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US launches another retaliatory strike in Syria, killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambush
Read full article: US launches another retaliatory strike in Syria, killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambushA third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader.
Vance and Rubio set to attend Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Italy. Trump isn't on the list
Read full article: Vance and Rubio set to attend Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Italy. Trump isn't on the listThe White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Thousands rally in Serbia as students vow to continue fight against corruption
Read full article: Thousands rally in Serbia as students vow to continue fight against corruptionThousands of people have rallied in Serbia as university students announced a new stage in their struggle against President Aleksandar Vucicโs government.
Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts
Read full article: Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflictsPresident Donald Trumpโs โBoard of Peaceโ that was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises.
Trump administration social posts amid Minnesota immigration tensions seen as appealing to far right
Read full article: Trump administration social posts amid Minnesota immigration tensions seen as appealing to far rightAs its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis intensifies, the Trump administration is leaning into messaging that borrows from phrases, images and music about national identity that have become popular among right-wing groups.
Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOP
Read full article: Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOPLongtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects.
As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answers
Read full article: As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answersPresident Donald Trump has demanded a 10% cap on credit card interest rates by January 20.
How abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidies
Read full article: How abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidiesThere's broad bipartisan support in Congress for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year.
FAA urges pilots to exercise caution over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activities'
Read full article: FAA urges pilots to exercise caution over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activities'The Federal Aviation Administration is urging U.S. aircraft operators to โexercise cautionโ when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing โmilitary activitiesโ and satellite navigation interference.
Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term
Read full article: Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first termPresident Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term.
Trump quietly appoints 4 members to commission that will review his White House ballroom plan
Read full article: Trump quietly appoints 4 members to commission that will review his White House ballroom planPresident Donald Trump this week quietly appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two federal panels reviewing his plan to build a White House ballroom.
Trump offers to restart US mediation in Nile River dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia
Read full article: Trump offers to restart US mediation in Nile River dispute between Egypt and EthiopiaPresident Donald Trump says he's ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water sharing.
Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default
Read full article: Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in defaultThe Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.
Virginia lawmakers back redrawing congressional maps, paving the way for a voter referendum
Read full article: Virginia lawmakers back redrawing congressional maps, paving the way for a voter referendumVirginiaโs Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment to allow redistricting ahead of the midterm elections. This means Virginia voters will now be tasked with deciding whether lawmakers should redraw the state's congressional map ahead of the midterm elections. Officials say the legislature's proposed congressional map will be made public by the end of January, ahead of the referendum in April. The redistricting resolution has sparked raucous debate among lawmakers on the merits of gerrymandering a battleground state known to have moderate and independent voters. The state currently is represented in the U.S. House by six Democrats and five Republicans.
Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump
Read full article: Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with TrumpRepublicans in Congress are supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against the central bank.
Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users
Read full article: Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone usersThe Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes.
Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits
Read full article: Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuitsThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people its popular weedkiller could cause cancer.
Venezuelan opposition leader is confident about return of democracy but says little of her plans
Read full article: Venezuelan opposition leader is confident about return of democracy but says little of her plansVenezuelan opposition leader Marรญa Corina Machado says sheโs confident of her countryโs eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolรกs Maduro.
Trump thanks Iran for not following through on executions of political prisoners
Read full article: Trump thanks Iran for not following through on executions of political prisonersPresident Donald Trump is thanking Iran for not following through on executions of more than 800 political prisoners.
Trump to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor Vรกzquez in campaign finance case, official says
Read full article: Trump to pardon ex-Puerto Rico governor Vรกzquez in campaign finance case, official saysPresident Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vรกzquez, a White House official said.
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they donโt back the US controlling Greenland
Read full article: Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they donโt back the US controlling GreenlandU.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they donโt back the U.S. controlling Greenland.
The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles it
Read full article: The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles itThe Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities.
When Texas Republican John Cornyn became a senator, Bush was president. Will he survive Trump's GOP?
Read full article: When Texas Republican John Cornyn became a senator, Bush was president. Will he survive Trump's GOP?Four-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn is in the political fight of his career.
Are Trump's supporters getting what they want from his second term? Here's what a new poll shows
Read full article: Are Trump's supporters getting what they want from his second term? Here's what a new poll showsA new AP-NORC poll finds nearly a year into President Donald Trumpโs second term, his work on the economy hasnโt lived up to the expectations of many people in his own party.
Uganda's president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interference
Read full article: Uganda's president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interferenceUganda's President Yoweri Museveni has an early lead in a tense presidential election.
White House and governors pressure grid operator to boost power supply, slow electricity price hikes
Read full article: White House and governors pressure grid operator to boost power supply, slow electricity price hikesThe White House and a bipartisan group of governors are taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence.
How the Trump administration erased centuries of Justice Department experience
Read full article: How the Trump administration erased centuries of Justice Department experienceAs Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure.
Trump isn't waiting for future generations to name things after him. It's happening now
Read full article: Trump isn't waiting for future generations to name things after him. It's happening nowPresident Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor โ he's doing it himself.
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit seeking detailed voter information from California
Read full article: Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit seeking detailed voter information from CaliforniaA federal judge has dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on the stateโs 23 million registered voters.
Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mail
Read full article: Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mailA group of U.S. senators is voicing concern over U.S. Postal Service processing changes and what those could mean for voting with mail ballots.
Ex-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema sued for allegedly breaking up bodyguard's marriage
Read full article: Ex-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema sued for allegedly breaking up bodyguard's marriageFormer U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema allegedly had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail, leading to the breakup of his marriage.
Criminal investigation raises key question: Whether Chair Powell leaves Fed in May
Read full article: Criminal investigation raises key question: Whether Chair Powell leaves Fed in MayThe Justice Departmentโs investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has brought heightened attention to a key drama that will play out at the central bank in the coming months: Will Powell leave the Fed when his term as chair ends, or will he take the unusual step of remaining a governor.
US names major sporting events other than World Cup, Olympics exempt from Trump visa ban
Read full article: US names major sporting events other than World Cup, Olympics exempt from Trump visa banThe Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions it classifies as โmajor sporting eventsโ โ aside from soccer's 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games โ that athletes and coaches will be allowed to travel to the U.S. to take part in despite a broad visa ban.
Senate passes more spending bills, but Homeland Security dispute looms
Read full article: Senate passes more spending bills, but Homeland Security dispute loomsCongress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday.
Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey now running for Connecticut governor
Read full article: Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey now running for Connecticut governorBetsy McCaughey, a conservative commentator and former New York lieutenant governor, is running for governor of Connecticut.
Confusion erupts in mental health and substance abuse programs as HHS cuts, then reinstates grants
Read full article: Confusion erupts in mental health and substance abuse programs as HHS cuts, then reinstates grantsProviders, state health agencies and others are feeling whiplash and confusion after the Trump administration eliminated and then abruptly reinstated grants that support substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide.
Middle East allies in blitz of diplomacy urged Trump to hold off on Iran strikes, diplomat says
Read full article: Middle East allies in blitz of diplomacy urged Trump to hold off on Iran strikes, diplomat saysSeveral Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the governmentโs deadly crackdown on protesters.
Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate 'woke distractions'
Read full article: Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate 'woke distractions'The Defense Department says it is revamping the military newspaper Stars and Stripes to focus on โreporting for our warfightersโ and eliminate woke distractions.
Aggressive tactics used on Minneapolis protesters raise concerns about federal officer training
Read full article: Aggressive tactics used on Minneapolis protesters raise concerns about federal officer trainingFederal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics โ including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants โ actions the government says are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks and growing protests.
General tapped to lead US operations in Latin America grilled over presence in region
Read full article: General tapped to lead US operations in Latin America grilled over presence in regionThe Marine Corps general tapped to lead U.S. military operations in Latin America says he's ready to oversee an expanded presence but isn't sure what the Trump administration has planned.
UN chief lashes out at countries violating international law
Read full article: UN chief lashes out at countries violating international lawThe United Nations chief is lashing out at countries that violate international law and calling the concentration of power and wealth by the worldโs richest 1% โmorally indefensible.โ.
