DAVOS, Switzerland — US President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday aimed at limiting the ability of large corporations and institutional investors to purchase single family homes, prompting immediate market reactions. Shares of Blackstone Inc., a major player in residential real estate investment, fell sharply in early trading before partially recovering. Trump stated that he wants … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a woman in her vehicle Wednesday morning during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, authorities said. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated the woman allegedly used her car in an attempt to strike law enforcement officers, prompting the agent to fire … Read more
US oil companies are responding cautiously to President Donald Trump’s push to re-enter Venezuela’s oil sector following the capture of former President Nicolás Maduro. Weighing political instability, sanctions uncertainty and the high cost of rebuilding one of the world’s most degraded energy industries. KEY POINTS President Donald Trump has framed recent US actions in Venezuela … Read more
North Atlantic — US authorities launched an operation Wednesday to seize a Russian flagged oil tanker connected to Venezuela following a more than two week chase across the Atlantic Ocean, officials said. The vessel, originally named Bella‑1 and now sailing as the Marinera, had evaded US Coast Guard boarding attempts while being monitored near Iceland’s … Read more
A Georgia resident has been identified as the winner of a $983 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest lottery prize ever claimed in the state and the eighth largest in the game’s history, according to the Georgia Lottery Corp. The winning ticket matched all six numbers in the Nov. 14 drawing and was sold at … Read more
WASHINGTON — Aldrich Hazen Ames, the former CIA officer whose decades long espionage for the Soviet Union and later Russia is considered. One of the most destructive breaches in US intelligence history, died Jan. 5 while serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Maryland. He was 84. A spokesperson for the US Bureau … Read more
The Trump administration said Tuesday night it is freezing $10 billion in federal child care and family assistance funding for five states. Citing what it described as serious concerns about widespread fraud in state administered programs overseen by the US Department of Health and Human Services. KEY POINTS The decision to halt funding represents one … Read more
The pace of NFL coaching changes in 2026 intensified Tuesday as the Baltimore Ravens ended John Harbaugh’s eighteen year tenure. Capping a sweeping league reset that has seen head coaches, coordinators and front office leaders dismissed in rapid succession following another postseason cutoff. KEY POINTS What once unfolded primarily on Black Sunday and Black Monday … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dedicated his speech before House Republicans on Tuesday to the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., who died suddenly earlier in the day. The announcement came at the Trump Kennedy Center, where Trump had been scheduled to address GOP lawmakers, highlighting LaMalfa’s long standing support for the former president. Trump said … Read more
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Béla Tarr, the Hungarian filmmaker celebrated for his bleak, hypnotic cinematic style and long form narrative experiments. Died Tuesday at the age of 70 after a prolonged illness, according to the Hungarian Filmmakers’ Association. Tarr, whose films often depicted despair and social decay in Eastern Europe, was recognized internationally for his work, … Read more
