Criticism of President Trump's January 6th Pardons
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Backing the blue. I'm Chris Foster, Fox News. President Trump's decision to pardon almost all crimes related to the January 6th Capitol riot, including assaults on law enforcement, is criticized by the nation's largest police union and the Police Chiefs Association as sending a dangerous message. And there's more criticism now. Former President Biden's decision to issue some preemptive pardons.

Missouri Republican Congressman Eric Burleson tells Fox News Radio he's looking into legislation to eliminate the pensions of those who received a preemptive pardon from President Biden, such as Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney. Burleson argues if they didn't do anything wrong, they shouldn't need a pardon. You have people that are basically admittedly have done something wrong to the level of being a felony, and yet they're still collecting a pension for

on the taxpayer's dime. Other Republicans would like to see some type of congressional investigation into the pardons. Democrats have argued the pardons were necessary to protect those who, quote, defended our democracy and could face alleged political retribution from President Trump. Ryan Schmelz, Fox News. Employees of federal diversity, equity and inclusion offices are being put on paid leave to be eventually laid off. President Biden wants employees

informed by 5 p.m. today that their jobs end effective immediately. Fatal crashes, hypothermia, at least 10 deaths are blamed on the winter storm making its way to the south. Houston Mayor John Whitmire. Just assume we have icy roads wherever you want to travel. The answer to it is stay at home. Snow and ice that wouldn't be a big deal in the north is causing problems in places where they just don't have the equipment and infrastructure to deal with it and people aren't used to driving in it.

One day's snowfall records fell in New Orleans, Pensacola, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama, all getting around eight inches. There have been nine arrests, including the owner, in connection with a ski hotel fire in Turkey. At least 76 people have died. America's listening to Fox News. Hey there, Ryan Reynolds here. It's a new year, and you know what that means. No, not the diet. Resolutions.

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Day after President Trump dismissed the U.S. Coast Guard chief, the Coast Guard announces the deployment of personnel and equipment to maritime borders. Coast Guard Acting Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday says guardsmen will work to prevent illegal migration in support of President Trump's executive orders. They will focus on the waters off Florida to deter and prevent migrants from Haiti and Cuba from entering the U.S., as well as maritime borders around Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. territories.

Lunday also says the agency will target the quote maritime border between Texas and Mexico in the Gulf of America. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico. The reference appears to be the first time a federal agency has acknowledged the name change.

Matt Murphy, Fox News. About half of all Americans say increasing border security should be a high priority for the federal government, according to a new Associated Press Newark Center for Public Research poll. Two in ten consider it a low priority. People are evenly split on the idea of deporting all immigrants in the country illegally.

Ichiro Suzuki, CeCe Sabathia, and Billy Wagner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ichiro received 99.7% of the vote, missing out on joining Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous selection by just one vote. He was the 2001 AL MVP, a 10-time All-Star, and set the single-season hit mark in 2004, finishing the year with 262 hits. He is now the first Japanese-born player to get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. CeCe Sabathia is also making it in his first year on the ballot.

after a career where he won 251 games, was a six-time All-Star, and won the 2007 AL Cy Young. And in his 10th and final year on the ballot, closer Billy Wagner is in the hall. He stands eighth all-time with 422 saves. This is Fox's Joe Morgan. It's about three hours to midnight in Thailand, and hundreds of people, same-sex couples, are expected to get hitched as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize those marriages. I'm Chris Foster. This is Fox News. ♪upbeat music playing♪