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On his first night back in the White House, President Donald Trump issued a slew of executive orders — and spoke with the press while signing those documents.

While signing his executive order on birthright citizenship, and reporter asked him, "Did President Biden leave you a letter? — to which he responded, "He may have."

by Camille CAMDESSUS

EU lawmakers will launch the search for answers on Tuesday, as the 27-nation bloc walks a fine line between guarding its interests and avoiding the ire of the mercurial US leader.

by Facundo FERNÁNDEZ BARRIO

Brazilian coffee producer Moacir Donizetti first smelled the smoke, and then watched in desperation as a blaze consumed his family coffee plantation last year.

by Andrew MARSZAL

Hollywood's annual pilgrimage to the Rocky Mountains to premiere the coming year's most-anticipated indie films is taking place in somber circumstances, after the blazes that killed at least 27 people and brought the entertainment capital to a halt.

President Donald Trump flubbed geopolitics in his first informal exchange with reporters in his second term as president in the Oval Office.

This came as Trump signed a massive flurry of new executive actions, including to withdraw from the World Health Organization and to pardon roughly 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

President Donald Trump's new executive order on social media was immediately condemned in a statement by Nina Jankowicz, the president of the watchdog group American Sunlight Project, who called it a "direct assault on reality."

The order, billed as a directive against "censorship," effectively ends any efforts by federal agencies to coordinate with social media companies and other large internet platforms on fact-checking misinformation about elections, medicine, and other topics of public interest — a long-running goal of right-wing activists who claim that such fact-checks are attempts to stifle conservative expression online.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) warned Monday night that a series of executive orders on immigration issued in the first few hours of Donald Trump’s new presidency were a clear show of force as his second administration kicks off.

Padilla made the stark remarks during CNN’s extended coverage of Trump’s inauguration, where he sounded off specifically about the president opening the process to end birthright citizenship, and his action removing from service senior leaders at the Department of Justice whose job it was to oversee the nation’s immigration courts.

President Donald Trump outraged critics on Monday night as he signed pardons on live TV for roughly 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

"These are the hostages -- approximately 1,500 people -- for a pardon, full pardon," Trump told reporters during a signing ceremony at the White House.

by Shaun TANDON

Rubio, who is the first Hispanic and first fluent Spanish speaker to assume the position of top US diplomat, is Trump's first cabinet nominee to be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, only hours after the inauguration.

US President Donald Trump signed pardons Monday for some 1,500 participants in the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol by his supporters who attempted to overturn the 2020 election.

"These are the hostages -- approximately 1,500 people -- for a pardon, full pardon," Trump said at a signing ceremony shortly after arriving at the White House.

US senators voted Monday to expand pretrial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects as the Republican-led Congress worked to deliver on Donald Trump's promises of a crackdown on illegal immigration, hours after he began his second term.

The Laken Riley Act -- which calls for the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes -- is named for a 22-year-old student murdered by a Venezuelan man with no papers who was wanted for shoplifting.

Conservative columnist George Will tore into President Donald Trump's second inaugural address for The Washington Post — but also had some words of advice for those who saw the end of America as they know it in his words.

"Donald Trump does not deal in felicities. His second inaugural will be remembered for being worse than 59 others, including his first (about 'stealing,' 'ravages' and 'carnage'). It was memorable for its staggering inappropriateness," wrote Will. "Inaugurations should be solemn yet celebratory components of America’s civic liturgy. Instead, we heard on Monday that because of 'corrupt' and 'horrible' 'betrayals' by others, 'the pillars of our society' are 'in complete disrepair.' The challenges will be 'annihilated,' not because God blesses America, but because God chose him."

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio will soon be a free man, according to media reports and a social media post from his mother.

“My son has is being released!!!!” Tarrio’s mother, Zuny Tarrio, told her followers on X just before 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday. “Omg! Lord thank you!!! TARRIO IS FREE!!!”