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Top News Stories for Saturday, January 31st 2026
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
President Trump's move to nominate Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair is likely to be viewed as a safe choice on Wall Street, elevating a former Fed official with well-established views on inflation. Powell, who has led the Fed since February 2018 after being nominated for the top role by Mr. Trump during his first term as president, is set to step down in May 2026. In his second term, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
NEW YORK – The Justice Department on Friday from its investigative files on , resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure, as ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs. January 30, 2026 In October, Senate Democrats plunged the country into a shutdown. As I wrote at the time , the Party's leaders primarily needed their base to see them pushing back on Donald Trump's authoritarianism, especially after ducking out of a funding ...
Source: newyorker.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Journalist Don Lemon was arrested overnight in Los Angeles on Friday. The arrest comes nearly two weeks after Lemon was at an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. A source familiar with the matter said a grand jury was empaneled Thursday. The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, a law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security, were involved in ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Why Are Non-Human Identities Crucial for Cloud Security? Does your organization fully understand the importance of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) in cybersecurity? With a crucial component of cloud security, managing these machine identities effectively can be the key to minimizing risks and ensuring robust access management. Where systems and services interact automatically, establishing a comprehensive strategy for ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
At least five world leaders have visited Beijing in January alone. The high-level visits come as countries navigate tense U.S. relations. Business executives are also using the opportunity for China deals. In this article China's President Xi Jinping (R) and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 29, 2026. BEIJING — ...
Source: cnbc.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 -
LEWISTON, Maine — The heart of the city's immigrant community expands from Lisbon Street, where ethnic food markets and other businesses usually bustle with customers. But for the past week and a half, it's been quiet, as federal immigration agents scoured the state making arrests. Many residents stayed home — and out of sight. "The community is scared," said Effrax Saciid-Cisse, who emigrated from ...
Source: wbur.org
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
A federal murder charge against Mangione was dismissed by US District Judge Margaret Garnett, who found it was technically flawed. A US judge has ruled that Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty if he is convicted over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. US District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge against Mangione, finding it was technically flawed. She also ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Home » » President Donald Trump , Don Jr., Eric Trump , and the Trump organization are suing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department for $10 billion over the federal agencies' failure to prevent alleged leaks of President Trump 's tax information during his first term, which was given to several news outlets. The suit, filed in a Florida court on Jan. 29, and which includes ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
When free expression is challenged, independent journalism matters more than ever. By supporting HuffPost, you stand behind accountability, truth, and a free press. Already a member? WASHINGTON – A mere hours after President Donald Trump claimed that Vladimir Putin had agreed to stop attacking Ukraine because of the cold weather there, the Russian dictator rained down more than 100 drones and a ballistic ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Home » » Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez signed into law a reform of the nation's hydrocarbons legislation, opening the country's oil industry towards privatization and allowing for more foreign investment. President Rodriguez enacted the reform bill less than a month after the capture of deposed Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro in a U.S. military operation in Venezuela's capital, ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Former Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey in her Springfield home. A jury last year found Grayson guilty of second-degree murder. police body camera footage shown widely across the nation," said the Chicago Tribune. The footage showed Grayson, who is white, fatally shooting the 36-year-old Black mother of two after responding to a ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
The Justice Department said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last weekend, a reversal from its handling so far of shootings involving agents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota. "We're looking at everything that would shed light on that day," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Google has a whole new world for people to play in—but only for a minute. This week, the company released Project Genie , which the company calls its "general-purpose world model" that is capable of generating interactive environments. First unveiled to a small group of invite-only testers back in August of last year, the model, known as Genie 3, is now rolling out to Google AI Ultra ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We've all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking chunks of sea ice as they try—and fail—to hunt. But on a remote Norwegian archipelago, a very different story is unfolding. Svalbard is home to about 3,000 people , and roughly the ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Panama Canal ports will keep operating after court finds concession unconstitutional, president says
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
PANAMA CITY — Panama's president moved to assure the public on Friday that critical ports at both ends of the Panama Canal will continue to operate without interruption — a day after the country's Supreme Court ruled that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings was unconstitutional. The court's decision late Thursday advances a US aim to block any influence by China over ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Homebuyers and owners looking to refinance, for the first time in years, largely entered 2026 with a sense of cautious optimism. And that feeling was supported by hard data and encouraging economic developments in the final four months of 2025, specifically. A declining inflation rate played a large role in encouraging the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts. While those were on hold for the majority of the year, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Pressure was building on Iran on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed a military strike on the Islamic Republic and the Treasury Department sanctioned several officials it said were responsible for the regime's brutal crackdown on its own people. But the country's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a news conference no talks between Tehran and Washington were currently planned and his country was ready for ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed and injured her left knee in her final downhill race on Friday before the Olympics and said she hopes to recover in time for the Milan Cortina Games. "This is a very difficult outcome one week before the Olympics… but if there's one thing I know how to do, it's a comeback," the 41-year-old American wrote on Instagram hours after she was airlifted ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Answer: The Model S and Model X. Tesla believes artificial intelligence and robotics are the future of tech, and so it's going to stop producing some of its legacy car models in order to make room. The specific models on the chopping block are the Model S luxury sedan and Model X crossover SUV. Both are priced around $100,000 and have been in production for more than a decade, but their sale numbers have slumped in ...
Source: govtech.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 -
Following Catherine O'Hara's death at 71, friends and former collaborators are remembering the comedy legend . The actor, who shared two children with her husband, Bo Welch, died on Jan. 30 after a brief illness, her team has confirmed . Justin Trudeau Canada's former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remembered O'Hara as a "beloved Canadian icon with a rare gift for comedy and heart" in a touching post , referencing ...
Source: bustle.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Free ChatGPT users shouldn't notice much of a change, but some devoted 4o users are already clearly disgruntled. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways It's a sad day for many ChatGPT users. GPT-4o, the model that's become a favorite for many people because of its warm and friendly conversational tone, will be retired on Feb. 13, OpenAI announced Thursday. That means ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
President Trump's plan to slap tariffs on nations that provide oil to Cuba has created a formidable new challenge for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in her efforts to balance Mexico's interests with White House demands. On Friday, Sheinbaum said Mexico would seek a clarification from Washington in a bid to avoid a difficult choice: Halt oil shipments to Cuba, potentially triggering a humanitarian crisis on the ...
Source: latimes.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
What is a Trump Account? Trump Accounts are investment accounts for kids. The federal government will contribute $1,000 for newborns to kick-start the account. Parents or guardians can then add their own money — up to $5,000 a year — to maximize growth, but contributing isn't required. Adults will have control of the account until their child turns 18. At age 18, the child can either withdraw the funds ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Donald Trump has appeared to undermine Second Amendment rights in statements about Alex Pretti's killing. Many in the firearms community are going along with it. In the hours after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump and his administration appeared to directly undermine the rights granted to gun owners in the Second Amendment. Department of Homeland Security ...
Source: wired.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 -
Saks Global plans to shutter most of its Sak Off 5th stores as the bankrupt retailer looks to slash costs and cater to higher-income customers. The company said on Thursday that it will close all but 12 of its 70 Saks Off 5th locations. The remaining outlets will serve primarily as a selling channel for residual inventory from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Saks, which also owns ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 30th, 2026 -
Yesterday, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing Google's trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology for the benefit of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The jury's ...
Source: justice.gov
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America's northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands. Trump's threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Apple reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday that surpassed expectations, with revenue soaring 16% on an annual basis. The company reported $42.1 billion in net income, or $2.84 per share, versus $36.33 billion, or $2.40 per share, in the year-ago period. Apple saw particularly strong results in China, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. Sales in ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is opening an investigation after a Waymo self-driving vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California, last week, causing minor injuries and renewing concerns about the safety of robotaxis. The car safety agency said on Thursday that the child ran across the street on January 23 from behind a double-parked ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 -
Days after ordering the leader of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to appear before him, a federal judge in Minnesota has ripped into the agency, accusing it of violating roughly 100 court orders since the start of 2026. "ICE is not a law unto itself," Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz declared in a relatively terse four-page order on Wednesday. While acknowledging that the Trump ...
Source: lawandcrime.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 -
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