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Top News Stories for Sunday, January 11th 2026
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency to block the seizure of Venezuelan oil revenue held in U.S. Treasury accounts. The order said the funds are the sovereign property of Venezuela held in U.S. custody, and are not assets subject to private claims. The order comes nearly one week after U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
A Border Patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, during a traffic stop after authorities said they were associated with a Venezuelan gang, another incident in a string of confrontations with federal authorities that have left Americans frustrated with immigration enforcement during the Trump administration. The man and woman are in stable condition after the agent shot them Thursday in their car in what ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests sweeping across Iran reached the two-week mark Saturday, with the country's government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world. With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...
Source: pbs.org
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Greenland's political parties have rejected United States President Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of the Arctic island, saying that its future must be decided by its people. Trump has suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory to prevent Russia or China from occupying the strategically located island, raising concerns worldwide. "We emphasise once again our ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consent Elon Musk has accused the UK government of wanting to suppress free speech after ministers threatened fines and a possible ban for his social media site X after its AI tool, Grok, was used to make sexual images of women and children without their consent. The billionaire claimed Grok was the most downloaded app on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump on Friday called for a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, saying the American public is being "ripped off" in a Truth Social post . Trump called for the cap to come into effect on January 20, the one-year anniversary of his return to the White House. But he did not specify how a cap might happen, including whether he was calling for voluntary participation from credit card ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Job growth last year was at its lowest outside of a recession since the early 2000s, according to the December jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hiring has also been anemic and long-term unemployment has increased, suggesting job seekers are having trouble landing gigs. Career experts give advice on ways for job seekers to stand out. A cooling labor market , characterized by sluggish hiring and ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
– A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia's southern Volgograd region, regional authorities said on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of casualties, regional Gov. Andrei Bocharov was quoted as saying in a Telegram post published on the channel of the local administration. The post did not specify the damage, but said that people living near the depot may have to be evacuated. ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting low-income families with children from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now. The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced Tuesday to freeze billions of dollars in funds for three grant ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner forces, occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes hit multiple Islamic State targets ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
NASA has revealed the return date for four International Space Station (ISS) crew members who are being evacuated from the station after one fell ill with an unknown condition. The crew are set to begin their return to Earth no earlier than 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 14. The SpaceX capsule is then expected to splash down off the coast of California at about 3:40 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 15. The announcement ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS — Organizers say more than 1,000 protests against the Trump administration's immigration agenda are expected to take place in cities across the country this weekend, following the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. A coalition of nonprofits including the American Civil Liberties Union is promoting the events as an "ICE Out For Good Weekend ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
ICE already receives less oversight for use-of-force incidents than local police departments, and hotly guards its policies The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has cast a spotlight on ICE's use-of-force policies, and whether the federal agent who shot her will face an impartial investigation or consequences for his actions. The agency already receives less oversight for use-of-force incidents ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump put big investors who own single-family rental homes in the spotlight this week by announcing he wants to ban "large institutional investors" from buying more of this type of housing. Overall, major investors own only about 2 to 3% of the country's single-family rental housing stock, researchers have found. But they control a much larger share of the single-family rental industry in certain ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump. Once the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, it can't be revoked, transferred or shared with others, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said in a short statement on Friday. "The decision is final and stands ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
A shark attacked and killed a Minnesota woman while she swam in waters along Dorsch Beach in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Thursday afternoon. at 4:28 p.m. local time, and marine units and fire and emergency medical services personnel responded. They found a woman who lost an arm in the attack and searched for a possible second victim, but found no one else. The woman later was identified as Arlene Lillis, 56, ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
The Trump administration says its new dietary guidelines mark a revolution for U.S. food culture, placing an emphasis on whole foods like meats, whole-fat dairy, fruits and vegetables — while cutting down on carbohydrates. While some aspects have been welcomed by medical and dietary voices, there are plenty of questions and critiques about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, as the Trump administration targets sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela as part of a broader effort to take control of the South American country's oil. The predawn raid was carried out by Marines and Navy sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, part of the ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump this week has zeroed in on an issue that's at the heart of America's affordability crisis: housing costs. But it's not clear if his latest proposal, which involves instructing his "representatives" to purchase $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities, will move the needle for the housing market in the long run, economists and analysts told Business Insider. The mortgage-bond purchasing ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data center that is being built in New Albany, Ohio. Meta announced Prometheus, which will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Cellphone video taken by Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good, was published on X by a right-wing media outlet from Minnesota on Friday. The footage shows Ross exiting a vehicle and Good trying to talk with the ICE agent as he circles her Honda Pilot. The first words spoken by Good in the newly released video are hard to decipher, with sirens blaring nearby. It sounds ...
Source: gizmodo.com