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Highlights From Trump’s First Executive Actions Shortly after capping a historic political comeback by taking the Oath of Office, President Donald Trump leaped into action on Monday signing dozens of executive orders to fulfill his campaign promises.
The president revoked 78 executive actions of his predecessor, former president Joe Biden, reinstated some of his own actions which Biden had revoked, and unleashed a flurry of directives on the border, the federal workforce, energy, and trade.
Trump pardoned more than 1,500 January 6 prisoners, declared a national emergency at the border, and quit the Paris Climate Accord. Here are the highlights from the first jampacked day for the Trump administration. | |
Biden Preemptively Pardons His Family In his final act as president, Joe Biden’s preemptively pardoned several members of his family. The sweeping pardon covers the president’s brother, James Biden; sister-in-law, Sara Jones Biden; sister, Valerie Biden Owens; brother-in-law, John Owens; and brother, Francis Biden. The pardons were announced minutes before President Donald Trump was sworn in.
In December, Biden issued a broad preemptive pardon for his son, Hunter, who was due to be sentenced for federal tax and gun crimes. He suggested that his family members would be subject to “baseless and politically motivated investigations” under the Trump administration.
“My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me—the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end,” Biden said. Trump, during his inaugural address, vowed to end the “unfair weaponization of the Justice Department.” (More) | |
Trump Says 25 Percent Tariffs on Canada, Mexico Could Be Coming Feb. 1 President Donald Trump says he may impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico starting on Feb. 1. Trump, who had said after his election in November that he would impose tariffs unless the two countries stopped the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs through their borders into the United States, didn’t immediately start the tariffs. But he indicated that they may be coming soon.
Trump signed an executive order directing the government to investigate whether Canada and Mexico have restricted the flow of illegal immigrants across their borders among other questions.
“We’re thinking in terms of 25 percent on Mexico and Canada, because they’re allowing vast numbers of people—Canada is a very bad abuser also—vast numbers of people to come in and fentanyl to come in,” Trump told reporters while signing executive orders at the White House on his first day on the job on Jan. 20. “I think we'll do it Feb. 1.” (More) How did you enjoy today's Morning Brief? Tell us what you think here. | | MORE TOP NEWS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PREMIUM | | | | CULTURE |  | | Father of 16 Creates Business Model to Help Families Thrive | | As the father of 16 children and a CEO of several enterprises, Conor Gallagher of Charlotte, North Carolina, applies the principles and systems of the business world to the home.
Of his tribe of offspring, who range in age from 5 months old to 22 years old, Gallagher said with a chuckle: “People say: ‘Oh, my gosh, how do you raise 16 children? I can barely raise two.’ And I say to them: ‘I don’t raise 16 children. I manage environments.’”
Just as systems, good or bad, shape the environment of a workplace, so too, Gallagher contends, they shape the environment in a home. And every system, he says, is the fruit of the vision behind it.
“The vision statement is the foundation of it all,” Gallagher said. “That’s not meant to be some platitude. It’s really meant to be a foundation, and particularly in a marriage.
“When we apply a vision statement to marriage and a family, it should serve as a reminder that you and your spouse are literally on the same page. We have a complete agreement, complete unity, on the ultimate goal of this family.”
Once mom and dad have a written vision statement, clear markers, and aspirations for creating a healthy marriage and a loving family, Gallagher suggests several systems based on those principles and intentions that will help them manage their lives and the household.
To help make these goals become realities, he wrote a new book, “Well-Ordered Family,” supplying an abundance of advice and several dozen checklists and charts. | | | | | EPOCH TV | | | | | | OPINION | | | | | | EPOCH FUN | | | | | |
