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Top News Stories for Thursday, January 22nd 2026
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
This takes the cake. 's threats to annex the Arctic island ― even by force. tone on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, but the distasteful stunt lingered on social media. In one clip, Rep. (Tenn.), plunges the knife into the cake for the ceremonial first slice. "We cut it!" she said. . The half-baked antics drew the ire of Antoine Bondaz, who works on an advisory service for the European Commission, "This ...
Source: news.yahoo.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 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are poised to grill former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday at a congressional hearing that's expected to focus fresh attention on two criminal investigations that shadowed Donald Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign. Smith testified behind closed doors last month but returns to the House Judiciary ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called President Donald Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates an "economic disaster." He suggested the U.S. government should test the cap in two states: Vermont and Massachusetts. Vermont and Massachusetts are the home states of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, both of whom have advocated for a bill capping card rates at 10% for five years. In this article ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Washington Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Wednesday. The ruling from US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter was issued hours after The Post demanded in a court filing that federal law enforcement officials return the electronic devices the government seized from ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
at the request of the U.S. Justice Department, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying Wednesday that it was a "sovereign decision" by her government. Sheinbaum said that although the transfers were made at the request of the U.S. government, the decision was taken by the National Security Council after analyzing what was "convenient for Mexico" and in terms of its "national security." "Mexico is put first above ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, opening the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments against a former president for the first time. Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you ...
Source: pbs.org
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Federal agents this week launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the latest front of the Trump administration's widening mass deportation campaign, Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Maine started Tuesday, DHS officials said, noting that deportation officers had detained individuals from Angola, Ethiopia, Guatemala and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday threw out the boundaries of the only congressional seat in New York City represented by a Republican, ordering the state to redraw the district because its current composition unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Black and Hispanic residents. Republicans are expected to appeal the decision, as a new front opens in a national gerrymandering battle that has both ...
Source: pbs.org
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Even before the childhood vaccine schedule's update, doctors often overlooked the shot that can prevent cervical cancer Recently, I walked into my doctor's office and receive my first dose of the HPV vaccine at 24. I felt a bit ridiculous sitting in the waiting room, a third-year medical student who can discuss the mechanism of E6/E7 over-expression but never got the vaccine that prevents it. I grew up in New ...
Source: statnews.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 -
NEW YORK and his wife, , are expecting a son in late July, they announced in a social media post Tuesday. The couple said they were excited to share the news of their fourth child, who will join their other three young kids: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel. Vance, 41, and his wife, 40, said in the post that both mother and baby were doing well. "During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
By Lauren Hirsch, Benjamin Mullin and Nicole Sperling Netflix announced Tuesday that it had modified its December offer to acquire major parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, a rejoinder to Paramount and its CEO, David Ellison, who is also in hot pursuit of Warner Bros. In December, Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell its streaming and studios business to Netflix in an $83 billion cash-and-stock deal. On Tuesday, ...
Source: miamiherald.com