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Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013

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Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013

By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. The Nielsen Company said Tuesday that viewership was down from Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump’s … Read more

US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

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US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

By REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen. The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies … Read more

Here’s what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn’t do

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Here’s what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn’t do

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2015 Paris climate agreement is not the boogeyman that punishes the United States that critics such as President Donald Trump claim. But it hasn’t quite kept the world from overheating either. The Paris agreement is a mostly voluntary climate pact originally written in ways that … Read more

Murder charge upheld for the only suspect to face prosecution in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing

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Murder charge upheld for the only suspect to face prosecution in 1996 Tupac Shakur killing

By RIO YAMAT LAS VEGAS (AP) — The only suspect ever to be charged in the 1990s killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas has lost a bid to have his murder case dismissed. Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny said in a decision issued Tuesday that Duane “Keffe D” Davis had … Read more

Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police

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Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers, using his clemency powers on his first … Read more

Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police

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Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers, using his clemency powers on his first … Read more

Can he do that? Lawyers and lawmakers debate if Trump has authority to suspend the US TikTok ban

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Can he do that? Lawyers and lawmakers debate if Trump has authority to suspend the US TikTok ban

By SALLY HO On the eve of his inauguration, President Donald Trump said an executive order suspending a nationwide ban on TikTok would be among his first official acts. The social media platform and app’s ardent users waited Monday evening to learn if he would follow through and if so, what the order might say. … Read more

A look at false and misleading claims Trump made during his inaugural address

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A look at false and misleading claims Trump made during his inaugural address

In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. Here’s a look at the facts. Trump repeats unfounded claim about immigrants CLAIM: Trump, a Republican, said … Read more

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump

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Biden pardons Fauci, Milley to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming … Read more