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Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent reference to the move, called it a “victory.”

Hamas has begun releasing three Israeli hostages who have been held in Gaza since the beginning of the war.

The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.

Trump: Nothing Canada, Mexico or China can do to delay Feb 1 tariffs  Reuters Canada

Small medevac plane crashes in Philadelphia with child, 5 others on board  Reuters Philadelphia plane crash: Medical transport jet carrying 6 people crashes near Roosevelt Mall  6ABC Philadelphia A medical transport plane has crashed in Philadelphia with six people on board. Here’s

Trump Officials Release Water That Experts Say Will Serve Little Use  The New York Times

Newspaper headlines: ‘AstraZeneca ditches vaccine plant’ and Trump’s EU tariff threat  BBC.com

Small plane crashes near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia in fiery explosion  ABC News Live Updates: Medical jet carrying 6, including girl, crashes in Northeast Philly  NBC Philadelphia Medevac Learjet 55 crashes near Philadelphia  Flightradar24 Blog Philadelphia plane tragedy: Medical ambulance transporting pediatric patient

Trump DOJ demands list of thousands of FBI agents, others who worked on Jan. 6 and Trump investigations for possible firing  CNN

Three Israeli hostages who will be released on Saturday have been named by Hamas.