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Top News Stories for Thursday, January 22nd 2026
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
Originally planned as a small group to oversee the Gaza ceasefire, the board has morphed into something far more ambitious - and Trump could be chairman for life. Donald Trump says "a lot of great people" want to join his Board of Peace - but some world leaders are clearly worried the controversial initiative could undermine the United Nations. Originally envisioned as a small group that would oversee the ceasefire ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
The Supreme Court appeared likely to reject President Donald Trump's bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook during oral arguments on Wednesday, finally marking an outer limit of what the court's conservative members would stomach from Trump's authoritarian second term. There did not appear to be five votes among the justices to embrace Trump's radical assertion of executive power over the nation's central ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
A growing measles outbreak in South Carolina has infected more than 600 people since October, with hundreds more being potentially exposed. Measles cases in the United States reached their highest level in more than 30 years in 2025, with 2,242 confirmed infections. A particularly bad outbreak in West Texas that began in January of last year was a significant driver of those cases. Now, a surge of measles in South ...
Source: wired.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
Majority of 213-strong House caucus expected to reject funding bill but party has no plans to enforce whip Congressional Democrats are expected to overwhelmingly reject a bill to fund ICE, the agency spearheading Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, amid mounting outrage over its heavy-handed and violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere. Party leaders told a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
( NewsNation ) — President Donald Trump wants to make it harder for large institutional investors to buy single-family homes, but the effort may not deliver the affordability relief many are hoping for. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to issue guidance aimed at stopping Wall Street from competing with Main Street for homes. But key details — including how "large ...
Source: wfla.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
A recent medical examiner's report revealed the probable cause of death for 29-year-old Daniel Naroditsky. The world-renowned chess grandmaster and recent Stanford graduate is believed to have died due to cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, exacerbated by drugs in his system, according to the report. The new findings ruled that his death was accidental and probably stemmed from an undiagnosed condition ...
Source: latimes.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
Topics More from TechCrunch Two days after settling a lawsuit accusing Snapchat of causing social media addiction and mental health issues, Snap announced that it's introducing new parental controls. Parents and guardians can now use Snapchat's "Family Center" tool to see how much time their teen is spending on the platform, along with additional details about the new friends they add. With these new features, Snap ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
Former special counsel Jack Smith has been itching to talk about his investigations into President Trump. He'll get that chance on Thursday on Capitol Hill, with one big caveat: A part of Smith's report that focused on the president's mishandling of classified materials remains under wraps. Smith's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee marks the first open testimony about his work. He presided over two ...
Source: npr.org
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said a 10% credit card interest rate cap would be catastrophic, Reuters reported Wednesday (Jan. 21). Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Dimon said Wednesday (Jan. 20) that while his bank would weather the disaster, most consumers in the United States would not be as lucky, according to the report. "It would remove credit from 80% of Americans, and that is ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
A US judge on Wednesday blocked federal prosecutors from searching data on a Washington Post reporter's electronic devices seized during what one press freedom group called an "unconstitutional and illegal" raid last week. US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter in Alexandria, Virginia—who also authorized the January 14 raid of Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home— ruled that "the government must preserve ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement document in May shows that ICE told officers and agents they can forcibly enter homes of people subject to deportation without warrants signed by judges. The memo, dated May 12, which reads that it is from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, was shared with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., by two whistleblowers. It says ICE agents are allowed to forcibly enter a person's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Maxwell's lawyers have indicated she plans to invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, committee chairman James Comer said. Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, is set to appear before a US congressional committee next month. The British former socialite, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sex trafficking, will appear virtually ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
"Even the name" chosen for the Trump administration's ramp-up of immigration enforcement in Maine was denounced as "racist and degrading" by one state politician on Wednesday as reports mounted about federal agents arresting dozens of people in the Portland and Lewiston areas. "Nothing about this is normal or okay," said Hannah Pingree, a Democratic former state lawmaker who is running for governor of the state. ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Ruling presents Democrats with opportunity to pick up another US House seat in November elections New York must redraw its congressional map, a state judge ruled on Wednesday , handing Democrats another key opportunity to pick up another US House seat before this fall's midterm elections. The ruling from Jeffrey Pearlman, a New York state supreme court justice, comes after a Democratic-aligned law firm challenged ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Parents and pediatricians in the United States are in uncharted territory. As front pages catalog a dizzying array of domestic and international chaos, the U.S. measles outbreak quietly continues to spread at alarming speed; in 2025, we finished the deadliest flu season for children on record outside of a pandemic, only to stumble into a new record-breaking season this year; Covid and RSV continue to surge; ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Federal officials are warning shoppers to steer clear of cans of potentially tainted Genova Yellowfin Tuna that were mistakenly shipped this week to six grocery store chains in nine different states. The suspect cans were part of a larger recall of tuna products last February after Tri-Union Seafoods learned that some of the "easy open" pull tab lids were defective, the Food and Drug Administration said in a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Second lady Usha Vance is pregnant with her fourth child, she announced Tuesday with Vice President JD Vance . "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy," the couple said in a social media post . The pair already share two sons and a daughter. Their joint statement said that Usha Vance and the baby are both doing well, adding that they look "forward to welcoming him in ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey among officials who received subpoenas The justice department subpoenaed several top officials in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of its investigation into whether Minneapolis officials have conspired to impede federal immigration efforts there. A copy of a subpoena to the office of the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, obtained by the Guardian, requests ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery's studio and streaming assets without increasing the $82.7bn price in a bid to shut the door on Paramount's rival efforts to snag the Hollywood giant. The new all-cash bid – at $27.75 a share – has unanimous support from the Warner Bros board, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing. Both Netflix and Paramount Skydance covet Warner ...
Source: aljazeera.com