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Kristi Noem to Face Questions on Immigration as Trump’s Homeland Security Pick

New York Times The department that the South Dakota governor seeks to lead will be critical to fulfilling the incoming administration’s promises to quickly crack down on immigration. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/kristi-noem-homeland-security-confirmation-hearing.html

In a Fire’s Ruins, Signs of a Previous Loss Leave a Family With Seeds of Hope

New York Times The Carrs have made their life’s work honoring the dreams of their precocious son, who died suddenly at 16. They rescued some mementos and others survived when their Altadena home burned to the ground. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/la-fires-altadena-home.html

A Georgia Prosecutor Has Long Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It?

New York Times Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/georgia-prosecutor-sentence-regret.html

Why Trump’s Second-Term Agenda Could Hinge on the Court He Hates the Most

New York Times Once again, an incoming Trump White House is likely to clash with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But the court in San Francisco has changed since 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/trump-court-appeals-ninth-circuit.html

‘I’m Urging You Not to Run’: How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out

New York Times The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then dragged his feet on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/schumer-biden-2024-election.html

Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency

Fox News President Biden announced Friday morning he is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates as the end of his presidency draws near. The commutations are for people convicted of non-violent drug offenses “who are serving disproportionately long sentences” compared to what they would receive if sentenced under today’s law. “Today’s clemency action provides…

How Trump’s Border Czar Thomas Homan Found MAGA

New York Times Thomas Homan once defended Obama-era policies and health care for transgender immigrants. Now he’s eyeing hotlines to report undocumented neighbors and arrests of local officials who get in the way. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/trump-border-czar-thomas-homan.html

‘Woke green hydrogen bomb’: Historian blasts California leaders for ‘nonsensical’ wildfire response

Fox News There were many things that preceded the “nonsensical” response from Los Angeles and California state leaders to the devastating wildfires that continue to blaze across the region, according to historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson. “To mitigate you have to know what went wrong, and there were short-term and long-term problems,” Davis,…

Trump DHS pick Noem likely to face scrutiny over deportation, border plans at confirmation hearing

Fox News South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem heads to Capitol Hill on Friday for her confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security — a hearing where border security and plans to launch a massive deportation operation are likely to take center stage. Noem, nominated by President-elect Trump to lead DHS, will appear before…

RNC chair on GOP’s mission going forward: ‘Make sure…Trump voters become Republican voters’

Fox News EXCLUSIVE – Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Mike Whatley says his job going forward in the 2025 elections and 2026 midterms is straight forward. “It’s really critical for us to make sure that the Trump voters become Republican voters,” Whatley said in an exclusive national digital interview with Fox News on the sidelines…