Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s new Director of the FBI, was sworn in on February 21, 2025, in Washington. He became the first Indian-American to lead the FBI, with his family tracing their origins back to a village in Gujarat. Meanwhile, Trump criticized UK’s Starmer and France’s Macron for not doing enough to end the war in Ukraine.
In other news, New York-born Patel took his oath on the Bhagavad Gita and expressed his commitment to upholding the Constitution. There was a massive brawl at Atlanta airport, and a US Supreme Court ruling prevented Trump from immediately firing the head of the whistleblower office. Additionally, there was controversy surrounding Elon Musk’s impact on consulting firms like Accenture and McKinsey.
The FBI director’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, a country singer and press secretary, also gained attention. A US judge blocked Trump’s executive order ending federal aid for DEI programs, and another judge extended a freeze on Elon Musk’s DOGE.
In Canada, Indian-origin Ruby Dhalla was disqualified from the race for Prime Minister, and the Menendez brothers’ case was up for resentencing. Israel was set to receive more hostages from Gaza amid a fragile truce.
On the entertainment side, the attacker of author Salman Rushdie was found guilty of attempted murder. There were also updates on deportations under Trump’s administration, Apple’s investment in the US, and Pope Francis’s battle with pneumonia.
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