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Top News Stories for Sunday, January 11th 2026
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 -
The White House just put your credit cards at the center of a new affordability push, floating a move that could radically change what you pay to carry a balance for a year. President Donald Trump called for "a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%" in a Trump said the cap would begin on January 20, 2026, timing it to "coincide with the one year anniversary of the historic and very successful Trump ...
Source: bradenton.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 Hill ) — The U.S. military on Saturday carried out "large-scale" strikes against ISIS militants in Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. CENTCOM forces worked with partners in the region to carry out the strikes. "The strikes today targeted ISIS throughout Syria as part of our ongoing commitment to root out Islamic terrorism against our warfighters, prevent future attacks, and protect ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS — Organizers say more than 1,000 protests against the Trump administration's immigration agenda are expected to take place in cities across the country this weekend, following the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. A coalition of nonprofits including the American Civil Liberties Union is promoting the events as an "ICE Out For Good Weekend ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Jan 10th, 2026 -
NASA has revealed the return date for four International Space Station (ISS) crew members who are being evacuated from the station after one fell ill with an unknown condition. The crew are set to begin their return to Earth no earlier than 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 14. The SpaceX capsule is then expected to splash down off the coast of California at about 3:40 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 15. The announcement ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Video appearing to show Renee Nicole Good in her car right before she was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was first posted on social media by the site Alpha News. The video appears to have been taken by a phone held by the ICE agent who fired at Good on Wednesday. The ICE agent has been identified as Jonathan Ross. "Watch this, as hard as it is," Vice President JD Vance wrote on X, as he reposted the ...
Source: cnbc.com