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Top News Stories for Sunday, January 18th 2026
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
highlights nearly every element of Trump's poor political standing. Just 39% of the country approves of his job performance, with precisely the same chunk approving of how he's handling the economy. Just one-third say Trump cares about people like them. A 58% majority say his first year back in office has been a failure, 64% say he has not done enough to try to reduce the price of everyday goods and 55% say his ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
First journey around moon with astronauts in more than 50 years could blast off in February Nasa's giant new moon rocket has moved to the launchpad in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The trip could blast off in February. The 98-metre (322ft) rocket began its 1mph (1.6km/h) creep from Kennedy Space Center's vehicle assembly building at daybreak. The trek of 4 miles ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
If you're behind on your student-loan payments , you now have more time to figure out a payment plan before filing your taxes. The Department of Education announced on January 16 that it's temporarily pausing wage garnishment and the Treasury Offset Program, which seizes federal tax refunds, to give defaulted borrowers more time to repay their loans. Prior to this pause, defaulted borrowers were subject to both ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos wrangled their biggest win in a decade from Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills but suffered an enormous loss in the process. About an hour after second-year quarterback Bo Nix led the Broncos to a 33-30 win on Wil Lutz's 23-yard field goal in overtime Saturday, Denver coach Sean Payton returned to the postgame lectern to deliver the stunning news. He said Nix broke his right ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
Top tier membership removes ads from your experience and keeps our journalism accessible to all. No paywalls. No billionaire owners. Just independent reporting funded by readers who believe truth matters. Already a member? We're in the middle of a severe and record-breaking season throughout the United States. Flu-related doctor's visits are at an all-time high as millions of people come down with the virus. Flu ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
OpenAI plans to test advertisements in coming weeks for free and lower-tier subscribers ahead of anticipated IPO OpenAI said Friday that it would start rolling out ads in ChatGPT to some U.S. users, as the company aims to generate more revenue ahead of a highly anticipated initial public offering. The company said it plans to start testing ads in the coming weeks in the U.S. for users on its free and lower-priced ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
– President Donald Trump's which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises, potentially rivaling the United Nations in what would be a major upheaval to the In letters sent Friday to various world leaders inviting them to be "founding members" of the board, Trump says the body would "embark on a bold new approach ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article A third round of retaliatory strikes in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, officials say U.S. forces have killed an Al-Qaeda -affiliated leader believed to be closely linked with the Islamic State member believed to be responsible for an ambush that left ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
As President Trump prepares to nominate a new Federal Reserve chair in the coming months, he hasn't been shy about his goal for the powerful economic posting: lower interest rates. "I want somebody that when the market is doing great, interest rates can go down because our country becomes stronger," the president said during a speech in Detroit on Tuesday. He's long pushed for lower rates, which could boost ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Elon Musk wants OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft to pay him damages in the range of $79 billion to $134 billion over his claims that the generative AI company defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit roots and partnering with the software giant. Musk's lawyer detailed the damages request in a court filing Friday, a day after a federal judge rejected a final bid by OpenAI and Microsoft to avoid a jury trial set for late ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
RICHMOND, Va. — Amid a cold drizzle, Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday at the state Capitol as Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office. The inauguration of Spanberger, who defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin , marks a new chapter in Virginia as Democrats pull the levers of power in state government while ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
BEIJING (AP) — Canadian leader Mark Carney met China's Xi Jinping this week. The two statesmen talked. Fractured relationships began to heal. And a third man, though he wasn't in the room, nevertheless made his presence clearly known: Donald Trump. The American president — his policies, his approaches to international relations, his freewheeling and provocative statements about Canada — helped ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Emergency call logs and reports detailing last week's fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration officer reveal a greater sense of the organizational chaos and heightened emotion surrounding her final moments. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "just shot a lady," one 911 caller said soon after the agent shot Good in her vehicle on January 7, according to emergency call transcripts CNN obtained ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger aircraft carrying 11 people lost contact with ground control Saturday while approaching a mountainous region between Indonesia's main island of Java and Sulawesi island, officials said. A search and rescue operation has been launched. The turboprop ATR 42-500 operated by the Indonesia Air Transport was on its way from Yogyakarta to the capital city of South Sulawesi when ...
Source: pbs.org
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
John Harbaugh, the prize of available head coaching candidates this offseason, is heading to the New York Giants. The 63-year-old former head coach of the Baltimore Ravens agreed to a 5-year contract to coach Big Blue, CBS News New York has learned. The team confirmed the news Saturday evening , posting on social media, " The Harbaugh era starts now ." His introductory press conference will be Tuesday at noon. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
The US president warned pregnant women to "tough it out" and avoid paracetamol last year, highlighting a "meteoric rise" in cases of autism. Scientists have dismissed warnings from Donald Trump linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism. The US president made the allegation in September as he claimed there had been a "meteoric rise" in cases of autism. Identifying the medication - known as Tylenol in the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump a week ago told the credit card industry it had until Jan. 20 to comply with his demand for a 10% cap on interest rates . With just days to go, consumer groups, politicians, and bankers alike remain unclear on what the White House has planned and whether Trump even remains serious about the idea. So far, the White House has not provided any detail about what will happen ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered federal law enforcement participating in the Minnesota immigration crackdown to stop pepper spraying, detaining and pulling over peaceful protesters. The preliminary injunction by Judge Katherine Menendez of the U.S. District Court in Minnesota applies to federal agents and officers participating in Operation Metro Surge, the controversial immigration crackdown launched by the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
When President Donald Trump claimed last year that taking Tylenol during pregnancy can be linked with an increased risk of autism, ob-gyn Dr. Nathaniel DeNicola's office had an influx of questions and confusion – but only for a few days. "Then, after a week, it had kind of gone away as a hot-button topic," said DeNicola, based in Newport Beach, California, who helped author the guidance on the use of ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Tech firms would reportedly bid on 15-year power contracts from newly constructed plants under a proposal The Trump administration is pressing the nation's largest electric grid operator to conduct an emergency power auction as part of a broader effort to make tech giants cover soaring data center power costs. The White House has urged PJM Interconnection, which supplies electricity to roughly 67 million customers ...
Source: foxbusiness.com