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Top News Stories for Friday, January 16th 2026
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
According to President Donald Trump, taking possession of Greenland is a national security necessity. It's so critical, he claims, that he's willing to take the chilly island the "easy way" or the "hard way." Denmark, which governs Greenland, isn't eager to surrender the territory. Even more important, the residents of Greenland, most of whom don't especially want to be Danish, have even less interest in becoming ...
Source: reason.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS — President Trump said on Thursday that he might use the Insurrection Act, a set of 18th- and 19th-century laws that allow the deployment of US troops inside the country, to crack down on the intensifying protests in Minneapolis. The threat to invoke the act, which would represent a major escalation in Trump's campaign against American cities, came amid continued clashes in Minneapolis in the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Through the first two weeks of 2026, President Donald Trump and his administration have been very busy. The midterm elections are in November, and concerns about affordability remain top of mind for consumers. One such initiative recently proposed by Trump is a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, which would be significantly lower than the national average. It's understandable why consumers are ...
Source: fool.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter On Wednesday, the FBI searched the home and electronic devices of a Washington Post reporter and seized her phone, Garmin watch, and two laptops, one of which belongs to the newspaper. According to the Post , the warrant said the search of reporter Hannah Natanson's home was connected to the investigation of Aurelio ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown. The threat comes a day after a man was shot and wounded by an immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle. That shooting further ...
Source: cleveland.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Abena Binfaah, an undergraduate nursing student at Boston College, is excited to join the workforce after she graduates in May. "I like to help people, to care for others," Binfaah said. "With nursing, there's a variety of things you can do. There's room to grow." Binfaah had already been plotting how to advance her nascent career: She plans to move back in with her family to save money, work for a few years, then ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court grants standing to congressman challenging Illinois election law The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Republican congressman may bring suit to challenge an Illinois mail-in ballot law. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 7-2 majority decision, which confirmed that Congressman Michael Bost had standing to continue his lawsuit in federal court, writing: Candidates ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Actor Timothy Busfield has made his first court appearance after turning himself in on criminal charges that he allegedly sexually abused two boys on the set of a TV series filmed in New Mexico, prosecutors say. The Emmy-winning actor, who starred in Thirtysomething and The West Wing, was taken into custody in Albuquerque on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse that police ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station. "It's so good to be home," said NASA astronaut ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Trump administration reinstated Thursday about $2 billion in mental health and substance abuse funding — two days after it canceled those grants and left Central Florida agencies worried how they would manage significant cuts to the region's limited resources. Central Florida's largest mental health and substance abuse provider had nearly $1.2 million ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Minneapolis officials called for calm Wednesday night as heated clashes erupted near the scene where a federal agent shot and injured a man after he allegedly assaulted the agent, one week after an immigration agent killed a woman in the city. The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents were conducting a "targeted traffic stop" when the man, a Venezuelan national, was shot in the leg after he began to ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
The developers behind Vineyard Wind, a large and nearly complete offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, are suing the Trump administration for halting construction on the project last month. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the developers argued the administration acted unlawfully and abused its statutory authority when it suspended the project's ...
Source: wbur.org
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As Democrats across the country propose state law changes to restrict federal immigration officers after the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis , Tennessee Republicans introduced a package of bills Thursday backed by the White House that would enlist the full force of the state to support President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Momentum in Democratic-led states for ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday advised against selling, eating or serving Super Greens dietary supplement by Live It Up due to salmonella concerns. All Live It Up-brand Super Greens dietary supplement powder, including original and wild berry varieties, with lot markings that start with the letter "A" and all stick pack products with expiration dates ranging from 08/2026 to 01/2028, ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators from opposite parties are joining forces in a renewed push to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, an effort that has broad public support but has Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Republican Sen. Ashley Moody of Florida on Thursday plan to introduce legislation, first shared with The Associated Press, that would bar lawmakers and their immediate family ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
A federal three-judge panel for the U.S. Central District Court of California upheld Prop 50, ruling that Democrats can proceed in using their newly redrawn congressional maps in the state for the 2026 midterm elections. The court found "that the evidence presented reflects that Proposition 50 was exactly what it was billed as: a political gerrymander designed to flip five Republican-held seats to the ...
Source: cbsnews.com