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Top News Stories for Friday, January 30th 2026
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government's immigration crackdown. Klobuchar's decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide winner as their party tries to hold onto the office occupied by ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
report, 33% of U.K. adults intend to start a business or side hustle within the next 12 months. However, what has also emerged as a growing barrier for aspiring solopreneurs is a lack of AI literacy. The AI skills gap report found that many SMEs, of which solopreneurs represent a significant proportion, still lack the confidence to adopt and use new digital and AI tools effectively. So, given their limited time and ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Jamie Dimon's bank joins Bank of America, Steak 'n Shake and other major employers in announcing the $1,000 match JPMorgan Chase announced Wednesday it will match the government's $1,000 contribution to the proposed "Trump Accounts" for children of its U.S. employees. The bank said it will deposit an additional $1,000 into the Trump Accounts of children born to eligible employees between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial intelligence and automation in its business. The company said Thursday that it anticipates about $600 million to $800 million in severance costs related to the cuts. Those costs are part of a broader plan aimed at simplifying operations and streamlining. Shares of Dow Inc., which has about 34,600 employees ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The nation is facing another government shutdown starting Saturday as nearly all Senate Democrats vow to oppose a funding package unless it contains changes to how immigration officers operate in the aftermath of last weekend's fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis. Democrats and Republicans insist they don't want another shutdown — even a partial one, as this would be — ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The preliminary findings appear to contradict claims made by the Trump administration in the immediate aftermath of the Minnesota Border Patrol shooting Two federal agents fired at protester Alex Pretti during Saturday's fatal shooting in Minneapolis, according to a preliminary ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
DENVER (AP) — Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection in 2020. But for more than five years, he's been trying to convince Americans the opposite is true by falsely saying the election was marred by widespread fraud. Now that he's president again, Trump is pushing the federal government to back up those bogus claims . On Wednesday, the FBI served a search warrant at the election headquarters of Fulton County, ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Three newly discovered videos show the Minneapolis ICU nurse being tackled by federal agents in a prior confrontation Videos emerged on Wednesday of a previous confrontation between Alex Pretti and federal agents, 11 days before the ICU nurse was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis . About two minutes of video, published on Wednesday by The News Movement, a digital news outlet, shows an incident on 13 ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
"Judge Patrick J. Schiltz is just another activist judge who is clearly more concerned about politics than the safety of Minnesotans." Those are the words of Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). My guess is that her statement elicited quite the snort of laughter from Schiltz, who is not normally attacked for being some sort of far-left "activist." If anything, the ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Trump loyalists are upset the administration has blamed Pretti's shooting on him exercising his right to carry a gun Gun rights groups have long been among Donald Trump's most loyal allies. But following the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis , the alliance is showing rare cracks. In the days since the shooting, the movement has forcefully defended its stance that the second amendment is a means to keep ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes. But some health policy experts say the plan could help reduce billions of dollars in overcharges that have been common in the program for more than a decade. On Jan. 26, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials announced they planned to ...
Source: news-medical.net
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Federal Open Market Committee voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to keep interest rates unchanged, a development broadly in line with market expectations and foreshadowed last month by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Easing tensions between the two sides of the Fed's dual mandate — maximum employment and price stability — helped underpin the decision to hold rates steady. Processing Content ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Amazon is discontinuing its Amazon One palm recognition ID system for stores later this year, the company said in messages to users Tuesday night. The company will discontinue Amazon One services at retail businesses on June 3, 2026, according to a support page for the service and email messages to customers. The company said user data, including palm data, will automatically be deleted. The move coincides with a ...
Source: geekwire.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Video filmed from inside Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis shows an ICE agent trying to enter the building but being prevented by consulate staffers, according to the country's foreign ministry. Reuters confirmed the location as the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, from the doors, windows, walls, ceiling fixtures and building across the street that are seen in the video which matched file imagery of the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
South Carolina tops Texas measles outbreak record—with no end in sight Since start of the year, South Carolina's outbreak has accelerated dramatically. The explosive measles outbreak in South Carolina has now reached 789 cases , breaking Texas's outbreak record last year of 762 cases , which at the time was the largest outbreak in the US since measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. The country ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Rock icon Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday released a song called "Streets of Minneapolis," a tribute to activists who have been leading the uprising against federal immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities. In a statement posted on social media, Springsteen explained his inspiration for the song, which he wrote in the wake of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti being gunned down by federal agents on ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Attorney General Pam Bondi has appealed for even more time to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, having blown the original deadline set by Congress. Bondi and her underlings in the Justice Department had been poring over millions of files, from physical documents to audio recordings, to meet a December deadline required by a bipartisan new law, rubber-stamped by President Donald Trump himself. "The Department has ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Jan 27th, 2026 -
Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Wildlife authorities in California said they successfully tranquilized and captured a young mountain lion seen wandering the streets of San Francisco. Crews from San Francisco Animal Care and Control and California Fish & Wildlife responded to the Pacific Heights neighborhood on Tuesday when the big cat was seen near an apartment building. They were able to corner the cougar in a narrow area ...
Source: upi.com