‘Class act’: Barron Trump sets social media ablaze for shaking hands with Biden at dad’s inauguration
President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, is garnering praise online for shaking hands with former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris at his father’s inauguration on Monday. “Barron Trump just shook hands with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. This kid will be our President one day. Bet on it,” conservative personality Nick Sotor posted to X of the exchange. The youngest first son shook Biden’s and Harris’ hands shortly after his father took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States. The 18-year-old New York University freshman participated in a handful of inaugural festivities on Monday, including attending a church service at St. John’s that morning with his family, as well as the inaugural parade later in the day. Conservatives and other social media commenters praised Barron Trump on X, formerly Twitter, and TikTok for the handshakes, speculating he could one day launch a political career, while others pondered what the first son said to Biden during the quick exchange. BARRON TRUMP IS ALL GROWN UP: A LOOK AT THE FIRST SON’S TRANSFORMATION FROM 2017 TO 2025 Others joked on social media that Barron whispered “you forgot to pardon yourself” when shaking Biden’s hand. Barron Trump also attended the inaugural parade later that day, where he received applause from Trump supporters when the first son was broadcast on the Capital One Arena’s jumbotron. “And then I have a very tall son named Barron. Has anyone ever heard of him?” President Trump said to the crowd as the arena’s camera panned to Barron. TRUMP FAMILY RETURNS TO NATION’S CAPITAL AHEAD OF INAUGURATION DAY: ‘THIS TIME, AMERICA WON’ The youngest Trump child waved to the crowd as supporters broke out into applause and cheers, before raising his fist like his father after his first assassination attempt in July. Barron also egged on the crowd for more applause before his dad praised him for his efforts to rally the youth vote while on the campaign trail. UNEARTHED FOOTAGE OF BARRON TRUMP SPEAKING WITH MOM’S ACCENT SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE AFTER DAD’S MASSIVE WIN “He knew the youth vote. You know we won the youth vote by 36 points,” Trump said, lauding him for encouraging him to join podcasts while on the campaign trail in order to reach younger voters. Trump kicked off his first day in office by signing at least 42 executive orders, memoranda or proclamations, delivered three separate speeches and fielded roughly an hour of media questions. Inauguration festivities were moved indoors this year, as frigid temperatures gripped the nation’s capital. Trump’s inauguration was held in the Capitol Rotunda, and the inaugural parade at the Capital One Arena.
4 Trump rivals that Biden didn’t pardon
Former President Joe Biden doled out a flurry of pardons during his final days in office, but he did not issue a pardon for Jack Smith, or other figures connected to cases involving President Donald Trump, who has frequently castigated those he feels have unjustly targeted him. In a post on Truth Social earlier this month, Trump asserted that “Corrupt Democrat judges and prosecutors” had targeted him “at levels of injustice never seen before.” Biden also did not pardon figures Trump has publicly assailed, including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, New York Judge Juan Merchan, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH RESIGNS AFTER 2-YEAR STINT AT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Trump has often decried Jack Smith, the special counsel who sought to wage two federal cases against him, but who has now resigned. Trump has repeatedly called the man “Deranged Jack Smith.” In a report issued earlier this month ahead of Trump’s inauguration, Smith asserted, “with respect to both Mr. Trump’s unprecedented efforts to unlawfully retain power after losing the 2020 election and his unlawful retention of classified documents after leaving office, the Principles [of Federal Proseuction] compelled prosecution.” “While we were not able to bring the cases we charged to trial, I believe the fact that our team stood up for the rule of law matters,” he noted. ‘ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY’: LEGAL EXPERTS SHRED NY V. TRUMP AS ‘ONE OF THE WORST’ CASES IN HISTORY Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought a case that led to a jury finding Trump guilty of charges of falsifying business records. Bragg has been one of the targets of Trump’s ire. On Truth Social, Trump has called him “Soft on Crime Alvin Bragg” and “Corrupt Soros Funded District Attorney, Alvin Bragg.” Trump has also excoriated Judge Juan Merchan, who was involved in Trump’s New York criminal trial. For example, Trump has called him “Corrupt, Deeply Conflicted, Democrat Appointed Acting Judge Juan Merchan,” and claimed that the judge was aiming to “RIG the Manhattan Sham ‘Trial.’” Earlier this month, ahead of Trump’s inauguration as president, Merchan sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge. TRUMP CHEERS DISQUALIFICATION OF ‘CORRUPT’ FANI WILLIS, SAYS CASE IS ‘ENTIRELY DEAD’ The Georgia Court of Appeals declared Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from a Trump-related election interference case. “There is no way such corrupt people can lead a case, and then it gets taken over by somebody else,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “It was a corrupt case, so how could it be taken over by someone else?” Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report
Trump’s House GOP allies push birthright citizenship bill after progressive fury at presidential order
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are moving to back up President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship as it faces an expected flurry of legal challenges. House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Brian Babin, R-Texas, is planning to introduce a new bill on the issue this week, Fox News Digital was told, with more than 20 GOP lawmakers already signing on to co-sponsor the effort. Babin told Fox News Digital that he saw an issue both with people coming over the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and having children here, and wealthier foreigners coming to the U.S. just to have children, colloquially known as “birth tourism.” “It’s going to have a huge impact on our immigration system because it’s going to close loopholes that exploit birthright citizenship, and discourage illegal immigration and end the misuse of this really, this completely misinterpreted privilege,” Babin said. “I don’t want anyone saying that I am opposed to immigration. My ancestors immigrated as well. I have a daughter-in-law… she is from Brazil, married my son, and she is a proud U.S. citizen. But she did it the legal way. And we cannot continue to have this abuse.” MARCO RUBIO CONFIRMED BY SENATE TO BE NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE, BECOMES FIRST TRUMP CABINET PICK TO BE APPROVED Minutes after being sworn in on Monday, Trump got to work signing dozens of executive orders, from measures repealing Biden administration policies on climate and gender to renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America.” But ending the current birthright citizenship policy in the U.S. has been widely seen as one of the most controversial, if not legally tenuous, executive actions Trump has taken so far. Multiple progressive groups pounced on the order just hours after it got the president’s signature, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). ACLU executive director Anthony Romero said Trump’s move was “unconstitutional” and “a reckless and ruthless repudiation of American values.” Babin said, “I welcome this lawsuit because we have to get this into the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s probably going to take several years for this to wind its way through the court system. But we want the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on this and give us a final ruling, because it has been misinterpreted.” Like Trump’s order, his bill would limit birthright citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or a lawful non-citizen serving in the U.S. military. It would exclude children born to illegal immigrants or parents on temporary visas. At the heart of the argument is whether the Constitution grants birthright citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The citizenship clause of the Constitution reads, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” The long-standing interpretation of unrestricted birthright citizenship comes from the 1898 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, which said “a child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States” was a lawful U.S. citizen. But opponents of that interpretation have pointed to other Western countries like France and the United Kingdom, where citizenship hinges on at least one parent already being a permanent resident. TRUMP TO DEPLOY MILITARY TO BORDER, END BIDEN PAROLE POLICIES IN FLURRY OF DAY ONE EXECUTIVE ORDERS While signing the order on Monday night, Trump dismissed concerns of a legal challenge. “It’s ridiculous. We’re the only country in the world that does this with birthright, as you know. And it’s just absolutely ridiculous. But, you know, we’ll say we think we have very good grounds. Certain people have wanted to do this for decades,” Trump told reporters. But having a bill clarifying boundaries for the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause would undoubtedly give Trump more solid legal standing. Babin is not expected to introduce his legislation as a constitutional amendment, given his disagreement not with the text itself but rather the interpretation of the 14th Amendment and the 1898 Supreme Court opinion. Introducing it as an amendment could imply that the words in the Constitution themselves were thought to be flawed, Fox News Digital was told. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on whether Trump would sign such a bill.
Pritzker bashes Trump order on birthright citizenship: ‘We will not follow an unconstitutional order’
Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker bashed President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. “That’s unconstitutional. We will not follow an unconstitutional order,” Pritzker told reporters on Monday while speaking at an unrelated event, Politico reported. Trump’s order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” asserts that the 14th Amendment of the Constitution does not automatically confer American citizenship to individuals who are born within the United States. The amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” TRUMP SIGNS ORDER ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Some legal experts have said that such a move is a constitutional change and cannot be made by executive order. The move will almost certainly face a challenge in court from civil rights groups and immigration activists. Trump advisers and some conservative legal scholars have previously argued that the idea of giving birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants is based on a misreading of the amendment. TRUMP TARGETS CULTURE WAR LIGHTNING RODS IN EARLY SLATE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS The Democratic governor also took several swings at Trump as the 47th president unleashed a flurry of executive actions intended to make good on campaign promises to crack down on illegal immigration, end federal DEI programs and more. Pritzker, who is known to harbor presidential ambitions, said the rapid fire executive actions from Trump were not communicated to state governors ahead of time. “They have not communicated with us. I’m reading the same thing you are,” he said. “This is indicative of what you’re going to see of the Trump administration for the next four years. It’s chaos.” 2028 WATCH: HERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS WHO MAY EVENTUALLY JUMP INTO THE NEXT WHITE HOUSE RACE He also echoed concerns former President Biden raised in his farewell address of an oligarchy of ultra-wealthy entrepreneurs who have cozied up to Trump. Silicon Valley titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were high-profile attendees at Trump’s inauguration. “He’s got the oligarchs sitting on the front row of his inauguration. It shows who he cares about. It’s the wealthiest people in America who are cow-towing to him and not ordinary Americans. He does not care about ordinary Americans,” said Pritzker, who himself is a billionaire member of the wealthy Pritzker family, which owns the Hyatt hotel chain. Pritzker claimed his biggest problem with the new administration is “the intent to attack people’s rights. That is something we will have to put up with or deal with every single day of this administration.”
Bipartisan lawmakers join forces to break up ‘out-of-touch’ DC power structure
FIRST ON FOX: A Republican and a Democrat are banding together to break up the centralized power structure in Washington, D.C., with a new bill moving federal agencies to other parts of the country. Reps. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Jared Golden, D-Maine, are introducing a bill Tuesday to relocate certain U.S. government offices elsewhere in the country’s 50 states, Fox News Digital was told. Exceptions would be made for national security-focused agencies like the Department of Justice, the Pentagon, the Department of Energy and the State Department. For other agencies, like the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Interior, for example, the legislation would block new and old leases as well as major renovation permits, forcing them to look outside the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for new space. REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS TRUMP SHOULD NOT PARDON HUNTER BIDEN It would then establish a “competitive bidding process” for other states to lease their land to the federal government, according to the bill text. Hinson argued it would transfer such agencies and offices to states that rely on their services most. “Moving federal agencies out of Washington and closer to the people most impacted will ensure that federal bureaucrats who have never left DC aren’t issuing out-of-touch mandates that disproportionately harm working families, small businesses, and our farmers who feed and fuel the world,” she told Fox News Digital. Hinson added there was “no valid reason” for USDA to operate in Washington, D.C., when it could be in her home state of Iowa, for example. Golden, also referencing industry in his home state of Maine, told Fox News Digital, “No one knows better than fishermen what it takes to make a living on the water, or the threat that new regulations from far away can pose not only to their livelihoods but to their entire community or region.” “Redistributing federal agencies and jobs around the country would bring the government closer to the people, ensure regulators are embedded in the communities that thrive or struggle based on their rulings and bring good-paying jobs out of the beltway and into communities across the country,” he said. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who has introduced a counterpart bill in the Senate, said the legislation was aimed at “reining in the administrative state that has run unchecked at the taxpayer’s expense.” BIDEN COMMITTED ‘IMPEACHABLE CONDUCT,’ DEFRAUDED UNITED STATES TO ENRICH HIS FAMILY’: HOUSE GOP REPORT It is not immediately clear what the effects would be on job levels in Washington, D.C., where the federal government is the largest employer. It is also unclear what the overall costs could be of transferring agencies. However, the lawmakers argued that it would ultimately save taxpayer dollars by conducting necessary oversight over federal leases, at a time when some spaces are still sitting largely unused due to remote work policies left over from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would also direct the federal government to use funds from the sale of any federal land or building to offset relocation costs.
India ready to repatriate 18,000 illegal migrants from US to placate Trump
The Indian government has signed migration agreements with several countries to manage its citizens’ overseas labor mobility, which could be at risk if the repatriation efforts are not upheld.
Attacker stabbed Saif Ali Khan on the back, as he was held tightly, sources reveals attack’s chronology
In Saif Ali Khan stabbing case, the 30-year-old convict told the police that he stabbed Saif on his back many times to free himself from the actor’s tight hold.
Who was Chalpathi? Top naxal leader with Rs 1 crore reward on him killed in Chhattisgarh encounter
Fourteen Naxals, including a top leader of the CPI (Maoists) who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 crore, were killed in a joint operation by central and state police forces along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border.
Federal judge blocks release of second volume of special counsel report to Judiciary Committee leaders
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the release of the second volume of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President Trump. Judge Aileen Cannon had allowed the first volume to be released to a small group within Congress. The first volume relates to Smith’s investigation into alleged election interference by Trump, while the second relates to the classified documents investigation. This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates.
Trump DHS repeals key Mayorkas memo limiting ICE agents, orders parole review
EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday issued memos to repeal limits on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents imposed by former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — and order a review of the use of humanitarian parole to admit migrants. The first memo, a draft of which was reviewed by Fox News, rescinds a 2021 memo by Mayorkas, which provided an expanded list of areas that are “protected areas” where ICE could not engage in immigration enforcement. It said the policy was designed to make sure enforcement did not limit “people’s access to essential services or engagement in essential activities.” Those areas include schools, universities, healthcare facilities, places of worship, “places where children gather,” social service establishments, food banks, religious or civil ceremonies and disaster or emergency response and relief centers. “In our pursuit of justice, including in the execution of our enforcement responsibilities, we impact people’s lives and advance our country’s well-being in the most fundamental ways. As a result, when conducting an enforcement action, ICE and CBP agents and officers must first examine and consider the impact of where actions might possibly take place, their effect on people, and broader societal interests,” Mayorkas said in a statement at the time. ‘NATIONAL EMERGENCY’: TRUMP DECLARES AMBITIOUS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS The memo issued Monday rescinded that guidance and said that common sense should be used instead. “Going forward, law enforcement officers should continue to use that discretion along with a healthy dose of common sense,” the new memo said. “It is not necessary, however, for the head of the agency to create bright line rules regarding where our immigration laws are permitted to be enforced.” ICE agents who spoke to Fox News said they believe that rescinding the Mayorkas order is going to free them up to go after more illegal immigrants, because illegal immigrants have until now been able to hide near schools and churches and avoid arrest. TRUMP TO DEPLOY MILITARY TO BORDER, END BIDEN PAROLE POLICIES IN FLURRY OF DAY 1 EXECUTIVE ORDERS A separate memo, also reviewed by Fox, focuses on the use of humanitarian parole, which was used broadly by the Biden administration to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants to enter the U.S., including nearly 1.5 million via the CBP One app and parole processes for nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV.) The administration also launched parole programs for nationals from Ukraine and Afghanistan. The memo notes that the statute demands the authority be used on a “case by case basis,” something that Republican critics claim the administration has abused. It emphasizes that parole is “a limited use authority, applicable only in a very narrow set of circumstances.” It also claims that “it has been repeatedly abused by the Executive Branch over the past several decades in ways that are blatantly inconsistent with the statute.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE “Most important, the parole statute does not authorize categorical parole programs that make aliens presumptively eligible on the basis of some set of broadly applicable criteria,” it says. The memo directs the heads of (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to compile a list of instructions, policies and procedures related to parole, review them, and formulate a plan to phase out any that are not in accord with the statute. They will then provide a report to the DHS secretary, while also pausing, modifying or ending any programs that they believe were not enacted properly, and that they can do in a way that is consistent with statutes, regulations and court orders. The memos came just hours after Trump signed a slew of 10 border-related executive orders, including orders deploying the military to the border, ending Biden’s parole programs and ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. The orders also declare a national emergency, and order the resumption of construction of the wall at the southern border. “All illegal entry will immediately be halted,” Trump said moments after being inaugurated. “And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”