Tuesday, January 21

🚨NATION

📌 Biden pardons his family on his way out of office (AP NEWS)

📌 Trump, Vance wave as Biden departs Washington (MO NEWS)

📌 Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state in first Trump Cabinet post approval (CBS)

📌 Los Angeles under dangerous red flag warnings for extreme fire risk again this week (NBC)

📌 First lawsuits against Trump admin target DOGE (POLITICO) Ramaswamy will leave DOGE (POLITICO)

📌 Polar vortex-driven Arctic blast to yield historic southern snow (AXIOS)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Yemen’s Houthis signal they’ll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israeli ships (AP)

📌 At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says (NPR)

📌 Viagra-laced ‘erectile honey’ is flooding into France, officials warn (POLITICO)

📌 X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube sign EU pledge to tackle hate speech (VERGE)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike (ABC)

📌 GOP senators prep hardline approach to Trump's stance on China, TikTok: 'Shut it down' (FOX)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Melania's hat, shorts in winter and other eye-catching looks at the inauguration (BBC)

📌 Carrie Underwood performs a cappella at Trump’s inauguration after tech issues with music (MO NEWS)

📌 Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark hang At Chiefs game (BILLBOARD)

📌 Bob Dylan's draft lyrics for Mr Tambourine Man sell for $500k (BBC)