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Top News Stories for Sunday, February 1st 2026
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suggested that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a former prince, should cooperate with authorities in the United States investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files and activities. Speaking on Saturday to reporters at the end of a visit to Japan, Starmer said, "Anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they are asked to ...
Source: aljazeera.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 -
Washington — Funding for many federal agencies expired at 12 a.m. on Saturday after Congress failed to pass half a dozen spending bills before the deadline, prompting a partial government shutdown. The funding lapse comes despite the Senate voting late Friday to approve a five-bill package and extend funding for the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks, which had been the sticking point in the upper ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
– President said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help amid On his social media site, Trump posted that "under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help." ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
About 190,000 are still without power in the south-east as states scramble to prepare for more winter weather Dozens of people have died in the teeth of a severe winter storm across the US south, with further freezing temperatures, snow and blizzards set to assail the east coast on Saturday. At least 85 people have died across multiple states, according to an Associated Press tally, with frigid conditions and icy ...
Source: theguardian.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