February 23, 1933

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“The Nazi regime issued a decree banning homosexuality and pornography throughout Germany.” (WIKI)

25

DAY

Trump

February 13, 2025​​

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On his 25th day in office, Donald Trump...

• Promised to ensure there are no conflicts of interest in any new government contracts awarded to Elon Musk. Trump said of Mr. Musk, “We won’t let him do anything having to do with a conflict.” Mr. Musk’s companies secured $13 billion in government contracts over the past five years and have been the subject of numerous federal investigations and regulatory battles. Read more 

• Asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, to ‘study’ the safety of abortion pills. Trump distanced himself from a proposed federal ban on abortion during his campaign, but his advisers have previously recommended using a long-dormant law to block the pills. Read more 

• Laid off dozens of people from the Office of Personnel Management. The agency manages the federal civilian work force and is coordinating Trump’s efforts to drastically reduce its numbers. Read more

• Announced ‘reciprocal’ tariffs that could overhaul the global trading system. The new tariff levels will be decided after taking into account tariffs that other countries charge the U.S., other taxes they charge on foreign products, the subsidies they give their industries, their exchange rates and other behaviors Trump deems unfair. Read more

• Laid off more than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read more

• ​Spoke of plans to provide India with stealth fighter planes. Trump said he’s “paving the way” to provide India with F-35 stealth fighters. Read more

• Established the Make America Healthy Again Commission. This commission is named for the moniker that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has given his movement. Read more

• Continued blocking The Associated Press reporters from covering the White House events. Read more

• Discussed reducing military budget if Russia and China agree to the same measures. Trump said he would also propose “stopping and reducing nuclear weapons” to President Xi of China and President Putin of Russia. 
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• Removed references to transgender people from the National Park Service web pages. The affected web pages described the Stonewall National Monument, which commemorates the Stonewall Inn, a cradle of gay rights activism since a police raid there in 1969 that galvanized LGBTQ movements. Read more​​​