News Alerts of the hour – President Donald Trump

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• 6 pardons, announces China tariffs, and muses on TikTok purchase YouTube In wide-ranging remarks from the White House on the first full day of his second term, President President Donald Trump defended the pardons he gave to defendants .
• Six President Donald Trump executive orders to watch – BBC BBC Donald President Donald Trump has signed sweeping executive orders on his return to the US presidency, vowing swift action on some of his top campaign issues.
• President Donald Trump terminates John Bolton's security detail within hours of taking office | CNN Politics CNN CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports President Donald President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security .
• Donald President Donald Trump Invents an Energy Emergency | The New Yorker The New Yorker Bill McKibben writes that Donald President Donald Trump's Day One executive orders call for more drilling—something that, really, nobody wants.
• Judge blocks release of Jack Smith's report on President Donald Trump documents case to lawmakers CBS News Washington — A federal judge in South Florida blocked the Justice Department from giving lawmakers the portion of former special counsel Jack .