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Candice Holmes is a writer at The Panic News, where she covers lifestyle, books, sports, education, and tech. She's also a huge fan of cats and dogs. Her favorite hobbies include reading and listening to podcasts.

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Trump orders federal agencies to recognize only two sexes that are 'not changeable'

President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are “not changeable,” and reversing Biden administration directives on LGBTQ+ rights. One of the new orders says that “male” and “female” are defined based on reproductive cells and at the point when a person is conceived, and states that […]

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris' first stop in California: Altadena fire zone

The first stop former Vice President Kamala Harris made after leaving office and returning to California Monday was Altadena, where she met with volunteers and firefighters working on the Eaton fire. Hours after attending President Trump’s inauguration, Harris and former second gentleman Doug Emhoff landed at Burbank Airport and headed to a former auto repair

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'Drill baby drill': Trump takes aim at clean energy, climate change and the environment on day one

On the day he took his oath of office, President Trump promised to sign numerous executive orders that stand to undercut California’s aggressive auto emission standards, undo Biden-era environmental protections and boost U.S. fossil fuel production. To raucous applause — first inside the Capitol Rotunda and inside the Capital One Arena afterward — Trump assured

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Trump immediately flexes presidential powers with raft of executive orders, pardons

President Trump quickly flexed the sweeping powers of the presidency following his second inauguration at the Capitol on Monday, signing a slate of executive orders that would radically alter U.S. policy if allowed to stand. He also said he would pardon some or all of his loyalists who attacked the same Capitol building in a

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Trump pledges to restore McKinley's name to tallest peak in North America

President Trump vowed Monday to revert the name of Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the tallest peak in North America, to Mt. McKinley, reigniting a long-running dispute. “We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mt. McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs,” Trump said Monday after he was sworn into

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Trump signs orders to crack down on immigration, send troops to the border

WASHINGTON —  President Trump took steps Monday to fundamentally and drastically change how the nation handles immigration, signing executive orders to revoke birthright citizenship, declare a national emergency at the southern border and deploy military troops there. Citing public safety and national security threats, Trump said he would immediately halt all illegal entry at the border,

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Column: Trump's inaugural speech was short on 'unity,' long on hard-to-deliver promises

WASHINGTON —  President Trump promised an inaugural address focused on “unity,” but what he delivered was more a campaign speech in a formal suit — long on promises and anger toward opponents, short on gestures toward national reconciliation. “For American citizens, Jan. 20, 2025 is Liberation Day,” he said — meaning liberation from a Democratic administration

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'We're taking it back.' Trump's comments on the Panama Canal spur pushback from Panama

MEXICO CITY —  President Trump said Monday that the United States would reassert control over the Panama Canal, the strategic, U.S.-built waterway that Washington handed over to the Panamanian government more than a quarter-century ago. “We gave it to Panama and we’re taking it back,” Trump declared in his inaugural address. The president accused the Panamanian

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Trump criticizes L.A. fire response in inaugural address, plans to visit California Friday

During his inaugural address on Monday, President Trump blasted what he called a government unable to protect its own citizens in times of crisis — including the people of Southern California affected by the still-burning Palisades and Eaton fires, which have destroyed thousands of structures and killed at least 27 people. Trump used the examples

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Scenes from a packed Rotunda: Moguls, former presidents — and some notable absences

WASHINGTON —  President Trump’s inauguration on Monday in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at times seemed surreal. Hundreds of the world’s most powerful people — among them every living former U.S. president as well as billionaire tech executives — crammed cheek-by-jowl in the 7,200-square-foot space after the ceremony was moved indoors because of a bitter cold snap,

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