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Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers met the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Friday to reassure them of congressional support, despite President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island. Trump has said Greenland is vital to U.S. security because of its strategic location and large supply of minerals and has not ruled out the use of force to ...
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Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Insurrection Act is a rarely-used federal law allowing the president to deploy military in U.S. cities Leer en Español President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if state lawmakers fail to stop protesters "from attacking the Patriots ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Iran appeared to backpedal on previous threats to execute protesters, amid global condemnation and fears of U.S. military action, even as the government continues a brutal crackdown after weeks of demonstrations. Iran's judiciary said on Thursday that it had not issued a death sentence for Erfan Soltani, 26, a protester whose execution had been widely reported as imminent and had drawn intense international ...
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Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Through the first two weeks of 2026, President Donald Trump and his administration have been very busy. The midterm elections are in November, and concerns about affordability remain top of mind for consumers. One such initiative recently proposed by Trump is a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, which would be significantly lower than the national average. It's understandable why consumers are ...
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Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
, the mother of without her consent. St. Clair, 27, filed the lawsuit in the state of New York on Thursday, January 15, reported CNN NBC News People In the filing, the right-wing political commentator alleged that "xAI's product Grok, a generative artificial intelligence ('AI') chatbot, uses AI to undress, humiliate, and sexually exploit victims." St. Clair claimed that X users were able to use Grok to generate ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News / Pixabay US suspends immigrant visa applications in 75 countries The US State Department announced on Wednesday that it will suspend the ability for citizens of 75 countries to obtain immigrant visas beginning on January 21. The affected countries include Latin American countries like Brazil and Colombia, South Asian countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, and multiple countries in the Middle East, Africa, ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter On Wednesday, the FBI searched the home and electronic devices of a Washington Post reporter and seized her phone, Garmin watch, and two laptops, one of which belongs to the newspaper. According to the Post , the warrant said the search of reporter Hannah Natanson's home was connected to the investigation of Aurelio ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from US Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a "new strategic partnership" with China as he held talks in Beijing with President Xi Jinping , the first visit by a Canadian leader in eight years. Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said: "Together we can build on the best of what ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Jan 16, 2026 – Alan Fagan – AI Breach Case Studies: Lessons for CISOsQuick Facts: AI Security BreachesThe threat landscape isn't what it used to be: AI breaches are happening right now, driven by real-world vectors like prompt injections, model theft, and the leakage of training data.Your biggest risk is internal: It's usually well-meaning employees who cause the most damage. When they paste customer ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has issued a new demand, accompanied by threatening language, that Hamas disarm, as the second phase of the United States-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel gets underway. Trump pledged on social media late on Thursday to achieve a "comprehensive" demilitarisation Hamas, threatening the Palestinian group if it fails to do so, and demanded the return the remains of the last Israeli ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown. The threat comes a day after a man was shot and wounded by an immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle. That shooting further ...
Source: cleveland.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Abena Binfaah, an undergraduate nursing student at Boston College, is excited to join the workforce after she graduates in May. "I like to help people, to care for others," Binfaah said. "With nursing, there's a variety of things you can do. There's room to grow." Binfaah had already been plotting how to advance her nascent career: She plans to move back in with her family to save money, work for a few years, then ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court grants standing to congressman challenging Illinois election law The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Republican congressman may bring suit to challenge an Illinois mail-in ballot law. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 7-2 majority decision, which confirmed that Congressman Michael Bost had standing to continue his lawsuit in federal court, writing: Candidates ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Actor Timothy Busfield has made his first court appearance after turning himself in on criminal charges that he allegedly sexually abused two boys on the set of a TV series filmed in New Mexico, prosecutors say. The Emmy-winning actor, who starred in Thirtysomething and The West Wing, was taken into custody in Albuquerque on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse that police ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! NASA carried out its first medical evacuation from space early Thursday, bringing four astronauts back to Earth more than a month early after a crew member reported health issues aboard the International Space Station. SpaceX guided the Dragon capsule to a nighttime splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego , completing the return less than 11 hours after ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Verizon said late Wednesday that it has resolved a major service outage on Wednesday that reportedly affected more than 2 million customers , rendering them unable to use their devices. In a comment to CNET sent late Wednesday, a Verizon spokesperson said that the problem appears to be fixed and the company will contact customers who were affected. "The outage has been resolved. If customers are still having ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Less than 24 hours after the Trump administration informed more than 2,000 addiction and mental health programs nationwide that it was immediately terminating almost $2 billion of their funding, the administration reversed course and reinstated the money. An administration official confirmed Wednesday night that the money was being restored, but declined to say why. The decision followed furious lobbying by ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
A federal officer in the United States has shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Officials say officers had tried to stop a car to arrest the man and opened fire after two people attacked one of them with a "snow shovel and broom handle". Protests broke out in the city after the incident. Wednesday's shooting comes exactly a week after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to fix basketball games stretched from the Chinese Basketball Association to the NCAA and has ensnared 26 people, including current and former college players, prosecutors revealed Thursday. The charges filed in federal court in Philadelphia include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. How did the scheme work? A group of fixers, ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Ruling delivers victory to Trump administration in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that ordered the release of the former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist. A 2-1 panel of the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
A US judge on Thursday authorized work to resume on a New York offshore wind project that had been suspended under an order by President Donald Trump's administration. US District Judge Carl Nichols granted a preliminary injunction to the Norwegian company Equinor for its Empire Wind project, just three days after a different judge ordered the restart of a project by Denmark's Orsted. Trump's Interior Department in ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As Democrats across the country propose state law changes to restrict federal immigration officers after the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis , Tennessee Republicans introduced a package of bills Thursday backed by the White House that would enlist the full force of the state to support President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Momentum in Democratic-led states for ...
Source: apnews.com
US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country's oil . The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media. The ship had previously passed through ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday advised against selling, eating or serving Super Greens dietary supplement by Live It Up due to salmonella concerns. All Live It Up-brand Super Greens dietary supplement powder, including original and wild berry varieties, with lot markings that start with the letter "A" and all stick pack products with expiration dates ranging from 08/2026 to 01/2028, ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
ban stock trading by lawmakers, the latest in a wave of legislation attempting to crack down on lung-running concerns over congressional ethics that have drawn bipartisan support. If the Senate bill— introduced by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, and Ashley Moody, R-Fla.—passes, lawmakers would have 180 days to divest their stock holdings, with newly elected members getting 90 days after they're sworn ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Federal Court Upholds California Congressional Map, Bolstering Dems' Chances of Retaking the House Voters adopted Prop. 50 to counter gerrymandering in Texas, the court ruled. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. In a big win for Democrats , a federal court panel on Wednesday upheld a new voter-approved congressional map in California that was designed to give Democrats five new ...
Source: motherjones.com