Dozens of Jewish organizations, including national and local groups, signed an open letter urging Trump to stop mass deportations, highlighting Jewish history and values tied to immigration rights. | Dozens of Jewish organizations have signed an open letter to President Donald Trump protesting his planned mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. ● The letter, published on Jan. 27, demonstrates that as Trump retakes office, a range of major Jewish organizations intend to continue to be vocal in opposing his policies on immigration. The signatories include a range of centrist and liberal Jewish groups with a national presence, including the leadership of the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist religious movements. Dozens of local Jewish groups and institutions also signed.

John & Nisha Whitehead | The Deep State is about to go turbocharged. | While the news media fixates on the extent to which Project 2025 may be the Trump Administration’s playbook for locking down the nation, there is a more subversive power play taking place under cover of Trump’s unique brand of circus politics. ■ Take a closer look at what’s unfolding, and you will find that all appearances to the contrary, Trump isn’t planning to do away with the Deep State. Rather, he was hired by the Deep State to usher in the golden age of AI. [...] To achieve this turbocharged surveillance state, the government is turning to its most powerful weapon yet: artificial intelligence. AI, with its ability to learn, adapt, and operate at speeds unimaginable to humans, is poised to become the engine of this new world order.

In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, Facebook suspended Trump’s accounts, citing his use of the platform to spread false claims of election fraud and repeatedly insist he had won the 2020 election. | Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit with US President Donald Trump, stemming from the company's decision to suspend his accounts following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. ● The settlement, first reported by The Wall Street Journal and later confirmed by a Meta spokesperson, resolves the legal dispute initiated by Trump in 2021. ● According to The Wall Street Journal, the majority of the settlement—$22 million—will be allocated to funding Trump’s presidential library. The remaining amount will cover legal fees and compensate other plaintiffs involved in the case. ● Trump's lawsuit against Facebook, now under its parent company Meta, was one of several legal actions he took against social media companies in response to their actions after January 6.

The FAA confirmed that a Bombardier regional jet operated by American Airlines subsidiary PSA Airlines "collided in midair" with a Black Hawk Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter. | A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington DC's frigid Potomac River after colliding midair with a military helicopter during a nighttime training exercise on Wednesday, triggering a major emergency response and the grounding of all flights. [...] The aircraft was preparing to land at nearby Reagan National Airport following a flight from Kansas. American Airlines, whose subsidiary operated the PSA America Airlines Flight 5342, confirmed that "there were 60 passengers and four crew members on board the aircraft."

■ Several figure skaters who were on board the plane that crashed in the United States (Pravda EN)
■ Russian citizens were on board plane that crashed in US — Kremlin (TASS)