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10:07 PM on Wednesday, January 7

State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs

9:30 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Saudi Arabia alleges UAE smuggled Yemen separatist leader wanted for treason out of country and flew him to Abu Dhabi

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A New York City judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a Massachusetts woman charged in the unprovoked stabbing of a tourist changing her baby’s diaper in a bathroom of Macy’s flagship store in midtown Manhattan around the holidays

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President Donald Trump is now officially on board with a sanctions package aimed at Russia, according to a top GOP senator

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The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration and customs enforcement agent in Minneapolis is raising questions about when law enforcement officers are justified in using lethal force against someone in a moving vehicle

2:02 PM on Wednesday, January 7

U.S. transportation officials say California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants

1:47 PM on Wednesday, January 7

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A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year

1:05 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians

11:56 AM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration’s crackdown on the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes care for 1.4 million children from low-income households, has rattled child care providers and families that rely on the aid money

11:26 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Venezuela's military has held a funeral for some of the soldiers killed during the U.S. operation that captured former President Nicolás Maduro

9:23 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s actions against Venezuela

8:55 AM on Wednesday, January 7

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and killed a Minneapolis driver during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city

5:26 AM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions

3:02 AM on Wednesday, January 7

In Ohio's governor race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have announced their running mates

2:18 AM on Wednesday, January 7

CES 2026 is featuring extensive programming related to Hollywood, influencers and how the industry will continue to work with AI

1:48 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm after a bus driver ran over and killed a 14-year-old boy during a protest