Nation and World Politics
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Justice Department says members of Congress can’t intervene in release of Epstein files
Jan 16, 2026 4:39 pm - Manhattan's top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Mixed signals and suspicions fueled clash between Fed and prosecutors
Jan 16, 2026 4:33 pm - The battle between the Federal Reserve and Trump administration prosecutors accelerated over the past few weeks amid mixed signals and mutual suspicion, according to interviews with a half-dozen figures with knowledge of both sides of the dispute.
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Cuba launches mass demonstration to decry US attack on Venezuela and demand Maduro’s release
Jan 16, 2026 10:54 am - Tens of thousands of Cubans demonstrated Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana to decry the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela and demand that the U.S. government release former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes
Jan 16, 2026 8:15 am - The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy supply and curb price hikes, holding a Friday event aimed at addressing a rising concern among voters about the enormous amount of power used for artificial intelligence ahead of elections later this year.
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The 40% of US oil jobs lost over the last decade aren’t coming backJan 16, 2026 8:00 am - The US oil and gas industry slashed 40% of its workforce over the past decade of record-breaking production — and those jobs are unlikely to return. In an industry known ...
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Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Jan 16, 2026 7:49 am - Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
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'A great deal of fear': Inside a year of firings that have shaken the Trump Justice Department
Jan 16, 2026 7:22 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Ben'Ary was driving one of his children to soccer practice on an October evening last year when he paused at a red light to check his work phone...
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Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says
Jan 15, 2026 8:00 pm - A federal judge Thursday decried what he said were “breathtaking” constitutional violations by senior Trump administration officials and called the president an “authoritarian” who expects everyone in the executive branch to “toe the line absolutely.”
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Trump announces outlines of health care plan he wants Congress to consider
Jan 15, 2026 3:54 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to address rising health costs after lawmakers let subsidies expire.
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Venezuela’s Machado tells supporters ‘we can count on President Trump’ after meeting him
Jan 15, 2026 2:28 pm - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado discussed her country's future with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, even though he has dismissed her credibility to take over after an audacious U.S. military raid captured then-President Nicolás Maduro.