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Ted Cruz Responds to Photo of Him Leaving Texas Before Winter Storm

Published Jan 21, 2026 at 01:48 PM EST updated Jan 21, 2026 at 05:44 PM EST Senator Ted Cruz has issued a statement after a photo surfaced on social media allegedly showing him on a flight heading out of Texas as his home state prepares for the arrival of a major winter storm. Shea Jordan Smith, a Houston‑based liberal political strategist and digital communicator, took to X and Threads, posting under the handle @shea_jordan to share what he claimed was a picture of Cruz on his way to a ...

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'His Life Won't Be Very Happy': Trump Threatens Powell If He Refuses to Quit the Fed

Jan 21st, 2026, 5:08 pm President Donald Trump seemed to suggest he’d make things difficult for Jerome Powell if he doesn’t leave the Federal Reserve once his time as Fed chair is up. Hours after his Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the president appeared on CNBC for an in-person interview with Joe Kernen. Naturally, one of the topics discussed in this interview was Federal Reserve. The selection of Trump’s next Fed chair has been the subject of great debat ...

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Finland's president says 'it's not over yet' after Greenland de-escalation

01/21/26 6:28 PM ET Finnish President Alexander Stubb warned Wednesday that “it’s not over yet” after President Trump de-escalated his aggressive stance on possibly acquiring Greenland for the U.S. by force. “I took two positive takeaways from this speech,” Stubb said on “Amanpour & Co” with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “One was he said there will be no military intervention, and the second one is he wants to improve our Arctic security for national and ‘international’ reasons. So, I think we’v ...

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Shock as leaked doc shows Trump's DHS considers Americans nation's 'main threat'

January 21, 2026 6:12PM ET America faces significant threats to our nation's infrastructure from hostile actors like Russia, China, and others. But a leaked security threats assessment from President Donald Trump's administration says the greatest threat America faces is within its own borders, according to a new report. Each year since 2020, the Department of Homeland Security has published a Homeland Threat Assessment, a report that describes the specific threats America faces. A lot of the ...

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US House votes to overturn Minnesota mining ban, Senate to consider next

January 21, 2026 6:53 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban in northern Minnesota, giving a boost to Antofagasta's (ANTO.L), opens new tab Twin Metals copper, cobalt and nickel project. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration and, if approved there, to President Donald Trump, who campaigned in 2024 on overturning Biden's 20-year block on mining across 225,504 mineral ...

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US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota

An appeals court has temporarily lifted restrictions from a federal judge in Minnesota that blocked ICE agents from pepper-spraying and arresting peaceful protesters. In a victory for the Trump administration, the eighth US circuit court of appeals on Wednesday granted the justice department's request for an administrative stay of a preliminary injunction issued last Friday by Judge Katherine Menendez. Menendez's preliminary injunction would have prohibited ICE agents from retaliating against ...

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Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would not impose tariffs on eight European countries that were set to go into effect on Feb. 1 unless those countries allowed the United States to take control of Greenland. On Saturday, Trump said he would hit Denmark, the U.K. and other countries involved in NATO exercises with a 10% tariff starting next month. "Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framewor ...

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CDC's deputy director says measles outbreak is 'cost of doing business' in a global economy

Wednesday 21 January 2026 13:30 EST A top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been condemned for his remarks that rampant measles outbreaks in the U.S., and increasing concern that America could lose its longstanding elimination status, were the “cost of doing business” in a global economy. The elimination status, held by the U.S. since 2000, indicates that there has not been continuous spread of the highly infectious disease for more than a year. “It’s just the co ...

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One Hundred Democrats Have Now Signed To Co-Sponsor Articles Of Impeachment Against Kristi Noem

One Hundred Democrats Have Now Signed To Co-Sponsor Articles Of Impeachment Against Kristi Noem The articles accuse Noem of three counts: Obstruction of Congress, Violation of public trust and Self-dealing One hundred House Democrats have now signed to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the lawmaker who introduced the bill said. Rep. Robin Kelly said in a press release that the amount of lawmakers who signed on doubled compared to ...

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House Oversight Committee recommends holding Clintons in contempt in Epstein probe

Updated on: January 21, 2026 / 4:04 PM EST / CBS News Washington — The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday recommended holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt after the pair refused to appear before the Republican-led panel, which is investigating the Justice Department's handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. "The committee does not take this action lightly," Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the commit ...

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Jet donated by Qatar could start serving as Trump's new Air Force One this summer, Air Force says

24 min ago - January 22, 2026 / 12:20 AM EST / CBS News President Trump could start flying in a plane donated by Qatar as early as this summer, as the U.S. Air Force confirms it will deliver the refurbished jumbo jet for use as Air Force One within months. "The A ... (CBS News)

Late-night and daytime talk shows must offer equal time for candidate interviews, FCC says

51 min ago - Jan. 21, 2026, 9:00 PM EST WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that daytime and late-night TV talk shows featuring interviews with political candidates must comply with “equal time” rules that give airtime ... (NBC News/Reuters)

San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained by immigration agents at LAX Airport, team confirms

1 hr ago - Updated on: January 21, 2026 / 8:56 PM PST San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained by Customs and Border Protection agents at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday. Lee, 27, who was born in Japan but is of South Korean des ... (CBS News)

Prosecutor Jack Smith to testify about Jan. 6 evidence against Trump

2 hrs ago - Jan. 22, 2026, 1:00 a.m. ET Former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led two criminal cases against then-former President Donald Trump, asked to testify publicly as he defends the prosecutions against Republican accusations of politicization. On Jan. 2 ... (USA Today)

DHS Now Offering Migrants $2,600 Stipend to Self-Deport

2 hrs ago - Published Jan 21, 2026 at 07:01 PM EST The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now offering a stipend of $2,600 for migrants to self-deport through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) app starting on Wednesday—with DHS Secretary Kr ... (Newsweek)

US House votes to overturn Minnesota mining ban, Senate to consider next

2 hrs ago - January 21, 2026 6:53 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban in northern Minnesota, giving a boost to Antofagasta's (ANTO.L), opens new t ... (Reuters)

Justice Dept. kills cases cracking down on auto emissions cheating

3 hrs ago - Updated on: January 21, 2026 / 6:36 PM EST / CBS News Washington — The Justice Department on Wednesday ordered federal prosecutors to stop pursuing criminal charges and drop all pending cases targeting the sale of illicit "defeat devices" that a ... (CBS News)

St. Paul mayor, a Hmong American, said it was 'heartbreaking' to see man taken by immigration agents

3 hrs ago - Jan. 21, 2026, 5:05 PM EST / Updated Jan. 21, 2026, 6:30 PM EST MINNEAPOLIS — Kaohly Her took office as the first woman and the first Asian American mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, the week an immigration officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a ... (NBC News)

Shock as leaked doc shows Trump's DHS considers Americans nation's 'main threat'

4 hrs ago - January 21, 2026 6:12PM ET America faces significant threats to our nation's infrastructure from hostile actors like Russia, China, and others. But a leaked security threats assessment from President Donald Trump's administration says the greatest th ... (Raw Story)

Finland's president says 'it's not over yet' after Greenland de-escalation

4 hrs ago - 01/21/26 6:28 PM ET Finnish President Alexander Stubb warned Wednesday that “it’s not over yet” after President Trump de-escalated his aggressive stance on possibly acquiring Greenland for the U.S. by force. “I took two positive t ... (The Hill)

Ted Cruz Responds to Photo of Him Leaving Texas Before Winter Storm

5 hrs ago - Published Jan 21, 2026 at 01:48 PM EST updated Jan 21, 2026 at 05:44 PM EST Senator Ted Cruz has issued a statement after a photo surfaced on social media allegedly showing him on a flight heading out of Texas as his home state prepares for the arriv ... (Newsweek)

'His Life Won't Be Very Happy': Trump Threatens Powell If He Refuses to Quit the Fed

5 hrs ago - Jan 21st, 2026, 5:08 pm President Donald Trump seemed to suggest he’d make things difficult for Jerome Powell if he doesn’t leave the Federal Reserve once his time as Fed chair is up. Hours after his Wednesday speech at the World Economic ... (MEDIAite)

Fired DHS worker sues agency after he criticized Noem on an alleged fake date

6 hrs ago - Wed 21 Jan 2026 14.26 EST Last modified on Wed 21 Jan 2026 15.27 EST A former employee of the Department of Homeland Security who was fired after video circulated of him on a date criticizing the agency’s head, Kristi Noem, sued the department o ... (The Guardian)

Former Uvalde officer acquitted in trial over police response to Robb Elementary attack

9 hrs ago - CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A former Uvalde schools police officer was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he failed in his duties to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary during the critical first minutes of one of the deadliest school shooti ... (Associated Press)

Renee Good was shot in the head, autopsy commissioned by her family finds

9 hrs ago - An autopsy commissioned by the family of the Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis this month, found that she suffered three clear gunshot wounds, including one to her head, lawyers for her family said Wednesday. O ... (NBC)

Teen pleads guilty to North Carolina mass shooting that killed 5

10 hrs ago - By GARY D. ROBERTSON Updated 8:25 PM CST, January 21, 2026 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An 18-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges for a mass shooting in North Carolina, acknowledging that he carried out a 2022 killing rampage t ... (AP)

Iran offers first government-issued death toll from protest crackdown, one far lower than activists

11 hrs ago - By JON GAMBRELL Updated 7:47 PM CST, January 21, 2026 Leer en español DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran offered its first government-issued death toll Wednesday following a crackdown on nationwide protests, giving a far lower figur ... (AP)

Dow closes up 580 points after Trump backs off tariffs over Greenland

11 hrs ago - Stocks closed markedly higher on Wednesday after President Donald Trump backed off of tariff threats over Greenland. The major indexes recovered most of the losses they suffered the day before amid trade tensions centered on the Danish territory. The ... (ABC News)

Military Police Troops Put on Alert for Possible Deployment to Minnesota

12 hrs ago - The Pentagon has ordered several hundred active-duty military police troops from Fort Bragg, N.C., to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota in the event that President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, according to a senior U.S. official. ... (New York Times)

ICE is rumored to be heading for Philadelphia. Everyone is saying the same thing

13 hrs ago - Wednesday 21 January 2026 14:27 EST Social media is buzzing with rumors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to ramp up operations in Philadelphia -- and many users are responding with a defiant "good luck." In recent days, posts on TikTok ... (The Independent)

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