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Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says

By Joanna Slater
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.”
Trump announces outlines of health care plan he wants Congress to consider

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ALI SWENSON
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.
US warns Iran that ‘all options are on the table’ in emergency UN meeting

By Farnoush Amiri and Edith M. Lederer
Jan 15, 2026 3:30 pm - After weeks of escalating tension, U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other Thursday at the U.N. Security Council, where America's envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump's efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries.
Why your power bill is spiking faster than a nearby data center’s

By Shannon Osaka
Jan 15, 2026 2:38 pm - Over the past few years, millions of Americans have seen their electricity bills skyrocket. Since February 2020, electricity prices have increased by an average of 40% across the country. In some areas, the rate is even faster — in Washington, D.C., electricity costs increased 93% from July 2020 to July 2025.
Venezuela’s Machado tells supporters ‘we can count on President Trump’ after meeting him

By REGINA GARCIA CANO, MEGAN JANETSKY and WILL WEISSERT
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.
US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Jan 15, 2026 9:05 am - U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Verizon says hourslong outage that disrupted calling and data services has been resolved

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Jan 15, 2026 8:33 am - NEW YORK — Verizon said it resolved an outage that disrupted many U.S. customers' calling and other cellular services for more than 10 hours Wednesday. The carrier didn't...
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, HALLIE GOLDEN and AAMER MADHANI
Jan 15, 2026 7:39 am - President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis.
Senators launch a cross-party effort to end stock trading by lawmakers

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Jan 15, 2026 7:24 am - Two senators from opposite parties are joining forces in a renewed push to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, an effort that has broad public support but has repeatedly stalled on Capitol Hill.
Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA’s first medical evacuation

By MARCIA DUNN
Jan 15, 2026 7:18 am - An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation.

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