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Trump’s Hamas Warning

President Donald Trump has seemingly delivered an ultimatum to release all the remaining Israeli hostages after Hamas announced a delay in the next round of hostage releases. John Stolnis has the details from Washington.

Court Rules Against Trump On Funding

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration has been violating a court order to disburse grant funding and hinted at possible penalties. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.

Trump Imposes Steel & Aluminum Tariffs

Saying that this is the beginning of making America rich again, President Trump signed the order imposing 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. 

Hegseth Changes Military Gender Policies

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is following a recent executive order from President Trump with a pause on gender policies in the military. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.

Musk Targets Open A-I

A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk sent shockwaves through Wall Street and the technology world by offering an unsolicited bid of over $97 billion dollars to acquire Open A-I. 

NFL Sacks Show Dancer

It created controversy at the Super Bowl halftime show, the dancer who displayed a Palestinian flag. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports on the Super Bowl protester, and reaction by the NFL.

WKC Show Underway

Baseball has the World Series and football played the Super Bowl. Correspondent Julie Walker reports on “THE” event for canines, and it’s not the Puppy Bowl.

Latest On USAID

In Washington, a government watchdog group says that the US Agency for International Development has lost almost all of its ability to track over $8 billion dollars in unspent and warehoused humanitarian aid following the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze, and fears some of the stockpiles could fall into the hands of America’s enemies abroad. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports.

Democrats Threatening Budget Showdown

Congress will have to figure out how to fund the government by March 14th, and now Democrats are threatening to allow a shutdown if Republicans don’t reign in Elon Musk and the actions of DOGE. Pamela Furr has the story.

Weather Worries

As an Arctic blast hits Colorado and the Upper Midwest, snow is expected from Nebraska to Maine while some areas in the South will deal with a deluge of rain. Winter weather has a grip on much of the United States as we head toward mid-February. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.

Adams Getting Trump Support

The Department of Justice is moving to drop the federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Latest On Russia & Ukraine

With Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky preparing to meet with Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference later this week, Ukrainians are expressing hope for progress out of the meeting.  Jennifer King reports.

Judge Reinstates Dellinger

A federal judge has temporarily reinstated Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel, ruling late Monday that the Trump administration cannot remove him or replace him while the legal battle over his firing continues. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.

Latest Federal Staffers On Leave

Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agenc