Jan 23, 2025, 5:55 PM EST
Trump pardons pro-life protesters
Trump signed a set of pardons for several anti-abortion protesters calling it a "great honor to sign."
More details of the pardons were set to be released later.
-ABC News' Molly Nagle
Trump 2nd term updates: Trump says USAID is run by 'radical lunatics'
The comments came amid turmoil as DOGE took over USAID offices last week.
ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Emily Chang, Andrea Pineda-Salgado, Meredith Deliso, and Julia Reinstein
Last Updated: February 2, 2025, 11:11 PM EST
President Donald Trump made good on his threats to impose tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners, announcing Saturday that he will levy 25% tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese goods.
Experts have warned that tariffs of this magnitude will likely increase prices paid by U.S. and Trump appeared to acknowledge that “some pain” might be possible in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee announced it will meet Tuesday, when it is expected to vote on the controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Jan 23, 2025, 5:48 PM EST
DHS could request up to 10K troops on the border: Memo
An internal Border Patrol memo obtained by ABC News indicates that the Department of Homeland Security could request up to 10,000 troops to help with efforts along the United States and Mexico border.
Defense officials, however, said they have not heard of this figure but did note they expected there could be additional requests for troops along the border.
"This is just the start. This is an initial step, and we are anticipating many further missions," a senior defense official told reporters.
-ABC News' Luke Barr and Luis Martinez
Jan 23, 2025, 5:40 PM EST
Department of Education puts people on leave over DEI-related jobs
The Department of Education has put employees who led DEI initiatives on paid administrative leave following recent directives across the government to stamp it out of the federal workforce.
"These actions are in line with President Trump’s ongoing commitment to end illegal discrimination and wasteful spending across the federal government. They are the first step in reorienting the agency toward prioritizing meaningful learning ahead of divisive ideology in our schools," the department said in a statement.
The department did not provide the exact numbers of employees who were affected.
At least two councils within the department were dissolved: the Diversity & Inclusion Council, which has been in place since the Obama administration, and a council within the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.
-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett
Jan 23, 2025, 5:23 PM EST
Hegseth settled 2017 sexual assault allegation for $50K
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, told Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017 $50,000 in a settlement.
The information of a subsequent settlement agreement has already been reported and made public by Hegseth's lawyer, but the dollar amount has not been previously disclosed.
Alex Brandon/AP
The information provided to Warren was in response to the senator's request that sought more information about Hegseth as part of the vetting process, two sources with knowledge of the vetting told ABC News.
Hegseth's attorney Tim Parlatore declined to comment to ABC News on the dollar figure.
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders
