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Top News Stories for Friday, January 30th 2026
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a Senate deal to fund the vast majority of the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year. The Senate clinched a deal on the funding package shortly before Trump's endorsement by agreeing to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security. President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a Senate deal to fund the vast majority of the federal government ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
BERLIN — President Trump is turning his attention back to Iran, which he is threatening with more military strikes "with great power, enthusiasm, and purpose." He suggested that the strikes would come if Iran did not agree to various demands, including a deal to end its nuclear enrichment program. "Time is running out" for Iran to negotiate such a deal, Trump warned Wednesday. Trump — and Israel — ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Democratic senators question national intelligence head's fitness for office after overt, unexplained appearance Democratic lawmakers are raising questions about why Tulsi Gabbard, the president's director of national intelligence, was "lurking" in Fulton county on Wednesday while FBI agents carted off boxes of 2020 election documents. Gabbard visited an elections hub in Fulton county, home to Atlanta, on Wednesday ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
An escalating conflict between the federal judiciary and the Trump administration led a frustrated judge in Minnesota to release a list Wednesday of nearly 100 court orders he says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated over the last month. "ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence," Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge of ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has informed her that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ceased enhanced operations in Maine, something Collins had repeatedly discussed with Noem in recent days. "I can report that Secretary Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in the State of Maine," the senator wrote in a ...
Source: thehill.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Three newly discovered videos show the Minneapolis ICU nurse being tackled by federal agents in a prior confrontation Videos emerged on Wednesday of a previous confrontation between Alex Pretti and federal agents, 11 days before the ICU nurse was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis . About two minutes of video, published on Wednesday by The News Movement, a digital news outlet, shows an incident on 13 ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The Trump administration is barred from arresting and detaining legal refugees in Minnesota , a federal district court has ruled. Earlier this year, amid a widespread immigration crackdown in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — along with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — began an effort aimed at targeting and reexamining the legal status of ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The Trump administration's deployment of troops to five different U.S. cities last year cost roughly $496 million through the end of December, according to estimates released by the Congressional Budget Office this week. Keeping Guard forces deployed at the same levels as late December could cost about $93 million per month going forward, the nonpartisan office estimated. The Pentagon in June 2025 deployed ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump appealed to Iraqis on Tuesday to not reinstate the controversial former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to a new term because of his alleged corruption and severe mismanagement of the country's economy and security situation. Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform : "I'm hearing that the Great Country of Iraq might make a very bad choice by ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The preliminary findings appear to contradict claims made by the Trump administration in the immediate aftermath of the Minnesota Border Patrol shooting Two federal agents fired at protester Alex Pretti during Saturday's fatal shooting in Minneapolis, according to a preliminary ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
The Ecuadorian Foreign Affairs Ministry said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to enter the country's consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday but was blocked by its staff. "Consulate staff immediately prevented the ICE official from entering the consular building, thereby guaranteeing the protection of the Ecuadorians who found themselves in the consular building in that moment, and activating ...
Source: nbcnews.com