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FBI not aware of ‘continued’ communication between Guthrie family, suspected kidnappers as ransom deadline passes 

The FBI on Monday said it was "not aware of any continued communication between" Nancy Guthrie's family and her suspected kidnappers, with a reported ransom deadline having already passed. "For more than a week, FBI agents, analysts, and professional staff have worked around the clock to reunite Nancy Guthrie with her family,” the bureau said...

Cuba warns of aviation fuel shortage after Trump tariff threat

Cuba warned of an aircraft fuel shortage amid tensions with the U.S., according to a new report. According to a Sunday report from Spanish news outlet EFE, two sources told the outlet that the Cuban government has advised international airlines flying to the Caribbean country that the island will be out of fuel on Monday...

Appeals court backs Noem move to end TPS protections for Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua

The appeals court said the government is likely to succeed in defending Noem’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status protections.

Hate is destroying America’s promise — and half of us are blind to the danger

When scapegoating and prejudice is tolerated or ignored, the guardrails protecting all minorities crumble.

Stars are ditching designers for thrift store scores — when they’re wearing anything at all

Academy Awards time’s coming, so fashion stylist Benjamin Holtrop told me where some glamorous shmattas come from.

Wyoming top court strikes down nation’s first abortion pill ban

Wyoming's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that abortion will remain legal in the state, undoing the country's first abortion pill ban enacted following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 repeal of Roe v. Wade. State justices, in a 4-1 decision, sided with Wellspring Health Access, the abortion access advocacy group Chelsea's Fund and four women. They all...

Buttigieg set to travel to Wisconsin for town hall amid 2028 speculation

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is heading to Wisconsin for a town hall later this month. The event is set for 6 p.m. EST on Jan. 16 in La Crosse, Wis., roughly three hours northwest of Milwaukee. A description of the town hall says Buttigieg will discuss the cost of housing, child care, health care...

Schumer rips DOJ over missed Epstein files deadline

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ripped the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday for blowing past deadlines in its release of information related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law last November, ordered the DOJ to release all documents regarding Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine...

Helping Americans break free from government dependency

The Upward Mobility Act is a proposed bill that would combine multiple federal anti-poverty programs into a single, flexible funding stream to help low-income Americans move up the economic ladder without fear of losing their federal assistance.

Trump tells Republicans to be ‘flexible’ on abortion restriction demands in health care

President Trump on Tuesday told House Republicans to be “flexible” in their demands for restrictions against federal funds going to ObamaCare-funded health care plans that cover abortion. “Now, you have to be a little flexible on Hyde,” Trump said in reference to the Hyde Amendment, the provision that prevents federal funds from being used on...

Appeals panel upholds block of NIH research overhead payment cuts

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling preventing the Trump administration from cutting billions of dollars in support of research payments to universities, medical centers and other recipients  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit affirmed the ruling of a lower court, which had previously blocked the National Institutes of Health's plan to cap the “indirect” research payments while...

Jon Stewart says Trump ‘reverse ICE’d’ Maduro: ‘He was actually imported’

Jon Stewart says President Trump helped orchestrate a "reverse ICE" operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. "He was actually imported to a jail in Brooklyn," Stewart quipped of Maduro. Stewart focused his Monday monologue on Maduro while hosting Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" days after Trump announced that the U.S. had captured Venezuela's president as part of a "large-scale...

Section 8 cuts would send shockwaves through the housing market

The last thing we need during our national housing shortage is to shake investor confidence and make lenders wary of Section 8.

National gas price average to fall around $3 per gallon

The yearly average for a gallon of gas is expected to be $2.97, down from $3.10 in 2025.

Watch live: Jan. 6 defendants hold march on fifth anniversary of Capitol riot

Jan. 6 defendants, including those pardoned by President Trump last year, are holding a march Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Capitol attack. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted on seditious conspiracy and other charges before being pardoned by Trump, is among the organizers of Tuesday's march. He said the...

Movers relocated to these states the most in 2025, U-Haul report suggests

Texas returned to the top while California stayed at the bottom of the list. Where did your state fall?

Jeffries: Trump administration ‘has no real plan’ for Venezuela

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the Trump administration “has no real plan” for the future of Venezuela after the capture and indictment of its leader Nicolás Maduro.  “But there's no real plan that we've heard from the Trump administration as to how to ensure that the Venezuelan people will actually get...

Why RFK’s Denmark-style vaccine recommendations won’t work in the US

The U.S. and Denmark healthcare systems are radically different — examining only the specific vaccines offered in each country “misses the forest by focusing entirely on the trees.”  

Bacon: Miller Greenland seizure remarks ‘really dumb’

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Monday criticized White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller for musing about seizing Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. “This is really dumb. Greenland and Denmark are our allies. There is no up side to demeaning our friends. But, it is causing wounds that will take time to heal,”...

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