| Top Fed Official Conveys Little Urgency for Immediate Rate Cuts
- The Federal Reserve is likely to hold interest rates steady when it meets at the end of the month, keeping tensions high with President Trump.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:33:52 +0000
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| Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Stop Rhode Island’s Revolution Wind Project
- The ruling means that construction can continue on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:30:57 +0000
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| Former Congressional Employee Accused of Stealing 240 Phones
- A Maryland man used his government job to order new cellphones worth over $150,000 and then sell them to a pawnshop, federal prosecutors said.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:28:30 +0000
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| Notable Republicans Criticize Investigation of Fed Chair
- Also, Iran said it is ready for war, but open to negotiate. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:22:05 +0000
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| U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
- Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:20:01 +0000
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| Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments
- The two Democratic-led states claimed in separate lawsuits that the immigration enforcement campaigns violated the Constitution.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:17:27 +0000
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| Federal Prosecutor Is Fired Amid Further Turmoil in Comey Case
- Robert K. McBride had been serving as the top deputy to Lindsey Halligan, who has continued to act as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:13:49 +0000
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| What to Know About the Criminal Investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
- The Justice Department’s probe into whether Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, lied about renovations to the central bank’s headquarters has raised alarms.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:03:26 +0000
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| Lawyer Whom Maduro Didn’t Hire Is Booted From His Case
- Last week, a lawyer came forward claiming to represent the unseated president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. The judge overseeing the case settled the matter on Monday.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:01:45 +0000
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| Arson Suspect Targeted Mississippi Synagogue for Its ‘Jewish Ties,’ F.B.I. Says
- The suspect, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was turned in by his father, who said his son had laughed as he confessed to the fire that damaged the synagogue, investigators said.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:54:27 +0000
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| Leaders of Historians’ Group Veto Resolutions Critical of Israel
- The executive council of the American Historical Association said the resolutions, including one accusing Israel of ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza, would put the group at risk.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:46:22 +0000
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| Trump Explores Diplomacy With Iran While Weighing Strikes, Officials Say
- Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, said his government was ready to negotiate with the United States. Iranian security forces are cracking down on protests.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:43:17 +0000
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| Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business
- The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:35:16 +0000
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| Trump’s Attack on the Federal Reserve Is Already Backfiring
- And the market is gently shrugging.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:33:54 +0000
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| Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth
- Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:14:13 +0000
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| Duke Webb, a Green Beret, Went on a Shooting Rampage. Is the Army at Fault?
- High-tempo Special Operations training can cause brain injuries that accumulate unnoticed. One soldier says that is why he snapped and killed three people.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:14:00 +0000
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| Iran Says It Is Prepared for War but Ready to Negotiate After Trump’s Warnings
- The comments came after President Trump said he was “ looking at some very strong options” to curb the Iranian authorities’ harsh repression of anti-government protests.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:44:53 +0000
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| World Court Hears Groundbreaking Genocide Case Against Myanmar
- The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:28:44 +0000
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| Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products
- Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:23:30 +0000
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| Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump’s Political Fight
- The Justice Department’s decision to open up a criminal investigation of Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is a major escalation in the pressure campaign against the central bank to cut interest rates.
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:07:16 +0000
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