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UN Issues Dire Warning as US Owes Billions in Dues

Published Jan 30, 2026 at 04:29 PM EST updated Jan 30, 2026 at 06:22 PM EST United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Friday that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” by mid-year unless its financial rules are reworked or all 193 member states pay their assessed dues in full and on time. Newsweek reached out to the White House by email on Friday afternoon for comment. Why It Matters President Donald Trump has heavily focused on the nation's financial health since ...

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Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US

Updated 3:16 PM EST, January 30, 2026 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flooded Minneapolis, Shane Mantz dug his Choctaw Nation citizenship card out of a box on his dresser and slid it into his wallet. Some strangers mistake the pest-control company manager for Latino, he said, and he fears getting caught up in ICE raids. Like Mantz, many Native Americans are carrying tribal documents proving their U.S. citizenship in case they are stopped or questioned by fede ...

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New SNAP work requirements are coming on Feb. 1. What to know.

Jan. 30, 2026, 3:59 p.m. ET Come Feb. 1, the nearly 42 million low-income Americans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can expect major changes. The United States' largest nutrition assistance program has been a funding flashpoint for the second Trump administration, taking center stage during the 43-day 2025 government shutdown when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in October that it would not pay the next month's benefits. The bill that ended the shutdown ...

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Johnson backs fast-track process requiring Democratic support to swiftly end shutdown

01/30/26 5:33 PM ET Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Republicans he wants to utilize a special fast-track process that will require cooperation from Democrats to swiftly pass the funding package that the Senate is poised to send over and end what lawmakers hope will be a brief government shutdown. Johnson told Republicans about his desired play call on a Friday late afternoon conference call, two GOP sources told The Hill. The process, called suspension of the rules, will bypass the i ...

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Canadian company says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won't proceed

Updated 5:51 PM EST, January 30, 2026 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian company announced Friday it will no longer be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which said it wanted the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility. The pending sale by Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments had been subject to intense criticism during an immigration crackdown in the United States. Two U.S. citizens were shot dead by f ...

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'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek' actor Catherine O'Hara dies at 71

Actor Catherine O'Hara, best-known for roles in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," "SCTV" and other TV and film productions, has died at age 71, according to her representative. O'Hara died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness," according to a statement from her agency, CAA, the Associated Press reported. More details were not immediately available. The Canadian actor, writer and comedian rose to fame as one of the original cast members on ...

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Trump DOJ accidentally exposed Epstein victims' identities in new botched release

January 30, 2026 3:43PM ET The Trump administration has botched the release of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files to accidentally expose private information about the victims — something that was clearly carved out of disclosure requirements under federal law, and that the administration itself has said it is working hard to avoid doing. According to MS NOW legal analyst Lisa Rubin in a post on X Friday afternoon, her network's "initial review of documents just produced in re ...

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Senate set to pass government funding bill Friday after Graham pledges to lift hold

01/30/26 1:06 PM ET The Senate is on track to pass a government funding package Friday afternoon after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told colleagues that he will release his hold on the massive spending bill if he gets a vote on legislation to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities. Graham brought the funding package, which includes five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security, to a griding halt Thursday evening, just a day b ...

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There's a social network for AI agents, and it's getting weird

Yes, you read that right. “Moltbook” is a social network of sorts for AI agents, particularly ones offered by OpenClaw (a viral AI assistant project that was formerly known as Moltbot, and before that, known as Clawdbot — until a legal dispute with Anthropic). Moltbook, which is set up similarly to Reddit and was built by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht, allows bots to post, comment, create sub-categories, and more. More than 30,000 agents are currently using the platform, per the site. “The way th ...

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Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show

Fri 30 Jan 2026 16.19 EST Last modified on Fri 30 Jan 2026 17.06 EST Elon Musk had more extensive – and more friendly – communications with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously publicly known, according to documents released on Friday by the Department of Justice. Emails in the files appear to show the two cordially messaging each other on two separate occasions to make plans for Musk to visit Epstein’s island. The documents include Musk and Epstein emailing in both ...

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Amid allegations of cover-up, House Judiciary Committee members seek access to full Epstein case files

24 min ago - Updated on: January 31, 2026 / 3:12 PM EST Democratic members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee are asking the Justice Department for immediate arrangements to view the full Jeffrey Epstein case files. In a formal inquiry sent Saturday, the lawm ... (CBS News)

Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention

47 min ago - A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN. ... The order specifies the preschooler and his father be ... (CNN)

'Disappointed' Frey vows to appeal latest setback in bid to force ICE out of Minnesota

50 min ago - 01/31/26 2:06 PM ET Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Saturday said he and city officials were “disappointed” after a judge rejected Minnesota’s effort to prevent the Trump administration’s surge of federal immigration officers ... (The Hill)

LAUSD teachers union members authorize strike, ratcheting up pressure on contract talks

1 hr ago - By Howard Blume Staff Writer Jan. 31, 2026 5 AM PT Members of United Teachers Los Angeles have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leadership to call a strike, ratcheting up pressure as negotiations stall and L.A. Unified warns of likely staff la ... (LA Times)

Keir Starmer calls on Andrew to testify in US over Jeffrey Epstein links

1 hr ago - Sat 31 Jan 2026 15.00 EST Last modified on Sat 31 Jan 2026 15.02 EST Keir Starmer has said Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor should testify before the US Congress about his links to the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The prime minister, who is in J ... (The Guardian)

Chicago Orders Police to Document Potentially Illegal Federal Immigration Tactics

1 hr ago - Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago ordered city police on Saturday to begin formally documenting instances of aggressive and potentially illegal federal immigration enforcement actions, looking to build cases for prosecution against the most egregious ... (NYT)

Letitia James Blasts Trump for Pushing 'Violence' and 'Terror' with Election Office Raid

1 hr ago - Jan 31st, 2026, 11:25 am New York Attorney General Letitia James accused President Donald Trump of using “violence” and “terror” as a means to keep Republicans in power after the midterms. James spoke to MS NOW’s Eugene Dani ... (MEDIAite)

Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal

2 hrs ago - Less than two weeks before Jeffrey Epstein's death in jail, his lawyers and Manhattan federal prosecutors met and discussed his potential cooperation, several documents within a cache of newly released investigative files state. "On July 29, 2019, FB ... (The Guardian)

Danish veterans protest outside US Embassy over Trump administration's Greenland plans

2 hrs ago - Updated 1:08 PM EST, January 31, 2026 COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Hundreds of Danish veterans — many of whom fought alongside U.S. troops — and thousands of supporters staged a silent protest Saturday outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenha ... (AP)

Exposed Musk Now Insists Epstein Files Don't Matter

2 hrs ago - Elon Musk is now claiming the Epstein files are a “distraction” that “doesn’t matter” after he was busted begging to come to one of Jeffrey Epstein’s parties.The 54-year-old billionaire had long been a vocal advocate for ... (Daily Beast)

Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor's Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

3 hrs ago - Jan. 31, 2026, 11:12 a.m. ET A day before six career federal prosecutors resigned in protest over the Justice Department's handling of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, lawyers in the office had a conversation with Gregory Bovino, the Border ... (New York Times)

St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident (Minnesota)

3 hrs ago - MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident. The resident, a woman, had been observing and recording ... (MPR Minnesota Public Radio)

Judge rejects Minnesota bid to block federal immigration agent surge

4 hrs ago - Posted 15 minutes ago A federal judge on Saturday denied Minnesota's emergency request to halt a surge of federal immigration enforcement agents in the Twin Cities region. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez said her ruling does not make a final d ... (Scripps News)

Trump plays MAGA conductor in bizarre new painting with Charlie Kirk in the orchestra

4 hrs ago - Donald Trump has shared a bizarre new painting in which he acts as the conductor of a MAGA orchestra. The president posted a video of the image accompanied by the Queen song "Who Wants to Live Forever". The band has previously asked Trump to stop usi ... (Independent)

Veterans protest at US embassy over Trump's Greenland threats

4 hrs ago - Hundreds of Danish veterans, many of whom served alongside American forces, staged a silent protest on Saturday outside the US Embassy in Copenhagen. The demonstration was a direct response to the Trump administration's suggestions of acquiring Green ... (Independent)

'Entirely inappropriate': Judge rejects Trump admin request to stay discovery in lawsuit over dismantling USAID

5 hrs ago - Jan 31st, 2026, 10:08 am A federal judge has nixed a request by the Trump administration to stay discovery in, and quickly move forward with, an ongoing lawsuit over cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In the underlying li ... (Law & Crime)

Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial

6 hrs ago - The White House stands about 70 feet tall. The Lincoln Memorial, roughly 100 feet. The triumphal arch President Donald Trump wants to build would eclipse both if he gets his wish. Trump has grown attached to the idea of a 250-foot-tall structure over ... (WaPo)

Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

6 hrs ago - Israel has carried out some of its deadliest airstrikes on Gaza in months, killing at least 30 Palestinians, some of whom were sheltering in tent cities for displaced people. Despite a nominal ceasefire, the Israeli military struck a police station i ... (The Guardian)

Trump loses in court again after judge blocks attempt to restrict voting

7 hrs ago - 12h The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports a federal judge on Friday blocked federal agencies from requesting citizenship status when distributing voter registration forms. The decision amounts to the latest derailment of President Donald Trump's f ... (msn/Alternet)

Key Democratic lawmakers demand DOJ explain only partial Epstein files release

7 hrs ago - January 30, 2026, 11:00 PM Not long after the Justice Department on Friday released millions of additional files related to the probe of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- but withheld others -- key congressional Democrats demanded explanation ... (ABC News)

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