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Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
"huge reserves of crude oil" Politico . "Tens of billions of dollars" will be required over the next decade to rebuild the country's "aging facilities," a task complicated by the fact that the country's crude oil reserves require "more expensive processing work" than oil from other sources. Privately, at least, many oil company executives are saying it might be difficult to make the project profitable. The numbers ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
720,102 15,867 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + The U.S. economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, while unemployment remained fairly stable at 4.4% Article Summary The U.S. added 50,000 jobs in December, with unemployment dipping to 4.4%. Most sectors lost jobs, prompting economists to expect a cautious Federal Reserve stance and increased economic ...
Source: housingwire.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
It wasn't that long ago that the idea of securing a mortgage rate under 6% seemed impossible. It was just January 2025, for example, when the average rate for a 30-year term sat above 7% . And that followed years of high mortgage rates, at one point hitting the highest level in decades . But there's been material progress since this point last year, thanks in large part to a consistent interest rate-cut campaign ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump's administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs , citing concerns about fraud in the programs designed to help low-income families. The states — California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New York — called the move an unconstitutional ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Cellphone video taken by Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good, was published on X by a right-wing media outlet from Minnesota on Friday. The footage shows Ross exiting a vehicle and Good trying to talk with the ICE agent as he circles her Honda Pilot. The first words spoken by Good in the newly released video are hard to decipher, with sirens blaring nearby. It sounds ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to provide free child care for 2-year-olds and expand other child care support for thousands more children across the state on Thursday, in one of the first major steps toward fulfilling Mamdani's campaign pledge of universal access. The governor said that the state is fully funding the first two years of a free child care program ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts. Fewer than one percent of mountain gorilla pregnancies result in twins, according to scientists, with the DRC recording a previous case in 2020, also in the UNESCO-listed Virunga reserve. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Free File program opens earlier on Jan. 9 for taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $84,000 or less The IRS on Thursday announced the start date for the 2026 tax filing season later this month, when taxpayers will be able to start filing their returns for the past year. Taxpayers may begin filing their 2025 tax returns on Monday, Jan. 26, the IRS announced . That will give taxpayers more than two ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Minnesota's investigations agency said Thursday that the U.S. attorney's office has prevented it from taking part in the investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Good , a 37-year-old mother of three. The announcement came as protestors and law enforcement clashed Thursday morning outside a Minneapolis immigration court, with the ...
Source: wbur.org
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge disqualified a Trump administration federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James , ruling Thursday that he is not lawfully serving as an acting U.S. attorney. U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield blocked subpoenas requested by John Sarcone , the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York. The judge said the ...
Source: apnews.com