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Top News Stories for Friday, January 30th 2026
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders were scrambling on Friday to save a bipartisan spending deal and prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend as Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. Democrats struck a rare deal with President Donald Trump to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a broad government spending bill and provide money ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Jan. 30 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said he will name his pick for the new Federal Reserve chair on Friday, following months of a very public pressure campaign to force its present chief, Jerome Powell , to lower interest rates. Asked about his potential Fed chair pick by reporters Thursday night from the red carpet for the premiere of , a documentary about his wife, Melania Trump , the president said, "I'll be ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
A CIO's playbook for responsible enterprise adoption. The past year has been a turning point for CIOs. Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to executive priority. But in the rush to "adopt AI," I've seen many organizations stumble — not because of the technology itself, but because they skipped the fundamentals. After three decades in enterprise IT — supporting global clients from ...
Source: cio.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
FBI raid in Georgia has little legal basis – but serves Trump's goal to weaken trust in election results Raid on Fulton county election office is part of the Trump administration's wider US push to fuel false claims of fraud The FBI raid on the Fulton county election office Wednesday was an aggressive new front in Donald Trump's effort to use his 2020 election loss to continue to sow doubt about American ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— Steak 'n Shake announced it will give $1,000 to employees' children to match the Trump accounts. "For every child born between 2025 and 2028. By funding tax-advantaged investment accounts for our employees' children, we are ensuring that the next generation of Americans participate from birth in our free-market, wealth-building economy," Steak n' Shake said in a post on X, formerly known ...
Source: wfla.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 -
WASHINGTON - After championing school voucher programs in Ohio throughout his political career, U.S. Sen. Jon Husted brought his advocacy to a national stage at a Wednesday Senate committee hearing. "Every child has a different background, they have a different need, and we can't expect public schools to meet all of those needs," the Columbus-area Republican told a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...
Source: cleveland.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
At a rally outside Sen. Susan Collins ' office on Thursday morning, soon after the Republican lawmaker claimed she had gotten assurances from the Trump administration that it would end its immigration enforcement surge in Maine , Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner said he was not prepared to accept a "pinky promise" from the White House after the arrests of hundreds of Mainers in recent days. "I don't ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Sean Grayson receives maximum possible sentence for second-degree murder conviction in 2024 fatal shooting A former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey , who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Sean Grayson, 31, was convicted in October. Grayson, who is white, received the maximum possible sentence. He has ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The Federal Reserve paused its easing cycle at the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. It held the short-term federal funds rate at a top rate of 3.75%, which is the level set in December. This is the first policy pause since the Fed resumed its easing in September. The Fed's January statement described the economy as being in solid health: "Available indicators suggest that economic activity has ...
Source: nahb.org
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The chief federal judge in Minnesota Wednesday sharply criticized ICE for violating at least 96 court orders this month during its operations in Minneapolis. "ICE is not a law unto itself," U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz wrote in a four-page order that canceled a contempt hearing he had scheduled Friday for ICE acting Director Todd Lyons. Shortly after Schiltz issued his rebuke, U.S. District Judge John ...
Source: theweek.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
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The Justice Department filed charges Thursday against a man who is accused of trying to spray Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with a substance from a syringe during a town hall in Minneapolis this week. Anthony Kazmierczak faces a count alleging that he "forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and officer and employee of the United States" while she was engaged in official duties. In a separate case, federal ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump's ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of "Streets of Minneapolis," released Wednesday, describe how "a city aflame fought fire and ice 'neath an occupier's boots," which Springsteen calls "King Trump's private army." Springsteen in a statement said he wrote and recorded the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com