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Exclusive: Dick Durbin Blasts Kristi Noem on Proof of Citizenship Threat

Published Jan 16, 2026 at 06:21 PM EST updated Jan 16, 2026 at 06:22 PM EST Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday, telling her he was outraged at “repeated targeting and racial profiling” of American citizens by her agents carrying out "citizen checks." In a letter exclusively shared with Newsweek, the Democrat told Noem that statements she and U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino had made that U.S. citize ...

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Trump bought up to $1M in bonds from Netflix and Warner Bros days after merger was announced

Friday 16 January 2026 16:50 EST Donald Trump purchased corporate bonds from Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix just days after the two media giants agreed to a massive $83 billion blockbuster deal that would see the streaming company purchase most of WBD’s assets. According to a financial disclosure released late Thursday by the White House, the president acquired the debt securities issued by the two companies – valued as high as $1 million each – last month. The disclosure form revealed t ...

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Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace'

The Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the founding members of its "Board of Peace" for Gaza. Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner will also sit on the "founding executive board", the White House said in a statement, external on Friday. Trump will act as chairman of the board, which forms part of his 20-point plan to end the war between Israel ...

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Trump administration says deporting college student trying to surprise family was a 'mistake'

Fri 16 Jan 2026 15.59 EST First published on Fri 16 Jan 2026 09.04 EST The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving. But the administration still argued that the federal government error should not affect her immigration case. Any Lucía López Belloza, a 19-year-old freshman at Babson College in Wellesley, 15 miles west of Boston, was detai ...

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Nasa readies its most powerful rocket for round-the-moon flight

Nasa is preparing to roll out its most powerful rocket yet before a mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again for the first time in more than 50 years. The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as 6 February, taking its crew on a 685,000-mile round trip that will end about 10 days later with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The flight will mark only the second test of Nasa’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the first with ...

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Epstein Files Update as Pam Bondi Admits 'Glitches'

Published Jan 16, 2026 at 08:24 AM EST updated Jan 16, 2026 at 08:25 AM EST The Department of Justice (DOJ) has made "substantial progress" in its review of the documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an effort that has faced "inevitable glitches," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a letter to two federal judges. In the letter to U.S. District Judges Richard Berman and Paul Engelmeyer, filed on Thursday, Bondi wrote that the department has more tha ...

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US boy, 11, allegedly shoots father to death after Nintendo Switch taken away

An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy allegedly shot his father to death after previously having his Nintendo Switch handheld gaming system taken away. ... Police were dispatched to the family's residence at about 3.20am, after a report of an "unresponsive male". The news site says that officers found a 42-year-old man named Douglas Dietz dead in bed from a gunshot wound to the head. ... The son then allegedly admitted to "removing the gun from the safe, loading bullets into it and ...

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Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

Washington Post 17m · Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers' abilities to do their jobs in the state ----- Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impedin ...

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Virginia inches closer to gutting GOP seats through redistricting

01/16/2026 01:40 PM ESTUpdated: 01/16/2026 01:59 PM EST Virginia Democrats on Friday paved the way to aggressively gerrymander in the state — the latest step in a process they hope will hand them as many as four more congressional seats in this fall’s midterm elections. The Democrat-dominated Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment along party lines that allows state lawmakers to begin redrawing congressional maps. The final decision will eventually go before voters in a spring spec ...

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Judge orders release of Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis by agents with a battering ram

Jan. 16, 2026, 10:49 AM EST A federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday ordered the release of a Liberian man four days after heavily armed immigration agents broke into his home using a battering ram and arrested him. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan said in his ruling that the agents violated Garrison Gibson's Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizure. "To arrest him, Respondents forcibly entered Garrison G.'s home without his consent and without a judicial warrant,&quo ...

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DHS turns on border chief over $2 million office renovation plan

10 min ago - 01/16/2026 07:25 PM EST Infighting in the Department of Homeland Security — as the agency reels from a deadly confrontation with an American citizen — has gotten so bad that its leadership has turned on one of its own commissioners, ostensi ... (Politico)

Legendary dance company pulls out of MAGA-fied Kennedy Center performance

42 min ago - January 16, 2026 7:16PM ET America's oldest dance troupe wants no part of the Kennedy Center after its MAGA makeover. The Martha Graham Dance Company has cancelled its highly anticipated performance scheduled for April, cutting short what was suppos ... (Raw Story)

White House Weighs Executive Action to Cap Credit Card Rates

1 hr ago - January 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM EST The White House is weighing an executive action to enact President Donald Trump's call for a cap on credit card interest rates, in addition to other measures seeking to ease US affordability challenges. The plan, which ... (Bloomberg)

Exclusive: Dick Durbin Blasts Kristi Noem on Proof of Citizenship Threat

1 hr ago - Published Jan 16, 2026 at 06:21 PM EST updated Jan 16, 2026 at 06:22 PM EST Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday, telling her he was outraged at “repeated targeting and ... (Newsweek)

Senate Republicans detail farm aid package components

2 hrs ago - Posted January 16, 2026 at 5:09pm Key GOP senators released more details Friday on a farm aid package they’re pushing to be included in upcoming government funding legislation. Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., and Senate Agricu ... (Roll Call)

Trump bought up to $1M in bonds from Netflix and Warner Bros days after merger was announced

2 hrs ago - Friday 16 January 2026 16:50 EST Donald Trump purchased corporate bonds from Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix just days after the two media giants agreed to a massive $83 billion blockbuster deal that would see the streaming company purchase most o ... (The Independent)

State lawsuit claims New Jersey town's former mayor directed police to keep minorities out

2 hrs ago - Updated 4:24 PM EST, January 16, 2026 CLARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey town whose former mayor was once heard denigrating Black people on secret recordings made by a whistleblower is now facing a state lawsuit that claims he and local police offi ... (AP)

Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace'

3 hrs ago - The Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the founding members of its "Board of Peace" for Gaza. Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law J ... (BBC)

Nasa readies its most powerful rocket for round-the-moon flight

3 hrs ago - Nasa is preparing to roll out its most powerful rocket yet before a mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again for the first time in more than 50 years. The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida ... (The Guardian)

Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy, says study refuting Trump autism claims

3 hrs ago - Taking paracetamol while pregnant is safe and there's no evidence it raises the risk of autism, ADHD and developmental issues in children, say experts behind a major new review. Pregnant women "should feel reassured" by the findings, they say, which ... (BBC)

Trump administration says deporting college student trying to surprise family was a 'mistake'

3 hrs ago - Fri 16 Jan 2026 15.59 EST First published on Fri 16 Jan 2026 09.04 EST The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her fa ... (The Guardian)

'We have done justice': Trump admin denied access to sensitive voter data, judge likely to dismiss DOJ lawsuit

3 hrs ago - Jan 16th, 2026, 3:47 pm Oregon does not have to turn over comprehensive voter registration to the Trump administration, a federal court ruled this week. In September 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the Beaver State and its Secretary of Sta ... (Law & Crime)

Pentagon eyes surging carrier group to Middle East amid tensions with Iran

4 hrs ago - January 16, 2026, 3:40 PM The Pentagon was expected to send additional military assets to the Middle East in coming days, according to several people familiar with the discussions, including possibly the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group. Such ... (ABC News)

Minneapolis judge bars DHS agents from arresting peaceful protesters

6 hrs ago - A federal judge on Friday night prohibited Department of Homeland Security agents from arresting people who are peacefully protesting immigration officers in Minneapolis unless they are suspected of criminal activity or obstructing the agents. U.S. D ... (Washington Post)

Trump Announces Largely American Council to Oversee Gaza

7 hrs ago - "President Trump established a new committee on Friday to oversee the Gaza Strip as it is rebuilt, composed primarily of top American diplomatic officials, including his son-in-law. As part of the peace plan he negotiated in the fall, Mr. Trump also ... (NYT)

Elon Musk's xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update

9 hrs ago - The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plan ... (CNBC)

Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users

10 hrs ago - Updated 3:31 PM EST, January 16, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. The case invo ... (AP)

US senator threatens to use congressional 'tools' to block Trump's Greenland grab

11 hrs ago - January 16, 2026 6:06 pm CET U.S. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski threatened Friday to invoke congressional powers to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from following through on his threats to seize Greenland. Speaking to reporters in Copenhagen after ... (Politico (EU))

Norwegian lawmakers rip Trump accepting Machado Nobel prize: 'Embarrassing and damaging'

11 hrs ago - 01/16/26 1:40 PM ET Norwegian Labour Party lawmaker Raymond Johansen on Thursday ripped President Trump for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Machado presented Trump with the prize Thursday ... (The Hill)

CBP Orders New Training After Minnesota That Could Expand Use of Chemical Weapons

12 hrs ago - Jan 16, 2026, 01:10 PM EST | Updated an hour ago As the federal government cracks down on protests in Minnesota, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has told its officers they must undergo more crowd-control training that opens the door to using chemi ... (Huff Post)

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