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The Latest: 01/26/2025 09:59am ET
This is your 24/7 news update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. President Trump says he wants to clean out the Gaza Strip and is urging Egypt and Jordan to take in more Palestinian refugees. We get the latest from Jim Forbes. Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One late Saturday and said he had a phone call with King Abdullah II of Jordan and told him, quote, "I love for you to take on more because I am looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it's a mess." Trump said he would be talking with the Egyptian president on Sunday. Millions of Palestinian refugees are living in camps in Egypt, Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries. Egypt has said it will not take in any more Palestinian refugees. I'm Jim Forbes. The president is defending his late night purge of 15 U.S. inspectors general, independent government figures charged with rooting out fraud, waste and violations in their agencies. Speaking with reporters last night, Trump said their removal is a very common thing to do and that some thought that some of the inspectors general were unfair. Four female Israelis held captive by Hamas since October of 2023 are back in Israel. The four soldiers were released Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Most Republicans are in Miami this week for their annual January retreat. It runs through Wednesday at Trump National Durald Golf Club. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and committee chairs will conduct breakout sessions as they look to package the Trump administration's top priorities in a single bill. The head of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk is telling Germany to move on from their country's past mistakes. In a surprise speech to the far right political party called alternative for Germany, Musk said he thinks German people are too guilt ridden over the atrocities that happened during the Holocaust. I'm Scott Carr. Under the new Trump administration, the Department of Justice now says it will largely stop the prosecution of any individuals actively preventing women from getting reproductive health care. Bryant shook as more. It's currently illegal for protesters to block entrances, damage property or threaten patients in front of reproductive health clinics. On Friday, the DOJ said it will now reflect President Trump's position on abortion access and will reduce efforts to charge protesters who stop women from going into places like Planned Parenthood. Trump has already pardoned protesters who injured a nurse and harassed patients at a female health care clinic in 2023. While in an action started under the previous administration, pharma giant Pfizer will pay almost $60 million to settle charges of allegedly paying kickbacks to doctors who prescribed the migraine drug Nertech ODT to patients. The Justice Department says the scheme involved improper gifts of expensive meals and speaker fees to encourage physicians to prescribe the medication from biohaven. The lawsuit accuses biohaven of defrauding Medicare and other federal health care by violating an anti-kickback statute. The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ross Baraka is lashing out after immigration customs and enforcement agents raided a business there. Scott Prinkle has more from New Jersey. Mayor Baraka says he's upset and angry after hearing ICE agents raided ocean seafood depot Thursday and then detained illegal immigrants, U.S. citizens and questioned a military vet after he showed ID. The problem with this is that none of these people were rapists or murderers or criminals. ICE would not comment on the raids itself, but says agents may encounter citizens while conducting field work, as was the case in Newark. Kia is recalling over 80,000 of its narrow vehicles for issues with its seat belt and airbags. Federal safety regulators say adjusting the front passenger seat could cause serious safety risks by damaging wiring that controls the features. I'm Scott Carr.