Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants
The move shortly after his inauguration makes good on the president’s defining political promise to crack down on immigration.
Dems promise to ‘stand up to’ Trump but laud ‘peaceful transfer of power’ after speech
Congressional Democrats are balancing efforts to stand tough against President Trump while also pledging to work with him where possible after the Republican commander in chief took office. It comes as moderate Democrats and Democrats in vulnerable seats have made overtures toward Republicans in areas like border security and transgender youth after the GOP’s commanding victories in the 2024 elections – which the right has widely interpreted as a mandate for a more conservative America. “My job is to fight to make life better for Texas families, and I will work with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who is interested in lowering costs, securing our border, and keeping our communities safe,” freshman Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, who attended the inauguration, said in a statement. “But make no mistake, I will always stand up to President Trump, his administration, division, and far-right extremism when any of those individuals or entities threaten our way of life.” DONALD TRUMP SWORN IN AS 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., who ran tight races in 2016 and 2022 and is expected to do so again in 2028, said in a statement, “I look forward to working with the incoming administration to lower prices, create jobs, and keep our communities safe. But make no mistake, if President Trump uses his position to hurt hardworking Nevadans, I will always stand strong to protect them.” Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., took a similar conciliatory tone. “There is progress to be made on housing, environmental stewardship, public safety, immigration reform, national security, and more. I will work with anybody and any administration to pursue areas of agreement and aggressively deliver for the people I serve,” he said. “I also firmly believe that our diversity is our strength and our unity is the power to endure and succeed no matter the many challenges that we face. Law-abiding immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, women, and families recovering from devastating natural disasters are understandably worried by the rhetoric from the campaign trail and potential policies from the Trump Administration.” Other Democrats were more guarded in their statements, like Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., who said on X, “Today, and always, I root hard for this country of ours, and I wish [President Trump] well as he takes on the responsibility of leading America.” TRUMP TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON DAY ONE Progressive Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., however, made clear that she would take a more hard-line approach against Trump. “Day 1 under Trump. We must face these challenges and attacks with courage and clarity. I’m ready for the work ahead to defend our Constitution and will be working tirelessly to address the urgent needs of Vermonters and working people across America,” she wrote on X. Trump was sworn into office for his second term in an inauguration ceremony inside the U.S. Capitol.
Telangana student, who was looking for job, shot dead in US
K Ravi Teja, a student from Telangana, was shot dead by unidentified persons in US. He was looking for a job after completing MS studies.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers at risk
Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies.
Trump national security adviser pick Waltz resigns from House, shrinking GOP majority
Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., retired from Congress Monday to serve as President-elect Trump’s national security adviser — a long-awaited move that he announced just one hour before Trump was sworn in as president. Waltz had confirmed to Fox News his plans to resign on Inauguration Day prior to Trump’s inaugural ceremony — a decision that further narrows the Republican House majority to just 218–215. “As I prepare to assume my duties as National Security Advisor to the president-elect, Donald J. Trump, I hereby make my resignation official from the U.S. House of Representatives, effective January 20th, 2025,” Waltz said in a letter announcing his decision. “I intend to serve out my term in the 118th Congress, and to be sworn into the 118th Congress. I have also submitted by notice to Governor Ron DeSantis to advise him on my resignation.” A special election to replace Waltz will be held in April. News of his resignation in the House comes at a time when Republicans in the chamber have struggled to unify amid intraparty divisions over government spending, fealty to Trump, and other differences in ideology. ‘HELL NO’: HOUSE DEMS ERUPT OVER GOP SPENDING DEAL These divisions were on sharp display during the election of House Speaker Mike Johnson earlier in January and the massive spending bill in December that narrowly averted government shutdown. Waltz, a former Green Beret who served in both the White House and Pentagon, was tapped by Trump in the fall of 2024 to serve as his national security adviser. Trump praised Waltz’s more than 25 years in the Army Special Forces, noting that he “was deployed multiple times in combat for which he was awarded four Bronze Stars, including two with Valor.” Fox News Digital’s Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.
Mark Milley pardoned: general at center of Afghanistan withdrawal predicted it wouldn’t be a Saigon moment
Former President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Gen. Mark Milley on Monday, capping off a presidency marred by the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021. Milley accepted the pardon, saying in a statement he does not want to spend the remainder of his life fighting “retribution.” But critics of the withdrawal in Congress say they aren’t done with him. “Mark Milley might be pardoned but we will continue to explore ways to hold him accountable,” said Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., an Afghanistan veteran. Post-withdrawal assessments largely question why the military pulled out of the region before civilian evacuations were complete. Milley, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has admitted the withdrawal where 13 U.S. troops lost their lives was a “strategic failure.” HOUSE GOP RELEASES SCATHING REPORT ON BIDEN’S WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN During a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in 2024, Milley blamed the State Department for delaying a Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO), or an order to withdraw U.S. civilians working in the country, but praised the military’s actions. That order did not come until mid-August 2021, just two weeks before the deadline Biden had set to leave the country. “I think that was too slow and too late. And that then caused a series of events that resulted in the very last couple of days. There’s a lot of other mistakes that [were] made along the way … [but] I think that was the key.” “The U.S. military is responsible for supporting the State Department in a non-combatant evacuation operation, however, the withdrawal of U.S. forces from a combat theater as it relates to an act of war is the responsibility of the Department of Defense, and at the end of the day, we did not leave a residual force behind,” Alex Pritsas, a former counterterrorism official at the Defense Department, told Fox News Digital. BIDEN THANKS TROOPS FOR ‘STRENGTH’ AND ‘INTEGRITY’ IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES AT FAREWELL ADDRESS TO MILITARY Milley said in congressional testimony in June 2021 that the U.S. would not see scenes reminiscent of the fall of Saigon in Vietnam, where U.S. personnel were being airlifted from rooftops. “I don’t see Saigon 1975 in Afghanistan. The Taliban just aren’t the North Vietnamese Army.” Milley’s pardon was part of a group of preemptive pardons that included Anthony Fauci and members of the January 6th Committee. “My family and I are deeply grateful for the President’s action today,” Milley said in reaction to the pardon. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He went on: “After 43 years of faithful service in uniform to our nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights. I do not want to put my family, my friends, and those with whom I served through the resulting distraction, expense, and anxiety.” Jerry Dunleavy, former top investigator on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Afghanistan probe, told Fox News Digital of the pardon: “Milley wrongly dismissed the obviously correct comparison between the fall of Saigon and the impending fall of Kabul, massively inflated size of the Afghan forces, woefully underestimated the speed and scope of Taliban district control, then pushed fiction that Afghanistan fell in only 11 days. “After a disaster where thirteen troops were murdered at Abbey Gate and the Taliban regained power, Milley then wrongly predicted Ukraine would fall to the Russians in just three days,” he added, referring to remarks Milley made in a closed-door briefing with lawmakers.
Trump vows ‘new era of national success,’ says America’s ‘decline is over’ in inaugural address
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said a “tide of change is sweeping the country,” telling Americans during his inaugural address Monday that he is “optimistic” that the U.S. is beginning a “new era of national success,” while declaring that the country’s “decline is over.” Trump addressed the nation on Monday after taking the oath of office for the second time and being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. “The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump said in his inaugural address. “From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer.” DONALD TRUMP SWORN IN AS 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES “During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first,” Trump said. Trump vowed that U.S. “sovereignty will be reclaimed, our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced. The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end. And our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous and free.” Trump promised that he would not use the government to go after political opponents, saying it was something he knew something about, a reference to his claims of persecution by the Biden administration. “But first, we must be honest about the challenges we face,” Trump said. “While they are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing in the United States of America.” But, the president said in his first remarks to the nation as the 47th president, “our government confronts a crisis of trust.” “My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and indeed their freedom from this moment on, America’s decline is over,” Trump said. TRUMP TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON DAY ONE The president delivered his remarks from the Capitol Rotunda Monday due to an arctic blast that hit the nation’s capital, with frigid temperatures forcing the inaugural ceremonies to be moved indoors for the first time in four decades. Trump, who won the Electoral College and popular vote, defeating now-former Vice President Kamala Harris in a landslide, has vowed that his second administration will bring “the golden age of America.” Trump was running against then-President Biden, who was seeking re-election, until July 2024. But after the two debated for the first time, and after a disastrous performance by Biden, the incumbent was pressured by Democrat insiders to suspend his presidential bid. Biden made the announcement in a social media post and endorsed Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee in his place, moving his vice president to the top of the ticket. The decision for Biden to drop out of the race came just days after the Republican National Convention (RNC) finished, and after Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, formally accepted the GOP nomination. But Trump, just days before accepting the Republican nomination, survived an assassination attempt at a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. During the event, Trump was showing off a chart highlighting how illegal immigration skyrocketed under the Biden-Harris administration. As he turned toward the chart, he was hit by a bullet that pierced the upper part of his right ear by the now-deceased would-be-assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. Weeks later, in September, another would-be-assassin hid himself in the bushes at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The gunman, Ryan Wesley Routh, had an AK-47-style rifle pointing through the fence toward Trump as he was golfing. Trump was rushed off the golf course by U.S. Secret Service agents, unharmed. TRUMP TO DEPLOY MILITARY TO BORDER, END BIDEN PAROLE POLICIES IN FLURRY OF DAY ONE EXECUTIVE ORDERS Trump reflected on his near-death experience, and his unprecedented trials and legal battles throughout the 2024 campaign cycle. “Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250-year history, and I’ve learned a lot along the way. The journey to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one, and that I can tell you. Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and indeed to take my life,” Trump said. “Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin’s bullet ripped through my ear.” He added: “But I felt then and believe even more so now, that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again.” Trump, on his first day in office, is expected to take more than 200 executive actions – a massive, first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living for American families, ending DEI programs across the federal government, and more, Fox News Digital exclusively reported. Trump will also deliver on his campaign promise to roll back the policies of his predecessor on his first day in office. Trump will end “catch and release”; pause all offshore wind leases; terminate the electric vehicle mandate; abolish the Green New Deal; withdraw from the Paris climate accord; and take several major steps to assert presidential control over the federal bureaucracy. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Saif Ali Khan’s attacker was caught stealing diamond ring from Guest while working at Worli pub
A few months ago, Islam was working as a housekeeping staff at the pub when he stole a diamond ring from a guest.
Ramaswamy done at DOGE, Ohio gubernatorial campaign launch expected early next week: sources
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is done at President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, a source close to the multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur confirmed to Fox News Digital. And Ramaswamy, who along with Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, was tapped in November by Trump to steer DOGE, is expected to launch a Republican campaign for Ohio governor early next week, according to the source. GOP Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio is term-limited and cannot seek re-election in 2026. DeWine on Friday announced that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted would fill the U.S. Senate seat that was held by former Sen. JD Vance until earlier this month, when the vice president stepped down ahead of Monday’s inauguration. MUSK AND RAMASWAMY IGNITE MAGA WAR OVER SKILLED WORKER IMIMGRATION Before the Senate announcement, Husted had planned to run for governor in 2026 to succeed DeWine. Ramaswamy, for his part, had expressed interest in serving in the Senate. DeWine’s decision to choose Husted to fill the vacant Senate seat appeared to accelerate Ramaswamy’s move toward launching a run for governor. Ramaswamy, 39, who launched his presidential campaign in February 2023, saw his stock rise as he went from a long shot to a contender for the Republican nomination. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING ON VIVEK RAMASWAMY Ramaswamy campaigned on what he called an “America First 2.0” agenda and was one of Trump’s biggest supporters in the field of rivals, calling Trump the “most successful president in our century.” He dropped his White House bid a year ago after a distant fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses and quickly endorsed Trump, becoming a top surrogate on the campaign trail. Ramaswamy’s exit appears to clear the way for Musk, Trump’s top donor and key ally, to steer DOGE without having to share the limelight. The move also comes a couple of weeks after Ramswamy and Musk sparked a firestorm among Trump’s hard core MAGA supporters over their support for H-1B temporary worker visas for highly skilled workers from foreign countries. Ramaswamy’s comments criticizing an American culture that he said “venerated mediocrity over excellence” received plenty of pushback from leading voices on the far right. Ohio, which was once a top general election battleground, has shifted red over the past decade as Republicans have dominated statewide elections.
White House website now lists Trump as president, removes Biden, Harris content
The White House’s official website now lists Donald Trump as President and JD Vance as Vice President. Pages detailing the work of “The Biden-Harris Administration” were removed just moments after both Trump and Vance took the oath of office Monday. Those who visit Whitehouse.gov are greeted with an image of Trump pointing and the message “America is Back.” “Every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body. I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America,” it says under the message, followed by Trump’s signature. The updated administration section says “After a landslide election victory in 2024, President Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House to build upon his previous successes and use his mandate to reject the extremist policies of the radical left while providing tangible quality of life improvements for the American people.” Next to JD Vance’s name, it says “In 2024, President Donald J. Trump extended JD the incredible honor of asking him to serve as the Vice-Presidential Nominee for the Republican Party. JD looks forward to serving with President Trump over the next four years as they work diligently to Make America Great Again.” This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.