1. The White House has sought to claim that a “ceasefire” is Biden’s legacy. No, his legacy is sponsorship of the Gaza genocide, and turning over the White House to a fascist who will only further intensify the imperialist bloodbath throughout the Middle East and around the world

2. The US Congress is likely to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary: a man who openly advocates the commission of war crimes and the use of the military against political opponents

3. Trump loyalist Pam Bondi follows form but avoids providing straight answers to questions she is asked at her confirmation hearing to become the US attorney general

4. Contract negotiations continue for Colorado grocery workers who are bearing the cost of the Kroger grocery chain's failed merger with Albertson's

5. Workers affected by the Los Angeles fires speak about their experiences with reporters from the World Socialist Web Site

6. Determined to implement austerity measures demanded by the IMF, the Sri Lankan government intensifies its police-state repression of school development officers who have been campaigning for integration into the country’s teacher service

7. Belmont Music Publishers vows to provide digital versions of composer Arnold Schoenberg's works after his complete musical and personal archive are destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire in California

8. Fractionally cooler than 2019: 2024 was Australia’s second hottest year on record since national observations began in 1910

9. Residents of high-rise public housing projects in suburb communities of Melbourne, Australia are being pressured by a glossy ad campaign to allow developers to relocate them

10. The only political party that openly states that social cuts and war cannot be stopped without overcoming capitalism, the Socialist Equality Party (the SGP), surmounts obstacles to be included in Germany's upcoming elections

11. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!