Numerous attorneys from the Justice Department who worked on Trump probes are let go. The tech industry is rocked by China's DeepSeek AI model. Defectors from North Korea also provide insight into the mentality of Kim Jong Un's troops. What to know today is as follows. Trump s Justice Department firings send a message, former officials say Former DOJ and FBI officials told NBC News that the terminations of a number of Justice Department attorneys who were involved in the prosecution of Donald Trump were intended to scare the staff and discourage investigations during the president's second term. In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said yesterday that the career employees who were let go worked on special counsel Jack Smith's investigation, wh...

Tokyo On Tuesday, a sinkhole the size of a big swimming pool erupted at a busy intersection in the Japanese city of Yashio, swallowing a vehicle and its driver. At a news meeting on Tuesday, Saitama Prefecture Governor Motohiro Ono stated that the crater, which is roughly 32 feet wide and 16 feet deep, formed at around 10 a.m. local time (8 p.m. ET Monday). A crack in the sewer pipe in the Nakagawa River Basin is believed to be the reason. He added that the primary goal was to save the driver after a passing truck fell in as a result of this collapse. According to the Nippon TV station, rescue crews were pumping air into the hole to give the driver oxygen, but the man was still stuck inside the car about eight hours after the collapse since the driver's seat was full of muck and sand. Th...

Washington House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met behind closed doors with Democratic lawmakers less than 48 hours after President Donald Trump took office in order to give a clarion cry and a warning. According to a witness in the room who asked to remain anonymous in order to disclose the secret conversation, Jeffries told the Democrats that the Trump administration was going to flood the area and that they couldn't afford to pursue every outrage or nothing would sink in for the American people. Jeffries, D-N.Y., asked members to emphasize border security, community safety, and the cost of living in their message. In reference to the GOP agenda and expenditure cutbacks it is considering, Jeffries told reporters the next day that the House Republican Contract Against America is an ex...

In recent days, at least eight sizable public school districts in the US have pledged to work toward shielding undocumented immigrant students and their families from the widespread deportation campaign of President Donald Trump. Restrictions that prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting raids at alleged sensitive areas, such as schools (as well as houses of worship and hospitals), have been lifted by the Trump administration. Public school districts are primarily exempt from inquiring about or maintaining records of their students' compliance with immigration rules since, according to the Education Department, all children in the United States are entitled to a public education, regardless of their legal status. However, teachers' and families' concerns have grown as...

In two Florida special primary elections on Tuesday, the strength of President Donald Trump's support will be put to the test for the first time during his second term. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis in the 1st Congressional District and state Senator Randy Fine in the 6th District, two of Trump's favorite candidates, seem to be in a great position, outpacing their main rivals in fundraising and attracting outside assistance. According to Florida consultant Jamie Miller, a former executive director of the state GOP, "Trump's endorsement has loomed large in Florida Republican politics for most of a decade," pointing out that Trump's backing was a key element in helping Gov. Ron DeSantis win his 2018 primary. A qualified candidate has a very high chance of winning a primary i...

After the devastating Eaton Fire, Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor searched through the rubble of their former Altadena house to see what they might rescue. McShea was searching for a particular item that he believed was still undamaged, while Raynor searched for any items that had survived the fire. McShea suddenly discovered the engagement ring he would use to pop the question to Raynor among the debris that represented the couple's material possessions. He recalled that my initial thought was, "Oh, look, here it is." McShea specifically located the ring beneath his guitar's strings. McShea made the decision to pop the question to his beloved right then and there. "You consider how much pressure and perfection you desire at the time of your proposal," he stated. When I discovered it, i...

A series of fierce wildfires that raged across the Los Angeles area on January 7 were fueled by strong winds and dry conditions. They destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed at least 29 people, some of whom perished attempting to stop the fires from devouring their houses. Two of the fires were linked to an undetermined number of serious injuries, according to a Los Angeles County fire official, while a city official in Los Angeles called the night of January 7 one of the most terrible and catastrophic she had ever witnessed in her area of the city. What we know about the flames is as follows. Where are the fires? On the morning of January 7, a brush fire broke out in Pacific Palisades, a suburb in Los Angeles east of Malibu. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protect...

As authorities stepped up enforcement operations around the United States on Sunday, Phil McGraw, the former host of a daytime talk program, tweeted a video of himself riding along with immigration agents in Chicago. McGraw, a former psychotherapist who became well-known with Oprah Winfrey and presented Dr. Phil for over 20 years, claimed to have embedded himself with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to demonstrate the agency's focused efforts to capture terrorists and known criminals. Speaking to McGraw in a segment on Merit Street Media, a network founded by the former talk-show host a year ago, Trump administration border czar Thomas Homan advised viewers to disregard the myth that immigration officials are conducting neighborhood sweeps that target people of color. He answered, "Loo...