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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 -
President Trump said Friday he is nominating Kevin Warsh to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve Board, filling a powerful economic policy role as the president pushes for lower interest rates. Mr. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform . Warsh was a member of the Fed's board for five years starting in 2006, when former President George W. Bush named him to the central bank right before ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Board attention continues to rise, and security groups now operate closer to executive decision making than in prior years, a pattern reflected the by Tines. Within that environment, large numbers of teams already rely on AI, automation, and workflow tools as part of routine ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.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 -
US president warns against closer ties with China during British PM's trip to secure lower tariffs and better market access Donald Trump has warned the UK against doing business with China, just hours after Keir Starmer lauded the economic relationship during a landmark visit to Beijing . The US president said it was "very dangerous" for the UK to pursue closer ties with the rival superpower as the prime minister's ...
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 -
Google AI lets you explore any virtual world you can dream up instantly Google's just begun opening up access to an AI model I can actually get behind. This one lets you generate a virtual world of any kind and travel through it with a vehicle or character like in a video game – all with text prompts or images you upload. That could be a spaceship flying over an alien planet, a blimp over a European city set ...
Source: newatlas.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Artificial intelligence helps doctors spot more cases of breast cancer when reading routine scans. Artificial intelligence helps doctors spot more cases of breast cancer when reading routine scans, a world-first trial found Friday. The results suggest countries should roll out programmes taking advantage of AI's scanning power to ease the workload of short-staffed radiologists, the Swedish lead researchers said. ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba , a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis. The order would primarily put pressure on Mexico , a government that has acted as an oil lifeline for Cuba and has constantly voiced solidarity for the U.S. adversary ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that he expects the United States to respect the country's sovereignty after reports that Alberta separatists have met several times with officials of the Donald Trump administration. The Financial Times reported that US State Department officials held meetings with the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), a group calling for a referendum on whether the energy-rich western ...
Source: aljazeera.com
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 -
Technology Tesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Century The Model S deserved better than this. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic January 29, 2026, 7:29 PM ET Save Before Elon Musk, most electric vehicles seemed less like an alternative to gasoline than an argument in its favor. The sad state of affairs for EVs for many years was that they were slow, impractical, and largely ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! Around 200 people gather for an anti-ICE rally outside of Sen. Susan Collins' Portland office calling on her to vote no on the DHS funding bill that includes more money for ICE ...
Source: pressherald.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? SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey , who had dialed 911 ...
Source: huffpost.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 -
An escalating conflict between the federal judiciary and the Trump administration led a frustrated judge in Minnesota to release a list Wednesday of nearly 100 court orders he says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated over the last month. "ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence," Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge of ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
President Trump said the United States will decertify Canadian-made aircraft and may impose tariffs after accusing Canada of illegally blocking the certification of several Gulfstream business jets. "Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets," Trump said in a social media post on Thursday, "we are hereby decertifying their ...
Source: bnonews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Apple on Thursday said it saw record-high earnings in the final three months of last year, with iPhone sales surging in greater China. The tech giant reported profit of $42.1 billion on revenue of $143.8 billion in the recently-ended quarter. The iPhone "had its best-ever quarter driven by unprecedented demand," chief executive Tim Cook said on an earnings call. Sales of iPhones grew around the world, climbing to ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The United States on Thursday eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry, expanding the ability of US companies to operate in the country after the lifting of state controls on the sector. Within an hour of Venezuelan MPs voting to open the oil industry to private investment, the US Treasury Department greenlit a range of activities by US energy companies. The department issued a general license allowing ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
It appears increasingly likely that in the coming days, the United States will once again launch airstrikes against Iran. that a "massive Armada is heading to Iran," referring to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several other naval ships that have in the region, along with rapid build-ups in aircraft and air defense systems. Should he order an attack, Trump warned the damage would be "far worse" than ...
Source: vox.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 -
The Trump administration is barred from arresting and detaining legal refugees in Minnesota , a federal district court has ruled. Earlier this year, amid a widespread immigration crackdown in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — along with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — began an effort aimed at targeting and reexamining the legal status of ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Doctors in Chicago saved the life of a young Missouri man with a rare infection that had liquefied his lungs, hooking him up to what they have called a total artificial lung. The patient, whose name was not released, survived on the lung for 48 hours, and then received a lung transplant. Two and a half years later, the patient, now in his mid-30s, is alive and back working in his family business, according to Ankit ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration is investigating an incident in which an autonomous Waymo taxi struck and injured a child last week in Santa Monica, Calif. The child was injured Friday after they ran into the street and was struck by an autonomous Waymo taxi about two blocks from an elementary school during its morning drop-off hours, the NHTSA's Office of Defects ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say Scientists expected the opposite, but polar bears in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard have become fatter and healthier since the early 1990s, all while sea ice has steadily declined due to climate change. Polar bears rely on sea ice as a platform from which to hunt the seals that they rely on for blubber-rich meals. ...
Source: bbc.com
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 -
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 -
. With improved tracking capabilities and louder sound, this new item tracker might look almost identical to its predecessor. However, it can be a great upgrade if you have some of Apple's latest products, such as the iPhone 16, iPhone 17, iPhone Air, or an Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2, or newer. Still, even if you're relying on an older iPhone, Apple is using a new Bluetooth specification to increase ...
Source: bgr.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
An outbreak of the Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has heightened concerns in China and several Southeast Asian countries, prompting them to tighten health screening operations at airports as millions prepare to travel for the Lunar New Year holiday. Since December 2025, two confirmed cases of the virus have been reported in West Bengal, India's health ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Google says it's exploring the option of letting publishers opt out of having their website content used to generate AI Overviews at the top of search results. In a blog post published on Thursday, the company addressed its approach to the controls it provides to websites in order to manage how their content appears in Search AI features. The post was Google's response to the fact that the UK's Competition and ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) - SpaceX is exploring deals with other companies helmed by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, leaving investors working through permutations between space, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence to analyze which combination makes the most sense. The rocket maker is in discussions to merge with xAI ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for this year, Reuters reported on ...
Source: reuters.com
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
Rock icon Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday released a song called "Streets of Minneapolis," a tribute to activists who have been leading the uprising against federal immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities. In a statement posted on social media, Springsteen explained his inspiration for the song, which he wrote in the wake of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti being gunned down by federal agents on ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Jan 28th, 2026 -
By Riley Griffin and Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg News Meta Platforms Inc.'s better-than-expected sales outlook helped ease Wall Street concerns about plans for unprecedented spending on artificial intelligence this year. The social networking giant topped projections for holiday quarter revenue and gave a strong forecast for the current period during its earnings report Wednesday. Improvements in its online advertising ...
Source: miamiherald.com