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Top News Stories for Friday, January 9th 2026
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said early Friday that he had cancelled a "previously expected" second wave of attacks on Venezuela due to the country's cooperation with the United States. It comes nearly a week after he ordered a military operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is currently in US custody along with his wife Cilia Flores. Shortly after that military operation, Trump said in a news ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Trump's pledge to upend Wall Street's 15-year push into the market for single-family American homes raised alarms across the real estate investment industry — and skepticism. , the head of real estate for the Americas at DWS, an investment firm that has purchased single-family rental homes. In a message on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump said that he was "immediately taking steps to ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Whether the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman in her car Wednesday faces criminal prosecution may come down to the details. Federal officials claim the officer acted in self-defense when he opened fire on Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, as her car moved forward during an apparent confrontation with several officers. But local leaders quickly ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on The U.S. childhood vaccination schedule has been dramatically reduced , purportedly because, as federal health officials argued, the now-discarded schedule recommended children get far more vaccines than kids in "peer countries." But did it really? And has ...
Source: statnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Membership keeps our reporting free and accessible to all. We don't answer to the powerful - we answer to readers like you. Support the journalism that demand accountability. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that it was not feasible to save the East Wing because of structural issues, past decay and other major concerns as officials shared details of President Donald Trump's ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
By The 32nd Annual Actor Awards nominations are officially here, and the race for the iconic bronze statuettes has rarely looked this competitive. With the Screen Actors Guild rebranding their signature event simply as "The Actor Awards," the focus this year is sharper than ever on the craft of performance. Mirroring the momentum seen earlier in the season, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and Ryan ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts. Fewer than one percent of mountain gorilla pregnancies result in twins, according to scientists, with the DRC recording a previous case in 2020, also in the UNESCO-listed Virunga reserve. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 -
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at Wednesday's hearing on Capitol Hill. Picture: Screengrab Government watchdogs and legal experts warned that Republicans' call for the impeachment of two federal judges at a Senate judiciary committee hearing this week upends historical norms and sets a dangerous tone of intimidation. Led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Wednesday's hearing, Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable , was a ...
Source: rawstory.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
The president also pushed for a $1.5-trillion defense budget. President Donald Trump wants a 50-percent boost to the Pentagon budget—to $1.5 trillion a year—and a pay cap for defense CEOs to encourage them to produce weapons faster. In a flurry of social media posts Wednesday, the president also said he would bar defense companies from buying back stock and issuing dividends until they invest more ...
Source: washingtontechnology.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
President Trump said on social media Thursday that he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he argued would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices. Mr. Trump and the White House have been trying to show they are responding to voter concerns about affordability ahead of midterm elections in November. Home prices have generally ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Thursday disqualified a U.S. attorney in New York and threw out the subpoenas he issued to the state's Attorney General Letitia James . U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield wrote in her opinion that John Sarcone III has been unlawfully serving as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York. "When the Executive branch of government skirts restraints put in place by ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
The Minnesota agency tasked with investigating the killing of a U.S. citizen by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has withdrawn from the case, alleging federal authorities have restricted its access to evidence. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said it was initially assigned to investigate the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good in conjunction with the FBI. The BCA said the U.S. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
It's the first tax season with the latest Trump tax cuts — and also the first since deep staff cuts at the IRS Americans will get their first up-close look at the impact of President Donald Trump's massive new tax law in several weeks, now that the Internal Revenue Service has said when people can start filing their 2025 taxes. The IRS will begin accepting income-tax returns on Monday, Jan. 26, officials for ...
Source: marketwatch.com
Thursday, Jan 8th, 2026 -
Google and Character.AI, which have worked together on AI chatbots , have agreed to settle five lawsuits in four states related to minors harmed by interactions with Character.AI chatbots. While the agreement is not finalized, it would include settlement of cases in Florida , Texas , New York and Colorado over the use of chatbot services. In one high-profile case, a 14-year-old Orlando ...
Source: cnet.com