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Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Warsh previously served on the Fed's Board of Governors President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he is nominating Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve, ending months of speculation over who he'd pick to head the central bank. "I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best," Trump wrote ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Washington — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Justice Department is releasing more than 3 million pages of records related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Blanche said during a news conference at the Justice Department that the release Friday will include more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, and said that in total, the Trump administration ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
has agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian capital and other towns as the region suffers under bitterly cold temperatures. The Kremlin confirmed Friday it agreed to hold off striking Kyiv until Sunday, but refused to reveal any details, making it difficult for an independent assessment of whether the conciliatory step had indeed taken place. In the past week, Russia has struck energy assets in ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Don Lemon's Arrest Escalates DOJ Crackdown on Black Journalists and Activists The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Don Lemon, the p r o m i n e n t journalist and former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents Thursday in Los Angeles on charges that he violated a law ...
Source: motherjones.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he participates in the White House Iftar dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Donald Trump's administration just took an action that "hints" about future ambitions for a total electoral takeover by Republicans, a former federal prosecutor said Thursday. It was recently ...
Source: rawstory.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
LEWISTON, Maine — The heart of the city's immigrant community expands from Lisbon Street, where ethnic food markets and other businesses usually bustle with customers. But for the past week and a half, it's been quiet, as federal immigration agents scoured the state making arrests. Many residents stayed home — and out of sight. "The community is scared," said Effrax Saciid-Cisse, who emigrated from ...
Source: wbur.org
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Home » » President Donald Trump , Don Jr., Eric Trump , and the Trump organization are suing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department for $10 billion over the federal agencies' failure to prevent alleged leaks of President Trump 's tax information during his first term, which was given to several news outlets. The suit, filed in a Florida court on Jan. 29, and which includes ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Ukraine president says he will wait to see if Putin complies with Trump request to halt strikes on energy infrastructure Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , said he was waiting to see whether Russia would observe a proposed pause in strikes on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, as Kyiv endures a spell of bitter winter cold. Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that opens the nation's oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two decades. The reform will undoubtedly be her government's signature policy as it positions the oil sector – Venezuela's engine – to lure the ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Donald Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti an " agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist ," marking an increase in the intensity of his rhetoric toward the ICU nurse fatally shot by federal agents after the president recently said he wanted to "de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that Pretti's "stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East again are urging restraint from both the United States and Iran as the Trump administration warns of a possible strike and builds up its military presence in the region , according to an Arab diplomat familiar with the matter. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Oman and Qatar have all been in touch with leaders in Washington and Tehran to make the case that an ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
President Trump's plan to slap tariffs on nations that provide oil to Cuba has created a formidable new challenge for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in her efforts to balance Mexico's interests with White House demands. On Friday, Sheinbaum said Mexico would seek a clarification from Washington in a bid to avoid a difficult choice: Halt oil shipments to Cuba, potentially triggering a humanitarian crisis on the ...
Source: latimes.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 -
Donald Trump has appeared to undermine Second Amendment rights in statements about Alex Pretti's killing. Many in the firearms community are going along with it. In the hours after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump and his administration appeared to directly undermine the rights granted to gun owners in the Second Amendment. Department of Homeland Security ...
Source: wired.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 -
The United States and Iran are engaged in increasingly hostile rhetoric as US warships move into the Arabian Sea , despite regional nations seeking a diplomatic solution to prevent a military flare-up. US President Donald Trump warned this week that " time is running out " for Iran to return to talks to reach a new deal on its nuclear programme. Trump said the naval forces he was sending to Iran's neighbourhood ...
Source: aljazeera.com