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The Latest: 01/27/2025 05:59pm ET
This is your 24/7 News Update, the latest news this hour in just four minutes. Wall Street is closing mostly lower after a massive tech sell-off. The Nasdaq fell more than 3 percent in a technology route linked to Chinese startup DeepSeek and artificial intelligence. The Trump administration is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on criminal investigations into the now-president, a letter from acting Attorney General James McHenry said they cannot be trusted to faithfully execute Trump's agenda. This comes as the White House moves to investigate prosecutors who oversaw criminal cases against the January 6 defendants. Meantime, a federal judge is vacating an order that banned some January 6 defendants from Washington, D.C. Last week, the judge barred January 6 defendants who had their sentences commuted by President Trump from visiting the U.S. Capitol or D.C. without first receiving permission from the court. The Department of Justice responded by requesting the restrictions be removed. The judge declined to remove them, but acknowledged they will not be enforced. Lisa Taylor reporting, Southern California's first major rainfall arrived over the weekend, and the wet weather is expected to continue throughout the day. As a result, Los Angeles County Public Works is watching for mudslides in areas scorched by the recent wildfires. Immigration raids are taking place around the country. The Trump administration has launched a social media thread showcasing what it calls the worst criminals arrested by immigration and customs enforcement since the president's inauguration. House Speaker Mike Johnson says he feels like the U.S. is entering a new era of government. The Louisiana congressman spoke ahead of President Trump meeting with House GOP members in Derral, Florida. When the president says he wants to make the government more efficient and effective, and we say we want to limit the size and scope of government, it means that everything is on the table for reevaluation. He added that he expects the U.S. to handle negotiations with countries on deportation flights the same way it did with Colombia over the weekend. I'm Brian Schook, a bomb scare at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio is turning out to be a hoax. A man walked up to guards at one of the entrances this morning saying he was strapped with explosives. That whole area was evacuated. A spokesman for the military base says the man eventually gave himself up. When the guards patted him down, they did not find anything. A Tampa, Florida cardiologist says one of his patients began shedding cholesterol through his hands after adopting a carnivore diet. Michael Kastner explains. Dr. Kostas Marmaki Loses of Tampa General Hospital co-published a paper in a cardiology journal. He treated a man in his 40s who showed up in his office. He came to her office last spring without any cardiac symptoms but with a new rash that showed up in his hands. Marmaki Loses says the man's diet included six pounds of butter, cheese and greasy hamburgers, giving him a cholesterol level five times normal. He says patients shouldn't adopt this diet without regular monitoring by a physician. I'm Michael Kastner. The Grammys are less than a week away and Kristen Marks says some of the big names that will be in attendance. Some of music's biggest names will take the stage at the Sears Grammy Awards, pop stars Charlie XCX, Chapel Rohn and Sabrina Carpenter will all perform at the ceremony. Other performers include Billy Eilish, Shakira, Benson Boone, Ray and Teddy Swims. This year's ceremony will be used to raise funds for ongoing relief efforts for the Los Angeles wildfires. The 67th annual Grammy Awards will be held February 2nd. I'm Kristen Marks. The NFL's biggest game of the season features a pair of familiar faces. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles will be looking for revenge against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in a Super Bowl 57 rematch. The Chiefs will be going for an NFL record third straight championship. I'm Brian Shook.