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Top News Stories for Friday, January 30th 2026
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Social Security payments will continue. So will mail service. The military will remain on duty. The Veterans Affairs, Agriculture and Justice departments, among others, will stay open. That's the good news if part of the government shuts down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, a scenario that still appears possible even as Senate Democrats and White House found a path Thursday end their impasse over the budget. "Republicans ...
Source: bradenton.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Emerging NIST guidance suggests that the long-standing practice of treating AI as "just software" for cybersecurity purposes is giving way to more novel approaches to managing AI risks. For years, US cybersecurity guidance rested on a reassuring premise: New technologies introduce new wrinkles, but not fundamentally new problems. Artificial intelligence, according to that view, is still software, just faster, more ...
Source: csoonline.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell's successor could be named as soon as next week, President Donald Trump said Thursday. Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell's successor could be named as soon as next week, President Donald Trump said Thursday, setting the stage for a major shift in the US central bank's leadership. Powell's chairmanship ends in May, and the next chief will need to establish credibility despite ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
that the vehicle maker will "basically stop the production" of its Model S and Model X cars in the next quarter to focus on producing the company's Optimus humanoid robots. "It's time to bring the Model S and X program to an end with an honorable discharge, because we're really moving into a future that's based on autonomy." Musk also says Tesla will continue to support Model S and Model X vehicles for years to ...
Source: bgr.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Jamie Dimon's bank joins Bank of America, Steak 'n Shake and other major employers in announcing the $1,000 match JPMorgan Chase announced Wednesday it will match the government's $1,000 contribution to the proposed "Trump Accounts" for children of its U.S. employees. The bank said it will deposit an additional $1,000 into the Trump Accounts of children born to eligible employees between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Iranian military forces are prepared to "immediately" retaliate against any U.S. attack, Tehran's top diplomat warned on Wednesday, as more American military assets arrived in the region and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to launch a new attack on the country. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a post to X on Wednesday that Iran's "brave Armed Forces are prepared -- with their fingers on ...
Source: aol.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Dow on Thursday said it is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker shifts its emphasis toward artificial intelligence and automation. The company anticipates incurring severance costs of about $600 million to $800 million, in addition to $500 million to $700 million in other one-time costs. Dow marks the latest corporation to announce significant job cuts, with Amazon on Wednesday ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Democratic senators question national intelligence head's fitness for office after overt, unexplained appearance Democratic lawmakers are raising questions about why Tulsi Gabbard, the president's director of national intelligence, was "lurking" in Fulton county on Wednesday while FBI agents carted off boxes of 2020 election documents. Gabbard visited an elections hub in Fulton county, home to Atlanta, on Wednesday ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Judges are struggling to hold ICE accountable for dozens of violations. If they can't, who can? Federal judges are calling on their colleagues to 'draw and hold' the line while courtrooms are overwhelmed with cases with immigrants' freedoms at stake, Alex Woodward writes M ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
– The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. at an event in Minneapolis, according to court papers made public Thursday. The man , Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar, according to a complaint filed in federal court. Authorities determined that the substance was water and apple cider ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Hours after U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced in a press release early Thursday that "enhanced" operations in Maine had ended, President Trump's border czar Tom Homan told reporters in Minnesota that the administration will focus on targeted enforcement across the country. Mufalo Chitam, director of the Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition, said she's still trying to parse those statements. "The word has been ...
Source: wbur.org
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
A former Illinois sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting a 36-year-old woman who called police to her home for help. The 2024 killing of Sonya Massey sparked widespread protests amid a wider reckoning over police conduct towards Black residents in the United States. Sean Grayson, 31, was convicted in October of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting. On Thursday, he ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The Pro Football Hall of Fame released a statement one day after news first broke that former Patriots coach Bill Belichick was not going to be a first-ballot entrant . The release, which did not mention Belichick, centered around the voting process and stressed that if a voter violated the selection process — which includes removing the voter — action would be taken. Here is the full statement: "The ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Pretti was forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers, videos that emerged Wednesday show. The Jan. 13 scuffle was captured in a pair of videos that show Pretti shouting an expletive at the federal officers and struggling with ...
Source: pbs.org
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
There have been two confirmed cases of Nipah virus in a hospital in West Bengal, India. Close to 200 people were also exposed to the infection. This has sparked concern across Asia, as the virus is extremely contagious. Several Asian countries have now instituted Covid-era airport screenings to monitor the spread of infection for which there's currently no vaccine or cure. This zoonotic infection originates from ...
Source: theweek.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Meta appeared to gain approval from investors to keep putting money into AI as its shares jumped 8% post-earnings. Microsoft plunged as the company's Azure segment showed a slowdown in growth and higher spending on artificial intelligence. The AI narrative also spilled over into the broader tech sector, with ServiceNow falling on broader concerns that the technology is eroding software's business model. In this ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
In Minneapolis and communities nationwide, trust is built on reporting that follows the facts wherever they lead -- even when powerful institutions resist scrutiny. Support journalism that stands firmly for the public's right to know. Already a member? BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Britain and China hailed a reset in relations on Thursday, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Xi Jinping pledged greater ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Home » » A federal judge in Minnesota has temporarily halted the Trump Administration from arresting and detaining resettled refugees in the state, following a suit accusing federal immigration officers of "hunting" them down and transporting them to a detention facility in Texas. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim said federal immigration agencies can continue lawful immigration procedures in Minnesota. ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Last chance to save on Digiday Publishing Summit passes is February 9 The U.K'.s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed new rules to give publishers more control over how Google uses their content in AI features like its AI Overviews. The upshot: publishers should be able to opt out of having their material included, and see clearer attribution when their content appears. Google has responded by ...
Source: digiday.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable. Reading time 3 minutes Our lungs are crucial for every breath of life we take. But a research team has found a way for technology to step in and completely replicate the complex functions of a person's lungs, at least for a brief while. Surgeons at Northwestern University detailed the impressive ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The iPhone maker reported first-quarter earnings after market close Apple released its first quarter earnings on Thursday, exceeding Wall Street's expectations and seeing its revenue skyrocket 16% from the same time last year. "Apple is proud to report a remarkable, record-breaking quarter, with revenue of $143.8bn," Tim Cook, the company's CEO, said in a statement . "iPhone had its best-ever quarter driven by ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. These giant bears hunt, mate and spend their days hanging out on Arctic sea ice, which is rapidly disappearing as the climate warms. But some polar bears, it seems, are far more resilient than we realized: new research suggests that in one region, the bears are adapting to the declining sea ice. Researchers took more than 1,000 body ...
Source: scientificamerican.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
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The Trump administration's deployment of troops to five different U.S. cities last year cost roughly $496 million through the end of December, according to estimates released by the Congressional Budget Office this week. Keeping Guard forces deployed at the same levels as late December could cost about $93 million per month going forward, the nonpartisan office estimated. The Pentagon in June 2025 deployed ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump appealed to Iraqis on Tuesday to not reinstate the controversial former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to a new term because of his alleged corruption and severe mismanagement of the country's economy and security situation. Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform : "I'm hearing that the Great Country of Iraq might make a very bad choice by ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Federal officials have repeatedly claimed that the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees who fatally shot Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti on Saturday did so in the midst of a "riot." The situation, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said after the shooting, was "a violent riot" where "you have someone showing up with weapons." Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who headed ...
Source: reason.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Reading time 4 minutes Last year, Google fueled up its Chrome browser with its Gemini AI model. Now it's pressing on the gas. In what the company is calling a "new era of browsing," Google is introducing a slew of new features that further embeds its Gemini 3 model into its browser, now with a side panel capable of multitasking, integration with Google Apps, and a feature called "auto browse" that can navigate the ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
The early bird may not only catch the proverbial worm but also have a healthier heart, new research suggests. People who naturally stay up late, self-described night owls , are likelier to have poor heart health than people with more traditional sleep-wake schedules, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association . The findings were particularly strong among women. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Video filmed from inside Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis shows an ICE agent trying to enter the building but being prevented by consulate staffers, according to the country's foreign ministry. Reuters confirmed the location as the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, from the doors, windows, walls, ceiling fixtures and building across the street that are seen in the video which matched file imagery of the ...
Source: theguardian.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
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Just hours before its after-the-bell Q4 earnings call Wednesday (Jan. 28), it was common to see a headline calling for Meta to defend and maybe even trim its artificial intelligence (AI) spending. "Meta to Report Q4 Earnings Amid AI Spending Concerns" was typical. But there was at least one person who didn't share those concerns and apparently didn't even get the post. "I think my answers to a lot of your questions ...
Source: pymnts.com