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The Associated Press reports: Trump has spent 20 days in office, and on nearly every one of them, he has signed executive orders — often several. Trump issued Day 1 orders to pardon most members of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord and keep TikTok functioning. He hasn’t …

The New York Times reports: The curious trade came a little past 9 p.m. on Jan. 17 — a $1,096,109 bet less than two minutes after the soon-to-be president of the United States posted on his social media account that his family had issued a cryptocurrency called $Trump. In those first minutes, a crypto wallet with a unique identification code …

The New York Post reports: President Trump has ordered security clearances stripped from a new hit list of antagonists. Trump said his new top target is ex-Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “Bad guy. Take away his passes,” he said of Blinken. “This is to take away every right they have [revoking security clearances] including they can’t go into [federal] buildings.” …

CNN reports: Russell Vought, the newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sent an email Saturday night ordering all employees at the consumer watchdog to stop virtually all work – including fighting financial abuse. “Effective immediately, unless expressly approved by the Acting Director or required by law, all employees, contractors and other personnel of the bureau shall…cease …

The New York Times reports: The city of Springfield, Ohio, which was singled out by Donald J. Trump and JD Vance during the presidential campaign with false and outrageous claims about Haitian immigrants, has sued a neo-Nazi group that helped draw national attention to the small city in the first place. The suit, filed in federal court on Thursday, was brought …

The New Republic reports: One of Donald Trump’s biggest donors is looking to the Supreme Court to limit tough press coverage of the MAGA leader’s administration. Republican megadonor Steve Wynn filed a petition with the nation’s highest judiciary on Friday to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, a landmark 1964 decision that raised the standards required for a plaintiff to …

Axios reports: President Trump voluntarily dismissed his legal battle with X regarding the social media platform’s permanent suspension of the president’s account following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. X, which Elon Musk primarily owns but was then the publicly-traded Twitter, banned Trump for what it described at the time as a “risk of further incitement of violence.” Each …

Reuters reports: A group of demonstrators gathered outside Trump International Golf Club on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies while he spent his leisure time at the venue. Holding signs, waving Mexican, Guatemalan, and American flags, and chanting “Immigrants Make America Great,” the protesters made their voices heard as Trump’s motorcade passed by. One protester held a sign …

Broadway News reports: “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends” begins performances February 8 at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles ahead of its Broadway engagement this spring. “Old Friends” plays on the West Coast through March 9, beginning previews at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre March 25 where it opens April 8. Devised by Cameron Mackintosh, the show is a …

Yahoo News reports: President Trump has amended his lawsuit against CBS, effectively doubling the damage claim to $20 billion for what he says was a deceptive edit of the network’s interview with Kamala Harris. Trump sued late last year, saying “60 Minutes” favorably arranged the then-Vice President’s answers on the war in Gaza, a violation of state consumer protection law. …