On today’s show: What to know about Trump’s first day in office. CNN breaks down Trump’s pardon of more than 1,000 January 6th rioters and Time explains what is in his executive orders on immigration. NPR’s Sarah McCammon explains how Cecile Richards transformed reproductive care in America as the longtime former president of Planned Parenthood. The women’s rights activist died Monday; she had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2023. Plus, Trump enters office as a newly minted crypto-billionaire while ethics experts raise concerns about his family’s new tokens. How Trump’s promised tariffs could slow down disaster-recovery efforts in Los Angeles and North Carolina. And Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch goes to trial. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu. Correction: Walgreens had a business agreement with Cooler Screens Inc. Due to an editing error, a previous version of this episode said the deal was with Walmart.
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Good morning. It's Tuesday, January 21st. I'm Shamita Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, Trump's busy first day in office, remembering Cecile Richards, a champion of women's health care, and Prince Harry goes to court. Let's start in Washington, where President Donald Trump promised in his inaugural speech a packed day of executive actions.
With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.
Trump began signing executive orders within hours of retaking office, choosing to sign a number of them on a stage in front of a crowd of his supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington.
The first item that President Trump is signing is the rescission of 78 Biden-era executive actions, executive orders, presidential memoranda, and others.
When he wrapped up there, he headed to the Oval Office to sign more orders. Among them, pardoning hundreds of people charged with crimes related to the January 6th mob, withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization, delaying the ban of TikTok, and issuing a series of measures on immigration.
Meanwhile, his Republican colleagues in the Senate also went straight to work. They approved Marco Rubio to be our next secretary of state, and a committee advanced Pete Hegsett's nomination for defense secretary for a full vote. There is lots to talk about and lots of questions about whether these orders will stand or be challenged in courts.
But for now, just for today, let's look at three of Trump's executive orders, what he wants to do, and the immediate reaction we're seeing. Starting with the January 6th pardons. Trump granted broad pardons to more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to January 6th and commuted the sentences of several others. The decision appears to apply to both nonviolent and violent offenders.
People like former Proud Boys leader Henry Enrique Tarrio, who prosecutors described as helping plan the insurrection and who was sentenced to 22 years for sedition. The longest sentence handed down in connection with January 6th. Here's CNN's chief legal affairs correspondent, Paula Reid.
Remember, Trump and Vice President Vance had suggested that they were not going to give clemency to people who were violent offenders. But the group that got pardons includes individuals like Julian Cater, who assaulted a U.S. police officer, Brian Sicknick, and later pled guilty to assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon. Devlin Thompson, who hit a police officer with a metal baton.
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