Everything that happened 2/5/2025:
OVERNIGHT:
4:51pm - The US Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as Trump’s new AG.
5:13pm - Saudi Arabia released a statement ruling out normalized relations with Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state.
5:18pm - Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz hired Daniel Penny, the man who was on trial for killing Jordan Neely via chokehold on the NY subway.
5:59pm - The USPS announced they’re suspending the acceptance of packages from China & Hong Kong until further notice.
6:42pm - The Trump Administration placed all USAID direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except for those deemed essential.
6:46pm - The government announced that the CIA is offering buyouts to its entire workforce.
9:01pm - A federal judge blocked Trump’s Executive Order to forcibly detransition trans women inmates and transfer them to men’s prisons.
TODAY:
5:00am - We learned that decorated pilot Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, died at 100-years-old.
5:04am - The trailer for “Jurassic World Rebirth”, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, has been released.
7:07am - Wisconsin Democratic Congressman Mark Pocan introduced the ELON MUSK Act, which would ban “special” government employees like Elon Musk from having federal contracts.
7:15am - The USPS reversed the ban on packages from China & Hong Kong.
7:40am - Argentina announced that they will withdraw from the WHO.
8:01am - Pennsylvania State Police have reported that 100,000 eggs valued at around $40,000 were stolen from a truck in Greencastle, PA.
8:10am - A Federal judge in Maryland granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against Trump’s EO ending birthright citizenship in the US.
8:22am - NY AG Leticia James announced that they’ve reached a landmark settlement with the NWSL for pervasive harassment and abuse.
9:05am - Rahim Al-Hussaini has been named the new Aga Khan.
9:18am - A DOJ official told the FBI via memo that FBI agents who “simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner” in the J6 probe won’t lose their jobs.
9:26am - 28-year-old rapper, Lil Xan, has been hit with felony assault charges for kicking and throwing a microphone at a fan.
9:29am - Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell fell down the stairs.
9:34am - Elton John and Brandi Carlisle have announced a joint album called, “Who Believes in Angels?”
9:42am - Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell fell for a SECOND time.
9:53am - Lara Trump will officially be hosting a new weekend show on Fox News starting February 22.
10:08am - Gisele Bundchen gave birth to her third baby, her first with her jiu-jitsu instructor boyfriend, Joaquim Valente.
10:16am - Guatemala’s president said that they’ve struck a deal with SOS Marco Rubio to accept migrants from other countries who are deported from the US.
10:46am - 5 unions sued Elon Musk and his DOGE committee to stop him from accessing and scraping out the Department of Labor.
11:00am - Yankees' Aaron Judge has welcomed his first baby with his wife, Samantha.
11:21am - After 2 falls today, Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has been spotted being pushed around in a wheelchair.
11:35am - Druski released the official trailer for “Coulda Been Love”, a show that’ll have multiple women in a house competing to be his new girlfriend.
11:44am - McDonald’s announced that their Shamrock Shake will be back nationwide starting February 10.
11:53am - A Japan Airlines plane struck a parked Delta Air Lines plane at SEATAC International Airport.
12:04pm - “60 Minutes” has publicly posted full transcripts and videos of the Kamala Harris interview.
12:36pm - Kanye West announces he has autism.
1:20pm - The company Workday laid off 1,750 employees today.
1:27pm - Donald Trump signed an EO banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports.
3:15pm - Megan Thee Stallion and PSY are set to start in a K-pop competition series titled, “KPopped”.