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Donald Trump signs a slew of executive actions hours after he was sworn in as president. A winter storm is expected to drop snow from Texas to Florida. And controversy is brewing around the use of artificial intelligence in “The Brutalist.”Here’s what to know today.Trump pardons Jan. 6 defendants, targets immigration on Day 1When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States yesterday, he declared that the “golden age of America begins right now.” By the end of his first day in office, Trump had signed a flurry of executive orders that would deliver on…

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The first Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners were released in the long-awaited Gaza ceasefire deal. And the Bills win out over the Ravens in the battle of the MVP favorites. Here’s what to know today.Trump set to be inaugurated as the 47th presidentDonald Trump will complete his improbable comeback today, becoming the first former president to lose re-election and return to power four years later since Glover Cleveland in 1893.He left the White House after leading a botched attempt to retain power despite his defeat in the…

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right Israeli national security minister, resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government today in protest of the ceasefire agreement and hostage exchange. The resignations represent a significant blow to Netanyahu, who relied on Ben-Gvir and his Otzma Yehudit Party to maintain his fragile coalition government. Two other two ministers from the Otzma Yehudit Party, Yitzhak Wasserlauf and Amichai Eliyahu, also tendered their resignations along with Ben-Gvir.“A word is a word, we will not agree to a reckless deal. My friends in Otzma Yehudit and I submitted our resignation letters from the government and the coalition this…

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, the hottest international free agent in baseball, is headed to the Los Angeles Dodgers, he announced on social media Friday. The 23-year-old right-hander said he signed a minor-league deal. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “I have signed a minor contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers,” he said on Instagram in a translated post from Japanese to English. “It was a very difficult decision, but I will do my best to make it the right decision when I look back after my baseball career. I want to slip my sleeve on the Dodgers uniform at…

The first time O’Shea Jackson Jr. played Donnie Wilson, he was the unassuming driver for a seemingly impossible bank heist in 2018’s “Den of Thieves.”Seven years later, Jackson returns as Donnie in “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera,” this time front and center with box office star Gerard Butler.“It was the feeling of being able to go back to a character and kind of revisit an old friend of yours,” Jackson told NBC News. “In the first one, Donnie is so under the radar. He’s so, just, out of the way, you don’t really want to pay too much attention to…

The ceasefire deal will be implemented in three phases over several weeks. Biden, who described the talks as “one of the toughest negotiations” he has ever experienced, said the agreement’s first phase will take more than six weeks as Hamas releases hostages, including women, the elderly and the wounded. The first phase would also bring the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody and the repopulation of certain areas of Gaza. Hundreds of trucks of humanitarian aid would also be sent into Gaza daily.”During the next six weeks, Israel will negotiate the necessary arrangements to get phase two,…

Yoon, 64, also faces trial in South Korea’s Constitutional Court to determine whether to uphold his Dec. 14 impeachment by lawmakers, which suspended him from presidential duties.He did not attend the first day of proceedings Tuesday, citing security concerns. The hearing ended after about four minutes. A second hearing is set for Thursday.The warrant was executed far more smoothly Wednesday than during the first attempt, when Yoon’s presidential bodyguards faced off with law enforcement officers for almost six hours, saying they were required by law to protect the president. Investigators withdrew but said they would take all necessary measures in…

The requests of two prisoners who have taken the unusual step of asking a federal judge to nullify their death row commutations granted by President Joe Biden should be denied because the act of leniency doesn’t violate the Constitution, the Justice Department argued Monday in a court filing.The inmates — Shannon Agofsky, 53, and Len Davis, 60 — are being held in a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where the U.S. government puts inmates to death. A week after Biden announced he was commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without…

Extreme fire conditions expected in L.A. area through WednesdayThe strengthening Santa Ana winds pose a challenge for firefighters as the battle against wildfires enveloping neighborhoods in Los Angeles County entered its sixth day.The wildfires have killed at least 16 people, and as of Sunday morning, officials said, at least 16 others have been reported missing.A red flag warning has been issued for parts of Southern California, where strong winds are expected to blow Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. “If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior,” the agency said.The city…

Oscar winner Barry Jenkins kicked off the new year the way he ended the old, with two films — “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “The Fire Inside” — in the top 10 at the box office.It’s a feat Jenkins — who co-wrote “The Fire Inside” with Rachel Morrison while editing his 2016 Oscar-winning film “Moonlight” — could never have planned. On the surface, the two films appear to have little in common.“Mufasa,” the big-budget Disney release, has a huge cultural imprint thanks to 1994’s “The Lion King,” which became one of the most profitable films of all time with acting…