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What to Know Before Gifting a Down Payment 01/20/2026 07:00pm • Giving your child money toward a down payment can help them save money and borrow less when buying a home. This can be especially helpful when they're dealing with soaring home prices and high interest rates. But before you hand over the cash, you should understand the rules and tax implications of Democrat Mikie Sherrill sworn in as New Jersey governor with defiant tone against Trump 01/20/2026 06:12pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ��� Mikie Sherrill, the four-term congresswoman and former Navy helicopter pilot who cast her November election in New Jersey as a victory over President Donald Trump's vision for the country, was inaugurated Tuesday as the state's 57th governor. Sherrill, 54, is just the second wo The Latest: Greenland and threat of Trump tariffs loom over Davos 01/20/2026 06:02pm • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) ��� Corporate chiefs and government leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, are in Davos, Switzerland, this week, joining an elite annual World Economic Forum that promotes dialogue and economic progress, even as actions from Washington have upended the global order a Wall Street sinks as Trump threatens 8 European countries with tariffs over Greenland 01/20/2026 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland. The losses were widespread, with nearly every sector losing ground. Majo How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 1/20/2026 01/20/2026 04:27pm • Stocks sank on Wall Street after President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland. The S&P 500 fell 2.1% Tuesday, its biggest drop since October. Technology stocks were the biggest Spain���s high-speed train crash casts a shadow over a world-class rail system 01/20/2026 02:56pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� The deadly train wreck in southern Spain has cast a pall over one of the nation���s symbols of success. Sunday's collision killed at least 42 people and injured dozens more, according to officials on Tuesday. ���It is undoubtably a hard blow, and I have to work so it doesn� Another hearing delay for a Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID-19 funds 01/20/2026 01:50pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� A federal judge in Miami yet again rescheduled a hearing on Tuesday so that a Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds could finalize her legal team. Judge Enjoliqu�� A. Lett granted U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's req Prince George's Co. superintendent lays out where things are, and where they���re going 01/20/2026 01:37pm • It���s a pivotal week for Prince George���s County Public Schools interim superintendent Shawn Joseph, who is giving his State of the Schools Address on Tuesday evening at Suitland High School ahead of a budget release later this week. In an interview with WTOP, he described a school system makin Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it 01/20/2026 12:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A ballooning Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget. Hiring bonuses of $50,000. Swelling ranks of ICE officers, to 22,000, in an expanding national force bigger than most police departments in America. President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in Why experts question whether China's one-child policy was necessary in the first place 01/20/2026 12:05pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread and led to baby daughters being sold or even killed, because parents wanted their only child to be a male. Now, experts say, the Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts 01/20/2026 12:00pm • Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy ��� building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country have disrupted global commerce and strained the bud Analysis: China's birth-rate struggles underscore its millennia-long effort to manage 'the masses' 01/20/2026 08:29am • BEIJING (AP) ��� From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed. ���China has a population of 600 million people, and we must never forget this fact,��� Mao Zedong said Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize 01/20/2026 01:15am • NUUK, Greenland (AP) ��� U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year���s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway���s prime minister that he no longer felt ���an obligation to think purely of Peace,��� in a text message released Monday. T Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordable 01/20/2026 12:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million. On the anniversary of h Survey: Financial Advisors More Cautious in Client Retirement Outlook for 2026 01/19/2026 07:00pm • Financial advisors are mostly bullish on their clients' retirement readiness and tax burdens in the new year, according to a new U.S. News-AdvisorFinder survey conducted in the fourth quarter of 2025. However, the sentiment on retirement shifted from a previous survey conducted in the third quarter,