Keir Starmer holds talks with Xi to bolster economic ties with China PM is first UK leader to visit China in eight years and hopes to strengthen bond with superpower amid uncertainty over US alliance The Guardian - UK · Jan 28
Chinese man who secretly filmed Uyghur human rights abuses granted asylum by US Guan Heng first released the secret footage on YouTube before taking the risky boat trip to US The Independent UK · Jan 28
Tesla sees annual profit take major plunge with net income dropping over 40% This marks the second consecutive year of steep declines The Independent UK · Jan 28
Former MPs Ed Balls and George Osborne win political podcast of the year The awards ceremony was presented by broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth and Donald Trump’s ex-communications director Anthony Scaramucci. Evening Standard · Jan 28
Bruce Springsteen releases song in support of Alex Pretti and Renee Good who were killed by ICE The song Streets of Minneapolis hits out at ‘state terror’ in the city Evening Standard · Jan 28
Alligator Alcatraz accused of punishing detainees seeking legal help Beyond Alligator Alcatraz, which began receiving detainees in July, Florida has opened another immigration detention center in northeast Florida and is considering a third facility in the Florida Panhandle The Independent UK · Jan 28
Trump’s head of cyber security uploaded ‘sensitive’ materials to a public ChatGPT, report says He had previously requested special access to ChatGPT — which most DHS employees were barred from The Independent UK · Jan 28
Trump Says States Are Required To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws. He's Wrong. "The Framers...designed a system in which the State and Federal Governments would exercise concurrent authority over the people," wrote Justice Antonin Scalia. Reason · Jan 28
'For official use only': Indian-origin CISA acting director uploaded sensitive government files to public ChatGPT, says report CISA's acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, uploaded sensitive "for official use only" contracting documents into the public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple security warnings. Despite the non-classified nature of the files, the incident prompted an internal review by DHS officials to assess potential harm to government security. The Times of India · Jan 28
Threats against members of Congress skyrocketed in 2025 The new stat was released following startling incidents involving Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost. Axios · Jan 28
The Killing of Alex Pretti Is a Reminder That All State Laws Are Backed Up by Violence If enforcing a law isn't worth killing someone over, it probably shouldn't be a law. Reason · Jan 28
Italy’s foreign minister scrambles to justify ICE deployment to the Winter Olympics. Local leaders are furious Italy wants ICE to stay home. We Got This Covered · Jan 28
Rideshare driver shares encounter with Greg Bovino in Minneapolis over ‘his accent’ Ahmed Bin Hassan says videotaped incident occurred on January 7, the same day Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent The Independent UK · Jan 28
The Latest: FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta FBI agents are executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta The Independent UK · Jan 28
Barchart · Jan 28 Stocks Finish Mixed as Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed down -0.01%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.32%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) fell -0.01%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Evening Standard · Jan 28 Federal agents involved in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis placed on leave The ICE agents have not been publicly identified
The Independent UK · Jan 28 Scott Bessent said Americans should skip toys for kids’ birthdays and instead invest in Trump’s accounts A month ago, President Donald Trump also suggested kids didn’t need as many toys
The Mary Sue · Jan 28 Donald Trump was too distracted playing emperor. Meanwhile, the EU and India just sealed a deal he never saw coming Of late, Donald Trump has been trying too hard to live upto his dictator title by proposing to annex one country after another. In the first week of January, Trump’s military, under his orders, effectively abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narcoterrorism charges. Following this, he has sometimes subtly and…
The Times of India · Jan 28 ‘Might as well allow H‑1Bs to make nuclear bombs’: American businessman says letting foreigners work in AI labs is ‘national security’ issue American businessman and self-described Christian conservative Andrew Torba has criticised allowing H‑1B visa holders and other foreign workers to participate in artificial intelligence research in the United States, calling it a “massive national security issue.”
Kiplinger · Jan 28 S&P 500 Tops 7,000, Fed Pauses Rate Cuts: Stock Market Today Investors, traders and speculators will probably have to wait until after Jerome Powell steps down for the next Fed rate cut.
Reason · Jan 28 Disarming Millions of Americans Simply Because They Use Marijuana Is Unconstitutional, a SCOTUS Brief Says The Liberty Justice Center is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a 5th Circuit decision rejecting the claim that cannabis consumers have no Second Amendment rights.
Fortune · Jan 28 Jerome Powell says Fed independence isn’t lost … yet. ‘I certainly hope we won’t’ lose it Powell made clear he believes the Fed can remain independent despite attacks from the Trump administration.
The Guardian - US · Jan 28 What to know about the third No Kings protests happening in March Demonstrations to be held across the US against ICE’s ‘reign of terror’ with flagship event in Minnesota’s Twin Cities
We Got This Covered · Jan 28 ‘Traumatized’: After a private meeting at Mar-a-Lago, a Trump ally returns with a chilling message for EU leaders Even his European fanboy is scared now.
The Mary Sue · Jan 28 Trump says ‘the dollar is doing great,’ but facts say it is at a four-year low against major currencies Donald Trump declared the U.S. dollar was “doing great” on Jan. 27, 2026, while speaking to reporters during a visit to Iowa. But on the same day, the U.S. dollar had fallen to its lowest level in four years against a basket of major global currencies. Someone please turn the…