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Top News Stories for Sunday, January 18th 2026
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States will impose new tariffs on several European countries unless a deal is reached for the purchase of Greenland, escalating his long-running push for US control of the Arctic territory ruled by Denmark. Trump said he will impose a 10% tariff on "any and all goods" from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
ChatGPT's Ads era is here This doesn't just change OpenAI's business model, it shifts the rules of the game OpenAI's decision to introduce advertisements inside ChatGPT for free users and its new $8 "Go" tier is already shaping up to be one of the most consequential pivots in generative AI's short history. It's not a simple business tweak. It's a reframing of where digital intent, attention, and commercial ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1-mph (1.6-kph) creep from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak. The 4-mile (6-kilometer) trek took until ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump's belligerent and unpredictable trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere. Canada broke with the United States Friday, slashing its 100% import tax on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, particularly canola seeds. "It's a huge declaration of realignment in ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
United States President Donald Trump has invited the leaders of Egypt and Turkiye to join his "board of peace" to oversee the post-war transition in Gaza, according to authorities in Ankara and Cairo. The board is expected to supervise the temporary governance of the Gaza Strip under the US president's plan to end Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged territory. A Turkish presidential ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected to a seventh term, the country's electoral commission has announced, after a tense campaign marked by an opposition crackdown and internet blackout. Museveni, 81, won with 71.65 percent of the vote, the commission said on Saturday. He defeated his main challenger, 43-year-old Bobi Wine, who received 24.72 percent of the vote, according to the official results. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
As President Trump prepares to nominate a new Federal Reserve chair in the coming months, he hasn't been shy about his goal for the powerful economic posting: lower interest rates. "I want somebody that when the market is doing great, interest rates can go down because our country becomes stronger," the president said during a speech in Detroit on Tuesday. He's long pushed for lower rates, which could boost ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Emergency call logs and reports detailing last week's fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration officer reveal a greater sense of the organizational chaos and heightened emotion surrounding her final moments. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "just shot a lady," one 911 caller said soon after the agent shot Good in her vehicle on January 7, according to emergency call transcripts CNN obtained ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump a week ago told the credit card industry it had until Jan. 20 to comply with his demand for a 10% cap on interest rates . With just days to go, consumer groups, politicians, and bankers alike remain unclear on what the White House has planned and whether Trump even remains serious about the idea. So far, the White House has not provided any detail about what will happen ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Amid a cold drizzle, Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday at the state Capitol as Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office. The inauguration of Spanberger, who defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, marks a new chapter in Virginia as Democrats pull the levers of power in state government ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
The calculation of damages was laid out by the expert witness C. Paul Wazzan, named in the filing as "a financial economist with decades of professional and academic experience." Musk said on his social media platform, X, on Friday: "Can't wait to start the trial. The discovery and testimony will blow your mind." , including the CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, over allegations that the AI company misled ...
Source: insider.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State member responsible for last month's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. U.S. Central Command announced that the strike in northwest Syria on Friday killed Bilal Hasan ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump has advised pregnant women to 'tough it out' rather than take the painkiller Pregnant individuals can safely use paracetamol as directed during pregnancy without an increased risk of autism , ADHD , or intellectual disabilities in their children , a comprehensive new review ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered federal law enforcement participating in the Minnesota immigration crackdown to stop pepper spraying, detaining and pulling over peaceful protesters. The preliminary injunction by Judge Katherine Menendez of the U.S. District Court in Minnesota applies to federal agents and officers participating in Operation Metro Surge, the controversial immigration crackdown launched by the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Billionaire US Education Secretary Linda McMahon has temporarily suspended the Trump administration's plan to resume garnishing the wages of defaulted student loan borrowers, a reversal that came after advocates warned the pay seizures would have had devastating economic consequences for people across the country amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis. McMahon, who is actively working to dismantle her department ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
By Maggie Fick and Patrick Wingrove SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - More than half a dozen major drugmakers are participating in the Trump administration's speedier review program for new medicines, yet other leading pharmaceutical companies are hesitating over what they see as potential legal risks, six industry sources told Reuters. Under the FDA Commissioner's National Priority Voucher Program unveiled in ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has received a five-year jail sentence after being found guilty of multiple charges, including attempts to block his arrest after his failed move to impose martial law on the country in December 2024. Yoon was sentenced at the Seoul Central District Court on Friday in televised proceedings of one of the country's most sensitive political trials in recent history. But this ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
A new analysis of dozens of peer-reviewed medical studies found no link between the use of Tylenol in pregnancy and diagnoses of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities in children. The research, published Friday in the journal The Lancet , shows that "the best available human evidence does not support a causal link between prenatal Tylenol exposure and autism, ADHD or intellectual disability," said Dr. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Insurrection Act is a rarely-used federal law allowing the president to deploy military in U.S. cities Leer en Español President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if state lawmakers fail to stop protesters "from attacking the Patriots ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
As hospitals scramble and country reaches record-breaking rates of illness, officials cast doubt on flu shot's necessity As the US reaches record-breaking rates of illness and hospitals scramble to care for flu patients, officials have stopped fully recommending the flu shot, casting doubt on the necessity and effectiveness of the vaccine . "We are in the midst of a very severe flu season," said Seema Lakdawala, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has also led to explosive growth in electricity demand. Infrastructure is straining under the weight of that demand, and nowhere is the strain more visible than in the PJM Interconnection region . Data centers supporting AI workloads are driving unprecedented power needs, colliding with grid limitations and pushing the cost of backup generation sharply higher. ...
Source: pymnts.com