Trump News for Friday, January 30, 2026

The three million new documents include hundreds of mentions of Trump emails between Epstein and a person called "The Duke"

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Iran's foreign minister says missile programme not up for negotiation as Trump says sending more ships to the region.

Tehran has said it will never negotiate on its missile and defence systems, but that it is open to talks.

If you’ve been napping, Trump-allied billionaire Larry Ellison and his nepobaby son David hired an unqualified troll named Bari Weiss to “run” CBS News. And by “run” CBS news, I mean destroy what little journalism was left at the media giant and create an alt…

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign. Department of Homeland Security officials insist their immigration enforcement o…

This mercury-containing compound, used as a vaccine preservative, is commonly used in lower-income countries — and deemed safe. The U.S. is now demanding that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance stop using it.

Even diehard Trump fans might be bored by the documentary about the first lady. But this movie, "Melania," is for an audience of one.

The Kremlin says it’s agreed to halt attacks on Kyiv and nearby towns until February 1, after a request from the US.

A couple weeks ago, in the wake of the murder of Renee Good, we wrote about “border czar” Tom Homan’s ridiculous TV comments suggesting that if Democrats didn’t stop calling ICE & CBP murderers for murdering people, that they’d just be forced to murder again.…

Yeah, there’s the overt cruelty. There’s the murder of protesters. The chasing of day laborers across Home Depot parking lots. The snatching and separation of children from parents. The day-in, day-out portrayal of migrants as filthy leeches from “shithole” c…

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Major gauges are set to end the week higher with earnings and the Fed holding investor attention.

The Trump administration also offered free journalism tips after The Boss' protest anthem went viral.

The Ivy League school is giving $1.5 million to a community college and to a nonprofit apprenticeship program.

The Trump administration has flooded Minneapolis and other parts of Minnesota with federal agents as part of its immigration crackdown, Operation Metro Surge — detaining children, intimidating protestors and community organizers, and killing multiple people. …

Trump threatened decertifying Bombardier's planes and slapping new tariffs if Canada did not certify rival US planes.

SBF swears he was Republican-curious long before things went awry.

Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that’s saying something: I think everybody – the American public believe it’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this pre…

The Department of Justice on Friday released more than 3 million pages, more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images in its files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Additional material from the DOJ's files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is being released to the public today, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says.

American Airlines is the first airline to announce plans to reinstate flights to Venezuela, adding that it would share details "in the coming months."

The 'madman theory' aims to pressure adversaries but risks backfiring when opponents feel they have nothing to lose.

The Trump administration has targets but no endgame.

The White House has called Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Minneapolis" ICE protest song "random" and "irrelevant."

Nomination comes as Trump heaps pressure on Powell to cut interest rates; Warsh to face challenging Senate confirmation.

Minneapolis-based Target has deep ties to the city and a history of navigating civil unrest. It now has the added challenge of a new CEO.

Reactions are already pouring in from prominent economists and business leaders about President Donald Trump nominating Kevin Warsh.

Trump’s immigration crackdown is testing church-state boundaries, as faith leaders mobilize to shield migrants and warn of escalating conflict

The makers of Amazon's Melania documentary have defended its exorbitant cost following accusations of bribery to appease the Trump empire. Amazon paid $40 million to Melania Trump's production company for the film rights and another $35 million for marketing …

Apple releases the 2nd-gen AirTag and Creator Studio subscription in the middle of a tricky public relations week for CEO Tim Cook.

The coolest of the cool gathered in Los Angeles on Thursday night, while the worst of the worst further defiled the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

More than 10 years after its delivery, warnings from Donald Trump’s June 2015 presidential candidacy announcement continue to resonate. He decried the high...

ICE is required to issue a full report to Congress on any detainee death within 90 days. They've skipped the last 8 deaths entirely.

Trump said his pick to replace current Chairman Jerome Powell is an "outstanding person and a person that won't be too surprising to people."

Bush economic advisor Kevin Warsh is set to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, President Trump announced Friday.

Does she oppose Enlightenment virtues, as her X posts suggest? Or is she just confused?

Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you Opinion I'm an eighth-generation American, and let me tell you, I wouldn't trust my data, secrets, or services to a US company these days for love or money. Under our cu…

Even as Big Tech CEOs curry favor with President Trump, Silicon Valley employees are calling on their bosses to use their influence to help stop his immigration policies.

Jelani Cobb on the historical parallels between the Trump Administration’s paramilitary crackdown on immigrant communities in Minneapolis and the unrest fomented in the years before the Civil War by attempts to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.

As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school, Emily Witt reports. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe.

The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too.

Leaders at Navient and Sallie Mae said that Trump's sweeping student-loan repayment changes will be a boon to their private lending business.

US First Lady Melania Trump and her husband President Donald Trump have walked the black carpet at the premier of her new documentary.

This is fucking terrifying.

The president said this week that the value of the dollar is "great" despite a sharp tumble since last year. That may be true for certain parts of the economy — but not others.

On the anniversary of the midair collision near Washington, D.C., families of the victims are still working for laws to prevent future disasters. And they say they're ready for a long fight.

Trump Accounts are a new savings program for kids launching in 2026. Here's everything to know about eligibility, how they work, and how to open one.

Alberta separatists seek funding from the Trump administration after three reported meetings.

President said he plans to announce new Federal Reserve chair choice Friday, after criticizing incumbent Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates more aggressively.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres appears to point at Trump as critics say his 'Board of Peace' aims to replace UN.

President Donald Trump says he is speaking to Iran’s leadership amid a US military build-up in the Middle East.

The US president says he has told Iran it has to do "two things" to avoid military action, as the US builds up its forces in the Gulf.

A fresh blast of life-threatening cold is impacting over 150 million – including those in New York City, which is in the grip of its deepest freeze in eight years.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy welcomes possible pause after Russian attacks leave homes without heat in plummeting temperatures.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday a plan to impose additional tariffs on countries that provide oil to Cuba, declaring a national security emergency.

Trump signs executive order ramping up pressure on Havana's oil supplies in wake of US abduction of Venezuela's Maduro.

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Trump is suing his own Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department on Thursday over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax information during his first term.

Longtime Slashdot reader devnulljapan writes: In 2012, Canada passed anti-circumvention law Bill C-11, cut-and-pasted from the U.S. DMCA, in return for access to U.S. markets without tariffs. Trump has tariffed Canada anyway, so Cory Doctorow suggests it soun…

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday the U. was decertifying Bombardier Global Express business jets and threatened 50...

A spending agreement under consideration in the Senate would temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security while lawmakers negotiate provisions to rein in federal immigration agents.

Amid rusting oil pumps and rigs, once affluent Venezuelan oil towns place their hope in US investment.

The Trump administration has pressured Venezuela to increase foreign access to the country's large oil reserves.