Good morning.
It's Monday, January 27th.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, Trump's promised immigration raids begin, how to rebuild a better Los Angeles.
And the super bowl lineup is set
But first, President Trump is moving quickly to change the federal government,
sidelining hundreds of government workers
and paving the way to potentially fire hundreds of thousands more in a rapid series of moves.
In his first week in office, Trump is requiring federal employees to return to the office five days a week.
He's shuttered diversity,
equality and inclusion programs and environmental justice programs
and cleared the way for people who work in those programs to be fired.
And he temporarily blocked health officials from communicating with the public.
A spokesperson from the Office of Personnel Management called these steps exciting
and said they are in the interest of making the government more effective and efficient.
Then, late on Friday night, Trump fired 18 inspectors general.
These are the independent government watchdogs that work in federal agencies to investigate allegations of fraud,
waste, and abuse.
When asked why, a White House official told NBC they were cleaning house and aligning.