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Top News Stories for Tuesday, January 20th 2026
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
European Commission president also appears to call US president's trustworthiness into question The European Commission president has called Donald Trump's planned new tariffs an error and questioned how far he can be trusted, as the US president said there was "no going back" on his goal to control Greenland. Ursula von der Leyen said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday that Trump's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
of his second presidency, Donald Trump wielded a wrecking ball — literal and metaphorical — to the ways of Washington and the traditional role of the U.S. in the world. Associated Press photographers documented it all. indoors and gave the titans of the tech world prime seats in the Capitol Rotunda, which had been only four years earlier. The Republican president empowered Elon Musk to fire thousands of ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
– The Syrian military claimed Tuesday that guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had abandoned a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, allowing the detainees to escape. The al-Hol camp houses mainly women and children who are family members of IS members or accused of being otherwise affiliated with the group. Thousands of accused IS militants ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
▶ Follow live updates on the 2026 World Economic Forum LONDON (AP) — A startled British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the plan, which his administration had previously supported. Trump said that relinquishing the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, home to a strategically important American ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court was set on Tuesday to weigh a challenge to a Hawaii law restricting the carry of handguns on private property that is open to the public, such as most businesses, without the owner's permission. The court will hear arguments in an appeal by the challengers - three Hawaii residents with concealed-carry licenses and a Honolulu-based gun ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
The World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting kicked off in the Swiss resort city of Davos on Monday, with global figures from politics, business, academia and civil society attending the five-day event. The annual forum that attempts to shape global agendas comes at a time of massive global upheaval. United States President Donald Trump will attend the annual event along with other global leaders. His attendance ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Jan 19th, 2026 -
Washington — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case involving President Trump's attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the central bank's Board of Governors. A source directly familiar with Powell's plans confirmed on Monday that he will attend the arguments. The Associated Press first reported that he will be at the court. Mr. Trump ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Jan 19th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! A popular music and entertainment arena in Las Vegas is expanding and opening another venue outside of Washington, D.C. The Sphere, a dome 366 feet high and 516 feet wide and spanning a total of 875,000 square feet, will be opening a smaller-sized model in National Harbor, Maryland, according to a release. James Dolan, Sphere Entertainment's chair and CEO, said in a ...
Source: foxnews.com