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Top News Stories for Saturday, January 24th 2026
Saturday, Jan 24th, 2026 -
Conservative majority appears eager to hand president greater power – with one exception: the US central bank Donald Trump has tried his usual tactics when it comes to getting the US Federal Reserve to lower interest rates: bully when persuasion doesn't work, and then fire when bullying doesn't work. In an unprecedented assault on the central bank, the president has called the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
Vice President JD Vance on Friday said the United States will stop funding any organization working on diversity and transgender issues abroad. Vance called the policy, which has been widely expected, "a historic expansion of the Mexico City Policy," which prevents foreign groups receiving U.S. global health funding from providing or promoting abortion, even if those programs are paid for with other sources of ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
on Thursday filed a $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, accusing the lawsuit , filed in Florida state court in Miami, alleges that JP Morgan "debanked" Trump and his businesses after his first term "because it believed that the political tide at the moment favored doing so." Debanking, "once a relatively obscure issue in finance," has "become a politically charged issue in recent ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. Until very recently, the conventional wisdom about the expiration of stopgap-spending authority on January 30 was that nobody in either party wanted another government shutdown . That's why House and Senate Democratic and Republican negotiators managed to put together 12 more-or-less consensus appropriations bills ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
Smith performed honorably, but no one person or investigation can protect America from Trump. Bluesky The New York Times said he appeared "wan and tired" on Thursday. I wouldn't have described former special counsel Jack Smith that way; maybe "depressed." But maybe that's projection. Smith has been defiantly asking House Republicans to let him testify publicly about his investigations and indictments of Donald ...
Source: thenation.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of "whitewashing history" on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in response to his executive order "restoring truth and sanity to American history" on display at the nation's museums, parks and landmarks. Empty bolt holes and shadows are all that remains ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
Achieving a credit score of 800 or higher can help unlock the lowest interest rates for products ranging from auto loans to credit cards, but only one in four Americans has managed to reach that level, according to credit bureau Experian. Lenders typically view scores above 800 as "exceptional," a signal that a borrower consistently pays bills on time and manages debt responsibly. Most banks rely on the FICO ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep federal funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick extends by two weeks a temporary one issued earlier this month that blocked the federal government from holding back the money from ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is facing scrutiny over its assertion that federal officers can forcibly enter a home without a judicial warrant – a move constitutional scholars, immigration experts and a federal judge say is a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment. An internal ICE memo from May 2025 directs agents to use force to enter residences after obtaining administrative warrants, which are ...
Source: aol.com