Month: January 2026
January 22, 2026
Politics
Judge rejects Trump DOJ bid to charge Don Lemon over Minnesota church storming
A federal magistrate judge in Minnesota rejected an attempt by the Justice Department to charge disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon over his participation in Sunday's invasion of a...
January 22, 2026
Congress
House votes to kill Senate data-seizure payouts
House lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday morning to overturn a policy Senate Republicans got enacted last year allowing senators to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal payouts if...
January 22, 2026
Congress
Final spending bills move closer to House passage
House Republicans sent the last four fiscal 2026 spending bills over a key procedural hurdle Thursday, setting up two votes later in the day to send them together to...
January 22, 2026
Congress
Trump: There is ‘probably’ going to be another government shutdown
President Donald Trump said Thursday that another government shutdown is likely as Congress approaches its Jan. 30 funding deadline, even as members work to hammer out funding agreements. “I...
January 22, 2026
Congress
Jim Jordan launches his attacks on Jack Smith
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is looking to paint former special counsel Jack Smith as the culmination of a yearslong campaign by Democrats to leverage law enforcement activities against...
January 22, 2026
Education
Police: Woman trying to register child at Miami-Dade high school arrested after causing disturbance
A mother was arrested Wednesday at Miami Killian Senior High School after causing a disturbance while trying to register her child, authorities said. According to an arrest report from...
January 22, 2026
Congress
Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 attend Jack Smith hearing
Several police officers who responded to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol are in the hearing room to watch former special counsel Jack Smith testify in public...
January 22, 2026
Politics
Here’s what Mikie Sherrill’s state of emergency on utility costs will do for New Jersey
Shortly after New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) is sworn into office, she plans to declare a state of emergency to freeze utility costs and rapidly ramp up power generation....
January 22, 2026
Congress
House to vote on 2 amendments to $1.2T funding package
House Republican leaders will allow floor votes on two amendments to the $1.2 trillion funding package they are trying to pass Thursday, including proposals to nix some earmarks and...
January 22, 2026
Politics
Newsom calls Trump ‘invasive species’ as he ramps up offensive against president
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Donald Trump an "invasive species" during a lengthy rant against the president and his administration at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Thursday....