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Top News Stories for Sunday, February 1st 2026
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Britain's royal family is facing a fresh round of embarrassment after the latest release of documents from the U.S. investigation into Jeffrey Epstein revealed unsavory details about the relationship between the convicted sex offender and a correspondent who appears to be the man formerly known as Prince Andrew. Emails released by the U.S. Justice Department include an invitation for Epstein to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
The New York Times reported that Gates began a friendship with the disgraced financier in 2011, which was three years after Epstein pleaded guilty to procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute. (Epstein was sentenced to 18 months behind bars but was ultimately released in 2010 after completing the end of his sentence on home confinement.) Bill's relationship with Epstein came under new scrutiny ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards are competing Saturday for a vacant U.S. House seat from Houston, a special election that will narrow the GOP's already slim House majority. between Menefee, the Harris County attorney, and Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. The winner will replace the late Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner for the rest of his term, which ends when a new Congress is sworn in ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — Former CNN host Don Lemon, released a day after federal officers arrested him in Los Angeles, defended his career in journalism on Friday, saying he will never stop reporting. U.S. District Judge Patricia Donahue ordered Lemon to be released on no money bond, according to The Hollywood Reporter . Lemon was accused of disturbing worshippers in a Minnesota church by disrupting their First ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
By The Federal Reserve is about to get a new Federal Reserve Chairman. After a year of criticism, President Trump has nominated long-time Wall Street insider and former Fed Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to take over the role from much-maligned Jerome Powell , Picking Warsh raised eyebrows on Wall Street, including mine, given his hawkish rate reputation, contributing to choppy trading and a silver and gold meltdown. ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
A federal judge has rejected a bid by state and local officials in Minnesota to end Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's massive deployment of thousands of federal agents to aggressively enforce immigration laws. In a ruling Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Menendez found strong evidence that the ongoing federal operation "has had, and will likely continue to have, profound and even ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
Blizzardlike conditions stemming from a " bomb cyclone " were starting to bring heavy snow to the Southeast and were ushering in frigid temperatures to much of the East Coast Saturday, as tens of thousands of homes and businesses remained without power after being hit by a different icy storm last week. About 240 million people were under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings, a forecaster said. The ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Brett Matsumoto, the next chief, has worked as an economist at the BLS since 2015 President Donald Trump has nominated economist Brett Matsumoto to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to a Truth Social post Friday. "For many years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under WEAK and STUPID people, has been FAILING American Businesses, Policymakers, and Families by releasing VERY inaccurate numbers," the ...
Source: foxbusiness.com