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CNN 5 Things

Trump’s retribution, Microsoft’s TikTok talks, Whole Foods’ union vote & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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President Donald Trump is following through on his promises of retribution. A new report is accusing Israel of putting pregnant women and girls in danger in Gaza. Trump says Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok. Workers at a Whole Foods store have voted on whether to start the chain’s first union. Plus, residents impacted by the LA wildfires can finally return to what’s left of their homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, January 28th. President Donald Trump

0:39.5

appears to be following through on his promises of retribution. More than a dozen Justice Department

0:45.3

career officials, who worked on investigations into Trump, have been fired. After being told,

0:51.3

they could not be trusted to, quote, assist in implementing the president's agenda

0:56.2

faithfully. The Trump administration has also opened a special project to investigate prosecutors

1:02.5

who oversaw cases against some January 6th defendants. Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Tubin

1:09.0

spoke to CNN about the firings.

1:11.5

They are unprecedented in American history.

1:14.4

The idea that they could lose their jobs simply for doing their jobs in an appropriate way

1:20.2

is genuinely shocking and it may well be illegal because assistant U.S. attorneys, unlike

1:25.9

political appointees, do have civil service protection,

1:28.8

and you just can't fire them because you don't like the cases they've been working on.

1:33.3

Meanwhile, the White House Budget Office says it's pausing all federal grants and loans from today.

1:39.3

That's according to a copy of an internal memo obtained by CNN that says Social Security

1:45.0

and Medicare won't be affected, nor will quote, assistance provided directly to individuals.

1:51.2

But the move could still impact trillions of dollars in spending for federal programs.

1:57.2

A new report is accusing Israel of inflicting what it describes as serious and sometimes

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