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Maria Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal

Thu 15 Jan 2026 16.54 EST First published on Thu 15 Jan 2026 16.37 EST The Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado has said she "presented" her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortnight after he ordered the abduction of Venezuela's president, Nicols Maduro. Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Maduro's "brutal, authoritarian state", told reporters she had done so "in rec ...

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Trump says the US 'shouldn't even have an election' in 2026 because of all his accomplishments

Thursday 15 January 2026 14:20 EST President Donald Trump told Reuters the U.S. should not have an election later this year because of his accomplishments in office. In a 30-minute interview with the outlet, Trump said he had accomplished so much in office that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election” in 2026. Trump also expressed frustration that the Republican Party could lose control of the House of Representatives or Senate in the upcoming midterms, according to the outl ...

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Iceland demands answers from US after Trump ally cracks 52nd state joke

January 15, 2026 3:33 pm CET First Greenland, next Iceland? Reykjavík is concerned about America’s growing territorial ambitions, after POLITICO reported that President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland Billy Long joked in Washington that Iceland will be the 52nd U.S. state and he’ll be governor. “The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has contacted the U.S. Embassy in Iceland to verify the veracity of the alleged comments,” Iceland’s foreign ministry told POLITICO in a statement. ...

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Trump announces outlines of health care plan he wants Congress to consider

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to address rising health costs after lawmakers let subsidies expire. The cornerstone is his proposal to send money directly to Americans for health savings accounts so they can handle insurance and health costs as they see fit. Democrats have rejected the idea as a paltry substitute for the tax credits that had helped lower ...

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Abortion opponents threaten to withhold midterm support amid rift with Trump

01/15/2026 05:00 AM EST The anti-abortion movement’s embrace of President Donald Trump paid them major dividends in his first term: The Supreme Court justices he appointed overturned Roe v. Wade, and state abortion bans swept the country. But a year into his second term, with little movement on their top policy priorities and mounting frustration with Trump’s rhetoric on government funding of abortion, IVF, and other hot-button issues, some activists are questioning the alliance — and their o ...

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Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis

(AP News) President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis. Trump made the threat after a federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on Wednesday after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle. The incident further heightened the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head.

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Trump Is Reportedly Funneling Money From Venezuelan Oil Sales To a Bank Account in Qatar

(Mediaite) President Donald Trump is funneling proceeds from the sale of Venezuelan oil to a bank account in Qatar, Semafor reported on Wednesday. Semafor reported that the Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil was valued at $500 million, and that the money is being held in multiple bank accounts, the biggest of which is in Qatar: "Revenue from the oil sales is currently being held in bank accounts controlled by the US government, as indicated in Friday’s order, according to the administration official. The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar."

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While Average US Residential Electrical Rates Rose 10%, Industrial Rates Fell 3%

(Washington Post) Over the past few years, millions of Americans have seen their electricity bills skyrocket. But the rise in costs hasn’t affected each type of user equally. According to recent data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), residential electricity costs — the average price faced by ordinary home and apartment dwellers in the U.S. — rose by 10 percent between 2022 and 2024. Commercial users, spanning everything from small corner stores to giant, energy-sucking data centers, have seen rates increase just 3 percent. And industrial users saw prices fall by 2 percent during the same period.

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Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants

(NPR) The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services. Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion.

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Republicans Ripped For Flipping on Trump War Powers Effort

(Newsweek) Republican Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana were hit with some backlash on Wednesday evening for flipping on a previous vote and ultimately ending the war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's authority. The Senate vote on a Venezuela War Powers Resolution and the subsequent reversal by Republican senators has ignited a debate about presidential authority in military interventions and Congress' constitutional role in declaring war.

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Maria Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal

9 hrs ago - Thu 15 Jan 2026 16.54 EST First published on Thu 15 Jan 2026 16.37 EST The Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado has said she "presented" her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortn ... (The Guardian)

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