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Middle East worries over possible US strike on Iran one month after protests began 01/28/2026 08:11pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran's currency reached a new low a month since the start of protests that spread nationwide and sparked a bl Detainees at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' say they were punished for seeking legal help 01/28/2026 08:05pm • FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) ��� Two former detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as ���Alligator Alcatraz��� testified Wednesday that they were punished for seeking legal advice and had to use soap to write down attorneys' phone numbers because they didn't have acces Man sentenced to 15 years for assassination plot against Iranian American journalist 01/28/2026 07:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A federal judge gave a man would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison Wednesday for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran after hearing the woman who was targeted describe multiple attempts on her life as threats against all Americans. Judge Lewis J. DC officials acknowledge challenge of 'snowcrete,' say progress has been made 01/28/2026 07:38pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that following Sunday's winter storm, the city's government agencies have been making progress in clearing the hardened snow from city streets. "I want to just really start by giving a big thank you to the many people who have been working day and night, th Are tennis players being treated like zoo animals? Iga Swiatek thinks so 01/28/2026 07:29pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Iga Swiatek picked up a privacy theme that Coco Gauff left the Australian Open with after the 21-year-old American's racket-smashing, frustration-releasing moments away from the court went viral. Gauff said ���maybe conversations can be had��� about the seemingly limitl Omar criticizes Trump's 'hateful rhetoric' after attack; suspect had made pro-Trump posts online 01/28/2026 07:24pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed President Donald Trump for threats to her safety on Wednesday, one day after she was accosted and squirted with liquid at an event in Minneapolis. The man arrested for Tuesday's attack has posted online in support of the Republican preside Kolo Muani scores for Tottenham in Champions League a day after being involved in car crash 01/28/2026 06:40pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Tottenham striker Randal Kolo Muani started ��� and scored ��� against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday, a day after being involved in what manager Thomas Frank described as a ���minor��� car crash. Pictures circulated on social media Tuesday showi Trump endorses Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin's open governor's race, leading GOP rival to drop out 01/28/2026 04:41pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump's endorsement of U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin���s open race for governor led the congressman's top Republican rival to drop out of the race less than a day later. 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Here's what to know 01/28/2026 02:10pm • As a continuation of President Donald Trump 's pitch to Americans on affordability and the economy under his administration, the U.S. Treasury and White House are celebrating the upcoming launch of a program they view as a key milestone: Trump Accounts. A provision of Trump's tax legislation, Trump Md. Senate panel advances bills to ban agreements with ICE, face coverings for law enforcement 01/28/2026 11:22am • The Maryland Senate could be taking up bills as early as this week to ban agreements between local police and federal immigration authorities and to prohibit masks on law enforcement agents, after the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee approved both Tuesday. The committee vote came less than a Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall 01/28/2026 03:04am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother o What to know about South Sudan's major offensive against opposition forces 01/28/2026 01:49am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� South Sudan���s army, following territorial losses in recent weeks, has announced a major military operation against opposition forces, raising fears for civilian safety. In a statement on Sunday, army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang said Operation Enduring Peace would commence and Trump executive order seeks to speed up rebuilding of homes destroyed by Los Angeles wildfires 01/28/2026 12:14am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has signed an executive order to ���cut through bureaucratic red tape��� and speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the January 2025 Los Angeles area wildfires. Trump's order, signed Friday, seeks to a