Top StoriesWed Jan 07 2026
California Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa Dies at 65, Reducing House GOP Majority to 218–213
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican who had been in Congress since 2013, has died, House GOP Whip Tom Emmer announced Tuesday. He was 65.
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Top StoriesTue Jan 06 2026
Maduro pleads not guilty to narco-terrorism charges, telling U.S. judge: ‘I am still president’
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom on Monday. “I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country,” Maduro told a judge.
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Top StoriesSun Jan 04 2026
Maduro and His Wife to Face ‘Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy’ Charges in New York, U.S. Attorney General Says
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face criminal charges after an indictment in New York. Bondi vowed in a social media post that the couple will “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
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Top StoriesSat Jan 03 2026
Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran ‘violently kills’ protestors
President Donald Trump pledged in a late night social media post that the US will come to the rescue of Iranian protesters if they are attacked by Islamic Republic authorities.
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Top StoriesFri Jan 02 2026
Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor at historic subway station
Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who campaigned on a promise to tackle the affordability crisis in one of America’s most expensive cities, was sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor early Thursday.
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Top StoriesThu Jan 01 2026
Trump issues first vetoes of his second term
President Trump used his veto power this week for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting a pair of bills linked to a Colorado water pipeline and a tribal village in the Everglades.
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Top StoriesWed Dec 31 2025
Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and JFK’s granddaughter, dies at 35 after terminal cancer diagnosis
President John F. Kennedy's granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, died on Dec. 30 after a cancer battle. She was 35.
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