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Freed Israeli hostages did not know their loved ones had died  CNN Hostage return spotlights tragedy in fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire  NBC News Pale, gaunt Israeli hostages freed from Gaza captivity as scores of Palestinian prisoners released under ceasefire deal  CNN Netanyahu, Do You

CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid “energetic” opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised  CBS News 1. Trump’s second term: Early ratings and expectations  Pew Research Center High Approval Rating for Trump in First Month, CBS Poll Shows  Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has plunged Washington into upheaval and anxiety, bringing loyalty tests and other efforts to purge government employees. This climate of fear recalls the anticommunist paranoia of the 1950s and its crucial turning point

Trump says he wants to negotiate about Ukraine. It’s not clear if Putin really does  The Associated Press Trump reveals he’s spoken with Putin by phone, says Russian president ‘wants to see people stop dying’ in Ukraine war  New York Post Trump

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s immigration offer  Reuters.com Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers  CNN How a White Fringe Group Drew Trump’s Ire on South Africa  Bloomberg Some Afrikaners Cheer as

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington  The Associated Press Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington  TIME Opinion | Musk’s Lost Boys and Trump’s Mean Girls  The New York Times Playbook: Trump-Musk tensions rising?  POLITICO Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Terror  The New

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue to run roughshod over the federal government with seeming impunity, there are at least three areas of restraint that could stand in their way, according to analysis by The Washington Post. “So far

Correspondents in Kyiv, Mumbai, Johannesburg, and Mexico City give examples of the effects of the Trump administration’s gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

This Super Bowl Sunday, some will be watching the football game, some will watch for the ads, and others will be tuning in just to see what Taylor Swift is up to. Not only will she be in New Orleans

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic molecules. (Image credit: BAE Systems/NASA/JPL-Caltech)