CNN reports: Trump in his inaugural address on Monday vowed to wrest the canal back. “We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made and Panama’s promise to us been broken,” Trump said, claiming that Panama overcharges the US Navy to transit the canal. “Above all China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump …

NBC News reports: A conservative activist who has been on the board of a group supporting Jan. 6 defendants has been named interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., the position that has overseen the hundreds of cases brought in the Capitol siege investigation. Ed Martin will be the interim chief, Trump Justice Department official Chad Gilmartin told NBC News. Martin …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday night that repeals a provision allowing transgender troops to serve in the military, part of a wide-ranging effort to end Biden-era policies his first day in office. Trump issued a ban during his first administration that prevented transgender troops from serving, which former President Joe Biden eliminated. While Trump did …

CBS News reports: A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said. Witnesses said desperate guests had tried to escape using ropes, and video showed bedsheets hanging from the windows. Media reports suggested some people had died after trying to jump to …

Raw Story reports: An angry Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said she cut to the front of the line at President Donald Trump’s inauguration because seating should have been based on who supported him “most” instead of congressional seniority. “As I looked along the entire line of Republicans and Democrats lined up, and they were lining us up by seniority, …

“Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again. “Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, …

STAT News reports: Trump rescinded Biden’s executive order that led to longer enrollment periods for Affordable Care Act plans in most states and extra funding for the third parties that help people enroll in ACA insurance. Those measures helped the Biden administration nearly double ACA enrollment to about 24 million people, though those gains were mostly due to the extra …

“They’re a BRICS nation, Spain. You know what a BRICS nation is? You’ll figure it out. And if the BRICS nations want to do that, that’s okay, but we’re going to put at least a 100% tariff on the business they do with the United States. You know what the BRICS is, right? You guys know. You know what I’m …

Wired reports: Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk making two Nazi-like salutes during a speech to tens of thousands of President Donald Trump supporters on Monday. “Incredible things are happening already,” Andrew Torba, the founder of Gab, a social media platform popular with antisemites and white supremacists, wrote over a picture of Musk giving the salute. “WE ARE FUCKING BACK” the …

“1,600 pardons for J6ers who were arrested. And a lot of them were sentenced to two, three, four, five years in jail. His point is, documents were destroyed [JMG: This is a lie.], which they were, and these people were never had the real chance to put on a proper defense. [JMG: This is a lie.] That was really big. …

“Denying citizenship to U.S.-born children is not only unconstitutional — it’s also a reckless and ruthless repudiation of American values. Birthright citizenship is part of what makes the United States the strong and dynamic nation that it is. “This order seeks to repeat one of the gravest errors in American history, by creating a permanent subclass of people born in …

The Federal News reports: President Donald Trump is launching his Department of Government Efficiency within the White House’s governmentwide IT and design shop, according to an executive order he signed Monday evening. Trump’s executive order makes DOGE an official, but temporary, part of the Executive Office of the President. That’s a different model than what Trump envisioned last November, when …

The Long Beach Post reports: Long Beach City College football coach Brett Peabody apologized Monday for remarks he made to a prominent progressive journalist on X the day prior, calling it “an embarrassment for the college.” Peabody told the Long Beach Post on Monday that the message “was clearly not the best decision” and has only brought unwanted attention to …

The New York Times reports: President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic. In an executive order issued about eight hours after he took the oath …

Florida Politics reports: Snow and ice is headed to North Florida, and Gov. Ron DeSantis recognizes the threat posed by the anomalous Winter weather headed across the “Gulf of America.” DeSantis is declaring an immediate state of emergency (EO 25-13) effective Monday evening given the “major disaster” looming from the Panhandle to the northeastern part of the Florida peninsula,” as …

Variety reports: Paul Schrader is sounding off in support of using ChatGPT to come up with ideas for films. In a recent Facebook post, the “Taxi Driver” writer and “First Reformed” director said he asked the AI platform to generate plots for movies by famous filmmakers, including himself, and was impressed by the results. “I’M STUNNED,” Schrader wrote. “I just …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was issuing roughly 1,500 pardons and commuting the sentences of six of his supporters in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, when thousands of them stormed the building amid his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him. An attorney for …

First, this from Washington DC’s CBS affiliate: For the first time since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, members of the far-right Proud Boys marched in the streets of D.C. Monday in celebration of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Carrying a large banner reading “Congratulations President Trump,” members of the Proud Boys – clad in …

Axios reports: The Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee cleared Kristi Noem to lead Department of Homeland Security with a vote of 13-2. It also approved Russell Vought for director of the Office of Management and Budget 8-7. The Intelligence panel voted 14-3 in favor of John Ratcliffe’s nomination to lead the CIA. Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist, has faced accusations …

CNN reports: The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, the first high-level Cabinet official for the new administration to be approved by the chamber. The confirmation vote took place just hours after Trump was sworn in as president. Rubio has served as a Republican senator from Florida since 2011, and his …