Trump takes aim at Cuba, Iran President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposes tariffs on any country that sells oil to Cuba.
Trump takes aim at Cuba, Iran President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposes tariffs on any country that sells oil to Cuba.
People partake in a "National Shutdown" protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis, on Friday, January 30. Here’s what you need to know:Journalists arrested: Federal agents arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in connection to a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mixed signaling: President Donald Trump said Thursday evening there were no plans to pull immigration enforcement agents out of Minneapolis. At the same time, Border Czar Tom Homan announced earlier in the day he had ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan. Homan on Friday reiterated cooperation from jails is essential for an eventual drawdown of immigration enforcement activity in the state.
However, White House deputy chief of staff James Blair said Friday that the journalist was indicted by a federal grand jury. “The Post was assured that the reporter herself was not a target of the investigation, it was one of her sources, but that was seen as a real crackdown on the freedom of press,” he said. Advertisement“Don Lemon has been an enemy of the MAGA movement for quite some time. He’s disliked by the Trump administration,” Lemire continued. I mean, this kind of thing, it’s a shot across the bow, right, towards the free press, and it’s, it’s scary.”
Nicki Minaj joins President Donald Trump on stage during the Treasury Department's Trump Accounts Summit on Jan. 28, in Washington, D.C. “We live in a country where we can freely worship God,” she wrote in an X post. All of these antics are only recent signs of Minaj’s conservative transformation, but the shift itself goes back much further, by at least a decade. His testicles became swollen,” she claimed in an X post, which several experts debunked. The rapper hurled a homophobic slur at the independent journalist before later defending it in an X post that reads: “LOL!!!
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“The Senate reached an agreement to pass a package funding huge chunks of the federal government through September but setting a two-week stopwatch on the expiration of Homeland Security funding,” Semafor reports. “After a day of haggling with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., over his priorities, Senate Majority Leader John Thune locked in a deal to vote on five spending bills as well as the stopgap DHS bill.”Politico: “As part of that agreement struck among all 100 senators, the chamber will vote on seven amendments to a sweeping appropriations package.”
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AILSA CHANG, HOST:President Trump has announced he plans to nominate Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. So what might Kevin Warsh look like as the chair of the Fed? CHANG: So I know this search has been going on for months, but just tell us what you know about Kevin Warsh. SPERLING: Well, I know Kevin Warsh. CHANG: But before Kevin Warsh can even get the job, he has to first be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, of course.
Under the current policy, all footage collected by the department is retained indefinitely. Older videos from dashboard cameras that are still stored on magnetic videotape would also be expunged, he said. Several members of the civilian oversight panel, which sets LAPD policies, expressed concern that the proposed policy wasn’t clear enough. Gerges Shields also called for LAPD officials to work with body-cam manufacturer Axon to develop a “click box” that would ensure that a video couldn’t be deleted without proper approval. Most of the videos gathered by officers go unwatched, with LAPD officials saying there’s not enough manpower to review all of the clips recorded on any given shift.
But Big Music has become afraid of politics, for fear of alienating someone, for fear of blowback, as the power of music becomes marginalized and the ratings of the Grammys have declined. But you will remember that Springsteen opened the show with this anti-ICE song. This is why the Grammys were completely irrelevant at the height of the music explosion. Springsteen may be old…then again, so is CBS’s audience. This is a moment of triumph wholly within reach of the Grammys and their telecast.
President Trump looks on as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at the Kennedy Center in Washington in December 2025. Then there’s Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. So she has tread strategically, requesting frequent phone calls with Trump, making concessions on issues such as security and heaping praise right back at him. And on Thursday, Trump surprised Mexican officials by declaring he would impose sanctions on countries that sell oil to Cuba. “He did not surrender.”Sheinbaum was able to weather the dispute, but the episode again raised questions about how far the Mexican president is willing to go to keep Trump happy.
Drones help find dog that was missing for 3 days Trixie, a 7-pound chihuahua from New Jersey, was found on Tuesday after surviving three days in subzero temperatures and almost a foot of snow.
Lt. Gen. (ret) David Deptula sat down with Patrick McSpadden in the War on the Rocks studio for a wide-ranging conversation. Deptula highlights the Air Force’s current challenges and addresses what it will take to fix them. The duo discuss everything from previous missions to Deptula’s advice for current Airmen, even delving into his favorite D.C. gems for food and drinks. You don’t want to miss this special episode of Airman Pulse. The 2026 Mitchell Institute Airpower Forum mentioned in the episode has already taken place at the time of publication.
