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<p>President Donald Trump’s biggest donors during the first year of his second term consisted of artificial intelligence and tech CEOs, and individuals whose relatives were facing years in prison</p>

Politics

Trump’s biggest donors in 2025 were AI CEOs, a TikTok board member and relatives of criminals, report says

<p>YouTube children's personality Ms Rachel appears with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a Lower Manhatten pre-kindergarten to promote his free childcare policy on Friday January 9, 2026</p>

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Fox host labels Ms. Rachel ‘creepy’ and attacks her over beloved character

<p>Scouting America, insurers, and other abuse survivors who backed the agreement had urged the Supreme Court not to intervene</p>

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Supreme Court makes ruling on Boy Scouts sex abuse $2.46 billion settlement

<p>A long-running lawsuit over congressional oversight visits to ICE detention centers joins an avalanche of legal and political battles surrounding the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign</p>

Politics

Dems demand emergency court hearing over access to ICE jails — with funding on the line

<p>Mourners move between the dead who are laid out inside several warehouses and even along an internal road in Tehran</p>

World

Shocking Iranian video footage shows bodies strewn outside morgue after vicious crackdown

U-Haul drives into crowd protesting against Iranian government in LA

LiveWorld

Fears of major escalation with US after Trump trades threats with Tehran over widespread protests

Why I think the Islamic Republic cannot survive this uprising

<p>President Trump has long criticized Powell for the Fed’s rate-setting decisions and has spoken openly about his desire to replace the official</p>

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Trump says he doesn’t ‘know anything about’ the DOJ’s investigation into the Federal Reserve

<p>Paramount Skydance is suing Warner Bros. after the latter rejected its takeover proposal</p>

News

Paramount Skydance sues Warner Bros over Netflix deal

<p>McDonald’s is reportedly getting ready to launch its biggest burger yet in the U.S., the Big Arch, which is already popular among the fast food chain’s diners abroad </p>

News

McDonald’s plans big menu changes in 2026 including its biggest burger ever

<p>Jason Isaacs has shared his response to where 'White Lotus' season four will take place</p>

News

Jason Isaacs gives two-word response to luxurious White Lotus season four location

<p>Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones kicked off their first show of 'Jenna & Sheinelle' Monday with a glass of wine </p>

News

Sheinelle Jones makes emotional Today debut with Jenna Bush Hager — and a surprise cameo from Hoda and Kathie Lee

Former NBC mainstays Kotb and Gifford passed the torch to the new co-hosts

<p>Federal officers stand guard near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon</p>

Politics

Some migrants are turning to military service to keep their undocumented parents from being deported

<p>A family was kicked out of Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe theme park after their 7-year-old daughter with autism grabbed a $16 Mario-themed keychain and then became irritable when the gift shop became crowded. The girl’s mother removed her and the keychain from the store — leaving her husband behind to pay for the keychain — but Universal security reportedly accused them of shoplifting and threw them out of the park</p>

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Family celebrating non-verbal daughter’s birthday at Universal are escorted out of park over shoplifting ‘misunderstanding’

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Trump calls Renee Good a ‘professional agitator’ as more protests are planned across the US

<p>President Donald Trump said that landmark civil rights protections ushered in during the 1960s have resulted in white people being treated ‘very badly’</p>

Politics

Trump blasts civil rights protections and says it resulted in white people being treated ‘very badly’

<p>The damaged candy store after a bear broke in and entered</p>

News

Time to change the locks: Tennessee candy store ransacked by bear for the fourth time

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<p>Melania Trump featured in her upcoming documentary 'Melania'</p>

Politics

Trump delivers two-word review of Melania’s movie before its premiere at Kennedy Center

<p>A Texas woman was fired after she warned of ICE activity near the hotel she worked at, according to a new report</p>

Politics

Hilton worker fired after warning of ICE activity at the hotel where she worked

<p>President Donald Trump at the White House on March 3, 2025. Trump announced this past weekend that he wants to enforce a one-year, 10 percent interest rate cap on credit cards</p>

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Here’s how much you could save if credit card interest rates were capped at 10 percent

<p>The USS Abraham Lincoln, seen from U.S. Naval Base Guam in December 2025 </p>

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USS Abraham Lincoln engages in live fire exercises in South China Sea

<p>U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Sunday January 11, 2026</p>

politics

Trump shares fake Wikipedia page calling himself ‘Acting President’ of Venezuela

<p>The organisers of the Nobel Peace Prize have told winner María Corina Machado that it ‘cannot be revoked, shared or transferred’ after she suggested giving Donald Trump her 2025 award</p>

politics

You can’t give Nobel Peace Prize to someone else, committee tells winner Machado before Trump meeting

<p>Tucker Carlson’s brother sparred online with figures on the right this weekend in the lead-up to an episode of Tucker Carlson’s web show featuring both brothers</p>

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Tucker Carlson's brother is latest person to dragged into MAGA's civil war

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<p>The sets can be displayed individually or together on the action base, which hides easter-eggs for fans to discover as they build</p>

Bulletin

First-ever Pokemon Lego sets unveiled featuring five iconic characters

<p>Milos Raonic celebrates victory over Cameron Norrie at Queen’s in 2024</p>

Tennis star Milos Raonic announces retirement

<p>Author Maggie O’Farrell </p>

Who is Maggie O’Farrell? The author behind Golden Globe winner Hamnet

<p>This innovative procedure, which works by normalising pressure within the eye to improve vision, has been described by specialists as "not dissimilar to cosmetic fillers" due to its mechanism. </p>

Groundbreaking treatment gives hope to people with untreatable blindness

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Golden Globes 2026

Timothée Chalamet beats DiCaprio on Gloden Globes night dominated by One Battle After Another and Adolescence

<p>Timothee Chalamet with the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for 'Marty Supreme'</p>

<p>Couple Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet</p>

Golden Globes 2026

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet are the ‘it’ couple of awards season – why do so many people have a problem with that?

<p>Selena Gomez at the 2026 Golden Globes </p>

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Who were they Best-dressed celebrities on the Golden Globes red carpet?

<p>Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Lawrence were among those who made bold red carpet fashion choices</p>

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Who had the most daring looks on the Golden Globes red carpet?

<p>The pig drawing on a police officer's Starbucks order</p>

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Starbucks barista accused of drawing a pig on sheriff’s deputy’s cup

<p>Path of Starlink satellites </p>

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Elon Musk just got permission to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites

<p>Oat milk can cause blood sugar spikes, dietitians say</p>

The healthy swap you’re making to your morning coffee is more harmful than helpful, experts say

<p>Figure skater Maxim Naumov made the U.S. Olympic team for 2026, nearly a year after his parents were killed in a tragic plane crash in Washington, D.C.</p>

Olympics

Figure skater who lost his parents in Reagan airport plane crash qualifies for Olympics

<p>‘Stranger Things’ cast getting emotional while reading final script</p>

Stranger Things creators reflect on ‘difficult circumstances’ behind the scenes while writing final season

<p>More than one in 100 people are autistic and that there are at least 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK.</p>

First ever autistic Barbie doll to represent neurodivergent children

<p>Washington State Prison</p>

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At least three dead, a dozen injured, in 'horrible' prison riot in Georgia medium security facility

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Russia losing more than 1,000 soldiers per day, Zelensky says

<p>The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838. When a star moves through space it can push away nearby material creating a so-called bow shock, which in this image is glowing in red, green and blue</p>

Astronomers shocked as inexplicable ‘wave’ comes out of dead star

<p>The USPS requires people who appear on stamps to be dead for at least three years, with the exception of presidents</p>

News

New US postage stamp unveiled featuring a ‘cultural force’

Meghan Trainor weighs in on Ashley Tisdale ‘toxic mom group’ row

<p>An Amtrak train lies derailed after the train hit a truck at a crossing, June 27, 2022, near Mendon, Mo</p>

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Train regulators accused of ignoring safety recommendations after shocking number of accidents

ROyal Family

Meghan is visiting the UK for the first time since 2022 – here’s why

<p>A number of at-home tests have been rolled out in the States to help curb its national STI problem</p>

News

How at-home testing could be the answer to America’s STI problem

<p>A fire at a ski bar on New Year’s Eve claimed the lives of 40 people</p>

World

Switzerland resort where 40 people died in ski bar fire set to stage 2038 Winter Olympics

<p>File. Bees swarm a wooden spoon</p>

Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find

<p>The signs you aren’t drinking enough water - and tips on how to up your intake</p>

Health

The signs you’re not drinking enough water – and how to up your intake

<p> Health care workers are seen from an overpass at Mount Sinai Hospital, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in New York</p>

News

Thousands of nurses go on strike across New York as flu season hits

<p>Why are people going no contact with their parents, as Brooklyn Beckham allegedly blocked Victoria and David on Instagram </p>

Feature

‘Like Brooklyn Beckham, I blocked my parents on social media — and I have no regrets’

<p>Gold prices have soared to record highs </p>

Finance

What to know about the gold market as prices reach record high

crime

Mother of missing 12-year-old boy in Oklahoma facing charges of ‘crimes against nature'

<p>Authorities determined the fire was arson.</p>

crime

Suspect arrested after fire damages synagogue once bombed by KKK

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5 best walking pads for hitting your 10,000 step goal with ease

<p>The $20 <a href="https://go.linkby.com/CPQXWCKF/products/natural-deodorant?_pos=2&_sid=acdad98e7&_ss=r&variant=44363764924666">aluminum-free deodorant</a> comes in five scents</p>

The natural deodorant that doubles up as a perfume

<p>Wearing both trackers simultaneously, I was able to analyze differences in data and coaching approach</p>

Whoop vs Oura Ring: Which wearable is right for you?

Health & Families

Amazfit’s $99 helio strap vs Whoop: Which fitness tracker is better?

Culture

<p>Amanda on ‘The Traitors’</p>

Traitors medical check-up revealed serious heart disease, says Amanda

<p>Malachi Kirby: ‘Most of the characters that I’ve played have been traumatised. Weirdly, that is my comfort zone’</p>

Malachi Kirby: ‘The cameras were off at this point, but I was shaking’

<p>The cast of 'Love Island: All Stars' 2026</p>

Love Island: All Stars to resume filming after villa evacuated

<p>Traitors stars Rachel and Stephen</p>

The Traitors fan spots BBC ‘sharing major spoilers in plain sight’

<p>Mark Ruffalo wore a 'Be Good' pin on the Golden Globes red carpet to protest ICE's killing of Renee Nicole Good</p>

Mark Ruffalo blasts Trump as ‘worst human being’ at Golden Globes

<p>Some shows have had their duration cut, with stars having to share makeup teams behind the scenes</p>

ITV daytime cuts ‘cause meltdowns’ and ‘fears one star could quit’

Lifestyle

<p>Life imitates art: AI is taking over more and more elements of everyday life, in a manner reminiscent of the Joaquin Phoenix film ‘Her’</p>

Hired by a robot: What it’s like to have an AI interview

<p>Why are people going no contact with their parents, as Brooklyn Beckham allegedly blocked Victoria and David on Instagram </p>

‘I blocked my parents on social media — and I have no regrets’

<p>Bill Murray lays in his bed in the 1993 film Groundhog Day. Staying in bed for extended periods of time has become a Gen Z trend that experts warn could be dangerous for your health.</p>

Health & Families

Why experts are warning against ‘bed rotting’

<p>Josh Allen gushed over his wife, Hailee Steinfeld, sharing a photo of her walking the Golden Globes red carpet with a drooling emoji </p>

Josh Allen shares support for wife Hailee Steinfeld at Golden Globes

Government research has found that children aged two with the highest screen use – about five hours a day – could say significantly fewer words than those with screen use of about 44 minutes a day (Alamy/PA)

Health & Families

5 things too much screen time is doing to your child’s brain

<p>DS Automobiles' British Formula E driver Taylor Barnard collaborated on the design of the concept of the Taylor Made DS No.4</p>

Electric Vehicles

Inside the Brussels Motor Show – where new EVs are being unveiled

EastEnders star shares health update after double mastectomy

<p>More than one in 100 people are autistic and that there are at least 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK.</p>

Mattel launches first ever autistic Barbie doll

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<p>Iran parliament speaker threatens ‘delusional’ Trump with retaliation if US strikes over protests</p>

Iran parliament speaker threatens ‘delusional’ Trump

Travel

<p>States such as Idaho, Montana and New Mexico offer ski experiences where there’s room to breathe, including Brundage Mountain Resort in Idaho</p>

Eight Rockies ski resorts where you can dodge the lift lines

<p>Europe is home to remarkable tiny countries that pack a massive sight-seeing punch</p>

Seven tiny European nations you must visit in 2026

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Venezuela: when will its wonders be open to travellers once again?

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