Ahead of the planned start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on Sunday morning, the IDF has declared the area of the Nitzana Border Crossing a closed military zone as of tomorrow, to come into force on Sunday at 00:01. The crossing is situated between Egypt and Nitzana, in the Israeli Negev.The areas of Yad Mordechai and Kerem Shalom have also been declared as closed military zones until January 24th, 2025. All entry to these areas is prohibited, the IDF added.

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration has been moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda, he announced in a Truth Social post on Thursday.Trump said he decided to move the event indoors because an arctic blast is supposed to occur on January 20. "I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way," the President-elect wrote. "It is dangerous conditions for the tens of thousands of Law Enforcement, First Responders, Police K9s and even horses, and hundreds of thousands of supporters that will be outside for many hours on the 20th."

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government would reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and would begin employing "extraordinary measures" to keep from breaching the cap and triggering a potentially catastrophic default.Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders just three days before the Biden administration turns over US government control to President-elect Donald Trump and his team, said the Treasury would begin using extraordinary measures on Jan. 21."The period of time that extraordinary measures may last is subject to considerable uncertainty, including the challenges of forecasting the payments and receipts of the US Government months into the future," Yellen said in the letter.