The Daily Populous

Thursday January 23rd, 2025 night edition

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Did Trump's executive order just make everyone in the U.S. female?

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"'Sex' shall refer to an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female," Trump's executive order declares.

Though Trump's goal to impose a "binary nature of sex" may seem clear, the specific wording, technicalities, and application of his executive order are far from it.

If we were to assign a sex at conception as per Trump's executive order, all of them would be female. »

Trump tasks US envoy Kellogg with ending war in Ukraine within 100 days – WSJ

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US President Donald Trump has tasked Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg with ending the war in Ukraine within 100 days.

According to the source, Kellogg's role as a Special Envoy to Ukraine is likely the initial step in peace negotiations that Trump intends to oversee personally.

However, reaching an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin will prove far more challenging than Trump promised during his campaign. »

Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, tariffs if Putin doesn't end Ukraine war

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose "high levels" of sanctions on Russia and tariffs on imports from there if the country did not reach a settlement to end its nearly three-year-old war against Ukraine.

We can do it the easy way, or the hard way — and the easy way is always better," Trump wrote.

I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin — and this despite the Radical Left's Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX," Trump wrote on Truth Social. »

Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon

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"We were wrong that day, we broke the law - there should be no pardons," she told the BBC World Service's Newsday programme.

Trump's decision to pardon or commute the sentences of nearly 1,600 people involved in the attempt to violently overturn the 2020 election came just hours into his presidency.

Senator Thom Tillis, from North Carolina, said he "just can't agree" with the move, adding that it "raises legitimate safety issues on Capitol Hill". »