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Lead: Ian Roberts, the one-time superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to falsely attesting to U.S. citizenship on an I-9 form and to illegally possessing firearms. Roberts, a native of Guyana who led Iowa’s largest district serving about 30,000 students, faces up to 20 years in prison across two … Read more
Lead: On Jan. 22, 2026, Mississippi State announced it has signed 22-year-old quarterback Jaden Rashada from the NCAA transfer portal. Rashada joins the Bulldogs after a six-game stint at Sacramento State in which he completed 17 of 42 passes for 264 yards and one touchdown. The move brings a player with two years of eligibility … Read more
Lead: On Jan. 22, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney returned from the World Economic Forum in Davos and addressed his cabinet in Quebec City, outlining a clearer, more independent direction for Canada. He framed the country as an example of openness and security at a time of rising protectionism, urging middle powers to coordinate a … Read more
Guinea-Bissau has suspended a planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine in infants after widespread ethical objections from public health researchers. The controversy followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s approval in January 2026 of a $1.6 million grant for a trial involving 14,000 newborns, days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … Read more
Lead: The US House on 22 January 2026 rejected a Democratic war‑powers resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from deploying US forces to Venezuela. After an extended roll‑call and a tied tally, Republican leadership held the vote open for more than 20 minutes while Rep. Wesley Hunt returned from a Texas campaign trip … Read more
Lead ByteDance announced on Jan. 22, 2026 that it has reached an agreement with a consortium of non‑Chinese investors to form a new U.S. TikTok, resolving a six‑year legal battle that threatened the app’s presence in the United States. The investor group — including Oracle, MGX (an Emirati firm), Silver Lake and the personal investment … Read more
Lead On Jan. 22, 2026, a federal jury in Chicago acquitted Juan Espinoza Martinez, a longtime Chicago resident and union carpenter, of a felony murder-for-hire charge alleging he sought a bounty on Border Patrol tactical commander Gregory Bovino. The prosecution said private Snapchat messages contained photos of Mr. Bovino and a post reading “10K if … Read more
Lead: More than 200 million people across the United States are bracing for a major winter storm set to intensify over the weekend, with the National Weather Service updating maps and warnings on Jan. 22, 2026. The system is forecast to start in the southern Plains on Friday and move eastward through the South into … Read more
Vice President J.D. Vance said on Jan. 22, 2026, that the Trump administration does not currently plan to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops in Minneapolis, following weeks of clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters. Vance told reporters he traveled to the city to assess rising tensions and urged greater cooperation from local … Read more
Lead New national data released Jan. 22, 2026, show a decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke in the United States, with roughly 25,000 fewer deaths in 2023 than in 2022. Heart disease remains the country’s leading cause of death, occurring about once every 34 seconds. Researchers and clinicians attribute part of the improvement … Read more
On Thursday, Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan told reporters that the franchise faces a major unresolved question at quarterback and that he would not outline the club’s approach at this time. Tua Tagovailoa, who was replaced late in the season by Quinn Ewers, remains under contract with $54 million in guaranteed money. Sullivan said … Read more
Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Jan. 22, 2026, in Minneapolis that the federal government does not need to invoke the Insurrection Act “right now” after meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to the city. His comments followed earlier threats by President Donald Trump to use the rarely invoked statute to quell … Read more
At a Thursday online hearing, members of the Commission on Fine Arts — several of whom were appointed by President Donald Trump — raised questions about the size and visual impact of the administration’s proposed White House ballroom while generally endorsing the president’s intent to expand. Commissioners asked the project team for an in-person follow-up … Read more
Who: Democratic state attorneys general including Oregon AG Dan Rayfield, Minnesota AG Keith Ellison and California AG Rob Bonta. When & where: a Wednesday evening town hall at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon, held shortly after news that Ellison had been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department. What happened: the AGs pledged coordinated legal resistance … Read more
Lead Thousands of users reported problems with Microsoft services on Thursday, Jan. 22, after multiple Microsoft 365 products experienced widespread interruptions. Reports spiked around 3:00 p.m. Eastern, with outage-tracking sites recording more than 15,000 incidents affecting Microsoft 365, roughly 12,000 related to Outlook and about 500 for Teams. Microsoft identified a portion of its North … Read more
