I'm starting a new role as CNN’s first Director of AI Innovation! I’m absolutely thrilled about the opportunity to help chart the future for such a remarkable news organization and its innovative use of this cutting-edge technology across the newsroom and beyond. (oh, and I got a new headshot!)

Friends, today is my last day on State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. It’s been an incredible seven years. I’m thankful for colleagues who have become dear friends, plus Jake and Dana, who I could not admire more. More to come—but for now, my deep gratitude for a remarkable chapter.

President Trump says that Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities have been "completely and totally obliterated."

Trump to deliver national address on Iran airstrikes at 10pm www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

New White House statement on Los Angeles: "President Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester."

New book: Biden aides discussed using a wheelchair in second term via @jaketapper.bsky.social and Alex Thompson

New polling from Gallup out today: 9.3% of Americans identify as LGBTQ, up from 7.6% last year and 3.7% a decade ago. 23% of Gen Z Americans say they are LGBTQ. 14% of millennials identify as LGBTQ. 56% of LGBTQ Americans are bisexual, 21% gay, 15% lesbian and 14% trans.

MCCONNELL: Tulsi Gabbard failed to demonstrate that she is prepared to assume this tremendous national trust. The nation should not have to worry that the intelligence assessments the President receives are tainted by a Director of National Intelligence with a history of alarming lapses in judgment.

MCCONNELL: "When a nominee’s record proves them unworthy of the highest public trust, and when their command of relevant policy falls short of the requirements of their office, the Senate should withhold its consent."

"NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 9, 2025, as Gulf of America Day."

An instant classic tonight in Knoxville in one of basketball’s greatest rivalries as the Tennessee Lady Vols take down No. 5 UConn for the first time since 2007!

Sen. Susan Collins: "After extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence."

@larrysummers.bsky.social to @mkraju.bsky.social on Trump tariffs: "I'll tell you who the winner here is. The winner here is Xi Jinping. We've given him an excuse for his own economic failures. We've moved to drive some of our closest allies into his arms. We've weakened our own economy."

@larrysummers.bsky.social to @mkraju.bsky.social: "Think about what giving in to a bully does. It invites more bullying. And any other country that was thinking of moving in our direction is now surely not going to do that when they think we'll just pocket the concession and make more threats."

@larrysummers.bsky.social predicts "inflation might go up over the next nine months by as much as 1 percent, just at a moment when we were trying to bring it down" in an interview on Trump tariffs with @mkraju.bsky.social. "I can't see anything good as policy about this."

@larrysummers.bsky.social to @mkraju.bsky.social on Trump tariffs: "This is a self-inflicted wound to the American economy. I'd expect inflation over the next three or four months to be higher as a consequence."

MCCONNELL: "Effective management of nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel, an annual budget of nearly $1 trillion, and alliances and partnerships around the world is a daily test with staggering consequences... Mr. Hegseth has failed, as yet, to demonstrate that he will pass this test."

US freezes almost all foreign aid effective immediately

COLLINS: "I do not support pardons given to people who engaged in violence on January 6, including assaulting police officers, or breaking windows to get into the Capitol, for example."

"With the pardons, Trump has granted full clemency to hundreds of people already convicted of felony crimes like assaulting police and destroying property as part of the effort to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power."

"The commutations cover the sentences for 14 far-right extremists from the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys who were convicted or charged with seditious conspiracy."

MURPHY: "You're watching the unraveling of our democracy. It's not about to happen. It is happening right now...What is happening before our eyes, literally on that stage today, is that the billionaires who control huge parts of this economy are trading favors with Donald Trump."

INGRAHAM: "What did Jim Biden really do? What did Joe's brother really do that he needs a pardon for?" HAWLEY: "We should find out. My view is these are not legal. They're not binding. We ought to find out, put these people under oath."

RASKIN: "Well, why are they being pardoned? That's my question. In other words, were they innocent? Nobody is asserting that ... or are they being pardoned simply because they were the willing political foot soldiers for Donald Trump when he incited an insurrection?"

SCHUMER: "Senator Rubio is an example of a qualified nominee we think should be confirmed quickly."

DOJ fact sheet from Jan. 6, 2025: Approximately 1,583 defendants have been federally charged with crimes associated with the attack of the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump signs pardons for January 6 rioters: "We hope they come out tonight, frankly. Approximately 1,500 people. Six commutations."

14 hours. 19 degrees. Not enough layers 🙃

TRUMP: "We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars."

TRUMP: "A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America."

TRUMP: "My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That's what I want to be, a peacemaker and a unifier."

TRUMP: "I will declare a national emergency at our southern border."

TRUMP: "The journey to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one, that I can tell you. Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom, and indeed, to take my life."

TRUMP: "My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and indeed, their freedom."

CNN: Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.

BIDEN: "I am exercising my power under the Constitution to pardon James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. Biden."

Average job approval for full term via Gallup: 70% Kennedy 65% Eisenhower 61% HW Bush 55% Clinton 55% Johnson 53% Reagan 49% W Bush 49% Nixon 48% Obama 47% Ford 46% Carter 45% Truman 42% Biden 41% Trump

BIDEN: "In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex."

Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions

Apple is pulling its AI-generated notifications for news after generating fake headlines

Biden says not taking more credit for accomplishments is key regret of his presidency

Speaker Johnson says on Fox News that he hopes to have the GOP tax/border/energy reconciliation bill passed through the House "by early April before Easter" and "you can have this bill signed into law by the end of April, certainly before Memorial Day."

BIDEN: "We need to amend the Constitution to make clear that no president, no president is immune from crimes that he or she commits while in office."

BIDEN: "Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power."

BIDEN: "Powerful forces want to wield their unchecked influence to eliminate the steps we've taken to tackle the climate crisis, to serve their own interest for power and profit. We must not be bullied into sacrificing the future of our children and our grandchildren."

BIDEN: "Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America, of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead."

BIDEN: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern: This is a a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people, and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked."

Biden says "the idea of America, our institutions, our people, our values that uphold it are constantly being tested" including "whether we show the courage to stand up to the abuse of power or we yield to it."

DURBIN: "Are you prepared to say today, under oath, without reservation, that Donald Trump lost the presidential contest to Joe Biden in 2020?" BONDI: "Ranking Member Durbin, President Biden is the President of the United States. He was duly sworn in, and he is the President of the United States."

36% of US adults say they approve of the way Biden handled the presidency, matching his previous low mark in CNN polling during his term, with even fewer rating his performance positively on immigration (31%), foreign affairs (32%) or the economy (33%).