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Top News Stories for Friday, January 30th 2026
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders were scrambling on Friday to save a bipartisan spending deal and prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend as Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. Democrats struck a rare deal with President Donald Trump to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a broad government spending bill and provide money ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Kevin Warsh, a former US Federal Reserve official tipped to be named its chief by President Donald Trump on Friday, was long an inflation foe but has aligned his views with those of Trump officials seeking aggressive interest rate cuts. Trump said he would announce his pick after the Fed held its benchmark rate steady this week under Chairman Jerome Powell, whom the president again slammed as a "moron". The months ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
FBI raid in Georgia has little legal basis – but serves Trump's goal to weaken trust in election results Raid on Fulton county election office is part of the Trump administration's wider US push to fuel false claims of fraud The FBI raid on the Fulton county election office Wednesday was an aggressive new front in Donald Trump's effort to use his 2020 election loss to continue to sow doubt about American ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
What is a Trump Account? Trump Accounts are investment accounts for kids. The federal government will contribute $1,000 for newborns to kick-start the account. Parents or guardians can then add their own money — up to $5,000 a year — to maximize growth, but contributing isn't required. Adults will have control of the account until their child turns 18. At age 18, the child can either withdraw the funds ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion, as he accuses the federal agencies of a failure to prevent a leak of the president's tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. The suit, filed in a Florida federal court Thursday, includes the president's sons Eric Trump and, Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump organization as plaintiffs. The filing alleges ...
Source: cleveland.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba , a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis. The order would primarily put pressure on Mexico , a government that has acted as an oil lifeline for Cuba and has constantly voiced solidarity for the U.S. adversary ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Sen. Susan Collins announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement have ended enhanced enforcement in Maine. Collins, R-Maine, said she spoke with Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who told her the news. "I can report that Secretary Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in the State of Maine," Collins wrote on X . "I have been urging ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Days after ordering the leader of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to appear before him, a federal judge in Minnesota has ripped into the agency, accusing it of violating roughly 100 court orders since the start of 2026. "ICE is not a law unto itself," Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz declared in a relatively terse four-page order on Wednesday. While acknowledging that the Trump ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Law will give private companies more control but experts unsure whether reforms go far enough for US Venezuela's congress has approved a bill making significant changes to the country's oil sector after pressure from the US to open it up to foreign private investment. The new hydrocarbons law promises to give private companies control over oil production and sales, ease taxes and allow for independent arbitration ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
It appears increasingly likely that in the coming days, the United States will once again launch airstrikes against Iran. that a "massive Armada is heading to Iran," referring to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several other naval ships that have in the region, along with rapid build-ups in aircraft and air defense systems. Should he order an attack, Trump warned the damage would be "far worse" than ...
Source: vox.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A judge has barred federal immigration officers from arresting and detaining legally present refugees in Minnesota, handing the Trump administration a legal defeat in its aggressive immigration crackdown. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim, in Minneapolis on Wednesday, issued a temporary restraining order that bars the arrest and detention of any Minnesota resident with refugee status as litigation ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
– The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. at an event in Minneapolis, according to court papers made public Thursday. The man , Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar, according to a complaint filed in federal court. Authorities determined that the substance was water and apple cider ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over $1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office . President Donald Trump has justified sending National Guard troops into U.S. cities as part ...
Source: military.com