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FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter in classified documents probe, newspaper says

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FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter in classified documents probe, newspaper says

A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. Alex Brandon | AP FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trump’s transformation … Read more

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

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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

Russia watches as ally Iran edges closer to collapse. Here’s why it matters for Moscow

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Russia watches as ally Iran edges closer to collapse. Here’s why it matters for Moscow

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. Mahsa | Afp | Getty Images As Iran’s future hangs in the balance as civil unrest gathers steam, its powerful ally Russia can do little but watch and wait as the U.S. ponders its next move against the Islamic … Read more

What’s at stake as Greenland and Denmark prepare for a White House showdown

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What’s at stake as Greenland and Denmark prepare for a White House showdown

U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance meet Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner (not pictured) and Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Trump … Read more

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

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Russia watches as ally Iran edges closer to collapse. Here’s why it matters for Moscow

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

Big Tech is poaching energy talent to fuel its AI ambitions

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Big Tech is poaching energy talent to fuel its AI ambitions

Big Tech has been on an energy hiring spree. Technology companies investing heavily in artificial intelligence are bolstering their workforce with energy experts as they look to overcome the biggest bottleneck in scaling AI: access to power. Energy-related hiring jumped 34% year-on-year in 2024, according to data compiled by Workforce.ai for CNBC. Last year’s hiring … Read more

Japanese stocks open at record highs as expectations of snap poll rise

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Japanese stocks open at record highs as expectations of snap poll rise

Osanbashi in Yokohama on December 10, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Japanese indexes hit record highs Wednesday on expectations that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could call for a snap election, likely in February. If called, it will be Takaichi’s first time facing Japan’s voters in an election. The Nikkei 225 index rose … Read more

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

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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’

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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

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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