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Trump set to name Kevin Warsh as next Federal Reserve chair, reports say

US President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, with the president saying he will announce his pick on Friday morning to replace Jerome Powell, whose term finishes in May, according to multiple media reports. Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and

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Andrew Hastie rules out Liberal leadership challenge, paving way for Angus Taylor

Andrew Hastie has confirmed he will not contest the Liberal party leadership, announcing on Friday that he does not have the support needed and clearing the path for fellow rightwinger Angus Taylor to challenge Sussan Ley. Hastie said in a statement he had consulted colleagues and respected their feedback, and

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Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to do business with China after Starmer visit

Donald Trump warned the UK it was “very dangerous” to do business with China, comments made in Washington just hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer lauded the economic relationship during a landmark visit to Beijing. Starmer, the first British prime minister to travel to Beijing in eight years, held three-hour

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Trump Sues I.R.S., Seeks at Least $10 Billion Over Tax Return Leak

President Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in federal court in Florida, demanding at least $10 billion over the unauthorized leak of his tax returns from his first term; the suit also names his two eldest sons and his family business as plaintiffs. The filing

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Trump threatens to decertify Canadian-made aircraft and impose 50% tariff

President Trump on Jan. 29, 2026 said on social media that he would “decertify all aircraft made in Canada” and threatened a 50 percent tariff on them, escalating a dispute with Canada over certification of American-made business jets. Industry officials said federal regulators clarified that Mr. Trump’s statement was

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Senate Democrats and White House strike deal to avoid government shutdown

Senate Democrats on Thursday struck a deal with Republicans and the White House to pass five spending bills to fund much of the government for the rest of the fiscal year and a short-term stopgap to fund the Department of Homeland Security while negotiators work on restrictions for immigration agents.

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Trump set to nominate Kevin Warsh as Fed chair; markets and prediction odds shift

The Trump administration is preparing to nominate Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve Chair, Bloomberg reported, with a formal announcement expected Friday morning; the selection is not final until the president makes the announcement. Warsh, a former Fed governor, visited the White House Thursday and quickly surged in prediction

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Michael Beck, 65, First to Report Symptoms of ‘Havana Syndrome,’ Dies

Michael Beck, 65, the first of scores of federal workers to develop neurological symptoms later dubbed Havana Syndrome, died on Saturday in Columbia, Md., his daughter, Regan, said; the cause of death had not been determined. Mr. Beck, a counterintelligence officer at the National Security Agency, said he was exposed

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Newsom files civil rights complaint against Dr. Oz over video on Armenian Americans

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California filed a formal civil rights complaint on Thursday against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, alleging that a government video posted this week illegally discriminated against Armenian Americans in Southern California. In the video, which was posted on

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Trump signs order enabling tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday laying the groundwork to impose tariffs on goods from countries that provide oil to Cuba, the White House said. The order declares a national emergency and establishes a process for the US secretaries of state and commerce to assess tariffs, but the

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White House says Nicki Minaj’s ‘gold Trump card’ was a memento, not a $1M visa

After a joint appearance with President Trump this week, the rapper Nicki Minaj posted an image of a Trump “gold card” — an expedited-visa card associated with a $1 million residency option — but the White House said the card she received was a memento rather than a visa document. Ms. Minaj

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Trump and First Lady to Attend Premiere of ‘Melania’ at Kennedy Center

The president, the first lady and top members of the Trump administration are attending the premiere of "Melania," a new documentary executive produced by the first lady, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, the Times reported. The

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Trump’s 2020 election claims repeatedly debunked as Georgia search escalates effort

The New York Times reported on Jan. 29, 2026, that more than five years after the 2020 election Mr. Trump and his administration continue to pursue claims of widespread voter fraud, and that F.B.I. agents in Fulton County, Ga., recently searched an election center for 2020 ballots and

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Nearly one-third of non-US game developers cancelled US travel over immigration, gender policies

A PC Gamer report says nearly one-third of non‑US game developers have cancelled plans to travel to the United States because of the country’s immigration and gender identity policies. The survey found 60% of “non‑US industry leaders and investors” said current U.S. immigration policies have impacted

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Starmer opens door to Xi visit after Beijing talks

Keir Starmer opened the door to a UK visit by Xi Jinping after bilateral talks in Beijing during his three-day visit — the first visit by a UK prime minister to China in eight years. Starmer and his team highlighted outcomes from the trip including a visa waiver, a cut in

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B.C. premier says Alberta separatists’ secret US talks amount to ‘treason’

Covert meetings between separatist activists in Alberta and members of Donald Trump’s administration amount to “treason”, British Columbia premier David Eby said on Thursday, after revelations first reported by the Financial Times that far-right activists met US state department officials. “To go to a foreign country and to ask

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Patrick Schiltz, Minnesota Chief Judge, Accuses ICE of Violating Court Orders

In January, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota sharply criticized the Trump administration’s immigration tactics, demanding that Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appear in his courtroom to explain why people arrested by

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Mamdani warns of $12B NYC shortfall, blames Adams amid meme coin fallout

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a Wednesday press conference that the city faces a $12 billion budget shortfall over the next two fiscal years and largely blamed former Mayor Eric Adams for chronic underfunding of essential services. Mamdani accused Adams of underbudgeting services such as rental assistance,

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NYT tracker: More than 600 lawsuits have challenged President Trump’s policies

President Trump’s agenda faced more than 600 lawsuits over the past year, The New York Times reported on Jan. 29, 2026. The Times has been tracking every lawsuit challenging Mr. Trump’s policies since he returned to office in January 2025. Plaintiffs have ranged from immigrants and state governments

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Education Dept. publishes proposed rule for Trump’s student-loan overhaul

The Department of Education announced Thursday that it published the proposed rule for President Donald Trump’s student-loan repayment overhaul in the Federal Register, and said the public will have 30 days — until March 2 — to submit comments. Publishing the proposed rule is the next key step in the negotiated

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Minnesota chief judge rebukes ICE, demands explanation then withdraws order

Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s immigration tactics and, in an order this month, demanded that Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appear in his courtroom to

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Outside groups back Luke Bronin in primary challenge to Rep. John Larson

Three outside political groups have lined up behind Luke Bronin in his primary challenge to Representative John Larson, the 77-year-old Connecticut Democrat seeking a 15th term, the Times reported on Jan. 29, 2026. VoteVets, The Bench and New Politics announced support for Bronin, 46, a former Navy intelligence officer and

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Trump says he only appeared to nod off at December cabinet meeting because it was 'boring'

President Trump said on Thursday at the start of his first cabinet meeting of 2026 at the White House that he had only appeared to nod off during a December cabinet meeting because “it got pretty boring, no offense,” and that he had closed his eyes rather than fallen asleep.

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Starmer’s China visit produced visa-free access and limited commitments

Keir Starmer travelled to China and met Xi Jinping on what the Guardian describes as the first prime‑ministerial visit since Theresa May in 2018, in a trip that mixed ceremony with tightly managed diplomacy. The article says the Chinese side “couldn’t really see the point” of the visit

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Budget hotels targeted by protests over ICE agents' stays

At hotels from Minneapolis to Maine, crowds have staged "no sleep" protests — blowing whistles, banging pots and playing drums late into the night — to target ICE agents staying at budget hotels, and on Tuesday activists took over the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn in TriBeCa, The New