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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Tony Dokoupil's makeover of the "CBS Evening News" landed with a thud in its first week. According to Nielson, viewership has plummeted 23% compared to a year ago. read more


Remote US Army base Fort Greely Alaska, which has a key role in intercepting incoming ICBMs in the event of a nuclear war, is struggling to keep its dining facilities operating following an exodus of staff under Elon Musk's DOGE budget-slashing campaign. read more


What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out. read more


Expensive food, with prices increasing by the most in more than three years, and rents underscored the affordability crisis facing President Donald Trump, partly blamed by economists on the White House's policies, including sweeping import tariffs. read more


Scott Adams, creator of the "Dilbert" comic strip, who became controversial for his right-wing statements, has died ... read more


Duncan Hosie: Two dynamics are fundamentally reshaping the structure and functioning of the American government. read more


The auto worker who called Donald Trump a "pedophile protector" says he does not regret the action that has seen him suspended from his job. read more


Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House has confirmed. read more


The fundraiser collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good ... read more


The Trump administration is taking a $150 million equity stake to build the US's only big producer of gallium, a critical mineral used in satellite systems and military radar. read more


Weeks after the Trump administration lowered minimum wages for some temporary farmworkers, the Trump Organization sought approval to hire 36 foreign workers for its Charlottesville VA winery at a pay rate nearly two dollars an hour below what it previously offered ... read more


Even accepting the Trump administration's claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar "perfidy." read more


More independents lean Democratic than Republican, giving Democrats edge in party affiliation for first time since 2021. read more


President Donald Trump issued a stark warning on Monday, saying the U.S. would be "screwed" if the Supreme Court overturns his authority to impose tariffs. read more


Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) warned on Monday that the Department of Justice's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell better be "real" and "serious" to avoid undermining the independence of the central bank and rattling the world's financial markets. read more


Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups. read more


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