- President Donald Trump claims a victory in a showdown with Colombia, the latest in hte Middle East, and the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will meet once again in the Super Bowl.
- Acting deputy AG visits Chicago to 'observe' immigration enforcement crackdown.
- Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears.
- Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees and floats plan to 'clean out' Gaza.
- Trump leans into his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips at a Las Vegas rally.
- Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general at a series of agencies.
- Senate confirms Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary.
- Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation's 29th secretary of defense.
- Many Alaskans say they'll never call Denali Mount McKinley.
- Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma.
- The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding.
- Judge bars Oath Keepers founder Rhodes from entering Washington without court's permission.
- Southern California rain helps firefighters but creates risk of flooding and toxic ash runoff.
- Minnesota high court sides with Democrats in struggle with Republicans over control of state House.
- Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation.
- People are hawking TikTok-loaded phones for thousands on eBay, Facebook.
- Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says.
- The Chiefs are one win away from a three-peat after holding off the Bills in the AFC Championship Game, the Eagles rout the Commanders in the NFC title game to set up a 2023 Super Bowl rematch, a repeat men’s winner at the Australian Open and a notable trade in baseball.
—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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