January 30, 2026 5:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion. He accuses them of failing to prevent a leak of his tax information to news outlets. The lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal court on Thursday. In 2024, former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison for leaking tax information about Trump and others. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department cut its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, where Littlejohn worked. He was charged and imprisoned for leaking tax information about thousands of wealthy individuals, including Trump.
January 30, 2026 5:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll nominate former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed chair. Friday’s pick is likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency that could bring it closer to the White House and reduce its longtime independence from day-to-day politics. Warsh would replace Jerome Powell when his term expires in May. Trump chose Powell to lead the Fed in 2017 but recently has assailed him for not cutting interest rates quickly enough. Warsh’s appointment requires Senate confirmation. Warsh was on the Fed’s board from 2006 to 2011. He’s a fellow at the right-leaning Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
January 29, 2026 5:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government had at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba. She says it was a “sovereign decision” not made under pressure from the U.S. Trump has squeezed Mexico to distance itself from the Cuban government. In the wake of the U.S. military operation to oust former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump has said the Cuban government is ready to fall.
January 30, 2026 2:52 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara has died at 71. The Emmy-winning actor was known for her roles on “SCTV,” “Schitt’s Creek,” and the two “Home Alone” films. Her agency, CAA, announced she died Friday at her Los Angeles home after a brief illness. O’Hara was a Canadian-born actor who gained fame through Toronto’s Second City Theatre. She was also one of the key stars of the sketch comedy show “SCTV.” Her career spanned decades, and she was celebrated for her comedic brilliance in films including “Beetlejuice” and “Best in Show.” She won an Emmy for “Schitt’s Creek” and got Emmy nominations for late-career roles in “The Last of Us” and “The Studio.” (Photo: AP)
January 29, 2026 5:16 am
BELZONI, Miss. (AP) — Another wave of dangerous cold is heading for the U.S. South, and experts say the risk of hypothermia heightens for people in parts of Mississippi and Tennessee who are entering their sixth day trapped at home without power in subfreezing temperatures. The National Weather Service says arctic air moving into the Southeast will cause already frigid temperatures to plummet into the teens on Friday night in cities like Nashville. Doctors say while more vulnerable people may have started experiencing hypothermia symptoms within hours of being exposed to the frigid temperatures, younger people who are generally healthy may soon start falling victim to these effects as well.
January 29, 2026 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. Thursday’s test vote came as Democrats have threatened a partial government shutdown when money runs out on Friday. But Trump said just ahead of the vote that “we don’t want a shutdown” and the two sides were discussing a possible agreement to separate Homeland Security funding from the rest of the legislation and fund it for a short time.
January 29, 2026 5:44 pm
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis. The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar. Authorities determined the substance was water and apple cider vinegar. Kazmierczak has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. Kazmierczak appeared briefly in federal court Thursday afternoon. His attorney said her client was unmedicated at the time of the incident. The judge ordered him to remain in custody and told officials he needs to see a nurse when he is transferred to jail.
January 29, 2026 5:45 pm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black women who dialed 911 asking for help. Sean Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder in October. He was sentenced on Thursday. The white former deputy killed Massey on July 6, 2024. The 36-year-old single mother had called the police saying she feared there was a prowler outside her Springfield home. Grayson shot her in the face. Grayson can shorten his sentence by half with good behavior. He has been incarcerated since he was charged in Massey’s killing.
January 29, 2026 5:23 pm
Two men, one from Washington County, have been sentenced federal prison for drug trafficking in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey says James Thomas Howard, 37, of Washington, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 77 months for distributing methamphetamine. Howard, also known as “Jim Tom,” sold 32 grams of meth to someone in Marshall County. He has multiple prior drug convictions. Gerald Lee Young, 58, of Wintersville, Ohio, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for possessing cocaine base. Young was stopped in his vehicle for traveling the wrong way on a one-way street in Weirton, West Virginia. Young admitted to the officer that there might be controlled substances in the car. A K9 was deployed, and the officer found 49 grams of cocaine base and $1114 in cash in Young’s vehicle. Two residences Young was associated with were later searched. Officers found nearly 2 grams of fentanyl, 1.3 grams of cocaine base and nearly 9 grams of methamphetamine, along with $1,918 in cash and a firearm. Young has prior drug convictions. Authorities say these cases are a part of Operation Take Back America a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations to protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, and repel the invasion of illegal immigration.
January 29, 2026 2:26 am
Questions continue to go unanswered in regards to mail delivery. The U.S. Postal Service has posted a service alert on their website about “processing, transportation and delivery of mail and packages being impacted” by the Sunday’s winter storm. Some residents have told WJPA News that they have not received mail since Saturday. Our attempts to reach the main office along Jefferson Avenue have been unsuccessful. WJPA did reach someone at the U.S Postal Service who told us they could not answer any questions and directed us to the service alert on their website. As of 9 a.m. Thursday morning, there were reports that a sign had been posted at the Jefferson Avenue facility saying that mail would be delivered today. We have not been able to confirm that with any postal service official.
