• House Republicans propose stricter voting rules as Trump administration eyes midterms

    House Republicans propose stricter voting rules as Trump administration eyes midterms

    Jan 30, 2026 12:11 AM EST

    ... or 21.3 million people, do not have proof of their citizenship readily available. Almost half of Americans do not have a U.S. passport. Trump has long signaled a desire to change how elections are run in the United States. Last year he issued an executive order that included ...

  • Alienated by Trump, U.S. allies turn to China and India for trade deals

    Alienated by Trump, U.S. allies turn to China and India for trade deals

    Jan 29, 2026 11:35 PM EST

    Nick Schifrin: It was only last week that President Trump proved himself unpredictable over Danish territory Greenland and disparaged the very concept of NATO's collective defense. President Donald Trump: And all we're asking for is to get Greenland, including right, title and ownership, because you need the ownership ...

  • Shooting deaths climb in Trump's mass deportation effort

    Shooting deaths climb in Trump's mass deportation effort

    Jan 29, 2026 10:26 PM EST

    Outrage has grown nationwide over the violent and sometimes deadly tactics used by federal immigration officers in communities across the country.

  • FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump's preoccupation with the 2020 election

    FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump's preoccupation with the 2020 election

    Jan 29, 2026 08:01 PM EST

    ... revenge,” Ossoff said in a statement. It also comes as election officials across the country are starting to rev up for the 2026 midterms, where Trump is struggling to help his party maintain its control of Congress. Noting that, in 2020, Trump contemplated using the military to seize voting machines ...

  • Starmer and Xi call for deeper UK-China ties as Trump shakes up global order

    Starmer and Xi call for deeper UK-China ties as Trump shakes up global order

    Jan 29, 2026 07:59 PM EST

    ... for U.K. professional and financial services. The two countries agreed to conduct a “feasibility study” as a first step before negotiating a services agreement.. Trump tariffs spur new trade talksThe disruption to global trade under Trump has made expanding trade and investment more imperative for many governments. Vietnam and ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down

    WATCH: Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down

    Jan 29, 2026 07:21 PM EST

    At President Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting Thursday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner said that home sales in December “rose sharply to their strongest pace in three years” — but that’s not quite what appears to be happening in the housing market that has been a persistent source ...

  • Trump says he'll announce Federal Reserve chair pick next week

    Trump says he'll announce Federal Reserve chair pick next week

    Jan 29, 2026 07:07 PM EST

    President Donald Trump said at his Cabinet meeting that “next week” he’ll announce his choice to replace Jerome Powell as the chair of the Federal Reserve. The president has criticized Powell for not slashing benchmark interest rates as low as Trump would like. Powell has insisted that the Fed ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he closed his eyes in the last Cabinet meeting because 'it got pretty boring'

    WATCH: Trump says he closed his eyes in the last Cabinet meeting because 'it got pretty boring'

    Jan 29, 2026 06:53 PM EST

    ... hell out of there.” The comment drew laugher, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who has made a trademark of laughing loudest during Cabinet meetings. WATCH: Trump says he personally asked Putin not to attack Kyiv amid brutal cold Potentially less funny for those gathered during Thursday’s meeting, Trump said ...

  • AP report: Trump eyes former Institute of Peace building for new Board of Peace headquarters

    AP report: Trump eyes former Institute of Peace building for new Board of Peace headquarters

    Jan 29, 2026 06:03 PM EST

    ... the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The board currently has 27 “founding members” made up of world leaders whose initial task is to oversee Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan. But Trump appears to have greater ambitions for the board, and its charter says it will look to take on ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he personally asked Putin not to attack Kyiv amid brutal cold

    WATCH: Trump says he personally asked Putin not to attack Kyiv amid brutal cold

    Jan 29, 2026 05:46 PM EST

    ... Ukraine, must be fully involved in talks to end the war. The push for a settlement has been led over the past year by the Trump administration, and European leaders fear their concerns may not be taken into account. The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides ...