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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.
AbbVie and Trump administration reach agreement on drug prices, tariffs

Daily Herald report
Jan 13, 2026 1:48 pm - Global life sciences leader AbbVie says it has entered into a voluntary agreement with the Trump administration to further advance access and affordability of medications for Americans in exchange for exemption from tariffs and future price mandates.
Clinton fails to show for Epstein deposition, threatened with contempt of Congress

Kadia Goba
Jan 13, 2026 9:59 am - House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, threatened Tuesday to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress after the former president declined to appear before the panel for a closed-door deposition related to its investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Inflation cooled slightly in December though it remains above Fed's target

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 13, 2026 9:14 am - WASHINGTON — Inflation cooled a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell, a sign that stubbornly elevated cost pressures are slowly easing. Consumer prices ro...
Wisconsin Gov. Evers casts doubt on his lieutenant governor's ICE proposal

By SCOTT BAUER
Jan 13, 2026 6:59 am - Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is questioning whether a proposal from his own lieutenant governor to ban federal immigration enforcement actions around courthouses, schools, day cares and other locations can, or should, be done.
Russia launches another major attack on Ukraine’s power grid and other sites, killing 4

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Jan 13, 2026 6:45 am - Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark.

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