1. A dress rehearsal for more? At the behest of billionaire Elon Musk, the US Trump administration (relying on the impotence of Democrats, and a corrupt Supreme Court) illegally shuts down two government agencies, telling their workers to stay at home

2. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: "we... have already changed the face of the Middle East.... I believe that working closely with President Trump, we can redraw it even further"

3. US President Trump's pause on some tariffs does not mean his global trade war is over, or even “paused”

4. US President Trump's tariff threats send shock waves throughout the world's corporations, governments, central banks, financial investors, and major think tanks

5. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Panama to press demands for US domination of the Panama Canal

6. A major escalation of the attack on democratic rights that provokes growing protests: Texas Governor Greg Abbott's “memorandum of understanding” grants Texas National Guard soldiers the authority to make immigration-related arrests across the state

7. Workers at the Kroger-owned grocery chain King Soopers in Colorado have authorized a strike action for February 6

8. Establishment institutions in Germany coalesce to target mandatory worker sick leave for elimination

9. Holocaust survivor and opponent of the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza, Rene Lichtman (1938-2025)

Rene Lichtman speaks to Jerry White of the World Socialist Web Site in 2024

10. Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake outlines pland for a sweeping privatization and downsizing of his country's public sector in line with IMF austerity demands

11. Garrett Epps' book Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America provides insight into why US President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship is an effort to repeal the legal foundation underlying the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution

12. Veteran alto saxophonist and jazz composer Charles McPherson speaks with the World Socialist Web Site about music, history, and the human condition

13. In a massive voter turnout United States Postal Service (USPS) city letter carriers overwhelmingly reject a sellout contract proposal

14. New data shows how soaring rents and home mortgage payments in Australia are contributing to its population's exponentially increasing economic stress

15.  To bolster her crisis-ridden regime, Peru’s hated President Dina Boluarte signals her administration's unqualified subservience to Washington, big mining corporations, and global finance capital

16. A general assembly initiated by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality at Berlin, Germany’s Humboldt University resolves to protect education by fighting government austerity plans

17. How survivors of the devastating Los Angeles fires would be helped if genuine socialists governed

18. What's up with the water industry in England and Wales?

19. In the United Kingdom, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) agrees to reforms intended to set the stage for a major restructuring of Royal Mail to be locked in place for new owners

19.  San Francisco city resources for immigrants needing legal help

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