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Lead The White House announced on Friday that former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair and Marco Rubio are founding members of a new “Board of Peace” intended to oversee Gaza’s interim administration and reconstruction. The move, unveiled as part of a 20-point US plan to resolve the Israel–Hamas war, names former officials and private-sector … Read more
Lead: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he might impose tariffs on countries that do not support U.S. efforts to take control of Greenland, remarks that coincided with a bipartisan congressional delegation visiting Copenhagen to ease tensions. The comment, delivered during a White House event on rural health care, revived a months-long White House … Read more
Lead: Abigail Spanberger, a three-term congresswoman and former CIA officer, is set to be sworn in as Virginia’s 75th governor on Saturday, becoming the commonwealth’s first woman to hold the office. Her inauguration will keep civic ritual—parade, small-business marketplace and a ball—while updating some customs, including her choice not to wear the traditional male morning … Read more
Lead: In September, President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol, citing a possible link to autism. A multidisciplinary team published a systematic review Friday in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health that reassessed the evidence through September and found no association between prenatal acetaminophen exposure … Read more
Lead The Department of Defense has extended the National Guard mission in Washington, D.C. through December 31, 2026, officials said, keeping hundreds of troops on patrol and performing public-service tasks in the capital. Orders that had been set to expire in February were lengthened after a second extension in October; one official said the new … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider an appeal from Bayer, the maker of the widely used Roundup weedkiller, over whether federal approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) preempts state-court failure-to-warn claims. The move lifts a dispute over whether EPA’s approval of glyphosate-based products without a cancer warning bars thousands of state lawsuits … Read more
Lead On 16 January 2026 the White House unveiled a seven-member Gaza “board of peace” that President Donald Trump will chair to guide reconstruction and interim governance in the territory. The founding executive board names include former British prime minister Tony Blair, Senator Marco Rubio, and Jared Kushner, alongside World Bank president Ajay Banga and … Read more
Lead Arlington Heights officials on Jan. 16, 2026 urged Illinois lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow the Chicago Bears to negotiate long-term property tax terms as the team weighs a proposed new domed stadium on the suburb’s 326-acre former racecourse. The call came the same week Indiana lawmakers moved a bill to create a … Read more
In its first week on the market, Novo Nordisk’s oral Wegovy secured 3,071 prescriptions, an analyst reported on Friday, a tally that closely matches Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, which logged roughly 3,100 first-week scripts. The prescription figures prompted an immediate positive reaction in Novo Nordisk shares. The comparison comes from a Leerink Partners note by analyst … Read more
Lead: President Donald Trump will lead a high-profile U.S. delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos from January 19, 2026, returning in person six years after his last visit. The Swiss Alpine forum will host more than 60 heads of state and government amid sharp debate over the future international order, economic stress and … Read more
On January 16, 2026, YouTube announced an update to its advertiser-friendly guidelines that will allow more videos addressing controversial issues to receive full ad revenue so long as the material is dramatized or presented in a non-graphic way. The company said the change applies to content about self-harm, abortion, suicide and domestic and sexual abuse, … Read more
Lead Business owners in Minneapolis and in cities nationwide have begun barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from their premises after a spike in federal enforcement activity and two recent fatal shootings involving immigration agents. The measures — signs on doors demanding judicial warrants or outright refusal … Read more
Lead: Norwegian political leaders reacted sharply after Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. The handover, which Machado said honored Trump’s role in securing a free Venezuela, drew immediate criticism in Norway and prompted reminders from Nobel institutions that … Read more
Lead: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review whether so-called geofence warrants—orders that seek large sets of cellphone location records to identify devices near a crime—are consistent with the Fourth Amendment. The decision will resolve conflicting rulings in lower courts and focuses in part on a 2019 Virginia bank robbery that led investigators to … Read more
Lead: The New York Rangers announced on Friday that they will begin a roster retool this season, a move that could include trading long‑loved players, president and general manager Chris Drury wrote in a letter to fans. The decision follows a five‑game losing streak that has dropped the club to last place in the Eastern … Read more
