WTF Just Happened Today? Day 1470

This is a newsletter I subscribe to and I share parts of it here.
I think it's a good summary of the day that is fairly well sourced.
One can subscribe here: http://wtfjht.com

Welcome to Day 1470.

Today in one sentence: The Trump administration ordered a temporary freeze on all federal grants and loans; Democrats criticized Trump’s federal funding freeze as unconstitutional, calling it a direct attack on Congress’s authority and American families; Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans disrupted Medicaid operations nationwide, with state officials reporting that the federal portal used for Medicaid reimbursements was inaccessible; the Trump administration placed dozens of senior U.S. Agency for International Development officials on administrative leave; Trump fired Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Gwynne Wilcox, one of its Democratic members; the Trump administration halted the distribution of HIV medications purchased through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and froze funding for global health programs; Trump signed executive orders targeting transgender service members; ICE plans to target three U.S. cities each week for large-scale immigration operations; the U.S. resumed deportation flights to Colombia after Trump threatened tariffs, visa cancellations, and customs delays in response to Colombia's brief refusal to accept military flights carrying migrants; and Trump’s second term begins with a net approval rating of +7, the lowest for a newly elected president since World War II – except for his own first term.

BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to freeze federal grants and loans, delaying its implementation until February 3. (NBC News / Bloomberg / CNBC / Associated Press)

-Matt, current mood: ???

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5276382/trump-usaid-leave-executive-order

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/top-usaid-career-staff-ordered-leave-00200854

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/us/politics/trump-usaid-officials.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/27/trump-presidency-news/#link-KRA5MANQXNEQRAIPKG7SFLMTWU

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-28/trump-fires-nlrb-general-counsel-jennifer-abruzzo

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-us-labor-board-member-hobbling-agency-amid-legal-battles-2025-01-28/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/us/politics/trump-nlrb-jennifer-abruzzo.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-nlrb-gwynne-wilcox

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/health/pepfar-trump-freeze.html

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-order-set-halt-supply-hiv-malaria-drugs-poor-countries-sources-say-2025-01-28/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/trump-transgender-troops-military-hegseth/
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-executive-order-transgender-military-dei-rcna189470

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-orders-military/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/28/trump-presidency-news/#link-VVQDQ4ROFNHYREPEMJXOATIH5E

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5276839/trump-executive-order-dei-military

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/ice-conduct-major-immigration-operations-three-cities-week-rcna189608

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-28/ice-expands-focus-to-new-york-city-after-chicago-raids

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-ramps-up-deportation-effort-after-slow-start-546d9954

https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-to-tariff-chips-made-in-taiwan-targeting-tsmc

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-27/trump-vows-near-future-tariffs-calls-deepseek-progress-good

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/28/trump-tariffs-chips-semiconductors-taiwan/

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-federal-workers-quit-severance

One can read the expanded version of each topic and its sources here: http://wtfjht.com