On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to proclaim the Grand Canyon as a national monument; it would become a national park in 1919.
Today in History: Grand Canyon proclaimed a national monument
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US to return $52.8 million in seized assets linked to Nigeria’s former oil minister
The United States announced Friday that it would be returning $52.88 million in seized assets to Nigeria as part of a yearslong corruption probe against former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and associates, according to a joint statement by Nigeria’s minister of justice and the United States government.
Joe Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it’s up to Donald Trump whether to keep them
President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday that it’s expanding sanctions against Russia’s critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine.
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down on Jan. 19
The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is sworn in despite credible evidence of election loss
President Nicolás Maduro extended his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031 when he was sworn in, despite credible evidence that his opponent won the latest election and following protests against his plan to serve a third six-year term.
The Supreme Court is considering a possible TikTok ban. Here’s what to know about the case
The law that could ban TikTok is coming before the Supreme Court on Friday, with the justices largely holding the app’s fate in their hands. Here’s what to know about the case.
Chicago small businesses, content creators brace for possible TikTok ban that could affect their livelihoods
On Friday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over a law requiring TikTok to break ties with its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, or face a U.S. ban.
Today in History: Florida secedes
On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida became the third state to secede from the Union prior to the Civil War.
Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 — and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold
Three government climate agencies in Europe and Japan say last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023’s record heat and kept pushing even higher.
Italy’s Meloni hopes to attend Donald Trump inauguration as she downplays his Greenland and Panama comments
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday she didn’t believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal, saying she read his comments more as a warning to China and other global players to keep their hands off such strategically important interests.