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This is your 24/7 news update. The latest views this hour in just four minutes. Authorities in South Korea have now indicted impeached President Jun Suk-yo on charges of insurrection. Yun was formally indicted today for allegedly leading an insurrection in December when he briefly imposed martial law in the country. The New York Times reports Yun's indictment means his trial is likely to start soon. Yun is the first president in South Korean history to face criminal charges while still in office. At least a dozen U.S. federal inspectors general otherwise known as government watchdogs are out of a job. White House sources say President Trump sent emails Friday informing them of their immediate terminations. We get more from Chris Karajio. A senior White House official confirmed the news as saying they were fired because they don't align with the new Trump administration. Officials say the legal justification of those firings is murky at best, especially since Congress strengthened protections for inspectors general from undue terminations in 2022. Inspectors general are typically independent figures in the government tasked with conducting objective audits of their agencies. I'm Chris Karajio. Former South Dakota Governor Christie Noham is now the head of the Department of Homeland Security. The Senate voted to confirm Noham for Homeland Security Secretary by a vote of 59-34 Saturday. Six Democratic senators joined Republicans in voting to approve the nomination. Earlier in the day, Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary. Officials in California's L.A. County are now preparing for possible mudslides. They say they're now working with local and state agencies to protect against potential debris and mudflows in areas scorched by the recent wildfires. The last four monkeys that escape from a South Carolina research facility have been recaptured. Over 40 monkeys escaped in early November after a caretaker at the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in the embassy didn't secure the doors. I'm Scott Carr. Target is now the latest large U.S. company to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI programs. Rob Martier explains. The Minneapolis-based retailer announced the decision in a memo to employees on Friday. According to CNBC, the memo cited the importance of staying in step with the evolving landscape to help drive growth and serve its millions of customers. With the move, Target joins companies like Walmart, Meta, and McDonald's in dropping DEI-related pledges and goals. I'm Rob Martier. While U.S. Air Force officials say that President Trump's new anti-DEI order, they'll no longer teach recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the 15,000 black pilots and service members of the segregated army who fought in World War II. Reuters reports after Trump signed an executive order halting all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, course instruction about the pilots was pulled from the basic training. They also pulled in a course instruction about the women's Air Force service pilots of World War II. Monday will mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. Survivor Michael Bornstein, who is only four when he was taken to the camp, will return to Auschwitz for the anniversary. I seem to remember the smell, the foul disgusting smell that I found out later is the smell of burning bodies. More than a million people, including Bornstein's father and brother, were killed at Auschwitz. Bornstein said he had no desire to return but came back anyway for one simple reason. To say the cottage, the prayer for all the dead people, and especially my father and my brother, hate and bigotry has no place in this world. And hopefully, the lesson is we need to stand up to that. About 50 survivors along with delegations from dozens of countries are expected to attend the commemoration tomorrow. I'm Scott Carr.