advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World Politics

Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, AP source says

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Jan 14, 2026 4:07 pm - A federal officer shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.The person cautioned the information was still preliminary, and the investigation was in its early stages. The person could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
Supreme Court allows Illinois congressman to challenge mail-in balloting

By Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley
Jan 14, 2026 3:25 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an Illinois congressman and others to pursue a lawsuit challenging the state’s practice of counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, the first of two possible rulings on the voting practice that President Donald Trump and his allies have claimed without evidence is riddled with fraud.
FBI searches a Washington Post reporter's home as part of a classified documents investigation

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Jan 14, 2026 2:09 pm - FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information, the Justice Department said.
Danish official says there’s a ‘fundamental disagreement’ with Trump over Greenland

By EMMA BURROWS
Jan 14, 2026 6:29 am - A top Danish official said Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
China’s trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump’s tariffs

By CHAN HO-HIM
Jan 14, 2026 6:19 am - China’s trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's onslaught of higher tariffs.
Democrats see a path to win the Senate. It’s narrow and has little room for error

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Jan 14, 2026 6:11 am - Senate Democratic leaders believe they have a path to winning the majority in November, though it's one with very little wiggle room.
Iran signals plans for fast trials and executions while promising ‘decisive response’ to US, Israel

By JON GAMBRELL
Jan 14, 2026 6:05 am - Iranian officials signaled Wednesday that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests while the Islamic Republic promised a “decisive response” if the U.S. or Israel intervene in the domestic unrest.
Justice Department prosecutors resign amid turmoil over Minnesota ICE shooting investigation

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Jan 13, 2026 4:55 pm - Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter.
Rubio says court hearings no longer possible for deported Venezuelans

By Salvador Rizzo
Jan 13, 2026 4:21 pm - The Trump administration said it cannot comply with a federal judge’s order to provide dozens of deported Venezuelan migrants the opportunity to challenge their removals in an American court, saying in a legal filing late Monday night that such efforts would be impossible after U.S. forces deposed the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro this month.
Tensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off

By MARK VANCLEAVE and TIM SULLIVAN
Jan 13, 2026 2:52 pm - Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists Tuesday during another day of confrontations in Minneapolis while students miles away walked out of a suburban school to protest the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps.

Showing 501-510 of 4,892 previous next