Monday, February 24

🚨NATION

📌 Trump names right-wing podcaster and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino to be second-in-command at FBI (POLITICO)

📌 FDA moves to rehire medical device staffers fired only days earlier (AP)

📌 Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and two other military officers (CNN)

📌 Idaho woman forcibly dragged from local Republican town hall by private security (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result (AP)

📌 Pope Francis resting on day 10 in hospital for lung infection that led to early stages of kidney insufficiency (FOX)

📌 France faces its largest child abuse trial, weeks after country was rocked by Pelicot case (CNN)

📌 Israel halts release of Palestinian prisoners over ‘humiliating’ hostage handovers (TIME OF ISRAEL) Israel sends tanks to the West Bank for the first time in 20 years (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Apple, facing tariffs on Chinese imports, says it will invest $500 billion in US facilities (CNN)

📌 Joy Reid leaving MSNBC after her show is canceled (AP)

📌 Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of 'NBC Nightly News' after a decade (NBC)

📌 Home buyers are finally getting the upper hand again (WSJ)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Roberta Flack, Grammy Award-winning singer, dead at 88 (CNN)

📌 Two-week-old report regarding Eagles’ supposed plan to skip White House visits catches fire (NBC)

📌 Legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan announces final North American tour, kicking off in June (AP)

Friday, February 21

🚨NATION

📌 Los Angeles mayor removes fire chief in wake of massive wildfires (ABC)

📌 Trump administration to replace acting ICE director (WSJ)

📌 Senate adopts $340 billion budget blueprint for Trump's agenda (NBC)

📌 Judge adjourns case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, stops short of dismissing the charges (FOX)

📌 Luigi Mangione set to appear in court in New York state case today (ABC) Fans pack NYC court ahead of hearing (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Supreme Court deals a severe blow to Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit against Hungary (AP)

📌 U.S. envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader (AP)

📌 Pope Francis ‘not out of danger yet,’ will stay in hospital at least another week (CBS)

📌 Russia could concede $300 billion in frozen assets as part of Ukraine war settlement (US NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero (SPACE)

📌 U.S. consumer sentiment plunges over tariff and inflation fears (CNN)

📌 Shortage of popular drugs Wegovy and Ozempic is over, FDA says (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jenny Slate filed ‘It Ends With Us’ complaint over producer’s comments about motherhood (YAHOO)

📌 Diddy lawyer quits amid federal sex crimes charges (USA TODAY)

📌 Steve Martin blames ‘SNL 50th COVID curse’ after Martin Short and Maya Rudolph test positive (NBC)

Thursday, February 20

🚨NATION

📌 Kash Patel confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite Democratic doubts (MO NEWS)

📌 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could soon fire or remove generals and senior officers (CNN)

📌 NY Gov. Kathy Hochul won't remove NYC Mayor Adams (POLITICO) Judge appears on track to let DOJ dismiss Adams case (POLITICO)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Egypt and its neighbors working on alternative to Trump's Gaza plan that wouldn't displace Palestinians (CBS)

📌 Spain's ex-soccer boss Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for World Cup kiss (USA TODAY)

📌 South Korean President Yoon appears in two different courts while defending his martial law decree (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Delta offering $30K to passengers aboard flight that crashed, flipped in Toronto (CBS)

📌 Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone (AP)

📌 OpenAI says ChatGPT users jumped 33% in three months to 400 million (THE WRAP)

📌 Italian chemist Francesco Rivella, the inventor of Nutella, dies at 97 (NY POST)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 A$AP Rocky and Rihanna promise to name their next baby after rapper's lawyer following no guilty verdict (E!)

📌 James Bond shake-up: Amazon takes creative control of franchise from Broccoli family in new deal (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 TONIGHT: U.S. and Canada to face-off in politically-charged four nations hockey final (TIME)

Wednesday, February 19

🚨NATION

📌 Trump administration terminates approval of New York City congestion pricing (POLITICO)

📌 Trump signs order to expand White House control of independent agencies (THE HILL)

📌 RFK Jr. tells staff he will 'investigate' childhood vaccine schedule, anti-depression drugs (ABC)

📌 Millions under winter alerts as major snowstorm and dangerous cold freeze U.S. (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Brazil’s Bolsonaro slams ‘vague’ accusations after attempted coup indictment (BBC)

📌 QR-code stickers mysteriously appear on 1,000 Munich graves. Police are now investigating (AP)

📌 More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia's Tasmania state (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Walmart is getting a bump from a surprising cohort: Wealthier shoppers (CNBC)

📌 West Texas measles outbreak grows to 58 cases, including some people who said they were vaccinated (CNN)

📌 mRNA vaccines show promise in pancreatic cancer in early trial (NBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Cassie Ventura expecting her third child (CNN)

📌 Mindy Kaling gets sweet surprise from her three kids after Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony (PEOPLE)

📌 Cynthia Erivo to host 2025 Tony Awards (THE WRAP)

Tuesday, February 18

📌 Death toll in Kentucky storms rises to 14 as state braces for another round of winter weather (NBC)

📌 Leonard Peltier released from prison after Biden's sentence commutation in FBI killings (CBS)

📌 Senior DOJ prosecutor quit after being told to investigate Biden climate spending (CNN)

📌 Hamas says it will return bodies of four hostages including Bibas family (MO NEWS)

📌 Vatican cancels audiences, Holy Year events as pope remains hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs (AP)

📌 South Korea accuses Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with TikTok owner ByteDance (BBC)

📌 Head of FDA's food division resigns after dozens of terminations at the agency (FOX)

📌 Asteroid now has a 3% (1-in-32) chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (FOX WEATHER)

📌 Nike teams up with Kim Kardashian shapewear brand Skims as it looks to reach more women (CNBC)

📌 Meghan unveils As Ever, her renamed lifestyle brand (CNN)

📌 ‘White Lotus’ Season 3 premiere scores 2.4 million viewers (VARIETY)

Thursday, February 13

📌 Judge declines to block Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees (NPR)

📌 House GOP releases budget calling for trillions in cuts to taxes and spending (NBC)

📌 White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on ‘Gulf of America’ (AP)

📌 Hamas indicates it will now followthrough with hostage deal, and free three captives on Saturday (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Austria’s political crisis deepens as far right pulls plug on coalition talks (POLITICO)

📌 Ten million Indians take holy dip on key day of Kumbh Mela festival (NBC)

📌 Here's the inflation breakdown for January 2025 — in one chart (CNBC)

📌 Egg prices shot up 15% in January as retailers limit customer purchases (CBS NEWS)

📌 Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish get Rock Hall nominations (AP)

📌 ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ star Teddi Mellencamp reveals she has ‘multiple’ brain tumors (CNN)

Wednesday, February 12

📌 House and Senate GOP go to war over budget (AXIOS)

📌 DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students’ academic progress (AP)

📌 A potent winter storm is thumping 1,500 miles of the US. Two more are right behind it (CNN)

📌 27 religious groups sue Trump administration over immigration enforcement policy (NPR)

📌 FBI finds secret JFK assassination records after Trump order (AP)

📌 White House announces wrongfully detained American teacher Marc Fogel released from Russia in an ‘exchange’ (CNN)

📌 Rebels attack DR Congo army ending lull in fighting (BBC)

📌 Nonstop Quakes Leave a Santorini Empty and Its Residents on Edge (NEW YORK TIMES)

📌 Chocolate prices are up 20% this Valentine’s Day as cocoa prices hit record (CNN)

📌 FEMA officials fired after Musk claims they paid to house migrants in 'luxury' NYC hotels (ABC)

📌 Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé and associates of assaulting her and raping others in House speech (AP)

📌 New Yorkers raced to get tickets to Paul McCartney’s surprise show on Tuesday (GOTHAMIST)

Tuesday, February 11

📌 Not 1. Not 2. Not 3. Not 4. 5 winter storms could deliver more snow than the last two winters combined (CNN)

📌 At least one dead after jet crashes into another plane at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona (FOX)

📌 Justice Department to drop federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (CNN)

📌 Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for top intelligence official, clears key Senate hurdle (NBC)

📌 Defense Secretary Hegseth orders immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care for transgender service members (ABC)

📌 Trump suggests “all hell should break loose” and ceasefire deal should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all hostages by Saturday (PBS)

📌 New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says (NBC)

📌 Flu is surging nationwide, with 24 million cases so far (CBS)

Monday, February 10

📌 Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt portions of bureau activity (NBC)

📌 Trump orders U.S. to prioritize refugee resettlement of White South Africans (CBS)

📌 Trump declares Feb. 9 ‘Gulf of America Day’ on flight to Super Bowl (PBS)

📌 Trump plans 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. Monday (CNN)

📌 Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes in the western Caribbean (NBC)

📌 Israel completes withdrawal from key road dividing Gaza as part of ceasefire deal (CNN)

📌 Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ takes top DGA & PGA awards prizes on same night – How could predict Oscars (DEADLINE)

📌 Super Bowl halftime show dancer displays Palestinian, Sudanese flags during Kendrick Lamar performance (NBC)

📌 Ed Sheeran speaks out after police in India abruptly break up his surprise street concert (PEOPLE)

Friday, February 7

📌 Secretary of State Marco Rubio assumed another role in the Trump administration, acting director of the U.S. Archives (FOX)

📌 Senate to vote on confirmation of Russ Vought to lead budget office as Democrats protest nomination (CBS)

📌 Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show (CNN)

📌 DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago over immigration policies (AXIOS)

📌 NCAA adjusts transgender policy in wake of Trump executive order (ESPN)

📌 First winter storm of many forces water rescues, knocks out power and creates dangerous travel conditions (CNN)

📌 Trump promises ‘great computerized’ system that could avert midair collisions (MO NEWS)

📌 Trump administration begins deporting some criminal migrants to GTMO (FOX)

📌 In Michigan, some Arab-Americans revisit their support for Trump (CBS)

📌 Kendrick Lamar vows to keep his passion for storytelling at the Super Bowl halftime show (AP)

📌 Warner Bros. is streaming full movies for free on YouTube (VERGE)

📌 Jessie Eisenberg says he feels most comfortable in Indiana after leaving “unstable” Hollywood (FOX)

📌 The most fun bets to make at the Super Bowl regarding the game and the music (THE RINGER)

📌 Links to watch Super Bowl ads early (FYI they cost $8 million per 30 seconds this year) (CBS)

Thursday, February 6

📌 Bondi, as new AG, launches 'Weaponization Working Group' to review officials who investigated Trump (ABC)

📌 Maryland federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order (NPR)

📌 Senate panel set to advance budget next week, Sen. Graham says (POLITICO)

📌 CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce (CNN)

📌 NCAA vows to follow Trump order on transgender athletes (YAHOO SPORTS)

📌 Children's Hospital Los Angeles pauses gender-affirming care for new transgender patients (ABC)

📌 New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order (AP)

📌 Global leaders denounce Trump proposal for US ownership of Gaza (VOA)

📌 White House walks back some of Trump’s Gaza proposal (POLITICO)

📌 Earthquakes keep rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes (AP)

📌 U.S. military plane carrying about 100 undocumented immigrants lands in India (NBC)

📌 Once a DEI leader, Google retreats, citing Trump executive orders (USA TODAY)

📌 Blake Lively faces $7M defamation lawsuit from crisis publicist she claims 'weaponized a digital army' against her (PEOPLE)

📌 Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say (CNN)

Tuesday, February 4

🚨NATION

📌 American Airlines engine and fuselage lifted from Potomac in effort to recover all victims of D.C. midair collision (NBC)

📌 FBI agents group tells Congress to take urgent action to protect against politicization (FOX)

📌 Judge maintains block on Trump administration's funding freeze (CBS)

📌 Finance Committee to vote on RFK Jr. Tuesday — who to watch (POLITICO) 

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump has a deal for Netanyahu when they meet Tuesday. Will he take it? (NPR)

📌 Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek experts (AP)

📌 Car bomb blast in northern Syria kills at least 20 (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Scott Bessent, who was confirmed as Treasury secretary last week, has been named acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — orders staff to halt work (NPR)

📌 State Farm seeks an emergency insurance rate increase after LA wildfires (CNN)

📌 Bird flu crisis enters new phase (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni muzzled by judge in heated sexual harassment battle (FOX)

📌 ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ reboot starring Sarah Michelle Gellar nears Hulu pilot order with Chloé Zhao directing (DEADLINE)

📌 2025 Super Bowl ads you can watch now (AXIOS)

Monday, February 3

🚨NATION

📌 Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by today (CNN) FBI executives ousted and personnel under internal review as Trump DOJ fires Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutors (CBS)

📌 Trump says he opened California’s water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them. (POLITICO)

📌 7 killed after Medevac flight transporting pediatric patient crashes, explodes near homes in Philadelphia. (FOX)

📌 3rd Black Hawk soldier killed in DC crash identified (ABC) Data from the deadliest U.S. air accident in 24 years show conflicting altitude readings (AP)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Rubio tells Panama to reduce Chinese influence in canal area or face US action (GUARDIAN)

📌 American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 2 other hostages released in Gaza in 3rd exchange of Israel-Hamas ceasefire (CBS)

📌 Israel’s Netanyahu heads to US to discuss ‘victory over Hamas’ with Trump (AP)

📌 Greece’s ‘Instagram island’ hit by 200 earthquakes, sparking school closures and warnings to avoid indoor gatherings (CNN)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott (NPR)

📌 To help pay for Trump tax cuts, new taxes on worker benefits become GOP target (CNBC)

📌 Barnes & Noble to add 60 new stores as bookstore revival picks up speed (AXIOS)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Grammys 2025: Red carpet looks, winners, biggest takeaways (NBC)

📌 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs taken from prison to hospital late at night for knee pain (PAGE SIX)

📌 Karla Sofía Gascón says she will not withdraw from Oscar contention over past comments: ‘I have not committed any crime’ (CNN)

📌 Beyoncé announces Cowboy Carter Tour 2025 — without tour dates (VARIETY)

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)

Thursday, January 30

🚨NATION

📌 Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending (NBC)

📌 Former Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years for corruption and bribery conviction (MO NEWS)

📌 Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration (FOX)

📌 DeSantis plans to veto Florida immigration bill passed by GOP Legislature (POLITICO)

📌 New York becomes the first state to close schools for Lunar New Year (NPR)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hostages Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger, Gadi Mozes to be freed by Hamas Thursday, along with 5 Thais (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Far-right vote on asylum rocks German parliament (BBC)

📌 The Doomsday Clock has never been closer to metaphorical midnight. What does it mean? (NPR)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 OpenAI is probing whether Chinese A.I. company DeepSeek used its models to train new chatbot (WSJ via YAHOO)

📌 Largest study ever done on cannabis and brain function finds impact on working memory (CU)

📌 Truth Social owner Trump Media expands into finance, may invest in bitcoin (CNN)

📌 Fed holds rates steady as inflationary threats loom (AXIOS)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Meryl Streep cut a car-sized hole in her garden fence to escape LA fires (GUARDIAN)

📌 Rihanna makes first court appearance at the trial of her partner A$AP Rocky, as accuser testifies (AP)

📌 Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape charges in New York is set for April 15 (NBC)

Wednesday, January 29

🚨NATION

📌 Trump starts second term with near-record-low net approval (ABC)

📌 Trump offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers, source says (AXIOS) Text of email with offer (MO NEWS)

📌 Oklahoma Board of Education votes to approve proposal requiring parents to prove citizenship when enrolling students (CNN)

📌 Doctors opposing RFK Jr. rally in the lead-up to his confirmation (NPR) Caroline Kennedy calls cousin, RFK Jr., a 'predator' before HHS hearing (USA TODAY)

📌 Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump shot, killed by Indiana officer for allegedly resisting arrest (FOX)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Colombian air force planes sent to fetch deportees from US (BBC)

📌 Serbia's prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow (AP)

📌 Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city (CNN)

📌 EU and Nato take vow of silence on Greenland (FT)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America (CNN)

📌 'Shrimp fraud' found to be rampant at many Gulf Coast restaurants (USA TODAY)

📌 CNN’s Jim Acosta, an irritant to Trump, says he’s quitting rather than take a late-night time slot (AP)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Justin Baldoni tells Blake Lively he's a 'flawed man' and 'fell short' in apology voice note leaked amid legal battle (PEOPLE)

📌 ‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a 10-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris (CNN)

📌 2025 Super Bowl tickets: Chiefs in record demand, but Eagles fans might be leading the charge to New Orleans (CBS)

Tuesday, January 28

🚨NATION

📌 Transgender inmate sues over Trump's order curtailing LGBT rights (YAHOO)

📌 Dr. Phil joins ICE team and border czar Tom Homan for Chicago deportation operations (FOX) Quakers challenge Trump order allowing immigration raids at religious sites (AXIOS)

📌 Trump Justice Department fires officials who investigated Trump and launches ‘special project’ into January 6 cases (CNN)

📌 Earthquake strikes New England, with shaking felt from Boston to Portland, Maine (CNN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians stream back to shattered northern Gaza in ceasefire’s week two (AP)

📌 Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat over deportation flights (TIME)

📌 Auschwitz survivors mark Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after liberation (NPR)

📌 World's biggest iceberg could be on collision course with Antarctic penguin island (CBS) 

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 iOS 18.3 is out with tweaks to AI notification summaries (VERGE)

📌 Federal Reserve expected to stand pat on rates even as Trump demands cuts (AP)

📌 Heart disease remains leading cause of death in US, new report finds (ABC)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Shootings, stabbing and more reported during NFC championship celebrations in Philadelphia (GMA)

📌 Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player. Here’s a look at how the record fee has grown (AP)

📌 Selena Gomez sobs in since-deleted video with Mexican flag, says 'all my people are getting attacked' (PEOPLE)

📌 Alec and Hilaria Baldwin address emotional toll of ‘Rust’ shooting in first look at ‘The Baldwins’ (CNN)

Friday, January 24

🚨NATION

📌 Fire-ravaged Southern California grapples with new infernos this week as much-needed rain could unleash more deadly hazards (CNN)

📌 Nashville school shooting suspect's social media linked to Madison school shooter's social media (ABC)

📌 Rubio to head to Central America for first trip as top US diplomat as Trump cracks down on migration (CNN)

📌 Tennessee congressman proposes constitutional amendment to let Trump serve third term as president (FOX17)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs (AP)

📌 Couples wed as landmark same-sex marriage law takes effect in Thailand (NPR)

📌 ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan girls and women' (BBC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Trump says he will approve power plants for AI through emergency declaration (CNBC)

📌 College enrollment rebounds, surpassing pre-pandemic levels (NPR)

📌 People with ADHD have shorter life expectancy and higher risk of mental health issues, study finds (CNN)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 SZA to perform at Super Bowl halftime show with Kendrick Lamar (USA TODAY)

📌 Billy Ray Cyrus' son writes open letter sharing concerns following singer's Trump inauguration performance (FOX)

📌 Charli XCX to produce & possibly star in new movie ‘the moment’ based on her original idea (BILLBOARD)

📌 Blake Lively Seeks to Bar Justin Baldoni From Litigating Case in the Press (VARIETY)

Thursday, January 23

🚨NATION

📌 Justice Department orders prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement (AP)

📌 Trump admin orders federal health agencies to halt communications (AXIOS)

📌 Trump vows to release all JFK, RFK and MLK classified files immediately (REUTERS)

📌 Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US (CNN)

📌 House passes Laken Riley Act, sending the first bill to Trump to sign into law (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Yemen’s Houthi rebels release crew of commercial vessel seized in Red Sea in November 2023 (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 EU needs to end its military dependency on the US and arm itself ‘to survive,’ top EU officials warns (AP)

📌 About 1,000 North Koreans killed fighting Ukraine in Kursk, officials say (BBC)

📌 Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region (ABC)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Elon Musk bashes the $500 billion AI project Trump announced, claiming its backers don’t ‘have the money’ (CNN)

📌 Here's why some of your social media accounts appear to have automatically followed President Trump (ABC)

📌 CNN to lay off hundreds of employees as post-inauguration transformation begins, sources say (YAHOO)

📌 FDA approves Johnson & Johnson’s nasal spray for depression as stand-alone treatment (CNBC)

📌 Netflix raises prices for all US plans. Here's what to know. (ABC)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Blake Lively demands gag order after Justin Baldoni releases unedited 'It Ends With Us' footage (FOX)

📌 A$AP Rocky’s lawyers look to find favorable jury as trial begins on charges he fired on ex-friend (AP)

📌 ‘Duck Dynasty’ revived at A&E (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Meet the inductees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Class of 2025 (CBS)

Wednesday, January 22

🚨NATION

📌 Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state in first Trump Cabinet post approval (CBS)

📌 Trump orders that all government DEI initiatives must end Wednesday (NBC)

📌 Coast Guard commandant removed from post (POLITICO)

📌 Photos: From Texas to Florida, a rare winter storm brings historic snowfall (NPR)

📌 Trump signs order to revoke clearances of ex-intel officials who signed letter about Hunter Biden's laptop (CBS)

📌 Trump terminates John Bolton’s security detail within hours of taking office, despite Iran assassination threat (CNN)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas confirms 4 female hostages to be released on Saturday, without naming them (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange (AP)

📌 As World Economic Forum gets underway, the list of world leaders not attending Davos speaks volumes (CNBC)

📌 At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey (AP)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Trump announces a $500 billion AI infrastructure investment in the US (CNN)

📌 As bird flu concerns grow, scientists race to develop new vaccines (NBC)

📌 Netflix Adds 19 Million Subscribers in Latest Quarter (NEW YORK TIMES)

📌 Astronomers detect ferocious jet-stream winds on alien planet (REUTERS)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Asian player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame (NBC)

📌 Newly Released Video Shows Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Awkwardly Interacting on It Ends With Us Set (PEOPLE)

📌 Trump inauguration: Jewel surprises MAHA Inaugural Ball with performance (FOX NEWS)

📌 Ryan Gosling In Talks For Shawn Levy’s ‘Star Wars’ Movie (DEADLINE)