"It shatters a sacred promise to Afghan allies who risked everything to support U.S. military and diplomatic missions," the Vermont Afghan Alliance said.

"We're producing more oil and gas than we've ever produced before ... The real problem, the real urgency, is that the people who control that oil and gas are worried that we might use less of it someday.

President Donald Trump made good on his campaign promise to pardon defendants charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Those in favor of Trump said they believe he's going to reunite the country and make it safer, more affordable, and a better place to live, while others protested his inauguration.

Here we are, three days into the second Trump administration, and the president has already served up ample reminders of what his political reign is like:

Activists in Burlington and in more than 70 other cities nationwide protested President Trump's inauguration over policies on marginalized communities.

But there’s ample evidence the H-1B helps pretty much everyone else. Workers who enter the country on visas go on to start and run billion-dollar companies. Musk says he entered the country on a visa. He now runs Tesla, which employs more than 100,000 people .

"It shatters a sacred promise to Afghan allies who risked everything to support U.S. military and diplomatic missions," the Vermont Afghan Alliance said.

Sanders then said that the three wealthiest men in the United States, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg had sat behind the president at his inauguration, adding that their wealth has increased by $233 billion since Trump won the 2024 presidential election. "They couldn't be happier," Sanders said.

Swanton Sector Border Patrol agent David Maland, 44, was killed in a mysterious shooting while on the line of duty on Monday.