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• Trump puts all US government DEI staff on paid leave 'immediately' - BBC.com

  1. Trump puts all US government DEI staff on paid leave 'immediately'  BBC.com
  2. Trump's DEI cuts force Davos elite to find new words for diversity  Reuters
  3. Trump orders all federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave  NBC News
  4. Trump message to corporate America: Stop 'illegal' DEI or face investigations  USA TODAY
  5. Several federal DEI webpages shutter in compliance with Trump's executive order  Yahoo! Voices

• Student fatally shoots 1 student, wounds another at Nashville high school, police say - CNN

  1. Student fatally shoots 1 student, wounds another at Nashville high school, police say  CNN
  2. Here’s what we know about the Nashville high school shooting  CNN
  3. 2 students dead after shooting at Antioch High School  WKRN News 2
  4. Tennessee high school shooting: 1 killed, 1 wounded, teen gunman dead of self-inflicted gunshot: police  Fox News
  5. Nashville Freddie O'Connell gives statement on fatal Antioch High School shooting  WSMV 4

• Raskin: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters ‘a reserve army of political foot soldiers’ - The Hill

  1. Raskin: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters ‘a reserve army of political foot soldiers’  The Hill
  2. DC judges slam Trump pardons as 'revisionist myth,' 'will not change the truth' of Jan. 6  ABC News
  3. Video: Donie O’Sullivan speaks with pardoned January 6 defendants | CNN Politics  CNN
  4. ‘Betrayed': Former DC officer seeks protection after Jan. 6 attackers pardoned  NBC Washington
  5. Jan. 6 rioter declines Trump pardon: ‘We were wrong that day’  The Hill

• Trump DOJ gears up for immigration enforcement - POLITICO

  1. Trump DOJ gears up for immigration enforcement  POLITICO
  2. Trump’s deportation plans begin to take shape as immigrant communities brace for uncertainty. Here’s what we know  CNN
  3. DoJ says it will prosecute officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown  The Guardian US
  4. Trump demands cooperation from S.F. and other sanctuary cities with threat to investigate officials  San Francisco Chronicle
  5. DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement  The Washington Post

• Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers Apologizes To Prince Harry; Settlement Reached In Privacy Case - Deadline

  1. Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers Apologizes To Prince Harry; Settlement Reached In Privacy Case  Deadline
  2. Partial Victory for Prince Harry as Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Admit Unlawful Activities  The New York Times
  3. Murdoch's UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the late Princess Diana  The Associated Press
  4. Prince Harry settles lawsuit with Rupert Murdoch's newspapers after 'full' apology  NBC News
  5. Prince Harry claims ‘monumental victory’ after reaching settlement with The Sun publisher  CNN

• Trump demands apology after bishop asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants - PBS NewsHour

  1. Trump demands apology after bishop asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants  PBS NewsHour
  2. Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Made a Plea to Trump?  The New York Times
  3. Who is Mariann Budde, the bishop who told Trump to ‘have mercy’?  The Washington Post
  4. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde confronts Trump in sermon  NPR
  5. Trump: Inauguration prayer service was ‘not too exciting’  The Hill

• US military preparing to send additional 1,500 troops to border, official says - Reuters

  1. US military preparing to send additional 1,500 troops to border, official says  Reuters
  2. Pentagon sending additional 1,500 troops to southern border: US official  Fox News
  3. US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border  CNN
  4. Trump administration live: extra troops reportedly to be sent to Mexico border as part of immigration crackdown  The Guardian US
  5. Trump’s Pentagon to begin task of crafting NORTHCOM plan to ‘seal’ US borders  Breaking Defense

• US winter storm moves east; more than 132,000 without power, 1,300 flights hit - Hindustan Times

  1. US winter storm moves east; more than 132,000 without power, 1,300 flights hit  Hindustan Times
  2. Rare winter storm sweeps across Gulf Coast, bringing heavy snow from Texas to Florida: Here's the latest forecast  Yahoo! Voices
  3. Watch Massive Snowstorm Sweeps Through US South  Bloomberg
  4. Unprecedented winter storm paralyzes Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow even in Florida  CNN
  5. Houston Winter storm 2025: Photos show historic snowfall across southeast Texas  ABC13 Houston

• Trump’s budget pick is famous for defying Congress. GOP senators want to confirm him anyway. - POLITICO

  1. Trump’s budget pick is famous for defying Congress. GOP senators want to confirm him anyway.  POLITICO
  2. Kaine grills Vought on planned ‘woke and weaponized’ budget cuts  The Hill
  3. Office of Management & Budget Dir. Confirmation Hearing  C-SPAN
  4. The Nomination of the Honorable Russell T. Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget  Senate Budget Committee
  5. Video Russell Vought testifies at Senate confirmation hearing  ABC News

• Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the U.S. - PBS NewsHour

  1. Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the U.S.  PBS NewsHour
  2. Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US  CNN
  3. Trump’s suspension of refugee program shocks but doesn’t surprise advocates  The Guardian US
  4. Afghan refugees feel abandoned after Trump executive order halts flights  The Washington Post
  5. Advocates and family react as Trump cancels Afghan refugee resettlement  Al Jazeera English