- In today's episode: The latest on the status of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and President Donald Trump's plan for the territory, the deadline for federal workers to take a buyout has arrives and widening racial gap in deaths of mothers around the time of childbirth.
- Trump signs executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports.
- Trump’s demand that US aid workers return home sparks outrage in Washington and anxiety overseas.
- USAID workers scramble for answers after Trump pulls almost all of them off the job worldwide.
- US officials now say Trump only wants to displace Palestinians from Gaza temporarily.
- Nonprofit's lawsuit over the federal funding freeze is part of an 'avalanche' of litigation.
- West Point shuts down clubs based on gender, race and ethnicity in response to Trump's DEI policies.
- Second type of bird flu detected in US dairy cows.
- Trump’s birthright citizenship order gets put on hold by 2nd federal judge.
- Thousands protest Trump administration policies in cities across the US.
- Is it real or is it a trick Federal workers debate legitimacy of buyout offer as deadline nears.
- Pam Bondi is sworn in as attorney general as the Justice Department braces for major shakeup.
- Black church in DC that was vandalized by the Proud Boys gains control over the group's trademark.
- Boy who protected sister from plane crash debris is making 'miraculous' recovery.
- California's insurance crisis leaves neighbors facing unequal recovery after wildfires.
- Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens and Optum Rx, saying son died after $500 price rise for asthma meds.
- Suspect arrested in fatal shooting at a cosmetics warehouse in Ohio, officials say.
- Stock market today Most of Wall Street rises as earnings reporting season ramps up.
- Fast fashion, laptops and toys are likely to cost more due to US tariffs on Chinese imports.
- USPS lifts suspension of parcels from Hong Kong and China, reversing decision from a day earlier.
- Super Bowl secondary-ticket prices high but much less than last year's game.
- Pete Alonso stays with Mets, agreeing to $54 million, 2-year contract, AP source says.
- Jimmy Butler is headed to the Golden State Warriors, Andrew Wiggins to Miami Heat, AP source says.
- Bucks are adding Kyle Kuzma and sending Khris Middleton to the Wizards in a trade, AP source says.
- Players' union boss Lloyd Howell 'No one wants to play an 18th game' in regular season.
- Rahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims.
—The Associated Press
About this program
Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.
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