Headlines for January 27, 2025

Trump Accused of Backing Ethnic Cleansing After Calling for “Clean Out” of Gaza, Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Head Home to North Gaza, Hamas Releases 4 More Israeli Soldiers as Israel Frees 200 Palestinian Prisoners, Israeli Soldiers Shoot and Kill 2-Year-Old Palestinian Laila Muhammad Ayman al-Khatib in West Bank, Israel Fires on Displaced Lebanese Returning to Their Homes as It Continues to Violate Truce, U.S. Freezes All International Aid, Except Military Funding to Israel and Egypt, JD Vance Breaks Senate Tie to Confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary, Trump Fires Slew of Independent Federal Watchdogs in Likely Unlawful Move, Colombia, U.S. Agree to Deal on Tariffs and Immigration After Rapid Series of Tit-for-Tat Moves, Chicago School Bars Gov’t Agents from Entry as Feds Escalate Immigration Crackdown Nationwide, DOJ to Stop Prosecuting Most People Who Unlawfully Block and Harass Abortion Clinics and Patients, Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Charged with Insurrection, DRC Urges UNSC to Intervene After M23 Rebels Seize Goma in Eastern Congo, Drone Strike on North Darfur Kills 70 Patients; Sudanese Army Blames Paramilitary RSF, Elon Musk Hypes Up Germany’s Neo-Nazi AfD Party Ahead of February Election, U.S. Air Force to Continue Teaching Tuskegee Airmen History After Pulling Videos Amid Trump DEI Ban, Swiss Authorities Arrest Ali Abunimah, Journalist and Founder of Electronic Intifada News Site