NYT: Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni
Nineteen … and counting.
That’s the number of former Fox News hosts, commentators, on-air medical experts, producers and other personnel who are poised to occupy roles in the second administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump.
Never before has a single media organization exported so many alumni to a president’s day-one cabinet and staff. And while Mr. Trump also recruited TV types for roles in his first term, he is now seeking to put pundits like Pete Hegseth, his nominee for defense secretary, in charge of entire government agencies.
NYT: Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Not Easily.
Mr. Trump has long said that conferring American citizenship on the children of undocumented immigrants was unacceptable to him. But because birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, such an order would face major legal challenges. Any change to the Constitution requires supermajority votes in Congress, and then ratification by three-quarters of the states.
USA Today: Trump’s hand wasn’t on his Bible during swearing-in. Does it matter?
President-elect Donald Trump had his left hand down at his side — and not on one of the two Bibles his wife Melania held up for him — during his swearing-in ceremony.
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… Presidents — and other public officials — do not have to use a Bible when taking their oath of office for it to be official. Many oath ceremonies don’t require any document at all for swearing the oath, just that the person being sworn in recite the words of the oath.
Last Updated: 20.Jan.2025 22:07 EST
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