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Top News Stories for Saturday, January 31st 2026
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump says he'll tap former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell in May — with Trump believing that he can finally get the booming economy that he promised to voters. When Trump said that Warsh comes from "central casting," the president revealed a lot about his own views of the 55 year-old's looks and conventional pedigree. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Among the newly released files are emails and court documents, some of which reference Trump, Clinton and other high-profile individuals The Department of Justice published more than three million pages of Epstein files on Friday, more than one month after the deadline passed for ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Senate Democrats reached a deal with the White House on Thursday evening to avert a government shutdown that was set to occur this weekend over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Earlier in the day, Democrats blocked a spending bill using a filibuster in order to force the Trump administration into negotiations over its violent deportation campaign in cities across the U.S. The raids have ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Don Lemon has said he was at the protest to observe it as a journalist conducting reporting Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening on federal charges related to his presence at an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church. On January 18, Lemon entered a local ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Two Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers about why National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard was at an FBI raid at a Georgia election facility. Gabbard was photographed outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center, just outside of Atlanta, when the FBI executed a "a court authorized law enforcement action" on Wednesday. FBI spokesperson Jenna Sellitto told The Hill that ...
Source: upi.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 -
Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , will not face the death penalty if convicted on federal charges, a judge ruled Friday. Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed the federal firearms charges against Mangione that carried the possibility of the death penalty, but left in place stalking charges against him that can bring a maximum punishment of life in prison without the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era —and that's saying something: I think everybody – the American public believe it's absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency . Anyway, in unrelated news, Donald Trump just filed a lawsuit against his own IRS , demanding that ...
Source: techdirt.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Former Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey in her Springfield home. A jury last year found Grayson guilty of second-degree murder. police body camera footage shown widely across the nation," said the Chicago Tribune. The footage showed Grayson, who is white, fatally shooting the 36-year-old Black mother of two after responding to a ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
The FBI is now leading the federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, with the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security – known as Homeland Security Investigations – supporting the investigation, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said. HSI had been leading the probe into Saturday's shooting of Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse with the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Homebuyers and owners looking to refinance, for the first time in years, largely entered 2026 with a sense of cautious optimism. And that feeling was supported by hard data and encouraging economic developments in the final four months of 2025, specifically. A declining inflation rate played a large role in encouraging the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts. While those were on hold for the majority of the year, ...
Source: cbsnews.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
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Saks Global plans to shutter most of its Sak Off 5th stores as the bankrupt retailer looks to slash costs and cater to higher-income customers. The company said on Thursday that it will close all but 12 of its 70 Saks Off 5th locations. The remaining outlets will serve primarily as a selling channel for residual inventory from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Saks, which also owns ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is opening an investigation after a Waymo self-driving vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California, last week, causing minor injuries and renewing concerns about the safety of robotaxis. The car safety agency said on Thursday that the child ran across the street on January 23 from behind a double-parked ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Minnesota dropped his summon for the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court in an order criticizing the agency's actions in the state. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz previously ordered Todd Lyons, interim ICE chief, to appear in his court on Friday on allegations of contempt of court. The judge said ICE had violated his previous order to ...
Source: upi.com