LIVE: Officials from Denmark and Greenland hold news conference after U.S. talks

LIVE: Officials from Denmark and Greenland hold news conference after U.S. talks

[The stream is slated to start before 2 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Officials from Denmark and Greenland are speaking to reporters at a news conference after meeting with U.S. officials, as President Donald Trump continues to push to make the Danish island … Read more

Senate expected to vote on Venezuela war powers resolution on Wednesday

Senate expected to vote on Venezuela war powers resolution on Wednesday

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on the day of a briefing for the House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 7, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Senate on Wednesday is expected to vote on a resolution to halt President … Read more

Mortgage refinance demand surges 40% higher after Trump post briefly tanks interest rates

Mortgage refinance demand surges 40% higher after Trump post briefly tanks interest rates

Homes in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US, on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. Zak Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage demand spiked markedly higher last week as consumers returned from the holidays to find overall lower interest rates and then a sharp rate drop Friday on news from the White House. President Donald Trump posted … Read more

At least 2,571 killed in Iran’s protests, U.S.-based rights group HRANA says

At least 2,571 killed in Iran’s protests, U.S.-based rights group HRANA says

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. Mahsa | Afp | Getty Images The death toll from protests in Iran has reached 2,571 people, the U.S.-based HRANA rights group said on Wednesday, as the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers face the biggest wave of dissent in years. U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Tuesday to keep … Read more

A major development in Trump’s Fed feud is set to happen next week in the Supreme Court

A major development in Trump’s Fed feud is set to happen next week in the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Jan. 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters As the Justice Department continues its investigation into the Federal Reserve, the next front in the central bank’s quest to maintain political independence shifts to the Supreme Court. On Jan. 21, the high court will hear arguments … Read more

Trump attacks Powell again amid Fed independence fears: ‘Incompetent’ or ‘crooked’

Trump attacks Powell again amid Fed independence fears: ‘Incompetent’ or ‘crooked’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as either “incompetent” or “crooked,” even as his Department of Justice faces growing opposition over its criminal investigation of the central bank leader. Trump threw his latest punch at Powell after being asked whether the unprecedented action undermines confidence in the Fed, which has … Read more

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis vows to block Trump’s Fed nominees following Powell probe

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis vows to block Trump’s Fed nominees following Powell probe

President Donald Trump will face an important obstacle — from within his own party — as he seeks to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said Sunday he will block any Trump appointees to the central bank, including for the new chair, in light of revelations over the weekend that the … Read more

Microsoft says communities won’t see energy price hikes near data centers as utility costs rise

Microsoft says communities won’t see energy price hikes near data centers as utility costs rise

Microsoft on Tuesday promised that consumers won’t pay more when the software maker sets up data centers nearby. The company also committed to replenish more water than it uses, and to add to local tax bases in places where it has data centers. “Our pledge to each of these communities is that we will pay … Read more

Delta CEO sees record earnings in reach again thanks to high-end travel demand

Delta CEO sees record earnings in reach again thanks to high-end travel demand

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-332(ER). Joan Valls | Nurphoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ earnings could jump more than 20% this year from 2025 thanks to robust travel demand, particularly at the high end of the market, and potentially reach a record, CEO Ed Bastian said. Delta on Tuesday forecast adjusted earnings per … Read more

Iran’s regime in its ‘final days and weeks’ after mass protests, Germany’s Merz says

Iran’s regime in its ‘final days and weeks’ after mass protests, Germany’s Merz says

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) gives a press statement on the sidelines of his visit to the Bosch company. This is the last stop on his trip to India. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said the embattled Iranian regime appears to be finished as mass protests … Read more