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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 31.01.2026.

It displays 177 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

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FED RESERVE PICK FLIP-FLOP INTO DON'S HEART
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A shutdown is still set to begin Saturday because the House of Representatives is out of session until Monday, meaning it cannot ratify the upper chamber's agreement before the midnight deadline -- making a weekend funding lapse unavoidable. Senate leaders say the legislation will nonetheless greatly increase the chances that the shutdown ends quickly, potentially within days. [Fullย Story]
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01:36โ‡ขThe Senate's Brief Midnight Silence

โŒจThe media landscape is dominated by the Senate's passage of a funding package that secures most government operations while triggering a brief weekend shutdown due to House recess (NYTimes, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Boston Globe, NPR, The Epoch Times, Newsmax, CBS, MSNBC, Washington Post, NBC News, Fox News, ABC News). Simultaneously, editors are prioritizing the Justice Department's massive release of three million Epstein investigative files (AP News, NY Post, Newsweek, CNN, Free Beacon).
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Left-wing comedian and actress Kathy Griffin recently advised her fans and social media followers to compile a list of "MAGA" Trump supporters in their neighborhood. She also criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for doing their jobs while characterizing immigrant detention centers as โ€œconcentration camps.โ€
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In a late-night session, the Senate passed a critical $1.2 trillion government funding package, breaking a tense deadlock after Senator Lindsey Graham lifted his hold on the legislation. However, despite the 71-29 vote, the government is set to enter a partial shutdown at midnight tonight since the House of Representatives is not scheduled to reconvene until Monday.
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03:33โ‡ขThree Million Pages of Reckoning

โŒจThe US media is fixated on the Justice Departmentโ€™s release of three million pages of Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s investigative files. Outlets are specifically mining the cache for details on high-profile figures, including Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew (NYTimes, AP News, CNN, Newsmax, NPR, The Daily Beast, NY Post). While mainstream sources report on the volume of evidence, conservative and independent outlets are highlighting specific political ties and alleged cover-ups (Free Beacon, Newsweek, Common Dreams).
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The Justice Department has released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures about what the government knew about the millionaire financierโ€™s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with rich and powerful people such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
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06:47โ‡ขThe Midnight Silence of Government

โŒจMainstream editors are fixated on the partial federal shutdown that began at midnight, noting the House's refusal to vote on the Senate's funding package until Monday (ABC News, CBS, MSNBC, Washington Post, Fox News, NBC News). Simultaneously, outlets are digging through three million pages of newly released Jeffrey Epstein files, highlighting links to President Trump, Prince Andrew, and former Obama officials (AP News, NY Post, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, CNN).
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Spanish political leaders know that the economy relies on undocumented migrants and their labor. Rather than step up expulsions, Pedro Sรกnchezโ€™s government has announced plans to regularize over 500,000 migrantsโ€™ status.
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14:04โ‡ขThree Million Paper Ghosts

โŒจThe editorial landscape is split between the legal and personal fallout of the massive Epstein document release and the immediate consequences of the federal government shutdown. Mainstream and left-leaning outlets examine the three million pages for ties to the Trump administration and Casey Wasserman (AP News, NY Post, Newsmax, The Daily Beast, Newsweek). Simultaneously, editors track the legislative paralysis in D.C. as the Senateโ€™s partial funding deal awaits House action (ABC News, CBS, MSNBC, Breitbart, The Hill).
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A recent history of guns and empire argues that early modern Europe marked the origins of a uniquely murderous era. But the world it describes is not so different from our own and making sense of its horrors requires judgment, not just arithmetic.
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Democratic socialist David Orkin is running for New York State Assembly in Queens, aiming to further bolster the left-wing stronghold and unseat a key ally of former mayor Eric Adams. Jacobin spoke to Orkin about his campaign.
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16:10โ‡ขFiscal Truce and the Immigrant Hunt

โŒจEditorial priorities have shifted toward the federal government's fiscal stability as editors highlight President Trump's rapid funding deal with Senate Democrats to avert a shutdown (AP News, Daily Caller, Washington Times). Simultaneously, the aggressive expansion of immigration enforcement remains a flashpoint, with reports on ICE's search for minors and leaked memos detailing warrantless arrest powers (HuffPost, Common Dreams, One America News Network, The Daily Wire).
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A federal judge ruled against Minnesotaโ€™s emergency request to end the surge of federal immigration enforcement officers into the state, saying the national government has the right to enforce the law.
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17:59โ‡ขMinnesotaโ€™s Sovereignty Plea Denied

โŒจUS editors are highlighting a federal judge's refusal to block the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, rejecting state arguments regarding sovereignty (The Epoch Times, NYTimes, Fox News, USA Today, Washington Times). Meanwhile, coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein document release has shifted toward specific allegations against high-profile figures and survivor protests over privacy violations by the DOJ (MSNBC, NY Post, The Daily Beast).
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On Fridayโ€™s โ€œAlex Marlow Show,โ€ โ€œCharlie Kirk Showโ€ Producer Andrew Kolvet talked about Kirkโ€™s lessons. Kolvet said, โ€œThe first thing that comes to mind is do not doom and gloom โ€ฆ Charlie would always think about what he can do
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House Judiciary Committee Democrats are requesting an โ€œurgentโ€ review of the unredacted Epstein files from the Justice Department to evaluate compliance with federal law โ€” a day after the department released a trove of documents and said it had fully satisfied its obligations under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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A federal judge ruled against Minnesotaโ€™s emergency request to end the surge of federal immigration enforcement officers into the state, saying the national government has the right to enforce the law.
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Eight inmates escaped from the rural Riverbend Detention Center in Lake Providence, Louisiana, early on Friday morning. A manhunt was immediately launched, led by the Louisiana State Police, labeling all escapees as violent offenders. All eight escapees have been apprehended by police.
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