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Top News Stories for Sunday, February 1st 2026
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Friday finished its belated release of investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex trafficker, though officials conceded that the disclosure of more than 3 million pages was unlikely to put to rest the suspicions that surround the case. That was quickly reinforced by Democratic lawmakers and some of Epstein's victims, who had forced the Trump ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
— 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. 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 chamber. The deal struck between Senate Democrats and the White House ...
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 -
Traditionally, the conclusion of a Federal Reserve meeting in which interest rate cuts were kept on hold would not be a reason for optimism for borrowers, especially for homebuyers and owners looking to refinance. And that was the case this week after the central bank kept its benchmark interest rate frozen , following three straight rate cuts in the final four months of 2025. At the same time, interest rates ...
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 Trump said Friday that he is nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after previously accusing the federal agency of releasing low monthly jobs numbers in order to make him look bad. There is no evidence that the Bureau of Labor Statistics sought to undermine Mr. Trump with its data releases, but a string of revisions to prior reports this summer showed ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Saks Global plans to shutter most of its Sak Off 5th stores as the bankrupt retailer looks to slash costs and cater to higher-income customers. The company said on Thursday that it will close all but 12 of its 70 Saks Off 5th locations. The remaining outlets will serve primarily as a selling channel for residual inventory from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Saks, which also owns ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
Federal transportation regulator to investigate after child in Santa Monica sustained minor injuries from incident The US's federal transportation regulator said Thursday it had opened an investigation after a Waymo self-driving vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in southern California last week, causing minor injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the child in Santa Monica ...
Source: theguardian.com