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Another exchange. I'm Paul Stevens, Fox News. Three Israeli hostages get to go home as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. Islamic terror group Hamas releasing three Israeli hostages earlier this morning. The sixth hostage for prisoner swap under the ongoing ceasefire agreement between the jihadist group and Israel. The hostages are all male, including an American Israeli citizen. Hamas backed down from a threat
to delay the hostage release, accusing Israel of failing to meet its aid obligations under the ceasefire. Israel rejected those claims and threatened to resume the war. And that's Fox's Chandlee Painter. Israel releasing over 300 Palestinian prisoners, some of which were serving life sentences.
A federal judge extending a ban on the Department of Government Efficiencies' access to some Treasury Department records. Lawyers representing 19 state attorneys general argued politically appointed Doge employees are not authorized to access Americans' financial data, saying it violates Americans' privacy and leaves them susceptible...
to hackers. Now, direct access to this payment system allows Musk and Doge to quickly stop or redirect federal funds and conduct independent audits. According to a government accountability office report, the U.S. government loses an estimated at most $521 billion a year to fraud.
And that's Fox's Brian Yannis. Meantime, the Justice Department asking a court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City's Mayor Eric Adams. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, the department's number two in command, and lawyers from the Public Integrity Section and Criminal Division contend the case was marred by appearances of impropriety and that letting it continue would interfere with the mayor's reelection. But a judge must still approve that request. At least seven prosecutors in Manhattan and D.C.
quit rather than carry out that directive to halt the case. America's listening to Fox News. Okay, business leaders, are you playing defense or are you on the offense? Are you just, excuse me, hey, I'm trying to talk business here.
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New York City planning to sue the Trump White House over the secret take back of more than $80 million in migrant funding. The legal counsel for the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a letter to city comptroller Brad Lander on Friday. It states that the city's law department is looking to take legal action by February 21st to recoup $80.5 million in FEMA payments. The feds reversed on Tuesday.
Lander accusing the president and Doge, led by billionaire Elon Musk, of a highway robbery. Musk has claimed massive fraud after Doge discovered a $59 million FEMA payment to the Big Apple was being wasted on luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Deborah Valentine, Fox News.
News. And that withdrawal apparently took place without the knowledge of Mayor Adams. The U.S. Army bans transgender individuals from enlisting and that's effective immediately. The Army confirmed the policy shift in a post on X stating all new ascensions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused. All unscheduled, scheduled or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition for service members are paused.
The policy change is sparking concern among advocacy groups and legal experts. Six active duty service members have already filed a lawsuit challenging the ban. Tom Rigotti, Fox News. Schools who still have COVID-19 vaccine mandates are now banned from getting federal funds. President Trump signing an executive order to that end on Friday.
It's not clear how many schools will be affected by the vaccine order. Statewide student vaccine mandates were actually rare. Some colleges started requiring students to be immunized against COVID-19 during the pandemic, but most have since dropped those requirements. The order applies only to COVID-19 vaccines. I'm Paul Stevens, and this is Fox News.
I'm Emily Campagno, host of the Fox True Crime podcast. This week, author and criminal justice reform advocate Toby Doerr joins me to discuss how she smuggled the man she loved out of prison. Listen and follow now at foxtruecrime.com.