Category: 2-DailyNews

Alabama

• Governor Ivey issues state of emergency in 19 counties ahead of winter storm
• Congressman Palmer approves "contempt of Congress" against Clintons
• Congressman Moore has harsh criticism for Special Counsel Jack Smith
• AL Senate passes Trey's Law, dealing with NDAs in cases of sex abuse
• Mobile drug dealer convicted for running criminal enterprise with others
• Mobile pastor Travis Johnson gets a shout out from President Trump

National

• Legal Brief from Trump Admin on birthright Citizenship has compelling argument according to Revolver News
• Special Counsel Jack Smith admits in hearing that Trump believed he won the 2020 election
• House Speaker Johnson supports the impeachment of judges in House
• US House passes all 12 budgets ahead of deadline, now over to the Senate
• DOJ has indicted 7 protestors who stormed a MN church, but judge refuses to indict Don Lemon
• NIH will no longer fund the research of fetal tissue from aborted babies

Long-running negotiations to secure TikTok’s future in the US have ended. The Chinese social media app will split its American operations from the rest of its global business. Also: Ukraine's President Zelensky says Kyiv and the US have reached a deal on post-war security guarantees, ahead of the first set of trilateral peace negotiations; the BBC is given rare access to facilities in Yemen where former detainees report being blindfolded, beaten and sexually abused; the US concludes the complicated process of withdrawing from the World Health Organisation; and a 410-million-year-old fossil may have been an entirely different form of life no longer found on Earth.

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Massive winter storm expected to impact most of the country with ice, snow and frigid temperatures beginning tomorrow and lasting until Monday.

Former special counsel Jack Smith grilled by House Republicans on his prosecutions of President Trump.

Vice President Vance urges cooperation between local Minneapolis and federal authorities as ICE continues its activities there.

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President Trump says his Board of Peace will help forge 'everlasting' peace in the Middle East and the wider world, but a number of European countries have refused to join the body. We hear from the president’s former Deputy National Security Adviser. 

Also on the programme: US envoys head to Moscow to meet with President Putin in latest round of Ukraine peace talks; and the nominations for this year's Oscars are out, with vampire horror Sinners receiving a record-breaking sixteen nods.

(Photo: US President Donald Trump holding charter for his Board of Peace initiative in Davos, Switzerland, on 22 January 2026; Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

P.M. Edition for Jan. 22. President Trump sues JPMorgan Chase for $5 billion, alleging that the country’s biggest bank closed his accounts in 2021 for political reasons. Plus, after more than 20 years as a private company, SpaceX may soon be going public. WSJ reporter Corrie Driebusch discusses what’s pushed CEO Elon Musk towards an IPO. And this year’s Oscar nominations are out, with a record-breaking 16 nods for “Sinners.” Alex Ossola hosts.

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The booming population along coastal corridor from the cities Lagos to Abidjan has the potential to be a bustling West African economic engine, tied together by a long-promised superhighway that could slash travel time and supercharge trade. But the task of harnessing that potential has barely been met. We travel along a section of the road to understand why.

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Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, has overseen the rise of the rocket and satellite company. She’s also maintained a long relationship with the company’s CEO Elon Musk. Now, with a potential IPO looming, WSJ’s Micah Maidenberg reports on how expansive Shotwell’s role is, and explains the big year ahead. Jessica Mendoza hosts. 

Further Listening:
- When Elon Musk Moves In Next Door
- Elon Musk’s Unusual Relationships With Women at SpaceX

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Rahm Emanuel has held many political jobs, and he's considering a run for President. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, he critiques democrats and offers advice for the upcoming midterms.

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