United States
Trump Announces First New US Oil Refinery in 50 Years
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to build the first new oil refinery in the United States in 50 years, with investment backing from Reliance Industries Ltd.. The project, to be developed at the Port of Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas, is described by Trump as a historic $300 billion ...
Texas Primary Election Results 2026: Cornyn–Paxton Runoff, Tight Democratic Senate Race and Redistricting Battles
Texas voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose party nominees in several high-profile races ahead of the November elections. The night produced major political developments, including a Republican Senate runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after neither secured a majority of votes. On ...
IRS Tax Season 2026: Bigger Refund Checks, Fewer Returns and EITC Delays Explained
IRS Tax Refunds Rise in 2026: The 2026 tax filing season has opened with a complicated mix of encouraging and concerning signals. Early data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows that average tax refunds are higher than last year. At the same time, fewer Americans have filed returns so ...
2025 US Tax Returns: Important Deadlines, Penalties and Refund Details You Must Know
US 2025 Tax Returns Deadline: As the 2026 tax filing season moves forward in the United States, millions of taxpayers are preparing to submit their 2025 federal income tax returns. With the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officially opening filing on January 26, 2026, taxpayers now face important deadlines that directly ...
Trump Deletes Controversial Obama Video After Backlash, Says He Didn’t Watch Full Clip and Refuses to Apologise Amid Bipartisan Criticism
US President Donald Trump faced widespread backlash after a video shared on his Truth Social account briefly depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The clip appeared at the end of a longer video promoting debunked claims about the 2020 US election. The post ...
Ron Wyden Flags ‘Deep Concerns’ Over CIA Activities in Rare Classified Warning to Director
A rare and unsettling development has emerged from Washington’s intelligence oversight system. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, the longest-serving member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has sent a classified letter to CIA Director John Ratcliffe expressing what he publicly described as “deep concerns about CIA activities.” While the contents ...
TikTok Down in the US: Thousands Report App Failures as Platform Faces Critical Test
Thousands of users across the United States faced unexpected disruptions on TikTok as the popular video-sharing app suffered a widespread outage, leaving feeds frozen, videos unplayable, and profiles showing zero views. The technical disruption triggered confusion and frustration, particularly among creators who rely on the platform for work and daily ...
Historic Winter Storm Batters U.S., Heavy Snow, Sleet and Ice Paralyze Life Across NY, NJ, Philly, DC and Chicago
A powerful winter storm swept across large parts of the United States, delivering heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Midwest to the East Coast. Millions of residents across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. and Chicago faced dangerous travel conditions, mass flight cancellations, school closures and widespread ...
Elizabeth Smart’s Story Revisited: Inside Netflix’s ‘Kidnapped’ and the Life She Rebuilt After a Nine-Month Ordeal
More than two decades after one of America’s most harrowing kidnapping cases, Elizabeth Smart is reclaiming her story in Netflix’s documentary Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart. Abducted at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City home in 2002, Smart endured nine months of captivity before being rescued in March 2003. Now 38, she ...
US Supreme Court Defers Ruling on Trump’s Global Tariffs, Decision Expected January 14
The US Supreme Court did not issue a ruling on Friday in a closely watched case challenging the legality of sweeping global tariffs imposed by Donald Trump under emergency powers. The decision, which will determine whether the president acted within his statutory authority, remains pending, with the court indicating that ...
