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Top News Stories for Wednesday, January 21st 2026
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump arrives in Switzerland on Wednesday morning with Europe on edge and the NATO alliance in crisis over his aggressive push to At the annual World Economic Forum in the resort town of Davos, Switzerland, Trump will hold a series of meetings with European leaders rattled by his insistence that Denmark cede its island territory to the U.S., willingly or not. "I do not understand ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments over whether President Donald Trump has the power to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook for uncharged allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. The case could have long-term effects on the Fed's independence in setting interest rates. The arguments come less than two weeks after Fed Chair Jerome Powell disclosed he was under criminal investigation by the U.S. ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Move follows withdrawal of Kurdish forces from al-Hawl, where 24,000 people are being held over alleged IS links Syrian government forces have taken control of al-Hawl detention camp, which houses tens of thousands of suspected Islamic State members, after Kurdish forces withdrew . Soldiers entered the heavily fortified camp on Wednesday, part of a handover from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
The Supreme Court is running into a problem: There appears to be a gap between what the court writes in its opinions, and what the justices in the majority actually mean. Over the last year, the conservative justices have chastised lower court judges for not following their unsigned orders in unrelated cases. Those orders often don't have a majority opinion upon which other judges can rely, and they typically ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Lindsey Halligan has stepped aside from the U.S. attorney role, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday night, after a judge ordered her to stop "masquerading" as the top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. Bondi praised Halligan for her service to the Justice Department while blaming Democrats for President Donald Trump 's former lawyer's inability to continue on in her position. ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has seized a seventh tanker transporting oil from Venezuela, as the Trump administration seeks to control the nation's oil exports and revenue. The tanker, identified as motor vessel Sagitta, was captured by U.S. military forces Tuesday morning, U.S. Southern Command said in a statement, saying the operation was conducted "without incident." The Sagitta is a U.S. sanctioned ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Israeli prime minister accepts position on US-proposed body with initial remit to oversee Gaza ceasefire Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Wednesday that he had agreed to join a US-backed "board of peace" proposed by Donald Trump, despite his office having earlier criticised the composition of its executive committee. The body, chaired by the US president, was initially presented as a limited ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Crews began bulldozing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency 's offices in Sheikh Jarrah and fired tear gas at a vocational school in Qalandia, marking Israel's latest and most dramatic step against UNRWA. Israeli forces on Tuesday targeted at least two United Nations facilities, pushing forward with a crackdown against the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with delivering humanitarian services to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
California's potential adoption of a one-time 5 percent "billionaire tax" on the net worth of high-value individuals is already sending wealthy residents fleeing for the exits. By one estimate, at least a trillion dollars has moved beyond the reach of state officials. But a new analysis says the tax may be even more onerous than advertised. Californians may need to get used to the sight of moving vans leaving the ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes When Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency started ransacking the federal government's data in early 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice insisted that DOGE goons never improperly accessed and shared private information at the Social Security Administration. That was an obvious lie, of course, but we now have a court filing that attempts to correct the record almost a year ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
The UK government is standing firm on its decision to hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute, despite criticism from Donald Trump. Donald Trump has slammed the UK's decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a deal that includes a formal transfer of Diego Garcia, home to a key US military base. The US president said giving away the land was "an act of ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Second lady becomes first US vice-presidential spouse to be pregnant while her husband serves in office JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, announced on Tuesday that they are expecting their fourth child this summer. "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy," the pair announced in a post shared on social media. "Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON ― Democrats touted modest constraints on President Donald Trump 's immigration enforcement in a bipartisan spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, warning that shutting down the agency as some progressives have called for would do little to restrain Trump's ongoing immigration crackdown. "ICE must be reined in, and unfortunately, neither a [continuing resolution] nor a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey among officials who received subpoenas The justice department subpoenaed several top officials in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of its investigation into whether Minneapolis officials have conspired to impede federal immigration efforts there. A copy of a subpoena to the office of the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, obtained by the Guardian, requests ...
Source: theguardian.com