Trump cabinet attends black carpet premiere of Amazon‑backed documentary ‘Melania’
By Bo Erickson and Dawn Chmielewski WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – With tensions in Minneapolis still high and a possible U.S. military strike on Iran looming, movers and shakers in the Trump administration took a timeout on
Immigration raids, election office search stir midterm concerns for Democratic election officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, which resulted in the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents, and this week’s FBI search of the election office in Georgia’s most populous county have Democratic
UN criticizes Haiti for lack of progress on a political transition
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council criticized Haitian authorities Thursday for the lack of progress in achieving a political transition and called for urgent security sector reforms to tackle increasing violence by gangs and criminal
Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak
Jan 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020. In a
Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico. Mexican
Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime
Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty of forging threat against Trump to get witness deported
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury found a Wisconsin man guilty Thursday of forging threats against President Donald trump in an attempt to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported. Online court records show
Husband in au pair affair testifies on killings of wife, another man. ‘I did not want to shoot him.’
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In the cold formality of a northern Virginia courtroom, Brendan Banfield testified on Thursday that prosecutors got it wrong: He did not fatally stab his wife in 2023, but instead shot the man
As pro rodeo considers moving HQ to Wyoming, conservative lawmakers question incentives
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Rodeo ‘s biggest organizing body, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, has all but decided to move its headquarters from Colorado to Wyoming, the state with a bucking horse logo, the University of
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of 2026
President Donald Trump held his first Cabinet meeting of 2026 on Thursday, focusing on the economy, housing, energy, health initiatives and drug prices. But while he painted a rosy picture of his administration’s accomplishments, some of his