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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Executive Order 47 January 24, 2025
On January 24, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams signed Executive Order 47, establishing and formalizing the Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services (MONS) to improve collaboration between New York City and nonprofit organizations that provide vital human services to the city’s most vulnerable populations. The order mandates that mayoral agencies engaged in significant contracting or funding with…
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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM – Video
Via Teleconference 11:06 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much, Klaus. And hello to everyone in beautiful Davos. This has been a truly historic week in the United States. Three days ago, I took the oath of office, and we began the golden age of America. The recent presidential election was…
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Mayor Eric Adams Announces New York City has Connected Victims of Benefits Theft to Nearly $48 Million in Replacement Funds
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park today announced that the city has helped nearly 95,000 low-income households whose vital public benefits were electronically stolen recover nearly $48 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Cash Assistance (CA) benefits over the last 16…
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Priorities and Mission of the Second Trump Administration’s U.S. Department of State
Serving as America’s 72nd Secretary of State is the highest honor of my professional life. President Trump has given me a clear direction to place our core national interest as the guiding mission of American foreign policy. Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and every policy we pursue must be justified with the answer to three simple questions: To…
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New York State Motto Change: From ‘Excelsior’ to ‘Excelsior e Pluribus Unum’ Under Cuomo’s 2021 Leadership
New York State Motto Change: The Narrowing of “Excelsior” to “Excelsior e Pluribus Unum” — A Symbolic Shift with Political Consequences In April 2020, the state of New York passed the 2021 budget, which quietly but significantly altered the state’s long-standing motto. The change introduced “E Pluribus Unum” as a secondary motto beneath “Excelsior” on…
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Crime: Two North Korean Nationals and Three Facilitators Indicted for Multi-Year Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Scheme that Generated Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The Justice Department today announced the indictment of North Korean nationals Jin Sung-Il (진성일) and Pak Jin-Song (박진성), Mexican national Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes, and U.S. nationals Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel Ashtor for a fraudulent scheme to obtain remote information technology (IT) work with U.S. companies that generated revenue for the Democratic…
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EBT Scam Alert
Important changes to replacement for stolen SNAP and Temporary Assistance (TA) benefits: Federal authorization to replace stolen SNAP benefits ended on December 20, 2024. Local social services districts are not allowed to issue SNAP replacement benefits for theft that occurs on or after December 21, 2024. You can still file claims to replace stolen SNAP…
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White House. President Donald J. Trump Ends DEI Madness and Restores Excellence and Safety within the Federal Aviation Administration
January 22, 2025 FLIGHTS SHOULD BE SUPERVISED BY THE BEST EMPLOYEES: President Donald J. Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum terminating a Biden Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hiring policy that prioritized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) over safety and efficiency. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS RELY ON SAFE, TIMELY AIR TRAVEL EVERY DAY: Safety and competence…
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NY CITY HALL: Mayor Adams Announces Removal of 20,000+ Illegal Firearms From New York City Streets Since Beginning of Adams Administration
Mayor Eric Adams Thank you so much. You know, this has always been our North Star, and I’m sure people could almost do the entire quote, the prerequisite to prosperity is public safety, and nothing personifies our public safety more than removing guns off the street. And from day one, we talked about that. And even…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. Across the country, ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex have increasingly used…
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President Trump Gives Remarks Regarding U.S. Infrastructure Investment – Video
President Donald Trump delivered remarks at the White House on January 21, 2025, announcing a major private sector investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States14. The key points of his speech include: This announcement signals the Trump administration’s aggressive stance on AI development and infrastructure investment, aiming to position the United States as…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), into virtually all…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025 REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 3301, 3302, and 7511 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy.…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025 DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORISTS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. Capital punishment is an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order – Putting People over Fish: Stopping RadicalEnvironmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California
January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR SUBJECT: Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California I hereby direct the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of other departments and agencies of the United States as…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture
January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SUBJECT: Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture I hereby direct the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the heads of departments and agencies of the United States where necessary, to submit…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: DECLARING A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (“NEA”), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The energy and critical minerals (“energy”)…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects
January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUBJECT: Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of…
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Donald Trump’s Presidential Order: REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
EXECUTIVE ORDER January 20, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The United States foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values. They serve…