Zohran Mamdani Sworn In as New York’s First Muslim and First Democratic Socialist Mayor; U.S. Federal Minimum Wage Remains Flat for 16th Straight Year as Billionaires’ Wealth Skyrockets; Trump Hosts Netanyahu as Guest of Honor at Lavish Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Party; Winter Storms Batter Tents Housing Displaced Palestinians in Gaza, Killing Two More Children; Israel Demolishes Palestinian Homes in West Bank Refugee Camp, Approves Even More Settlements; Hundreds of Thousands March in Istanbul to Demand End to Israel’s Genocide in Palestine; Pentagon Says It Blew Up 5 More Boats in Caribbean and Pacific, Killing at Least 8; Governor of Russian-Occupied Kherson Says Ukrainian Attack Killed 24 and Wounded 50; Trump Says He’ll Withdraw National Guard Troops from Chicago, L.A. and Portland; ICE Plans $100 Million “Wartime Recruitment” Campaign Targeting Military and Firearms Enthusiasts; Trump Administration Freezes Federal Child Care Funds Nationwide; “We Are Locked and Loaded”: Trump Threatens to Attack Iran as Protesters Clash with Security Forces