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FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta

By KATE BRUMBACK
Jan 28, 2026 12:37 pm - FBI agents were executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed.
A new report warns that combined war casualties in Russia's war on Ukraine could soon hit 2 million

By KAMILA HRABCHUK
Jan 28, 2026 9:10 am - A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides of Russia's war on Ukraine could hit 2 million by the spring, with Russia suffering the largest number of troop deaths recorded for any major power in any conflict since World War II.
Man sprays unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar and is tackled at Minneapolis town hall

By LAURA BARGFELD and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Jan 28, 2026 7:34 am - A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month.
Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 28, 2026 7:28 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times l...
Top US trading partners pledged to invest $5 trillion in America. These researchers have doubts.

By PAUL WISEMAN
Jan 27, 2026 3:06 pm - President Donald Trump has strong-armed many of America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States. But a study out Tuesday raises doubts about whether the money will actually materialize and questions how it would be spent if it did.
‘Beyond disturbing’: Kane County protesters decry 2nd fatal shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis

By Joey Weslo
Jan 27, 2026 12:17 pm - Braving 12-degree weather, protesters in Kane County said their anger over a second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis was what sent them out into the streets.
Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, telling Trump he meant what he said at Davos

By ROB GILLIES
Jan 27, 2026 10:22 am - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals.
Trump’s immigration crackdown led to drop in US growth rate last year as population hit 342 million

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Jan 27, 2026 9:57 am - President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration contributed to a year-to-year drop in the nation's growth rate as the U.S. population reached nearly 342 million people in 2025, according to population estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over nurse's Minneapolis shooting

By SEUNG MIN KIM and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Jan 27, 2026 8:18 am - President Donald Trump is headed to Iowa on Tuesday as part of the White House’s midterm year pivot toward affordability, even as his administration remains mired in the fallout in Minneapolis over a second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this month.
2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress

Jan 27, 2026 7:34 am - The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt.

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