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HuffPost: “The cascading effects of pardoning some 1,500 insurrectionists remain to be seen. But to researchers, activists and reporters covering extremism in America, the implication was clear: Political violence will be tolerated, and even rewarded, when it’s carried out on behalf of Trump.”

President Trump is expected to attend the House Republican Retreat at Trump National Doral next Monday, NOTUS reports.

Stephen Collinson: “It already feels like he’s been back for months.”

“The Justice Department has ordered U. S. attorneys to investigate and prosecute law enforcement officials if they refuse to enforce the Trump administration’s new immigration policies,” the New York Times reports. “The move comes as the Department of Homeland Security prepares to make targeted raids into cities with high numbers of undocumented immigrants.”

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58% of Americans are not in favor of President Trump pardoning all of the people who were convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol just over four years ago.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the looming tariffs that President Trump is expected to slap on U. S. trading partners could be viewed positively, NBC News reports. Said Dimon: “If it’s a little inflationary, but it’s good for national security, so be it. I mean, get over it. National security trumps a little bit more inflation.”