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Warsh’s challenge: Navigating Fed independence and Trump’s demands

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK
Jan 30, 2026 11:36 am - Kevin Warsh has sought the job of Federal Reserve chair, off and on, since President Donald Trump first considered him for the position nearly a decade ago. Now that he is in line for the position, the enormity of the challenge ahead of him is clear.
Justice Department releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files

By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jan 30, 2026 10:22 am - The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful.
Judge bars federal prosecutors from seeking death penalty against Luigi Mangione

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Jan 30, 2026 9:26 am - Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”
US producer prices rose 0.5% in December, more than expected, on uptick in services inflation

By PAUL WISEMAN
Jan 30, 2026 8:20 am - U.S. wholesale prices rose a hotter-than-expected 0.5% in December.
Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax records

By Frances Vinall
Jan 30, 2026 8:16 am - President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump family business on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department over the leak of their tax information to news organizations during the first Trump administration.
Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Jan 30, 2026 8:08 am - Journalist Don Lemon was arrested in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, his lawyer said Friday.
Trump names former Federal Reserve official Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Powell

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 30, 2026 8:05 am - President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed, a decision likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency that could bring it closer to the White House.
Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEGAN JANETSKY
Jan 29, 2026 7:54 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis.
Friction emerges between Trump and Venezuelan opposition over Machado’s return

By John Hudson and Noah Robertson
Jan 29, 2026 6:47 pm - Venezuela’s leading opposition figure made a solemn request to House lawmakers during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill last week: “Tell the president that I want to go back to Venezuela as soon as possible,” said María Corina Machado, according to notes taken by a person in the room and reviewed by The Washington Post.
Trump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in court

By Jake Spring
Jan 29, 2026 6:24 pm - Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of a landmark legal opinion key to their effort to eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules because of concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential information.

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