Trump will make historic move to revocation birthright citizenship
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order directing the federal government to deny automatic citizenship to children of undocumented parents who come to the US as minors. The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution grants birthright citizenship to all children regardless of their parent’s immigration status. “We’re the only country in the world that gives automatic citizenship,” Trump said.
Trump has announced a lot of his actions on the first day
President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive orders on Monday, reversing many of his predecessors’ policies and reinstating actions from his first term in office. The White House officials said that the president is going to declare a national emergency at the southern border, designate criminal groups as terrorists, and end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.
The day one executive orders will make the climate crisis worse
US President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The Paris Agreement, which was signed by over 200 countries in December 2015, is aimed at limiting global warming to “well below” 2C and “well below” 3C. However, the agreement states that the process would take a full year.
Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in the college football title game
Ohio State defeated Notre Dame 34-23 in the US college football title game on Monday night, becoming the first team to win two College Football Playoff championships in 10 years. In the 10 years that playoffs were a four-team affair, Notre Dame had made it two times, while Ohio State only qualified half the time.
Some 1,500 January 6 rioters are in line for a pardon from Trump
US President-elect Donald Trump pardoned two aides to former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson over the US Capitol attack. The two aides, Anthony Fauci and Michael Morell, had served on the panel that probed the attack last year. Trump had called Fauci a “disaster” and Morell has been investigated by congressional Republicans.
Trump signs an executive order to stop the TikTok ban
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to block the US government from selling a stake in TikTok to Chinese conglomerate ByteDance for 75 days. Trump ordered the US Attorney General “not to take any action” to enforce the law against ByteDance. He said the government will have a stake in TikTok through a joint venture with a private company.
Key moments from the inaugural address by Donald Trump
US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to declare a national emergency at the US southern border, officials said on Monday. Trump is also expected to end birthright citizenship for children born to immigrant parents without legal status. “They tried to take my freedom and,indeed, to take my life,” Trump said during his address.
There is a planet parade in the sky this month
On January 3, Mars, Venus and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye during a Lunar Eclipse. It is best to view the planets after 10:30 pm, when three of them are set. The Sun will set in the first few hours after dark, and the planets will be able to be seen by the naked eye.
Next steps in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
The US Supreme Court has upheld a decision to ban ByteDance from selling its video-sharing app TikTok. In its ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court called the ban an “appropriate step” towards “protecting American children”. The government had claimed TikTok was a platform that “trafficked in child pornography and other content”. ByteDance had urged the court to reject the ban.
We have no answers about the Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo has confirmed that its second-generation Switch console will be backward-compatible, playing both physical and digital original Switch games. However, the company didn’t reveal the price of the Switch 2. Earlier, Nintendo had clarified that the Switch 2’s price will be similar to its predecessor’s and that it will feature two USB-C ports at the top.