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Live updates: Live updates: Senate Republicans vote down Venezuela war powers resolution 01/14/2026 06:41pm • The Senate sidelined a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela, as the president put intense pressure on his fellow Republicans to vote down the measure. Trump has lashed out at five GOP sena Greenland biathlete pursues Olympic dream while anxious about 'terrifying' threats to her homeland 01/14/2026 05:23pm • Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. But the 25-year-old biathlete from Greenland is facing an extra level of anxiety as U.S. President Donald Trump keeps saying he wants to take over her country. “It Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators getting their message out 01/14/2026 03:38pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Iranian demonstrators' ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent the Tehran government's strongest attempt ever to preven From Minneapolis to Venezuela, Trump starts new year with fresh risks as he faces midterm verdict 01/14/2026 02:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It's only two weeks into the new year, and President Donald Trump has already claimed control of Venezuela, escalated threats to seize Greenland and flooded American streets with masked immigration agents. And that's not even counting an unprecedented criminal investigation at the Dabble Promo Code WTOP: Snag $10 Bonus for NBA + NFL Playoffs 01/14/2026 02:05pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Register with the Dabble promo code WTOP to activate a welcome bonus for daily fantasy. New customers can create an account here to sta Beirut's Commodore Hotel, a haven for journalists during Lebanon's civil war, shuts down 01/14/2026 06:47am • BEIRUT (AP) — During Lebanon’s civil war, the Commodore Hotel in western Beirut's Hamra district became iconic among the foreign press corps. For many, it served as an unofficial newsroom where they could file dispatches even when communications systems were down elsewhere. Armed guards at the d How to Conduct Your Own Portfolio Makeover 01/14/2026 06:00am • If you’d like to do a thorough review of your portfolio and plan, here are the key steps to take. I recommend doing them over a series of sessions, not all at once. Step 1: Gather your documentation This could be your current investment statements, plus Social Security and pension. Pro tip: Set u Ugandan voters face soldiers in the street and an internet shutdown before presidential election 01/14/2026 03:07am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in an election that is likely to extend the rule of the long-term president while raising concerns about transparency, hereditary rule, military interference and an opposition strategy to prevent vote tampering at polling stations. President Mark Brnovich, Arizona attorney general during Trump's push to find 2020 election fraud, has died 01/14/2026 01:07am • PHOENIX (AP) — Mark Brnovich, Arizona's top law enforcement officer when the state became the epicenter of efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to find proof that the 2020 election was marred by fraud, has died. He was 59. Brnovich died after having a heart attack Monday, Katie Conner, The Latest: Iran eases some communications restrictions as activists say death toll surpasses 2,500 01/13/2026 10:37pm • Iran eased some restrictions on its people and, for the first time in days, allowed them to make phone calls abroad via their mobile phones on Tuesday. It did not ease restrictions on the internet or permit texting services to be restored as the death toll from days of bloody protests against the st The Latest: Trump lashes out at Federal Reserve in speech to Detroit Economic Club 01/13/2026 10:27pm • President Donald Trump was in Michigan Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks. The day trip included a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that make The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists say 01/13/2026 10:16pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days Tuesday after authorities severed communications during a crackdown on demonstrators. The number of dead climbed to Russia attacks Ukraine's power grid again in freezing temperatures 01/13/2026 09:55pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts as Moscow's invasion of its neighbor approaches the four-year m Mexico arrests 6 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and 4 of Jalisco New Generation Cartel 01/13/2026 07:21pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Tuesday they had arrested six alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang in Mexico City for crimes related to drug trafficking, extortion and human trafficking, and separately arrested four alleged members of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel. T Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers 01/13/2026 06:36pm • Two Minneapolis residents who have been monitoring immigration officers' actions during the Trump administration's latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in