News for January 21, 2025

Donald Trump’s blanket pardons for nearly all Jan. 6 defendants drew sharp criticism from current and former prosecutors who said the move undermines justice and rewards violence.

NBC News says President Donald Trump pardoned many Jan. 6 defendants, including some convicted of violent attacks on police, not just the nonviolent cases he had suggested he would consider.

President Donald Trump defended his pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, including people convicted of violent attacks on police, saying they had been treated unfairly.

A rare winter storm brought record snow to Louisiana and parts of the southern U.S., and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said his state set a new snowfall record.

Pete Hegseth faced new allegations from his former sister-in-law as the Senate considered his nomination for defense secretary.

President Donald Trump fired four top officials at the U.S. immigration court system hours after taking office, starting a fast push to reshape immigration policy.

Stanley Druckenmiller said Trump’s pro-business push has lifted confidence, but he thinks the stock market may be more complicated than many traders expect because stronger growth could also push bond yields higher.

President Donald Trump’s new order to limit birthright citizenship drew sharp criticism from Norman Wong, the great-grandson of the man whose Supreme Court case helped secure that right.

Israel launched a large military offensive in the occupied West Bank, and the operation in Jenin killed at least seven people as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was aimed at crushing terrorism.

Senators received a sworn affidavit with new allegations against Pete Hegseth, while Hegseth and his lawyer denied the claims.

A federal judge blocked the Justice Department from sharing Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump classified documents case with Congress for now.

The Supreme Court ordered a new review of Brenda Andrew’s Oklahoma death row case, saying prosecutors may have made her trial unfair by using highly prejudicial evidence about her sex life.

Trump lifted U.S. sanctions on some West Bank settlers, and the move came as violence and a new Israeli military operation escalated in the occupied territory.

The article says Sir Ernest Rutherford, not the US, should get credit for the key breakthrough in splitting the atom, and that Manchester was the place where the work began.

The article explains how the United States used the gold standard in the past, why it ended, and why gold still matters to investors today.