First Thing: Blacklists naming ‘woke’ federal workers were funded by Project 2025 thinktank

The American Accountability Foundation publishes pictures of federal workers it wants fired online. Plus, Spain scorns Israeli claim that it should take in Palestinians for opposing its war in Gaza

Good morning.

A rightwing group behind a series of blacklists" of federal government employees it wants the Trump administration to fire has been funded by the Heritage Foundation, the thinktank behind Project 2025.

What relation did the Trump campaign have with Project 2025? Before the election, it said it would not hire from it - but it has since staffed the government with people with ties to the project.

How have they reacted? Spain's foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, rejected the idea. Gazans' land is Gaza and Gaza must be part of the future Palestinian state," he said.