The Petersburg Post

Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 - Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards are competing Saturday for a vacant U.S. House seat from Houston, a special election that will narrow the GOP's already slim House majority. between Menefee, the Harris County attorney, and Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. The winner will replace the late Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner for the rest of his term, which ends when a new Congress is sworn in ...

Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 - ( The Hill ) — Former CNN host Don Lemon, released a day after federal officers arrested him in Los Angeles, defended his career in journalism on Friday, saying he will never stop reporting. U.S. District Judge Patricia Donahue ordered Lemon to be released on no money bond, according to The Hollywood Reporter . Lemon was accused of disturbing worshippers in a Minnesota church by disrupting their First ...

Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 - By The Federal Reserve is about to get a new Federal Reserve Chairman. After a year of criticism, President Trump has nominated long-time Wall Street insider and former Fed Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to take over the role from much-maligned Jerome Powell , Picking Warsh raised eyebrows on Wall Street, including mine, given his hawkish rate reputation, contributing to choppy trading and a silver and gold meltdown. ...

Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 - A federal judge has rejected a bid by state and local officials in Minnesota to end Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's massive deployment of thousands of federal agents to aggressively enforce immigration laws. In a ruling Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Menendez found strong evidence that the ongoing federal operation "has had, and will likely continue to have, profound and even ...

Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 - At least 30 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza , hospital officials said, marking one of the highest death tolls since a ceasefire began in October. The strikes, which came a day after Israel accused Hamas of new ceasefire violations, hit multiple locations throughout Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent camp in Khan Younis, officials at ...

Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 - Danish firm Maersk will temporarily operate two ports on the Panama Canal after a court ruled that contracts given to a Hong Kong firm were unconstitutional. The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) announced the changes on Friday, a day after the Central American country's Supreme Court invalidated port contracts held by Hong Kong-based firm CK Hutchison. The court ruling followed repeated threats from United States ...

Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 - President Donald Trump said Friday that he would nominate Brett Matsumoto, a longtime government economist, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the agency's commissioner in August. "Brett Matsumoto is a Brilliant, Reputable, and Trusted Economist who will restore GREATNESS to the Bureau of Labor Statistics," Trump said in a post on Truth Social . Trump fired former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer ...