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Immigration crackdown contributed to drop in US growth rate last year as nation's population hit 341.8 million people

10:07 AM on Tuesday, January 27

Immigration crackdown contributed to drop in US growth rate last year as nation's population hit 341.8 million people

Federal judge in Minnesota says ICE chief must appear in court to explain why detainees have been denied due process

8:23 AM on Tuesday, January 27

Federal judge in Minnesota says ICE chief must appear in court to explain why detainees have been denied due process

FILE - Then Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, right, son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, speaks to Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, left, at a "thanksgiving" ceremony in Entebbe, Uganda, on May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Days after a disputed election, Uganda's army is on the hunt for opposition leader Bobi Wine

6:57 AM on Tuesday, January 27

A military hunt is underway in Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine, whom the country's army chief is calling a wanted fugitive

FILE - National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Alex Vindman, who testified against Trump during his first impeachment, enters Florida Senate race

6:34 AM on Tuesday, January 27

A key figure in President Donald Trump's first impeachment is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida as a Democrat

FILE - A 12-year-old boy plays with his personal phone outside school, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, FIle)

French lawmakers approve bill banning social media for children under 15

5:54 AM on Tuesday, January 27

French lawmakers have approved a bill banning social media for children under 15

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea launches ballistic missiles into sea between Korean Peninsula and Japan

2:11 AM on Tuesday, January 27

North Korea has launched short-range ballistic missiles into the sea

India's prime minister says it has reached a free trade agreement with the European Union

12:54 AM on Tuesday, January 27

India's prime minister says it has reached a free trade agreement with the European Union

FILE - An election worker examines a ballot at the Clackamas County Elections office May 19, 2022, Oregon City, Ore. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Federal judge dismisses Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon's voter rolls

10:14 PM on Monday, January 26

A federal judge in Oregon has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon's unredacted voter rolls

People visit a makeshift memorial for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer over the weekend, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Trump's about-face in Minnesota after Pretti's death is latest in pattern of sudden shifts

8:05 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump is taking a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota

Fed expected to keep rates unchanged as Chair Powell pivots back to economics

6:21 PM on Monday, January 26

After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won’t like the result

Top US trading partners pledged to invest $5 trillion in America. These researchers have doubts.

5:22 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump strong-armed America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States

Vehicles for export are parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Trump threatens to hike tariffs on South Korean goods over inaction on trade deal

5:12 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump says he is increasing tariffs on South Korean goods because the country’s national assembly has yet to approve the trade framework announced last year

This combination of images shows Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada, left, and President Donald Trump on Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, left, Jacquelyn Martin)

Carney calls Trump's tariff threats bluster ahead of US-Canada free trade talks

1:09 PM on Monday, January 26

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats should be viewed as prepositioning before negotiations to renew the countries' free trade pact

FILE - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the troops during the 82nd anniversary celebration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines on Dec. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

ICC judges find former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fit to stand trial

5:21 AM on Monday, January 26

Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial

This photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows sailors preparing a Boeing EA-18G Growler on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 21, 2026. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP)

Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Yemen threaten new attacks as US aircraft carrier arrives

3:51 AM on Monday, January 26

Two Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East are signaling their readiness to launch new attacks

FILE - U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks through a Target store Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File)

Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles the leadership of his immigration crackdown

12:11 AM on Monday, January 26

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting in the city by federal officers

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