“We’ll destroy his career”: Trump offers help after …

President Donald Trump quipped Tuesday that he would “destroy” the career of a Texas state senator who introduced legislation that a county sheriff doesn’t like. Trump was speaking with representatives from the National Sheriff’s Association at the White House when one sheriff complained about efforts to restrict the controversial practice of civil asset forfeiture.

Ready for Day One: Trump poised to take executive actions

Donald Trump is ready to begin taking executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to move quickly on his pledge to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and roll back outgoing President Barack Obama’s policies. Trump, a Republican elected on Nov. 8, arrived in Washington on a military plane with his family a day before he will be sworn in during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

Inaugural Committee: Festivities for Working People, Affordable Tix

Inaugural activities for the 45th president of the United States are “workmanlike” compared with the hoopla that’s accompanied the swearing-in for his predecessors, the Washington Post reported. “These inaugurations tend to reflect the character, personality and aspirations of the person preparing to occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian at New York University, told the Post.

Godspeed, Mr. President

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks to the annual national convention of Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 1. Those were the first words of the first column I ever wrote about you – a poke in the eye to Democrats who were singing rhapsodic hosannas about a certain highly regarded young senator. “Yes,” I griped, “he has great potential.