First Lady Melania Trump at the New York Stock Exchange boardroom, where she promoted her upcoming documentary, before ringing the opening bell Wednesday. When Melania Trump showed up on movie screens in 2001, it was a joke. She is center stage as star and executive producer in the documentary “Melania” hitting theaters Friday. AdvertisementPresident Trump kisses his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, during the presidential inauguration in 2025. During both of Trump’s terms in the White House, his wife has been described as mysterious and sphinx-like.

This week’s headlines were dominated by high-stakes political drama — from a last-minute deal to stave off a government shutdown to mounting backlash over federal immigration agents shooting a man in Minneapolis. Test your recall of the week’s stories.

I know he knows and believe he’s found that.”No one is more invested in that than USC’s head coach. But by 2021, while Patterson’s TCU defense had largely remained strong, the luster of his long tenure in Fort Worth had faded. Informed that he wouldn’t be back the following season, Patterson instead resigned with four games left. Now he returns not as a head coach, but as a coordinator, a step down that Patterson seemed just fine with when asked Wednesday. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times)“My job is defense,” Patterson said.

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He and other senior officials have long argued they would not be targeting immigrants in communities in Democratic-led cities if local officials allowed federal immigration officers access to their jails. On Saturday, the day federal immigration agents shot Pretti, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz saying he could “bring an end to the chaos” in his state by, among other things, repealing sanctuary city policies and allowing federal agents into local jails. Pretti was the second U.S. citizen fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in recent weeks. More than 3,000 federal immigration agents have been working in Minnesota under the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement, Operation Metro Surge.

Fulton County Board of Commissioners chairman denounces FBI seizure The chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners defended the authenticity of the 2020 election results after the FBI seized original voting records from the county.

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(Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)Like me, they’d arrived in time to savor the sight of the Sierra under all the snow that fell in late December. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)But in winter, the northern part of that loop is closed to cars. As for the June Mountain ski area, its 1,500 accessible acres make it much smaller than Mammoth Mountain (with whom it shares a corporate parent). (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)It’s fun to imagine that rustic, semi-remote places like this never change, but of course they do, for better and worse. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)“You get up to the lake and you hear the ice cracking.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Her two children said they had to grow up without a mother, while Massey’s mother said she lived in fear. Advertisement“Today, I’m afraid to call the police in fear that I might end up like Sonya,” her mother Donna Massey said during the hearing. “Sonya Massey’s death rocked her family, but it rocked the community, it rocked the country,” State’s Attorney John Milhiser said. This booking photo provided by the Macon County, Ill., Jail in January 2025, shows Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) via Associated PressDonald Trump claims to have convinced Vladimir Putin to stop the Russian bombardments on Kyiv for one week amid freezing conditions. Speaking at a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday, the US president said: “I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week during this ... extraordinary cold.”AdvertisementHe claimed Putin has “agreed to that”. You’re not going to get that,” Trump claimed. Trump’s promise comes hours after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Moscow that Putin is planning another large-scale barrage.

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Credit: Pablo Torre Finds OutThe shuttering of the Washington Post sports section is a watershed moment in the continued decline of the traditional media ecosystem. And it is a move that has been met with sadness across the sports media universe, even from new media stars like Pablo Torre. And the main issue that Pablo Torre sees is the loss of a massively important institution at the Washington Post that has been able to hold people accountable both inside and outside of the sports world. And it’s not just the Washington Post sports section either, it’s also the total transformation of CBS News and Paramount under Bari Weiss and the Ellisons. While the Washington Post hasn’t yet completely shuttered their sports department as was initially feared (at least not yet), it seems like it’s just another step in the destruction of the paper’s reputation and significance.

“The withdrawal of law enforcement resources here is dependent upon cooperation,” Homan said Thursday. AdvertisementOn Saturday, the day federal immigration agents shot Pretti, U.S. Atty. Tim Walz saying he could “bring an end to the chaos” in his state by, among other things, repealing sanctuary city policies and allowing federal agents into local jails. Pretti was the second U.S. citizen fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in recent weeks. More than 3,000 federal immigration agents have been working in Minnesota under the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement, Operation Metro Surge.

The focus on hedge and assignment clauses in investment advisory agreements reflects the SEC’s willingness to scrutinize documentation presented to advisory clients. In particular, the Order’s focus on hedge clauses shares similarities with enforcement actions brought by the SEC under former Chairman Gary Gensler, which pursued an aggressive regulatory enforcement agenda against investment advisers. Charges and ImplicationsThe SEC charged the Advisers with four separate violations of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act). Hedge Clause - Section 206(2)First, as provided in the Order, the SEC found the Advisers utilized investment advisory agreements that included “hedge clause” language, which is designed to limit an adviser’s liability. The Advisers’ hedge clauses, however, were found to be misleading and in violation of Section 206(2) of the Advisers Act.