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January 15, 2026

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Breaking a two-year decline: Cold winter and AI boom pushed US emissions increase in 2025

Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States rose last year, snapping a two-year streak of declines as cold winter temperatures drove demand for heating fuel and the AI boom led to a surge in power generation, a think tank said Tuesday. The 2.4 percent increase in the world’s largest economy came as President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress enacted a series of policies hostile to climate action, though the authors of the Rhodium Group report said the full impact of those decisions will only be felt in the coming years. Rich nations, including Europe’s largest economies Germany and France,

January 15, 2026

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Ukraine war latest: ‘It’s Russia… and you all know it’ – Poland’s pointed message after Trump’s Zelenskyy remarks | World News

By Ivor Bennett, Moscow correspondent These days, few British diplomats come to Moscow expecting to see out the full duration of their posting.  Being “PNG-ed” (diplo-speak for getting kicked out and declared Persona Non Grata) has almost become routine. The expulsions began after a mass eviction of Russian diplomats from London in 2018, following the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury, and they’ve been happening on both sides ever since. But after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the expulsions in Moscow have become more frequent and taken on greater significance. The Kremlin uses them to reinforce its narrative that Britain is the principal

January 15, 2026

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Diplomatic contact between Iran, US reportedly cut off amid rising tension | News

Contacts between Tehran and Washington cut off, as Iran shows no sign of heeding US warnings over protest crackdown. Published On 14 Jan 202614 Jan 2026 | Updated: 14 Jan 2026 04:01 PM (GMT)Updated: 14 Jan 2026 04:01 PM (GMT) Click here to share on social media share2 Share Direct contact between senior officials from the United States and Iran has broken down, according to reports, amid soaring tensions surrounding the threat of US military strikes in response to Tehran’s crackdown on antigovernment protests. Communications between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US special envoy Steve Witkoff have been suspended,

January 15, 2026

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U.S. Supreme Court allows IL rep to sue over late ballots | National

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, said an Illinois congressman has the right to sue the state over counting federal election ballots beyond Election Day.  U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, filed a lawsuit against the state in 2022 for counting ballots postmarked on Election Day up to two weeks later. The court affirmed Bost had legal standing to sue without addressing whether states could allow mail-in ballots received after Election Day to be counted.  Chief Justice John Roberts, in a majority opinion for the court, said individuals who sue must display a personal stake

January 15, 2026

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GOP senators break with Trump on these 2 points

For more politics coverage and analysis, sign up for Here’s the Deal, our weekly politics newsletter, here. Congress is the first branch listed in the U.S. Constitution. But for years executive power has risen pronouncedly. And that was before the second term of President Donald Trump. In some ways, Trump is a continuation of the trend. But in many cases, he is trying to expand presidential powers in unprecedented ways, including by deploying the National Guard widely across the country, dismantling independent agencies and unilaterally deploying billions of private and public dollars in ways we are still understanding. In the

January 15, 2026

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US freezes immigrant visas from 75 countries, except Trinidad – Antigua News

The full list of affected countries includes: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, North Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia,

January 15, 2026

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US Freezes All Visa Processing for Nigeria, Morocco, 73 Other Countries, Reason, Full List Emerge

The US State Department has announced it will pause issuing immigrant visas to citizens of Nigeria and 74 other countries over concerns that they may rely on public assistance in the future In a post on social media, the US government said immigrants from the list of countries “take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates” The list, which includes US allies and adversaries, alongside several top destinations for American travellers, was later posted on the US State Department’s website Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering world news and global affairs. Washington, USA

January 15, 2026

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US Senate defeats war powers resolution designed to rein in Trump | Donald Trump News

United States Vice President JD Vance has cast the tie-breaking vote to defeat a war powers resolution that would have forced President Donald Trump to seek Congress’s approval before taking any further military action in Venezuela. The Senate’s session on Wednesday evening came to a nail-biting conclusion, as the fate of the resolution ended up resting on the shoulders of two Republican politicians. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Senators Todd Young of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri had voted last week, as part of a group of five breakaway Republicans, to put the resolution to a

January 15, 2026

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Trump latest: US ‘clear’ on desire to ‘acquire’ Greenland despite European troops – as another Venezuela-linked tanker seized | World News

White House: Trump ‘clear’ he wants US to ‘acquire’ Greenland – despite European reinforcements Karoline Leavitt says talks between the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland with US vice president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio were “productive”. “It was a good meeting, the two sides agreed to establish a working group of individuals who will continue to have technical talks on the acquisition of Greenland,” she says. “Those talks will take place, I’m told, every two to three weeks. “This is a conversation the administration intends to keep having with the Danes and with the respective delegation

January 15, 2026

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Breaking: Washington Signals Escalation As Iran Tensions Reach A Dangerous Threshold

By: Donovan Martin Sr, Editor in Chief Image Credit, Pexel The United States appears to be moving toward a major military escalation with Iran, and the signs are no longer subtle. In recent days, the repositioning of aerial refueling tankers and accompanying gunships toward the Middle East has set off alarm bells across diplomatic and security circles. These assets are not symbolic. They are the logistical backbone of sustained long-range air operations. When they begin moving in concert, it is widely understood as preparation, not posturing. President Donald Trump has framed the looming action in familiar language, suggesting that bombing