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Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — In a private meeting in the Oval Office last week, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham laid out a blueprint for what should happen next in Venezuela. "You're in charge," Graham, R-S.C., recalled telling President Donald Trump. "We are going to rebuild the place, but eventually transition to an election." "I think that's where we're going," Graham later told NBC News in an interview. Trump has left no ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
News - US judge temporarily blocks federal freeze on child care and family assistance A federal district court in New York issued a two week temporary restraining order (TRO) Friday, blocking a Trump administration plan to withhold family assistance funds from five states. On Tuesday, the administration said that it would suspend payments to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York under three federal ...
Source: jurist.org
Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 -
The Norwegian Nobel Institute has said the prize cannot be revoked, transferred or shared once announced. The US president has openly expressed interest in receiving the award. The organisation that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize has dismissed claims that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado could give her recent award to President Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday that once ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Since taking the White House in January last year, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that he wants to annex Greenland "very badly," with a range of options on the table, including a military attack. Amid opposition from Greenlandic lawmakers, Trump doubled down on Friday, threatening that the United States is "going to do something [there] whether they like it or not". "If we don't do it, Russia or China ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
A shopper pays with a credit card at the farmer's market in San Francisco on March 27, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was calling for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10% starting on Jan. 20, but he did not provide details on how his plan would come to fruition or how he planned to make companies comply. Trump also made the pledge during the 2024 campaign, which he won, but ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Renee Nicole Good 's final moments were spent in her maroon Honda Pilot, her son's stuffed animals peeking out from the glove compartment. She had stopped in the middle of a tree-lined south Minneapolis street and motioned for unmarked government vehicles to drive past. Whistle blasts pierced the early January chill in a now-familiar community response employed by activists in US cities to alert neighbors to the ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
The US carried out large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria on Saturday tied to an ongoing retaliatory campaign dubbed "Operation Hawkeye Strike." "Today, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, alongside partner forces, conducted large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria," US Central Command said in a release posted on X . Operation Hawkeye ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By REBECCA SANTANA MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon. Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful. The protest was one of hundreds planned for towns and cities across the country over ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com