The United States government entered a partial shutdown on Saturday, January 31, 2026, after Congress missed the midnight deadline to approve a 2026 budget. The shutdown came hours after the Senate passed a revised package of government funding bills, but the House of Representatives is not expected to vote on the measure until Monday, February
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been mentioned in a newly released batch of documents linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, following a major disclosure by the United States Department of Justice. The latest release, made under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, includes more than three million additional pages, as
The United States government has threatened to impose sanctions on Uganda following a series of statements by President Yoweri Museveni’s son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the country’s Chief of Defence Forces, in which he issued threats against the U.S. Embassy. In a statement dated Saturday, January 31, 2026, the Chairman of the U.S.