The United States Office of Personnel Management sent a memo to the heads and acting heads of departments and agencies instructing them to end gender ideology in their programs.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained the importance of an America First agenda in a piece published in the Wall Street Journal. Rubio explained that after years of neglecting the U.S. and its partners, turning a blind eye to problems at home "ends now."
Hamas announced that an Israeli-American citizen will be released this weekend. Keith Siegel, 65, is the first of the American citizens taken hostage on October 7, 2023, to be released.
During his Senate confirmation hearing on January 30, 2025, Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI Director, committed to halting the agency's surveillance of religious institutions, particularly Christian congregations.