President Trump met with Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant. He expressed his support for strict deportation policies. This came as the White House criticized Senator Chris Van Hollen for visiting a deported man in El Salvador, while Morin accused the senator of neglecting her daughter's case.
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Elon Musk engaged in a public argument with Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen, who called Musk a liar for claiming that the return of NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore was delayed for political reasons. Musk defended his statement, asserting the Biden administration refused SpaceX's earlier offer to bring them back.
​Prices at $5 million, the Gold Card program would replace the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program. EB-5s were created in 1990 as a method for immigrants to obtain green cards in which a person must invest at least $1 million in a company –or $800k in a low-income area – that employs at least 10 people. In 2024, more than 4,500 EB-5 visas were issued.
A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, marking the first instance of the strain in US poultry. The outbreak, discovered on January 13, led to the culling of 119,000 ducks. While the H5N1 strain was also present, health experts are concerned about the virus potentially mutating into a human-contagious form. The situation is compounded by the US's withdrawal from the world health organization, raising concerns about global health coordination.
A fast-moving wildfire in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades region destroyed homes, forced 30,000 evacuations, and threatened 13,000 structures Tuesday. Severe winds worsened conditions, complicating nighttime firefighting efforts and causing power outages for 28,000. Wildfire remains uncontained at 3,000 acres. The situation is critical, with conditions expected to improve by Saturday.
Luigi Mangione, heir to a Maryland resort fortune, has been arrested in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Apprehended in Pennsylvania, Mangione possessed a "ghost gun," silencer, and a manifesto railing against healthcare industry profits. The investigation into Thompson's December 4th shooting continues.
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders voted against Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation as the Director of National Intelligence. Elon Musk called Sanders a fraud as the old video of 2016 when Tulsi Gabbard stepped down from her DNC vice chair position to support Sanders as the presidential candidate against Hillary Clinton went viral.
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Donald Trump will place his hand on two Bibles during the swearing-in ceremony: the Lincoln Bible from 1861 and one gifted by his mother in 1955. The Lincoln Bible has been used three times since, by President Barack Obama at each of his inaugurations and by Donald Trump in 2017. In 2013, Obama too took the oath of office keeping his hands on two Bibles -- one was owned by Martin Luther King Jr and the other was the Lincoln Bible.
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