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Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity  The White House Trump moves to prepare Guantanamo Bay for 30,000 ‘criminal illegal aliens’  Fox News Trump’s Guantanamo migrant plan evokes a dark history  CNN Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants

Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families  The White House With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools  The New York Times Trump orders Education, Labor and other departments to enhance school choice  NPR With sweeping orders, Trump aims to control

Donald Trump goes to war with his employees  The Economist

The president wants to shrink and remake the civil service

What the polls say about the start of Trump’s second term  NBC News

Australian police believe explosives found on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cities for months.

Israel says three Israeli and five Thai hostages to be released in Gaza Thursday  CNN Third round of Gaza hostage releases underway; 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed  CNN Hamas begins handing over 8 more hostages to Israel  POLITICO Europe Palestinian militants begin

Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region.

Firecrackers, parades and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

White House rescinds memo on federal aid freeze that caused widespread confusion  CNN