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Top News Stories for Thursday, January 15th 2026
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2026 -
Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote Wednesday to effectively kill a Venezuelan war powers resolution after the Senate deadlocked on the measure. Vance broke a 50-50 tie on a vote that stops the Senate from further considering the resolution and senators will not take further votes on the resolution.. Republicans Sens. Josh Hawley and Todd Young, who previously supported the resolution, flipped on ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Financial technology company Bilt, whose credit cards offer customer rewards for rent and mortgage payments, introduced three new credit cards on Wednesday that cap interest rates at 10% for one year. The offer, which will only apply to new purchases, comes after President Trump this week floated a 10% ceiling on the interest rates credit card issuers charge customers. The proposal drew immediate ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
A coalition of nearly 30 advocacy groups is calling on Google and Apple to remove access to social media platform X and its AI app, Grok, from their app stores after Grok allowed users to generate sexualized images of minors and women. The organizations, which focus on child safety, women's rights and privacy, expressed their concerns in letters on Wednesday to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Home » » Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that they will not comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a Republican-led House Oversight Committee deposition related to the investigation involving the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter posted on social media, the Clintons criticized the House Oversight ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
challenging a state law that allows mail-in ballots received up to 14 days after Election Day to be counted. The high court divided 7-2 in siding with Congressman Michael Bost, an Illinois Republican who challenged his state's law for counting late-arriving ballots. The high court found that he has the legal right to sue over the rules that govern the counting of votes in his election to Congress. Chief Justice ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The FBI raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into a government contractor. The FBI executed a search warrant at Natanson's home, seizing electronic devices including a phone, two laptop computers and a Garmin watch, The Washington Post , CNN and The Hill report. The reports are based, at least in part, on unnamed sources. The ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Trump Says Iran Currently Has 'No Plans' For Executing Protesters (Live Updates) President Donald Trump said Iran had stopped "the killing" as well as its plans to execute protesters, as anti-government demonstrations continue and the U.S. reportedly considers military intervention in the Middle Eastern nation. "We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a Republican challenge to a law that allows the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump. The high court ruled 7-2 that candidates like Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., have the legal right to such challenges, even if the ballots have little effect on the race. "Win or lose, candidates suffer when the process departs from the law," ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Verizon Wireless is experiencing a widespread outage Wednesday with some customers saying their devices are stuck in SOS mode. The outage began at about noon EST, DownDetector service outage detector showing an increase in customers losing service . Shortly after, Verizon customers began posting on social media that they were experiencing a loss of service or that their devices were stuck in SOS ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
By As global central bankers issued a rare letter of support for Federal Reserve independence, blowback against the Department of Justice probe of Chair Jerome Powell mounted that it could threaten the White House search for Powell's successor as well as markets. The unprecedented criminal investigation against a sitting Fed chair rattled not only economists, industry heads and politicians but also members of the ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered to remain detained on child sex abuse charges Wednesday in New Mexico as new details emerged about a separate misconduct allegation against him. Busfield did not enter a plea during a court appearance in which he was ordered to be held without bond. Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Judge Felicia Blea-Rivera said a hearing will take place in five business days. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Ongoing reports and analysis The Trump administration on Wednesday announced that it was indefinitely freezing immigrant visa processing for nearly 40 percent of the world's countries, further intensifying its immigration crackdown as U.S. President Donald Trump gears up for his second year back in office. Starting Jan. 21, the Trump administration "will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose ...
Source: foreignpolicy.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
LoneStar Data Holdings plans orbital facilities by 2028 with lunar surface centers by early 2030s Surging demand for energy to power artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is reaching new heights as companies are pursuing plans to station data centers in space. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, and Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, have signaled they're working on developing data ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NASA gave the go and the SpaceX Crew-11 mission departed the International Space Station on Wednesday headed for an overnight splashdown back on Earth in the Pacific Ocean. The four crew of NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, commander, and Mike Fincke, pilot, along with JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, both mission specialists, are cutting their ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — What do Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh have in common? A lot. Both have coached in the AFC North seemingly forever. Harbaugh ended his 18th season in Baltimore with a 26-24 loss to Pittsburgh in the final regular season game. He then was fired. A week later, Tomlin finished his 19th season with Pittsburgh. He decided to "step down" from the head coaching position after a 30-6 loss to Houston ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump's embattled U.S. attorney pick filed a furious response to a judge's question about why she's still calling herself a U.S. attorney after a court ruled her appointment was illegal. The president's own appointee, Judge David Novak, issued an order earlier this month demanding that Lindsey Halligan "explain why her identification does not constitute a false or misleading statement." In response ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
The US housing market slump dragged into its fourth year in 2025 as sales remained stuck at a 30-year low, slowed by rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates. Sales of previously occupied US homes totaled 4.06 million last year, essentially flat versus 2024, when sales sank to the lowest level since 1995, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. Without rounding the figures, sales last year were ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
By Apple Inc. announced a new subscription bundle of creative apps called Creator Studio, an attempt to give its photo- and video-editing software fresh momentum in the face of intensifying competition. The bundle, announced Tuesday, includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro and Pixelmator Pro, among others, and will be available Jan. 28 for $12.99 per month or $129 annually. Apple is also offering a one-month free trial. ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Billionaires Here's What The Richest Californians Would Pay Under The Proposed Billionaire Tax Updated Jan 14, 2026, 02:40pm EST The controversial 5% wealth tax could cost the Golden State's record 246 billionaires anywhere from $50 million to $13 billion apiece. Whatever the sum, it has a number of its richest and most famous residents plotting moves. A number of billionaires in the Golden State are fired up over ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Report Shows 7 in 10 Patients Survive Cancer — a New Record Routine cancer screenings, improved treatments, and less smoking are changing what it means to have cancer today, a new report shows. Seven in 10 people now survive at least five years after first receiving a cancer diagnosis in the United States, according to the latest annual report from the American Cancer Society. "Immunotherapy is being used in ...
Source: everydayhealth.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Google 's artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Gemini can now help some users by accessing information from the Google apps Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube and Search. The company launched this Personal Intelligence capability as a beta in the United States on Wednesday (Jan. 14) and will roll it out to eligible Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. over the ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Commerce Department eases export controls in exchange for 25% fee paid to US government The Trump administration formally greenlit Nvidia exports Tuesday, allowing the tech giant to ship its artificial intelligence chips to China and other countries. In a new rule set to be published Jan. 15, the Commerce Department is easing U.S. export restrictions on China for Nvidia's H200 chip , a move President Donald Trump ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services. Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion. ...
Source: npr.org
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
United States President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East has announced the launch of the second phase of a US-brokered plan to end Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Steve Witkoff said in a social media post on Wednesday that Trump's 20-point Gaza plan is "moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction". The second phase will ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
China reported strong trade numbers for 2025 on Wednesday, as its surplus rose year-on-year to a record $1.2 trillion despite a slump in exports to the United States after President Donald Trump hiked tariffs. Last year's bruising trade war between Washington and Beijing — which at one point saw reciprocal tariffs in the triple digits — led to a 20 percent plunge year-on-year in China's exports to the ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Judges uphold redrawing to offset Texas gerrymandering as Newsom attacks lawsuit as 'weak attempt to silence voters' A federal appeals panel on Wednesday upheld the California ballot initiative that allows temporary changes to congressional district maps designed to benefit Democrats in upcoming elections. The measure, known as Proposition 50 , emerged in response to actions taken in Texas, where Republican leaders ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Topics More from TechCrunch SOPA Images The music distribution platform Bandcamp announced in a Reddit post on Tuesday that it's banning AI-generated music and audio. "We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans," the company said. Bandcamp's new guidelines state that music and audio generated "wholly or in substantial part by ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in healthcare costs avoided and deaths prevented from air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants. The change means in considering limits on fine particulate matter and ozone pollution, the EPA will focus only on the cost to industry. It's part of a broader realignment under President Trump toward a business-friendly ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Critics call move to cut payments after 1 February for number of Democratic-run states 'unconstitutional' Donald Trump has revived his stalled push to cut federal funding for a number of Democratic-run states, announcing that any with a perceived "sanctuary city" status will not receive payments after 1 February. The president made the statement during a freewheeling address at the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Elon Musk's Starlink is reportedly offering free service to users in Iran, where a communications blackout is under way amid widespread antigovernment protests. The satellite communication service from SpaceX is one of the few ways that images and videos of the protests and the ensuing government crackdown have made their way out of Iran. Here's what you need to know: How is Starlink being used in Iran? After ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
NASA is gearing up for the Artemis II mission , its first crewed flight around the Moon in over 50 years. In the upcoming days, the agency will roll the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for crucial final tests and rehearsals. This rollout will mark the start of final integration work, system testing, and launch rehearsals ahead of the ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
$420M Deal Enables Web Detection and Response, Secures AI-Driven Browser Activity CrowdStrike plans to purchase an enterprise browser security startup led by the longtime CEO of Walla to secure web-based access in the agentic artificial intelligence era. The Austin, Texas-based platform security vendor said the browser has become the new front door for productivity and risk, said Chief Business Officer Daniel ...
Source: databreachtoday.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Research conducted partly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suggests that "microgravity" could help scientists fight drug-resistant superbugs, according to a report from SWNS. Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless, NASA states. Experiments by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison show that viruses and ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Last week, we wrote about how ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good , a 37-year-old poet and mother, on a Minneapolis street in broad daylight. We wrote about how the Trump administration immediately began lying about it despite multiple video angles showing exactly what happened. We wrote about how the media called documented murder a "dispute." This week, we're writing about how career Justice ...
Source: techdirt.com
Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026 -
Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested Monday after he was alleged to have physically assaulted and threatened a ride-share driver, police said. Sutherland, 59, was arrested at Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood after officers responded to a report of an assault around 12:15 a.m., Los Angeles Police Officer Kevin Terzes said by email Tuesday. "The investigation determined that the suspect, later ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2026 -
Six lawyers from US attorney's office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ's civil rights division A wave of federal prosecutors in Minnesota and Washington DC have resigned in protest over the justice department's decision not to hold a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of an unarmed US citizen by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis . Six lawyers from the US attorney's office in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2026 -
Here's the inflation breakdown for December 2025 — in one chart The consumer price index rose 2.7% in December 2025 from 12 months earlier, unchanged from November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tariffs put some upward pressure on prices for consumers, economists said. The data is also somewhat difficult to decipher due to distortions caused by the recent government shutdown, they said. The ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2026 -
, according to newly filed court documents. programme broadcast in 2024, which faced criticism for allegedly giving the impression that Mr Trump had encouraged his supporters to storm the US Capitol building in 2021. The episode featured a clip from Mr Trump's speech on 6 January, 2021, and was edited to show him stating: "We're going to walk down to the Capitol … and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2026 -
The U.S. government is revoking the legal status of more than 1,000 immigrants from Somalia, raising the specter of deportation for a community often assailed by President Trump. A Department of Homeland Security official said the Trump administration had decided to terminate Somalia's Temporary Protected Status program, which allows beneficiaries to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2026 -
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday. Adams said last year that he was diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer. Adams' ex-wife, Shelly Miles, announced the news of his death during a live stream of his YouTube show, "Real Coffee with Scott Adams." She read a "final message" from Adams on the ...
Source: cbsnews.com