpost

Elon Musk is everywhere but his popularity is dropping. Here's why

Elon Musk's favourability in the US has dropped to 40 per cent, with 51 per cent disapproving of the billionaire. His controversial leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency under Donald Trump,

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

8th Pay Commission: Will central pensioners get an 186% hike in pension? Know about fitment factor and DR revision.

The announcement of the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) has generated a lot of interest among central government employees and pensioners. The 8th CPC, which will be effective from January 1, 2026, is expected to revise pay,

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

America's food fight: How national politics affect Lafayette farmers, food pantries

Farm bill season has stretched into the winter in the capital with no end in sight. There's not enough money to help both farmers and the hungry.

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

SEN KATIE BRITT: Trump and his team ready to supercharge America's economy and energy sector

President Trump will foster a prosperous economy, a vigorous national defense, and unleash American energy, helping solve the problems government created over the past four years.

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: Newsday

Order from President Donald Trump aims to end 'radical and wasteful' diversity programs

Inaugural address included a vow to end efforts to "socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life."

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

Donald Trump's 'Revenge Tour' Raises Legal Questions: Attorneys

Legal experts react to a DOJ memo ordering federal prosecutors to investigate officials who hinder Trump's mass deportation plans.

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

Trump's 'shock and awe': Forget first 100 days, new president shows off frenetic pace in first 100 hours

Donald Trump is back in the White House and moving at warp speed. New presidents traditionally aim for a bevy of action and accomplishments in their first 100 days. He's pushing to pull it off in his

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

Results oriented: Why the Ruto Cabinet's first decisions of 2025 will go down in history

Billy Mijungu notes that Cabinet's latest decisions are an indicator of results oriented approach to governance, steps that indicate a commitment for a better Kenya

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: ABC

Trump's new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

'Cruel and archaic' prison threats over council tax must end - charities

Cruel and archaic' prison threats over council tax must end - charities - A letter calls for 'the removal of the unjustified sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax in England' to be set in motion.

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

Why You May Automatically Be Following Trump and Vance Now

I f you were once following former President Biden and Vice President Kamala on Instagram, you may now be following President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. The change, whic

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

Usha Vance is Hindu? MAGA launches racist attacks against Second Lady

The inauguration of Vice President JD Vance on January 20, 2025, brought widespread attention to his wife, Usha Vance, the first Indian-American Second Lady of the United States. However, alongside this historic milestone,

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

US News Live Today January 23, 2025: China using TikTok to spy on Americans? Donald Trump's 'bigger threat' response

Get real-time breaking news updates on the biggest event unfolding in the United States, including election, politics, economics, crime, viral and more.

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: MSN

Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker's threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions

California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached,

[ Thu, Jan 23rd 2025 ]: CNN

Trump is imposing MAGA rule on the government hour-by-hour

President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world.
Wed, January 22, 2025

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: Oregonian

Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown

The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, saying they could face criminal charges, in an apparent warning to the dozens of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across America.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump sending 1,500 troops to southern border

Sutton was convicted in September 2024 of second-degree murder, conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice and sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison. The same jury convicted Zabavsky of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice and he was sentenced to 4 years. Both were free on appeal.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: Time

Trump 2.0 Was Pitched as Less Chaotic. The Orders Tell a Different Story.

Along with formatting errors and typos, Trump's first executive orders also contain potential errors, sowing confusion over their meaning.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: ABC

House to vote on Laken Riley Act, teeing up immigration crackdown

The House will vote on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: birgun

The End of Spectacle Politics

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: AOL

Trump suggests Proud Boys could have a place in American politics as he defends pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

President Donald Trump on his first full day in office Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted of assaulting police officers during the 2021 attack on the Capitol and suggested there could be a place in American politics for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers,

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: News4Jax

Everything Trump did in the first executive orders of his presidency

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: deseret

Trump admin takes first steps to eliminate DEI in federal government

A memo sent out by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management outlined steps to begin these changes: layoffs, dismantling websites and social media accounts.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: KWWL

Lawyers and advocacy groups advise members of the LGBTQ+ community to take precautions under Trump's executive order

Lawyers and advocacy organizations are encouraging members of the LGBTQ+ community to act quickly to protect the rights that are still in place after President Donald Trump signed

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: birgun

What Have We Left Behind and What is Left for the Next Year?

In a nutshell, 2024 was a year of deep crisis for Turkey. We saw the impact of a multifaceted crisis, the economic crisis in particular, on foreign policy, politics and social life. It seems that this crisis environment will deepen further in 2025.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: ABC

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump prepares for 3rd day back in office

The president launched new efforts to wipe out DEI and affirmative action programs from the federal government.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: AOL

Imran Khan aide named in corruption case says he was pressured to testify against former PM

INTERVIEW: Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari tells Maroosha Muzaffar he faced 'carrot and stick' attempts to make him turn witness against Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

'It's against law and order': Trump voters recoil from 'horrifying' Jan 6 pardons

Donald Trump's decision to issue a blanket pardon to all of theJan. 6 rioters is not sitting well with some voters who handed him the keys to the Oval Office for a second time. Following his swearing in,

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

What does Trump's return mean for Africa?

As Donald Trump starts his second term as president of the United States, Africans have expressed hope and skepticism regarding his policies, particularly on immigration and LGBTQ+ rights.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

Trump administration shuts the White House's Spanish-language website and social media

White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said that the administration is "committed to bringing back online the Spanish translation section of the website."

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: CNN

Trump seeks to reshape US government with sweeping executive actions

Trump began his second term with a series of executive actions. The 47th US president ordered a crackdown on immigration and withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health Organization.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

What is Project 2025 and where does Trump fit in? Here what it says about abortion, immigration

Project 2025 first entered the public consciousness in large part due to a concerted effort by Democrats during the election to raise awareness of the initiative among voters. Project 2025's policy suggestions range in topic from foreign affairs to education.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: Slate

Trump's Day 1 Showed How Criminal Presidents Could Become the Norm

We may be entering a prolonged era of legal impunity for presidents, their families, friends, and even criminally violent supporters.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

US News Live Today January 22, 2025: Rare US snowstorm: 4 dead; over 2,100 fights cancelled, schools closed as Texas and the South freeze

Get real-time breaking news updates on the biggest event unfolding in the United States, including election, politics, economics, crime, viral and more.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

'Putting people in prison for pointing it out!' Grooming gangs scandal sparks fury in US as Andrew Klavan gives Starmer two-word demand

Sir Keir Starmer has told demanded to "get out" and step down as Prime Minister by a US political commentator over the country's grooming gang scandal and "cover up". Speaking to GB News, Andrew Klavan told Steven Edginton that the Labour Government is "putting people in prison" for "pointing out" such crimes,

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

With a whirlwind first day, Trump upends government and brings back the spectacle

With a whirlwind first day, Trump upends government and brings back the spectacle - Analysis: As Trump's second term begins, the Trump Show demands America's attention, writes John Bowden

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: ABC

Trump's record-breaking Day 1 executive actions prompt legal challenges

Another controversial executive order Trump signed was one aiming to cut off birthright citizenship. Critics immediately pounced on Trump, arguing people born in the United States are granted citizenship under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment even if their birth parents migrated here illegally.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

NY Among States Suing Trump For Ending Birthright Citizenship: 'Dangerous, Unconstitutional'

Several states in the Northeast are fighting to block an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship. A coalition of 18 states - including New York, New Jersey,

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

How Elon Musk's millions are changing democracy and set to influence world politics

Elon Musk's unprecedented £100 million pledge to the UK Reform Party signals a dramatic shift in Western politics. As the tech billionaire extends his influence from Britain to Europe, his political investments are reshaping democratic landscapes and challenging traditional power structures.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

Bangladesh order against anti-government action sparks criticism

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi education ministry order demanding officers report institutions and pupils involved in anti-government "provocative activities" has been condemned by lawyers for challenging the spirit of last year's student-led revolution.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: WESA

Pittsburgh-area elected officials, and January 6 defendants, weigh Trump pardon

A number of Pennsylvania Democrats criticized President Trump for granting pardons to people who committed violence during the January 6th attack. Pennsylvania Republicans, such as Senator Dave McCormick,

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

How Donald Trump's return to the White House affects South African business travel

Discover how Donald Trump's return to the White House may reshape business travel for South African companies, with insights on visa challenges, rising costs, and strategic travel planning.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: ABC

Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House, bringing to bear a lifetime of bending the limits in courthouses, boardrooms and politics to forge an expansive view of his authority.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: Reuters

Clash of the handouts as Modi's BJP seeks to reclaim Delhi after decades

Having unexpectedly won two Indian state votes late last year, in big part due to a slew of handouts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is deploying the same playbook in a bid to wrest back Delhi for the first time in nearly three decades next month.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: PBS

WATCH: Trump discusses pardoning Jan. 6 rioters in first news conference

President Donald Trump on his first full day in office Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted of assaulting police officers during the 2021 attack on the Capitol and suggested there could be a place in U.

[ Wed, Jan 22nd 2025 ]: MSN

Manitoba government runs ads on electricity rate freeze that has not been approved

The Manitoba government is running an advertising campaign to tout a freeze on electricity rates even though the freeze has yet to be approved and could be rejected.

Trump signs executive order ending diversity discrimination in federal government, private sector

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, titled "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity," with the aim of eliminating race- and sex-based preferences that he argues violate longstanding federal civil-rights laws,

The article from MSN discusses an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump aimed at ending what he described as "diversity discrimination" in both the federal government and the private sector. The order, titled "Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping," was intended to eliminate training programs that Trump believed promoted divisive concepts about race and sex. These programs, according to the order, were seen as portraying the United States as fundamentally racist or sexist, and were accused of fostering division rather than unity. The executive action specifically targeted what it called "race or sex scapegoating" and "race or sex stereotyping," banning such training in federal agencies and by federal contractors. Critics of the order argued that it mischaracterized diversity and inclusion training, which aims to address systemic inequalities and promote understanding among different groups. The order was part of Trump's broader pushback against what he and his supporters viewed as "woke" culture and critical race theory, although it stirred significant controversy and debate over its implications for workplace diversity efforts.

Read the Full MSN Article at:
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/politics/government/trump-signs-executive-order-ending-diversity-discrimination-in-federal-government-private-sector/ar-AA1xDoGf