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Mike Johnson to address UK Parliament ahead of US 250th anniversary
Jan. 8, 2026, 5:57 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — On Jan. 20, House Speaker Mike Johnson will become the first sitting U.S. Speaker to address the United Kingdom's Parliament, in recognition of America’s 250th anniversary. “As America begins its Semiquincentennial celebration, I will be happy to visit one of the great shrines of democracy itself, where the principles that launched the long struggle for American liberty were debated and refined,” Johnson said in a statement. The United States declared ...
Tulsi Gabbard booted from Venezuela plans with aides joking DNI stands for 'do not invite' -- but Vance denies report
Thursday 08 January 2026 18:03 EST Donald Trump’s administration reportedly excluded intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning to capture ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro because of her previous opposition to U.S. military involvement in the country. White House aides even joked that her Director of National Intelligence title, or DNI, stood for “do not invite,” according to Bloomberg. Vice President JD Vance said reports that Gabbard was kept out of the administrati ...
Josh Shapiro launches re-election bid with a speech that could foreshadow 2028
Jan. 8, 2026, 4:56 PM EST Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced his re-election campaign on Thursday in a speech foreshadowing themes that could double as the foundation of a potential 2028 presidential bid, as the Democrat detailed his fight against the “chaos and toxicity” in Washington, D.C. Speaking at a carpenters training center in Pittsburgh, Shapiro ticked through his first-term accomplishments and pledged to fight in his second term to lower housing and energy costs on Pennsylvani ...
White House ballroom architect says West Wing additions considered for 'symmetry'
January 8, 2026, 5:38 PM The White House on Thursday presented the latest plans for the East Wing renovation project, the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, in a public meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission. The project’s architect, Shalom Baranes, said during the meeting that the White House is considering adding a one-story addition to the West Wing to restore “symmetry” to the complex after the East Wing ballroom project is complete. His comments came after ann ...
DNC threatens to sue Nebraska over potential deal to remove voters flagged by feds
Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen set to hand over state voter data to the DOJ next month By: Juan Salinas II - January 9, 2026 5:00 am LINCOLN — The Democratic National Committee has threatened to sue Nebraska over what it describes as a potential agreement with the Justice Department to require election officials to remove any allegedly ineligible voters identified during federal reviews of state voter rolls. The letter, obtained by the Examiner, set to be sent Friday morning, says the D ...
Trump plans to use Venezuela's huge crude reserves 'to cut US oil price to $50 a barrel'
Thu 8 Jan 2026 07.00 EST First published on Thu 8 Jan 2026 06.07 EST Donald Trump plans to use Venezuela’s vast crude reserves to establish control of most of the western hemisphere’s oil in an attempt to drive the market price down to about $50 (£37) a barrel, according to reports. The US president has repeatedly raised the prospect of producing enough crude from Venezuela’s oilfields to drive down the US oil price from more than $56 a barrel today to about $50 in an effort to cut energy cos ...
ICE agent in Minneapolis killing identified as 10-year law enforcement veteran
The ICE agent involved in the lethal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an immigration sweep in Minneapolis on Wednesday is Jonathan David Ross, according to court records that closely match the description of a June 2025 incident involving the agent in Bloomington, Minnesota, cited by the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and JD Vance. Ross is a Minneapolis resident and 10-year veteran of the special response team of ICE’s enforcement and removal operation. The death of G ...
Donald Trump Says He'd Denaturalize US Citizens 'In a Heartbeat'
Published Jan 08, 2026 at 02:07 PM EST updated Jan 08, 2026 at 02:57 PM EST President Donald Trump said he'd be willing to denaturalize some United States citizens "in a heartbeat." The president's remarks came in a wide-ranging two-hour interview with The New York Times on Wednesday. He made the initial remark specifically referencing Somali-Americans. “I would do it in a heartbeat if they were dishonest,” Trump told The Times. “I think that many of the people that came in from Som ...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by 'My Own Morality'
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world. Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” “I don’t need ...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 is Jonathan Ross, the same officer who was dragged and injured by a fleeing driver in a separate incident last year, according to a person with knowledge of the case and verified by court documents. Little public information is available about Ross, described only by federal offic ...
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Samuel Alito Just Recused Himself From Supreme Court Case
6 min ago - Published Jan 08, 2026 at 06:32 PM EST updated Jan 08, 2026 at 09:28 PM EST Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from a high-profile Supreme Court case involving Chevron and Louisiana parishes just days before oral arguments begin Monday. Alito s ... (Newsweek)
U.S. payrolls rose 50,000 in December, less than expected; unemployment rate falls to 4.4%
37 min ago - Published Fri, Jan 9 2026 8:31 AM EST Updated 1 Min Ago The U.S. labor market ended 2025 on a soft note, with job creation in December less than expected, according to a report Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonfarm payrolls rose a seaso ... (CNBC)
Immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun, VP Vance promises
54 min ago - Updated Jan. 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m. ET Federal officials say Americans can expect to see even more muscular immigration enforcement in the coming months, with over 10,000 new ICE agents hitting the streets, armed with personal data harvested by private c ... (USA Today)
Democrats threaten to withhold funding after ICE killing in Minneapolis
1 hr ago - Thu 8 Jan 2026 20.29 EST Last modified on Thu 8 Jan 2026 20.30 EST A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen in Minneapolis, Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding restraints on the agency Do ... (The Guardian)
Supreme Court asked to block California law against outing trans students
1 hr ago - 01/08/2026 06:26 PM EST Updated: 01/08/2026 09:07 PM EST A Catholic legal group is asking the Supreme Court to block enforcement of a California law that protects transgender students from being outed to their parents. An emergency appeal filed Thurs ... (Politico)
DNC threatens to sue Nebraska over potential deal to remove voters flagged by feds
2 hrs ago - Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen set to hand over state voter data to the DOJ next month By: Juan Salinas II - January 9, 2026 5:00 am LINCOLN — The Democratic National Committee has threatened to sue Nebraska over what it describes as a po ... (Nebraska Examiner)
Donald Trump Says Second Wave of Venezuela Strikes Canceled
2 hrs ago - Published Jan 09, 2026 at 04:46 AM EST updated Jan 09, 2026 at 06:01 AM EST President Donald Trump has said he is canceling a second wave of strikes on Venezuela due to the cooperation of the regime in Caracas. Writing on Truth Social on Friday morn ... (Newsweek)
Hillary Clinton Calls Trump's Savage Deportation Tactics Ploy To 'Mold America' To Its 'Cruelty'
2 hrs ago - Jan 8, 2026, 08:17 PM EST Hillary Clinton denounced President Donald Trump’s crusade against immigrants in a searing X post about a woman who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The fo ... (Huff Post)
Tulsi Gabbard booted from Venezuela plans with aides joking DNI stands for 'do not invite' -- but Vance denies report
3 hrs ago - Thursday 08 January 2026 18:03 EST Donald Trump’s administration reportedly excluded intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning to capture ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro because of her previous opposition to U.S. milita ... (The Independent)
White House ballroom architect says West Wing additions considered for 'symmetry'
3 hrs ago - January 8, 2026, 5:38 PM The White House on Thursday presented the latest plans for the East Wing renovation project, the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, in a public meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission. The project ... (ABC News)
Mike Johnson to address UK Parliament ahead of US 250th anniversary
4 hrs ago - Jan. 8, 2026, 5:57 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — On Jan. 20, House Speaker Mike Johnson will become the first sitting U.S. Speaker to address the United Kingdom's Parliament, in recognition of America’s 250th anniversary. “As America begins its ... (USA Today)
Josh Shapiro launches re-election bid with a speech that could foreshadow 2028
4 hrs ago - Jan. 8, 2026, 4:56 PM EST Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced his re-election campaign on Thursday in a speech foreshadowing themes that could double as the foundation of a potential 2028 presidential bid, as the Democrat detailed his fight agai ... (NBC News)
Exclusive: Trump, Congress move to undo Biden-era ban on mining in northern Minnesota
4 hrs ago - January 8, 2026 4:28 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago Jan 8 (Reuters) - The Trump administration and U.S. Congress are launching a plan this week to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban in northern Minnesota and prevent future administrations ... (Reuters)
Democrats call for hearings, independent probes over ICE shooting
5 hrs ago - Posted January 8, 2026 at 4:29pm Democratic members of Congress on Thursday called for oversight hearings and independent probes into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent as well as the wider Trump administration approach t ... (Roll Call)
Appeals court blocks Trump admin program that benefits drug manufacturers at the expense of low-income and rural
5 hrs ago - Jan 8th, 2026, 4:08 pm The Trump administration cannot move forward with a new program "that benefits drug manufacturers" at the expense of low-income hospitals, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday. In a case brought by the American Hospital A ... (Law & Crime)
Judge won't let RFK Jr. out of lawsuit over vaccine directives and alleged advisory panel biases
12 hrs ago - Jan 8th, 2026, 1:20 pm Updated Jan 8th, 2026, 4:08 pm A lawsuit challenging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recommendations on the COVID-19 vaccine can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Brian M ... (Law & Crime)
New DOJ opinion offers legal justification for Maduro seizure, Trump officials tell Congress
13 hrs ago - Jan. 8, 2026, 1:28 PM EST WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials briefed lawmakers this week on a new legal opinion justifying the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who are facing narcotics charge ... (NBC News)
PBS TV Chef Dies of Ovarian Cancer at 49
13 hrs ago - Boston chef, food stylist and television host Elle Simone Scott has died after a long battle with ovarian cancer, America's Test Kitchen confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE. She was 49. Scott, born LaShawnda Sherise Simone Scott, was best known for he ... (People)
Iran plunged into internet blackout as protests over economy spread nationwide
13 hrs ago - Iran was plunged into a complete internet blackout on Thursday night as protests over economic conditions spread nationwide, increasing pressure on the country’s leadership. Media inside Iran and official statements have reported at least 21 peo ... (The Guardian)
Trump directs the US to withdraw from key climate treaty
13 hrs ago - 01/08/26 9:46 AM ET The U.S. is exiting a landmark 1992 climate treaty, President Trump announced Wednesday. Trump said in a presidential memorandum that the U.S. would pull out of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a ... (The Hill)
