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The first 24 hours of Donald Trump’s second term reflected what his supporters hoped for and his detractors feared: a willingness to follow through on some of his most radical and divisive ideas. That much was clear Monday night, when Trump made good on his pledge to exonerate the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after a high-profile prosecution that highlighted the role of the internet in illegal markets. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that he had spoken to Ulbricht’s mother on his first full day in office. “It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” he wrote.

WASHINGTON — Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive to his second wife, to the point where she feared for her safety. Hegseth denies the allegations. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, was formerly married to the nominee’s brother, and in an affidavit obtained by the Associated Press, she said she believes that Pete Hegseth is “unfit” to run the Defense Department based on what she witnessed and heard.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U. S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)—a move that experts say makes the U. S. and other countries less safe from infectious diseases and other public-health threats. “For Americans it may not be obvious immediately what the impact will be, but given the world we live in and all of the factors that are driving more disease outbreaks, America cannot fight them alone,” says Dr.

Donald Trump is trying to redefine who is allowed to be a U. S. citizen. On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed an order challenging a long-standing constitutional right that people born inside the U. S. are guaranteed citizenship. The right has been considered settled law since it was ratified as part of the Constitution more than 150 years ago. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump told federal departments to deny the right known as birthright citizenship from children born to mothers and fathers in the country unlawfully.

On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order beginning the formal withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, a landmark pact between nations that aims to limit global warming to well below 2°C. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It marked the second time Trump had taken this step, having previously announced the U.