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1. Breaking down the executive actions Trump is using to govern

   President Donald J. Trump began taking decisive steps to implement his agenda hours after being sworn in.
   
   In the day since he's once again become President, Trump has signed more than 200 executive actions aimed at delivering on campaign promises such as lower energy prices, mass deportations and an end to birthright citizenship.
   
   There's been a deluge of actions, orders...

2. Bishop confronts Trump during sermon at inaugural prayer service

   At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ children.

3. FDA allows standalone use of nasal spray antidepressant Spravato (esketamine)

   The FDA says esketamine, an antidepressant derived from the anesthetic and party drug ketamine, can now be prescribed on its own. It was approved in 2019 to treat severe depression.

4. Photos: From Texas to Florida, a rare winter storm brings historic snowfall

   Heavy snow, sleet and ice are making travel conditions treacherous across the region, stretching from Houston into the Florida panhandle.

5. Palestinians Return to Their Homes in Gaza

   A fragile ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since Sunday, bringing an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas at least temporarily. Some Palestinians are feeling safe enough to return to homes they fled during the way. Our producer in Gaza returns to the southern city of Rafah, the site of an intense bombing campaign. There, many are returning to their homes to find utter destruction....

6. Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections

   The memo rescinds a Biden administration guideline that created "protected areas" consisting of places where "children gather, disaster or emergency relief sites, and social services establishments."

7. Will all new federal buildings look like ancient Rome now? Not quite.

   Among his day one actions, President Trump is reviving his first-term efforts to promote classical architecture for federal buildings.

8. Trump's federal health website scrubs 'abortion' search results

   The most "relevant" results that come up in a search of "abortion" on HHS.gov, the website for the federal Department of Health and Human Services, are several years old, from the first Trump administration.

9. Trump is signing a flurry of executive orders. Here's how those work

   Trump is kicking off his second term with a flurry of executive actions. Here's a look at the three main types — orders, proclamations and memorandums — and how they typically work.

10. Democratic attorneys general sue over Trump's order to end birthright citizenship

    A group of 18 state attorneys general signed on to a lawsuit filed Tuesday seeking to block the administration's move, describing it as unconstitutional.