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Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
Elon Musk and former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson among those named in newly released documents From If you're just joining us, millions of files related to the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the US justice department, the largest disclosure by the government since a law passed last year ruled that the documents should be published. The disgraced financier was convicted of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
Trump nominated Kevin Warsh, an ex-Fed governor, for the role as the White House continues to attack Jerome Powell The US Federal Reserve requires "strong, sound and steady leadership", according to Donald Trump. The president found a man to lead the central bank who would "provide exactly that type of leadership", he declared."He's strong, he's committed and he's smart." This is not how Trump described Kevin ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
Eugene Scott, a journalist based in Washington, D.C., and a visiting fellow at the Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute, is a contributing Globe Opinion writer. The FBI raid Wednesday on a Georgia election operation center is the latest development in President Trump's ongoing attack on election integrity. And that means that Americans should be concerned about the fate of the upcoming midterm elections. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
News WikiMedia ( ) DOJ opens civil rights probe into killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters on Friday that the Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis last weekend. Blanche said the FBI will lead the investigation ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
A federal murder charge against Mangione was dismissed by US District Judge Margaret Garnett, who found it was technically flawed. A US judge has ruled that Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty if he is convicted over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. US District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge against Mangione, finding it was technically flawed. She also ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has sued the US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns during his first term in the White House , when the president broke with decades of tradition by refusing to voluntarily divulge the records. The lawsuit—joined by Trump's two eldest sons and his family business, the Trump Organization—was revealed Thursday in a filing ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Homebuyers and owners looking to refinance, for the first time in years, largely entered 2026 with a sense of cautious optimism. And that feeling was supported by hard data and encouraging economic developments in the final four months of 2025, specifically. A declining inflation rate played a large role in encouraging the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts. While those were on hold for the majority of the year, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Former Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey in her Springfield home. A jury last year found Grayson guilty of second-degree murder. police body camera footage shown widely across the nation," said the Chicago Tribune. The footage showed Grayson, who is white, fatally shooting the 36-year-old Black mother of two after responding to a ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
– President Donald Trump said Friday that he is nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead , after having previously accused the federal agency of in order to make him look bad. There is no evidence that the Bureau of Labor Statistics sought to undermine Trump with its data releases, but a string of revisions to prior reports this summer showed that the job market weakened after Trump ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Saks Global says 57 Saks OFF 5TH stores will be closing Saks Global announced the majority of its Saks OFF 5TH locations across the United States will now be closing, just weeks after a bankruptcy filing. The luxury retailer said 23 of its Saks OFF 5TH stores will cease operations on Monday, Feb. 2, while another 34 will hold closing sales starting this weekend. Only 12 locations in New York, Florida, ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
What is a Trump Account? Trump Accounts are investment accounts for kids. The federal government will contribute $1,000 for newborns to kick-start the account. Parents or guardians can then add their own money — up to $5,000 a year — to maximize growth, but contributing isn't required. Adults will have control of the account until their child turns 18. At age 18, the child can either withdraw the funds ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes As robotaxis become more mainstream and spread across American cities, accidents are bound to happen. Unfortunately, we're already starting to see some. A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23. Luckily, the child suffered only minor injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Wednesday that the incident happened ...
Source: gizmodo.com