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Elon Musk expressed his appreciation for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are set to return to Earth after over nine months in orbit. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule has docked at the ISS, and the astronauts will soon return with their replacements aboard.
During the interview, Donald Trump said he wanted to find somebody smarter than Elon Musk to head DOGE - implying that there is no smarter person that Elon Musk. “I searched all over. I just couldn’t do it,†he added. “I couldn’t. I really tried hard. I couldn’t find anyone smarter.â€
A fire erupted at the Chiltern Firehouse Hotel in Marylebone, central London, necessitating the evacuation of around 100 guests. Over 120 firefighters contained the blaze by 9:30 pm. The fire, which started on the ground floor and spread, caused no injuries. The cause is under investigation.
Incoming Trump administration officials have been questioning career civil servants at the White House National Security Council about their political affiliations and social media activity, prompting some employees to pack up their belongings. Trump's pick for national security adviser, Mike Waltz, aims to replace nonpolitical appointees with Trump loyalists by Inauguration Day, potentially impacting US expertise on key global issues.
Lebanon's health ministry said one person was killed Sunday in an Israeli drone strike, a day after the most intense escalation since a November ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah. Saturday saw the most intense escalation since a November ceasefire halted the war between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
US President Joe Biden will have a trilateral telephone call with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos early Monday, Marcos's spokesman said Sunday. The call was supposed to have been held on Sunday, but has been postponed because of the Los Angeles wildfires, presidential spokesman Cesar Chavez said in a statement.
The appeals court that disqualified Fani Willis from prosecuting Donald Trump in the 2020 election interference case found that a “significant appearance of impropriety†was enough to potentially taint the case in the public eye. The appellate court, however, decided that it wouldn’t dismiss the sprawling racketeering conspiracy case entirely.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed that USAID had been funding media outlets like Politico, but this practice will be stopped, saving taxpayers' money. This decision is part of a broader government effort to scrutinize federal spending and ensure it benefits the American public, Leavitt said after MAGA commentators claimed that the news outlet delayed its payment after Elon Musk's crackdown on DOGE.
US President Donald Trump has indicated his interest in seeking a third term, questioning whether the Constitution bars him from doing so. Despite this, the 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, clearly restricts presidents to two terms. Trump was sworn in for his second term on January 20.