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Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions after 11 p.m. EST today (8 p.m. PST). The Full Moon in Cancer peaks at 5:27 p.m. EST (2:27 p.m. PST). Happy Birthday for Monday, Jan. 13, 2025: You are focused, determined and keen to better yourself. You embrace humanitarian causes and social reform. Whatever you do, you give it your all.

Today is Monday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2025. There are 352 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached by the U. S. House over the violent Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol, becoming the only president to be twice impeached; ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection.” (Trump would again be acquitted by the Senate in a vote after his term was over.) Also on this date: In 1733, James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, while en route to settle in present-day Georgia. Related Articles Today in History: January 12, Haiti earthquake kills an estimated 300,000 Today in History: January 11, Theodore Roosevelt makes the Grand Canyon a national monument Today in History: January 10, Thomas Paine publishes ‘Common Sense’ Today in History: January 9, the iPhone makes its debut Today in History: January 8, ‘El Chapo’ captured a third time In 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union.

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival, which is being touted as the world’s largest religious gathering. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Over about the next six weeks, Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers—the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati—where they will take part in elaborate rituals, hoping to begin a journey to achieve Hindu philosophy’s ultimate goal: the release from the cycle of rebirth. Here’s what to know about the festival: A religious gathering at the confluence of three sacred rivers Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges and the Yamuna.

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy slammed former First Lady Laura Bush after she declined to shake President-elect Donald Trump's hand at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral. During Sunday's Fox & Friends broadcast, host co-host Charlie Hurt noted that former Vice President Mike Pence had congratulated Trump on his 2020 victory at the funeral. Capos-Duffy pointed out that the funeral also marked the anniversary of the death of former First Lady Melania Trump's mother. "And I just thought it was so dignified the way she carried herself," Campos-Duffy opined.

Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom isn't taking anyone's shit as his state is enduring catastrophic fires. Newsom is also facing fire from other directions, solely for political reasons. There's the incoming trash monster who bashes Democrats daily to divide our country further. Donald has continued calling the California Governor "Newscum" instead of offering help.

Vice President-elect J. D. Vance reminded officials in Greenland that the U. S. military maintained troops in the autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, host Shannon Bream asked Vance about Trump refusing to rule out the use of military force to take possession of Greenland. "What's the deal with Greenland and the Panama Canal?" Bream wondered.