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It’s Tuesday, February 5 — here are today’s three featured stories:

1. Trump’s bold suggestion about the US taking over the Gaza Strip.

2. Bianca Censori’s transparent Grammys outfit.

1) Trump is pulling USAID workers worldwide, dismantling a six-decade mission of fighting global hunger and disease.

2) Trump plans sweeping layoffs to significantly downsize the federal workforce, with 20,000 resignations and a 5% to 10% reduction target.

3) Trump suggests US ownership of Gaza for redevelopment after relocating Palestinians, citing its current state as a "big pile of rubble."

4) China retaliates swiftly to new U.S. tariffs, imposing their own levies and warning companies like Google of potential sanctions.

5) The Trump administration's "Fork" resignation offer gives federal employees the choice to return to full-time office work or resign for severance pay.

6) Beyoncé wins Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammys for "Cowboy Carter," while Blue Ivy remains calm.

Gaza Strip drama

Trump's controversial proposal to “take over” Gaza and resettle Palestinians is slammed by Swinney and others as ethnic cleansing.

Starmer jumps in, warning that Trump's plan may harm Palestinians, urging a return and rebuild as part of a peace process.

Swinney echoes the international outcry, calling Trump's suggestion of resettlement unacceptable, equating it to ethnic cleansing.

Swinney keeps up the criticism, stressing the need for Gaza’s peace through a two-state solution, not Trump’s dangerous ideas.

Adding to the voices against Trump, Jim Murphy and Lorna Slater say Trump's plans are unrealistic and ethically disturbing.

The transparent Grammys dress

The Grammys saw Bianca Censori challenge fashion norms with a daring outfit. WaPo says her “naked dress” reflects a wider trend in fashion right now -- her look an extension of fashion's ongoing embrace of boldness at awards shows.

But a Guardian Op views Censori's dress as more art than fashion: It's a spectacle questioning autonomy and an attention-seeking culture.

Still, some, like Dave Portnoy, didn't like the look. The Economic Times explains that he found the “naked” dress to be a tasteless move from Kanye West, Bianca's husband.

On the other hand, this Redditor says the Kanye hate is misguided: Bianca's dress is an obvious extension of her personal style. Kanye clearly didn't force her to wear anything.