5 things to know for Jan. 27: Immigration crackdown, Auschwitz commemorations, Middle East, Kia recall, Super Bowl LIX
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Today is the first day the IRS will start accepting and processing 2024 income tax returns. Keep in mind that April 15 is the official deadline for most Americans to file their taxes, but millions in federally declared disaster areas will receive an automatic extension until later this year. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. The Trump administration is wasting no time fulfilling a campaign promise to conduct arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants. Almost 1,000 arrests have been reported across the US amid President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement blitz. In addition to “enhanced targeted operations” announced by ICE agents in Chicago, immigration enforcement actions were reported over the weekend in the Atlanta area, as well as in Colorado, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. The operations are expected to continue this week. On Sunday, Trump also imposed — and then quickly suspended — a 25% tariff on Colombia as long as the country agrees to accept deported migrants being returned on US military planes. World leaders are gathering in Poland today to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Nazis murdered more than 1 million people at the camp over five years from 1940 to 1945, part of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. The UN declared January 27 the International Holocaust Memorial Day in 2005. This year’s commemoration comes as the number of survivors is rapidly dwindling and as antisemitism is on the rise — especially in Australia, Europe and the Middle East. Britain’s King Charles, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron are among those attending the event today. Tens of thousands of displaced Gaza residents began returning to what was left of their homes today after Israel opened a corridor into the north of the battered enclave. Their return was pushed back by 48 hours after Israel accused Hamas of breaching the terms of the fragile ceasefire agreement. Tensions also heightened on Saturday after President Donald Trump said he had discussed his plan to “clean out” Gaza with the leaders of Jordan and Egypt. “I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing in a different location where I think they could maybe live in peace for a change,” Trump said of Gaza. Both Jordan and Egypt rejected Trump’s idea to shift Palestinians out of the enclave, saying such a move would displace Palestinians from their homeland. Kia America is recalling more than 80,000 vehicles due to improper wiring that can prevent airbags and seat belts from deploying in an emergency. The recall includes 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid and Hybrid vehicles. To remedy the situation, dealers will replace and reroute the floor wiring assembly, as necessary, for free. Owners will be notified by letters mailed in March. The recall follows one in November, when Hyundai and Kia recalled more than 200,000 electric vehicles to fix a transistor in a charging control unit that could be damaged and cause the loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
The Trump administration on Tuesday released thousands of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that it said had previously been classified.
A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members, dealing a major defeat to a controversial policy the president resurrected from his first term.
A Peruvian fisherman who was rescued after 95 days lost at sea told CNN that his faith and his desire to see his family again kept him going – along with a diet of cockroaches, birds, fish and the occasional turtle.
Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled Tuesday. The law also banned trans women and girls from participating in female sports.
A federal judge is giving the Justice Department until Wednesday at noon to provide him, under seal, with more information about deportations the Trump administration carried out pursuant to President Donald Trump’s use of a sweeping wartime authority.
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Canada and Australia are planning to jointly develop a new military radar system in the Arctic amid a global surge of interest in the region, according to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who warned that Canada’s “adversaries are increasingly emboldened.”
Knowing Elaine Chao from afar for many years, there were a lot of words I would to describe her: smart, tough, accomplished and, yes, badass.
Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric against the federal judiciary on Tuesday in a highly unusual statement that appeared to be aimed at the president’s call to impeach judges who rule against him.
On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being carried out.
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The high-stakes call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin expected on Tuesday comes as the White House insists it is closing in on a temporary ceasefire deal to pause the war between Russia and Ukraine.