US retail spending plunged last month, falling for the first time since August – CNN

  1. US retail spending plunged last month, falling for the first time since August  CNN
  2. Retail sales slumped 0.9% in January, down much more than expected  CNBC
  3. Bonds Rally as Weak Retail Sales Bolster Fed Bets: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg
  4. January Retail Sales Slide 0.9% as Consumers Tighten Their Belts  Barron’s
  5. Retail sales see biggest drop in a year to start 2025  Yahoo Finance

Trump border czar warns Eric Adams not to violate ‘agreement’ as DOJ orders case dismissal – CNBC

  1. Trump border czar warns Eric Adams not to violate ‘agreement’ as DOJ orders case dismissal  CNBC
  2. Mayor Adams plans executive order allowing ICE presence at Rikers Island  Gothamist
  3. Susan Zhuang skips border czar meeting with NYC Council Common Sense Caucus: ‘Leave decent hardworking families alone.’  City & State New York

Von der Leyen demands trigger of emergency clause to massively boost defense spending – POLITICO Europe

  1. Von der Leyen demands trigger of emergency clause to massively boost defense spending  POLITICO Europe
  2. Brussels to exempt defence spending from EU budget constraints  Reuters
  3. European Commission to Tweak Fiscal Rules to Boost EU Defense Spending  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Ukraine: The EU will  Sky News
  5. EU to ease fiscal rules to boost defence spending  Financial Times

Hamas made surveillance troops watch torture videos of male hostages, says mother – The Times of Israel

  1. Hamas made surveillance troops watch torture videos of male hostages, says mother  The Times of Israel
  2. Released American hostage says Trump is ‘the reason I am home alive’  Fox News
  3. Moms of freed young Israeli hostages detail what their daughters endured as Hamas captives  CNN
  4. Hostages freed from Gaza discover personal lives shattered by Hamas  The Associated Press
  5. ‘Starved and tortured’: Freed hostage Keith Siegel describes his captivity in Gaza  WRAL News

Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s meeting with India’s Narendra Modi – Al Jazeera English

  1. Key takeaways from Donald Trump’s meeting with India’s Narendra Modi  Al Jazeera English
  2. Five key takeaways from Modi-Trump talks  BBC.com
  3. Opinion | Modi-Trump Summit: It’s The Chemistry, Silly  NDTV
  4. U.S. and India to double bilateral trade in five years, Prime Minister Modi says, as Trump tariffs loom  CNBC
  5. Indian Prime Minister Modi takes page from Trump, says ‘make India great again,’ or ‘MIGA’  Fox News

Donald Trump opens the door to Vladimir Putin’s grandest ambitions – Financial Times

  1. Donald Trump opens the door to Vladimir Putin’s grandest ambitions  Financial Times
  2. Live updates: Russia-Ukraine war at critical moment as Trump and Putin push to end conflict  CNN
  3. Hearing Wrap Up: DOGE Subcommittee’s First Hearing Uncovers Billions Lost to Fraud and Improper Payments, Launches “War on Waste  House Committee on Oversight and Reform |
  4. Trump’s Call with Putin, and Ozempic’s Effect on Drinking  The New York Times
  5. Bolton: Trump has ‘effectively surrendered’ to Putin before Ukraine War negotiations begin  The Hill

UK says Ukraine must be part of peace talks after Trump-Putin call – BBC.com

  1. UK says Ukraine must be part of peace talks after Trump-Putin call  BBC.com
  2. US relations with Europe will never be the same after Trump’s call with Putin  CNN
  3. Europe caught out by Trump’s Russia move  BBC.com
  4. Trump and Putin Discuss End to War in Ukraine: Live Updates  The New York Times
  5. Watch Sidelined Europe Seeks Ukraine Role After Trump-Putin Call  Bloomberg