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DC area gets some failing grades in newest 'State of Tobacco Control' report 01/28/2026 06:48pm • When it comes to efforts to reduce tobacco use in the D.C. area, there is still some work to be done, according to a new report from the American Lung Association that gave failing grades to parts of the region. "We still continue to fail across the DMV with regards to funding for state tobacco p Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered 01/28/2026 05:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times last year. Chair Jerome Powell said at a news conference after the central bank announced its decision that the economy's ou IRS faces stiff challenges in 2026 tax season due to workforce cuts and new laws, a watchdog says 01/28/2026 05:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The national taxpayer advocate is cautioning that the 2026 tax filing season is likely to present challenges for taxpayers who encounter problems with filing their taxes given the exodus of IRS workers since the start of the Trump administration. National Taxpayer Advocate Erin In some states, a push to end all property taxes for homeowners 01/28/2026 04:55pm • ATLANTA (AP) — It is a goal spreading among anti-tax crusaders — eliminate all property taxes on homeowners. Rising property values have inflated tax bills in many states, but ending all homeowner taxes would cost billions or even tens of billions in most states. It is unclear if lawmakers can p 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. Tiffany now faces only nominal opposition for the Republican nomination in the battle What to know about Gaza's Rafah crossing, which could open within days 01/28/2026 04:31pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, the Rafah border crossing to Egypt is their gateway to the world. But since Israel seized it in May 2024, it has been largely shut. Now Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the crossing will reopen soon, as the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ceas Your baby could qualify for $1,000 with a Trump Account. 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 Italy's Ladins take visibility into their own hands facing minimal exposure in Olympic celebrations 01/28/2026 01:48pm • MILAN (AP) — Italy’s Ladin minority settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet of Anpezo — now the two-time Olympic host city of Cortina d’Ampezzo. But members of this ancient ethnolinguistic group are disappointed that the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture. Instead Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces rising calls for her firing or impeachment 01/28/2026 12:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go. From Democratic Party leaders to the nation's leading advocacy organizations to even the most centrist lawmakers in Congress, the calls are mounting for the Homeland Security secretary to step aside af Democrats Crockett, Talarico align on much in Texas Senate debate. Trump impeachment is different 01/28/2026 11:12am • Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico differed more on style than substance in their first debate for U.S. Senate in heavily Republican Texas, though they distinguished themselves somewhat on the future of ICE and impeachment of President Donald Trump. Crockett, an outspoken second-term U.S. Los Angeles homeless services CEO charged with defrauding taxpayers to pay for luxury lifestyle 01/28/2026 10:19am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CEO of a Los Angeles homeless services charity faces federal and state fraud charges after prosecutors said he lived a luxury lifestyle that included lavish vacations and designer clothes paid for with $23 million in public money meant to keep people off the streets. Alexand Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can continue 01/27/2026 10:14pm • BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court. At U.S. District Court in Boston, Judge Brian Murphy halted the administration's stop work order for Viney India and the European Union reach a free trade deal representing a third of global trade 01/27/2026 08:51pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the European Union reached a free trade agreement Tuesday that could affect as many as 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations. The accord, which the head of the EU's executive branch described as the “mother of all deals," will see free trade on almo Republican candidate challenges Tuberville residency, says he appears to live Florida, not Alabama 01/27/2026 08:49pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama, accusing the football coach-turned-politician of not meeting the legal requirement to have lived in the state for seven years. Ken McFeeters, who is running again Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over shooting in Minneapolis 01/27/2026 08:18pm • CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday made his first big pitch ahead of this year's midterm elections on his administration's economic performance, even as his White House remains mired in the fallout in Minneapolis over a second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this m