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Supreme Court to decide whether states can allow religious public schools  The Washington PostSupreme Court to weigh constitutionality of nation’s first religious charter school  CNNSupreme Court to weigh major clash between church and state  POLITICOSupreme Court to hear fight over bid to launch first publicly funded religious school  NBC NewsAre Religious Charter Schools Legal? The Supreme Court Will Decide Soon  Education Week

Rain will finally fall in Southern California this weekend. What to know.  The Washington PostRain totals bumped, timing dialed in for Southern California’s 1st winter storm  KTLA Los AngelesLA wildfires: Maps show Palisades and Eaton burn scar areas at biggest risk of landslides  ABC7 Los AngelesCalifornia Wildfire Updates: Officials Warn Of Flooding, Mudslides After Hughes Fire Reaches 56% Containment  ForbesWith rain on the way, dread grows in fire-ravaged Palisades, Altadena and landslide-prone Rancho Palos Verdes  Los Angeles Times

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, wins Senate confirmation  NPRVice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to narrowly confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary  CNNHegseth Is Second Cabinet Secretary to Need Tiebreaker Vote, After DeVos  The New York TimesMcConnell sends a message  POLITICOLive updates: Vance breaks Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth; Trump tours wildfire damage in California  NBC News

Washington state woman is charged in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont  The Associated PressWoman arrested in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent in Vermont  CNNArrest made in fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol agent from Minnesota  CBS NewsSuspects in killing of U.S. border patrol agent had an arsenal of weapons  NBC NewsFBI arrests suspect in killing of Vermont Border Patrol agent  Fox News

Trump Officials Pause Programs to Let In Immigrants, Including Ukrainians  The New York TimesFlorida Republican says deportation effort should spare some migrants  POLITICOTrump orders end of humanitarian parole for migrants of 4 countries  NPRImmigrant advocates in western Mass. assess Trump’s order to end legal pathway to enter US  New England Public MediaUS orders pause to programs allowing temporary immigrant settlement, NYT reports  The Jerusalem Post

US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents, CPS officials say  ABC7 ChicagoChicago school district says it was wrong about ICE agents going to a school  NBC NewsSecret Service responded to Chicago school, agency says amid reports of ICE encounter  NBC ChicagoEnd of Week Message: Providing the Best, Safest Place for CPS Students  Chicago Public SchoolsSecret Service, Not ICE Agents Turned Away From Back of the Yards Elementary School  WTTW News

Minnesota Supreme Court sides with House DFL, invalidating House GOP’s work for last two weeks  Minnesota ReformerDemocrats’ Minnesota House boycott echoes earlier walkouts in other states  The Associated PressMinnesota justices tell lawmakers to work out control of ‘dysfunctional’ House  MPR NewsCourt Sides With Democrats in Fight Over Control of Minnesota House  The New York TimesState Supreme Court rules 68 members constitutes a House quorum  Minnesota House of Representatives

Trump admin tells agencies to start firing DEI staffers  AxiosENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY  The White HouseTrump gives green light to start firing federal workers in DEI roles  NBC NewsTrump Executive Order Prompts National Gallery to End Diversity Programs  The New York TimesOPM orders termination of DEI offices within 60 days  The Hill

Trump issues executive orders reviving anti-abortion policies  POLITICOTrump reinstates Mexico City Policy, separates taxpayer dollars and abortions  Fox NewsHow a rule imposed by Trump shapes abortion access around the world  The Washington PostTrump signs executive orders targeting abortion rights – as it happened  The Guardian USTrump Reinstates Longstanding Republican Anti-Abortion Policy  The New York Times

L.A. live fire updates: Trump lands in L.A. to visit fire zone as region braces for weekend rain  Los Angeles TimesNewsom thanks Trump for coming to California to tour fire damage in tarmac face-off  Fox NewsIn Visit to Pacific Palisades, Trump Praises Firefighters and Blames Democratic Officials  The New York TimesLive updates: President Trump visits Pacific Palisades neighborhood destroyed by fire  NBC Los AngelesSee the moment Newsom met Trump on tarmac  CNN

Trump officials empower DHS to expel migrants allowed under 2 Biden programs  NPRTrump gives Ice power to deport immigrants who came legally under Biden  The Guardian USAmid Trump Immigration Crackdown, Deportation Fears Spread Among Immigrants With Provisional Legal Status  The New York TimesTrump targets Biden-era migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti for deportation  Miami HeraldTrump DHS makes key move against migrants allowed in via controversial Biden parole programs  Fox News

US freezes almost all foreign aid  CNNTrump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide  The New York TimesMarco Rubio orders halt to almost all U.S. foreign aid  NBC NewsUS orders halt to virtually all foreign aid except for Israel and Egypt  The Guardian USU.S. puts virtually all foreign aid on 90-day hold, issues ‘stop-work’ order : Goats and Soda  NPR

US Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care data  The Associated PressCase dropped against doctor accused of leaking Texas Children’s patient info  Houston Chronicle Trump DOJ drops case against Texas doctor who blew whistle on transgender medicine for minors  Fox NewsTexas Children’s Hospital Whistleblower Eithan Haim Case Dropped  The TexanEithan Haim: ‘We Took On the Federal Leviathan and We Won’  The FP

Interior Department Says Gulf of Mexico Is Now ‘Gulf of America’  The New York TimesIndigenous Alaskans and Republicans dismayed by Trump’s Denali renaming  The Guardian USInterior Department Advances Restoration of Historic Names Honoring American Greatness  US Department of the InteriorGulf of Whatnow? Trump’s geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next  The Associated PressWalters announces history standards update to comply with Trump executive order, details unclear  KOSU

What Elon Musk’s Salute Was All About  The New York TimesCBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture  Milwaukee Journal SentinelADL condemns Musk’s Nazi “jokes” after salute controversy  AxiosSome Reddit communities ban links to X over Musk’s inauguration gesture  The Washington PostElon Musk doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt  Vox.com

Trump ‘border czar’ tells ABC military planes will deport migrants every day  ABC News’Deportation flights have begun’ as Trump sends ‘strong and clear message,’ White House says  Fox NewsHundreds of “illegal immigrant criminals” arrested, hundreds more flown out of U.S. by military, White House says  CBS NewsNYC immigration: ICE agents arrest hundreds of migrants in sanctuary cities including New York  ABC7 New YorkTrump ramps up ICE arrests, alarming cities and immigrant communities  The Washington Post

The Logoff: The truth about “mass deportations”  Vox.comChicago deportations: Mayor Brandon Johnson launches ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign with CTA amid fears of Trump immigration raids  ABC7 ChicagoSix big immigration changes under Trump – and their impact so far  BBC.comChicago resident angered by liberal mayor’s refusal to cooperate with ICE: ‘Doesn’t align with the people’  Fox NewsJohnson Brushes Off Threat of Arrest for Failing to Help Trump’s Mass Deportation Effort  WTTW News

Exclusive | Pentagon Prepares to Deploy Thousands of Troops From Combat Units to Southwest Border  The Wall Street JournalTrump’s border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil  Yahoo! VoicesMorning Report — Trump dispatches troops, ICE in migration crackdown  The HillU.S. Marines deployed to southern border in support of immigration policy  CBS News 8Troops arrive at San Diego border after Trump declares national emergency  NBC San Diego

As schools brace for Trump’s immigration raids, Dems split over how to respond  POLITICOView Full Coverage on Google News

Davos elite nod along as Trump delivers ultimatum  BBC.comIn his first three days, Trump disrupted America. Then he turned to the world  CNNRumors About the President and Aging Rockers: A Week With Billionaires in the Alps  The Wall Street JournalAnalysis | Trump’s gusher of misleading economic statistics at Davos  The Washington PostDay 5 Davos 2025: Live coverage and what to know  World Economic Forum

Trump’s first orders hit workers in construction, ag and government — and other labor news  Minnesota ReformerTracking Trump’s executive actions  CNNEverything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency  The Associated PressTrump’s bid to expand presidential power hits its first snag: From the Politics Desk  NBC NewsHow Trump’s executive orders undermine the rule of law  MSNBC

Trump third-term amendment ‘impossibly difficult’ to pass, Harvard Law professor says  CNBCRep. Ogles Proposes Amending the 22nd Amendment to Allow Trump to Serve a Third Term  Andy OglesHouse Republican introduces long-shot measure to let Trump seek a third term  AxiosNo, Trump Won’t Likely Get To Run For A Third Term: Here’s Why  ForbesLawmaker unveils constitutional amendment to give Trump third term  Fox News

The First 100 Hours: Historic Action to Kick Off America’s Golden Age  The White HouseWhy Donald Trump Is Racing So Fast to Remake America  The Wall Street JournalDavid Remnick on the Dawn of Trump’s Second Term  The New Yorker‘Destabilize, Destabilize, Destabilize’: What Trump Is Really Up To  The New York TimesWill Trump hold onto his power in Congress?  The Boston Globe

Trump had ‘fiery’ call with Danish prime minister over Greenland: Report  The HillDonald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland  Financial TimesDanish politician uses profanity to tell President Trump that Greenland is not for sale  USA TODAYDenmark “In Crisis Mode” After Terrible Trump Phone Call on Greenland  Yahoo! VoicesReaching For Greenland  Hoover Institution

Trump and Vance sidestep abortion executive orders in March for Life speeches  POLITICOVance tells March for Life it’s a ‘blessing to fight for the unborn’ during first week in office  Fox NewsTrump, Vance speak at antiabortion March for Life rally in D.C.  The Washington PostTrump addresses March for Life in video, embracing anti-abortion stance as president  MSNBCMarch for Life: Abortion Opponents Raise Their Ambitions  The New York Times