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Top News Stories for Wednesday, January 21st 2026
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Politics Trump Exhaustion Syndrome Americans can't seem to keep up. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Samuel Corum / Getty. Save A mong the greatest tricks Donald Trump ever pulled is convincing significant portions of the population that the slow erosion of their rights is not, actually, that big of a deal. After all, do undocumented immigrants with purported gang tattoos truly deserve due process? Is it ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
A proposed 10% federal credit card interest rate cap would significantly reduce access to credit for millions of consumers nationwide, and even those with good credit scores who pay their bills on time will be affected by the rate cap, according to by the American Bankers Association. The 10% Credit Card Interest Rate Cap by Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has made little progress in Congress, ...
Source: bankingjournal.aba.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's unprecedented bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president's lawyers in a politically charged case. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday over Trump's effort to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook based on ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Netflix announced Tuesday that it has amended its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery to an all-cash offer to sweeten the deal for investors, continuing the battle between the streaming giant and Paramount. The amended offer will allow WBD shareholders to vote sooner because stock deals require more disclosures and documentation. It also means that WBD investors don't have to be concerned with ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha are about to become a family of six. The couple, who share three kids together, revealed that they are expecting their fourth child—as well as their newest addition's gender—in a surprise Instagram post shared on Tuesday. "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy," JD and Usha shared via a joint announcement on ...
Source: instyle.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
It has been a full year since one of the worst measles outbreaks in recent U.S. history began ripping through West Texas. The highly infectious disease has continued to burn across multiple U.S. states, Mexico and Canada since Texas reported an outbreak in children in January 2025. The U.S. had been virtually free of the disease for more than a quarter-century thanks to highly effective and safe vaccines, but now ...
Source: scientificamerican.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 -
WASHINGTON ― Democrats touted modest constraints on President Donald Trump 's immigration enforcement in a bipartisan spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, warning that shutting down the agency as some progressives have called for would do little to restrain Trump's ongoing immigration crackdown. "ICE must be reined in, and unfortunately, neither a [continuing resolution] nor a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
An Indiana judge and his wife were shot at their home but are in stable condition, according to local and state authorities on Monday. The nonfatal shooting adds to concerns about increasing acts of violence against senior public officials nationwide. Police responded to a report of a shooting in a residential neighborhood in Lafayette, Indiana, at 2:17 p.m. local time Sunday, the Lafayette Police Department said. ...
Source: abajournal.com