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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado's gifting of her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump raised eyebrows around the world Friday -- but it wasn't the first time that the winner of the prestigious award gave it away. read more


President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in Europe. read more


For the first time in more than two decades, the United States did not export any soybeans in the month of October, the traditional start of the exporting season, to the world's largest market, China. read more


The agency recorded a total of 30 deaths in its custody last year, but at the current rate it would see that number reached by April -- and a grim record of 120 set for the whole of 2026. read more


Saturday, January 17, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records in the long-closed criminal case of Ghislaine Maxwell"arguing that no federal court has the authority to compel such disclosures. In a six-page letter filed tonight, to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, prosecutors contend that recent efforts by members of Congress to force production of the so-called "Epstein files" amount to an improper attempt to reopen a concluded criminal case and to create a form of judicial oversight that Congress itself did not authorize. In short, the government's filing makes clear that"absent new legislation explicitly authorizing court enforcement"the DOJ believes no court can force it to produce the Epstein files, regardless of public pressure or congressional intent.


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