Headlines for January 24, 2025
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6TT14)
- Newark Mayor Vows to Fight Back After ICE Raid as Feds Launch Nationwide Deportation Operation
- "Blatantly Unconstitutional": U.S. Judge Blocks Trump Order Ending Birthright Citizenship
- State Dept. Halts Passport Applications with Gender Nonbinary "X" Sex Marker
- Senators Confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA Head and Advance Trump's Energy & Environment Nominees
- More Damning Info on Pete Hegseth Surfaces as Senate GOP Poised to Confirm Him as Pentagon Chief
- Trump Ultimatum to World Economic Forum: Invest in U.S. or Face Tariffs
- Bitcoin Surges After Trump Discusses Cryptocurrency Plans with El Salvador's Bukele
- Ongoing Israeli Attacks on West Bank Have Killed 34 Since January 1
- Gaza Faces Fresh Hunger Crisis as Israel Readies Ban on U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees
- Iraq Approves Child Marriages for Girls as Young as 9
- ICC Seeks Arrest of Taliban Leaders for Gender-Based Crimes Against Women and Girls
- Amazon Closes Warehouses in Quebec and Lays Off 1,700 After Workers Unionize
- Serbian Students and Workers Launch General Strike Against Government Corruption
- Sackler Family Increases Opioid Settlement Offer with New Conditions
- Northwestern Won't Discipline Professor Steven Thrasher over Gaza Protest
- Palestinian-Israeli Film "No Other Land" Nominated for Oscar Despite Snubs by U.S. Distributors