Friday, January 31

🚨NATION

📌 Trump’s orders take aim at critical race theory and antisemitism on college campuses (AP)

📌 CBS parent company appears ready to settle with Trump over lawsuit (NY TIMES)

📌 RFK Jr. stumbles over basics of Medicare, Medicaid during Senate confirmation hearings (CNBC)

📌 Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Saturday, and he’s deciding whether to tax their oil (AP)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 3 Israeli and 5 Thai hostages are freed in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners (NPR)

📌 Authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis launch investigation after 19 people found dead in drifting vessel (CBS)

📌 Norway’s government collapses over EU spat (POLITICO)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 FDA approves first new type of pain medication in 25 years (CNN)

📌 Pending home sales drop sharply in December as mortgage rates surge back over 7% (NBC)

📌 Google’s ‘Ask for Me’ uses AI to call local businesses for you (THE VERGE)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 FIREAID concert takes place with major music stars (NBC NEWS)

📌 Prosecutors add two more victims to Sean 'Diddy' Combs federal indictment (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 1960s pop icon Marianne Faithfull has died at her home in London (CNN)

📌 Country star Sam Hunt avoids charges after arrest for alleged speeding, anti-DUI device violation (PEOPLE)

📌 ‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón under fire over Tweets about Muslims, George Floyd, Oscars diversity (VARIETY)