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WASHINGTONExpressing deep fondness for those long-gone halcyon days, the U.S. population collectively yearned Tuesday for the relative calm of the president is a giant pedophile news cycle. It was a simpler time then, back when all people wanted to talk about was the leader of the country molesting underage girls, said Denver resident Scott Munoz, one of millions of Americans who noted the comparative peacefulness of the public discourse that surrounded Donald Trump possibly using his friendship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to prey on helpless minors and contrasted it with the current tumult marked by the president undermining global alliances in pursuit of Greenland, unlawfully capturing Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, and encouraging the violence of ICE agents. Im not saying everything was perfect when all the country cared about was the commander-in-chief groping prepubescent girls, but nowadays its almost quaint to think that we were once so concerned that the president had signed an incriminating letter about secretly being attracted to children, and that his signature was intended to double as the pubes on a lewd drawing. Lately, when I hear about ICE murdering people in the streets, I know I shouldnt have taken that time for granted. Munoz added that if he had to choose an island, he would choose Pedophile over Greenland any day.The post Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of President A Giant Pedophile News Cycle appeared first on The Onion.

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Off The Hook Yachts President Jason Ruegg gavels trading closed at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)2026-01-20T04:22:41Z NEW YORK (AP) Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland. The losses were widespread, with nearly every sector losing ground. Major indexes in the U.S. extended losses from last week in what has been a wobbly start to the year.The S&P 500 fell 143.15 points, or 2.1%, to 6,796.86. It is the steepest drop for the benchmark index since October.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 870.74 points, or 1.8%, to 48,488.59. The Nasdaq composite fell 561.07 points, or 2.4%, to 22,954.32.Technology stocks were the heaviest weights on the market. Nvidia, one of the most valuable companies in the world, plunged 4.4%. Apple fell 3.5%.Retailers, banks and industrial companies also fell sharply. Lowes fell 3.3%, JPMorgan Chase fell 3.1%, and Caterpillar lost 2.5%. AP AUDIO: Wall Street slumps and Europe stocks sink as Trump threatens tariffs on 8 NATO members U.S. stocks are falling. The APs Seth Sutel has more. European markets and markets in Asia fell. Long-term bond yields in Japan rose to record levels on concerns over the governments fiscal policy, adding to anxiety in global markets. Trumps trade policy has roiled markets since the start of his second term. Stocks have sold off on the threat of steep tariffs, then rallied when Trump delays or cancels a tariff, or negotiates a lower rate.Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland. The annual combined imports from European Union nations are greater than those from the top two biggest individual importers into the U.S., Mexico and China. Gold prices surged 3.7% and silver prices soared 6.9%. Such assets are often considered safe havens in times of geopolitical turmoil.The trade tensions apparently short-circuited a recent rally in bitcoin. The cryptocurrency rose above $96,000 late last week but has dropped back to around $89,700. Treasury yields were mixed in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.29% from 4.23% late Friday. The yield on the two-year Treasury held steady at 3.60% from late Friday.Companies that focus on consumer staples held up better than most of the market. Colgate-Palmolive rose 1.1% and Campbells rose 1.5%.The price of U.S. crude oil rose 1.5% to $60.34 per barrel. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1.5% to $64.92.Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last years decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norways prime minister that he no longer felt an obligation to think purely of Peace, in a text message released Monday.Trumps message to Jonas Gahr Stre appeared to ratchet up a standoff between Washington and its closest allies over his threats to take over Greenland, a self-governing territory of NATO member Denmark.Trumps threats have sparked outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity across Europe, as leaders consider possible countermeasures, including retaliatory tariffs and the first-ever use of the European Unions anti-coercion instrument. The trade and political conflict with Europe is heating up just as world leaders meet at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week. Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said the new tariff threat is clearly an overhang on the conference, but that it would likely simmer over time.Our view is just like over the last year the bark will be worse than the bite on this issue and tariff threats as negotiations take place and tensions ultimately calm down between Trump and EU leaders, Ives wrote in a note to clients.Tariffs threaten to boost inflation, although so far the increases have been less than many experts feared. Still, the threat of tariffs reigniting already high inflation could further complicate the Federal Reserves job. The central bank cut its benchmark interest rate three times late in 2025 to help bolster the economy as the job market weakened. The Fed has taken a more cautious view because of the risk of rising inflation, which remains above its target of 2%. Lower interest rates on loans can help bolster economic activity, but they could also fuel inflation, which could counter any benefit from lower interest rates.The Fed, and Wall Street, will get another update on inflation on Thursday, when the government releases the personal consumption expenditures price index, or PCE. It is the Feds preferred measure for inflation.The Fed will meet next week for its policy meeting on interest rates and Wall Street is betting that the central bank will hold its benchmark interest rate steady.Wall Street is also in the midst of the latest round of corporate earnings, which could help provide more insight into how companies are handling uncertainty from tariffs, geopolitics and cautious consumers. Industrial and consumer conglomerate 3M slumped 7% after reporting mixed results for its most recent quarter. 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Texas Rangers' Carlos Beltran follows through on a two-run home run swing as Los Angeles Angels catcher Carlos Perez watches in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sept. 21, 2016, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)2026-01-20T23:28:37Z NEW YORK (AP) Carlos Beltrn and Andruw Jones, center fielders who excelled at the plate and with their gloves, were elected to baseballs Hall of Fame on Tuesday.Beltrn, making his fourth appearance of the ballot, received 358 of 425 votes for 84.2% from the Baseball Writers Association of America, 39 above the 319 needed for the 75% threshold.Jones, in the ninth of 10 possible appearances, was picked on 333 ballots for 78.4%Beltrn moved up steadily from 46.5% in 2023 to 57.1% the following year and 70.3% in 2025, when he fell 19 votes short as Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected.Beltrn was hired as the New York Mets manager on Nov. 1, 2019, then fired on Jan. 16 without having managed a game, three days after he was the only Astros player mentioned by name in a report by Major League Baseball regarding the teams illicit use of electronics to steal signs during Houstons run to the 2017 World Series championship. Jones received just 7.3% in his first appearance in 2018 and didnt get half the total until receiving 58.1% in 2023. He increased to 61.6% and 66.2%, falling 35 votes short last year. They will be inducted at Cooperstown, New York, on July 26 along with second baseman Jeff Kent, voted in last month by the contemporary era committee.BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years in the organization were eligible to vote. Chase Utley (59.1%) was the only other candidate to get at least half the vote, improving from 39.8% last year. He was followed by Andy Pettitte at 48.5%, an increase from 27.9% last year, and Flix Hernndez at 46.1%, up from 20.6%.Cole Hamels topped first-time candidates at 23.8%. The other first-time players were all under 5% and will be dropped from future votes.Steroids-tainted players again were kept from the hall. Alex Rodriguez received 40% in his fifth appearance, up from 7.1%, and Manny Ramirez 38.8% in his 10th and final appearance. David Wright increased to 14.8% from 8.1%.There were 11 blank ballots.A nine-time All-Star, the switch-hitting Beltrn batted .279 with 435 homers and 1,587 RBIs over 20 seasons with Kansas City (1999-2004), Houston (2004, 17), the Mets (2005-11), San Francisco (2011), St. Louis (2012-13), the New York Yankees (20014-16) and Texas (2016). He had 311 homers hitting left-handed and 124 batting right,Beltrn was the 1999 AL Rookie of the Year and won three Gold Gloves, also hitting .307 in the postseason with 16 homers and 42 RBIs in 65 games.Jones batted .254 with 434 homers, 1,289 RBIs and 152 stolen bases in 17 seasons with Atlanta (1996-2007), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2008), Texas (2009), the Chicago White Sox (2010) and the Yankees (2011-12). He finished his career with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japans Pacific League from 2013-14.His batting average is the second-lowest for a position player voted to the Hall of Fame, just above the .253 of Ray Schalk, a superior defensive catcher, and just below the .256 of Harmon Killebrew, who hit 573 homers. A five-time All-Star, Jones earned 10 Gold Gloves. He joins Braves teammates Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Chipper Jones in the hall along with manager Bobby Cox.In the 1996 World Series opener at Yankee Stadium, Jones at 19 years, 5 months became the youngest player to homer in a Series game, beating Mickey Mantles old mark by 18 months. Going deep against Pettitte in the second inning and Brian Boehringer in the third of a 12-1 rout, Jones became the second player to homer in his first two Series at-bats after Gene Tenace in 1972.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

President Donald Trump calls on reporter to ask a question during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)2026-01-20T23:07:24Z President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering, nearly two-hour-long press briefing to recount his accomplishments, repeating many false claims he made throughout 2025. Among the topics about which he continued to spread falsehoods were the 2020 election, foreign policy, the economy and energy.Heres a closer look at the facts.2020 electionTRUMP, referencing former President Joe Biden: ... a man that didnt win the election, by the way, its a rigged election. Everybody knows that now.THE FACTS: This is a blatant falsehood that has been disproven many times over the 2020 election was not stolen. Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Trumps 232. He also won over 7 million more popular votes than Trump.But Trump has been persistent in claiming that he won the 2020 race since its completion, even after he earned a second term in 2024, and has continued to claim the lead-up to the 2026 midterms. Bidens Electoral College victory was nearly the same margin that Trump had in 2016 when he beat Hillary Clinton 227 to 306 (304 after two electors defected). Biden triumphed by prevailing in key states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia. Allegations from Trump of massive voting fraud have been refuted by a variety of judges, state election officials and an arm of his own administrations Homeland Security Department. In 2020, then-Attorney General William Barr, a Trump appointee, told the AP that no proof of widespread voter fraud had been uncovered. To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election, he said at the time. International conflictsTRUMP: You have to understand, I settled eight wars.THE FACTS: This statistic, which Trump frequently cites as one of his accomplishments, is highly exaggerated. Although he has helped mediate relations among many nations, his impact isnt as clear-cut as he makes it seem.The conflicts Trump counts among those that he has solved are between Israel and Hamas, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, Rwanda and Congo, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Cambodia and Thailand.There is far more work that remains before any declaration of an end to the war in Gaza and although Trump is credited with ending the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, this can be seen as a temporary respite from an ongoing cold war. Fresh fighting broke out last month between Cambodia and Thailand, and between Congolese forces and Rwanda-backed rebels. The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict at the White House in August. But the leaders have yet to sign a peace treaty and parliaments have yet to ratify it. After the April killing of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir pushed India and Pakistan closer to war than they had been in years, a ceasefire was reached. Trump claimed that the U.S. brokered the ceasefire and Pakistan thanked him, while India denied his claims.Friction between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is best described as heightened tensions, not war. There has been no threat of war between Serbia and Kosovo during Trumps second term, nor has he made any significant contribution to improving relations in his first year back in the White House. The economyTRUMP: We inherited, remember this inflation was at a historic high. We had never had inflation like that. They say 48 years. But whether its 48 years or ever, we had the highest inflation, in my opinion, that weve ever had.THE FACTS: This is false. Biden-era inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, a consequence of supply chain interruptions, potentially excessive amounts of government aid and Russias invasion of Ukraine driving up food and energy costs.But Americans have known even worse and more sustained inflation than that. For example, higher than 13% in 1980 during an extended period of price pain. And by some estimates, inflation approached 20% during World War I.Inflation had been falling during the first few months of Trumps presidency, but it picked back up after the president announced his tariffs in April. It was at 2.7% as of December 2025. Energy policyTRUMP: I say clean, beautiful coal. I never say the word coal, it has to be preceded by the words clean, beautiful coal.THE FACTS: The production of coal is cleaner now than it has been historically, but that doesnt mean its clean.Trump, however, continually omits this crucial context.Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from the coal industry have decreased over the past 30 years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. And yet United Nations-backed research has found that coal production worldwide still needs to be reduced sharply to address climate change.Along with carbon dioxide, burning coal emits sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides that contribute to acid rain, smog and respiratory illnesses, according to the EIA.Coal once provided more than half of U.S. energy production. Today, coal accounts for about 15% of U.S. electricity production. California wildfiresTRUMP, discussing approvals for reconstruction after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires: ... the 20,000 houses or more that burned down in Los Angeles because they didnt have the water, they didnt allow the water to come down from the Pacific Northwest. They routed the water into the Pacific Ocean ... They didnt want to do it. They want to protect the tiny little fish.THE FACTS: Trump again tried to blame the fact that some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry during last years wildfires on the states water policies that aim to protect endangered species, including a tiny fish known as the Delta smelt. Local officials say the hydrant outages occurred because the municipal system was not designed to deal with such a massive disaster.Trump later ordered water released from two dams in Californias Central Valley agricultural hub, but the water never went to Los Angeles, instead going to a dry lake basin more than 100 miles away.Most of Californias water comes from the north, where it melts from mountain snow and runs into rivers that connect to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. From there, much of it is sent further south to farmers and cities like Los Angeles through two large pumping and canal systems. One is run by the federal government and the other by the state. Contrary to Trumps claim, no water supply from the Pacific Northwest connects to Californias system. ___Associated Press writer Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report.___Find AP Fact Checks here: https://apnews.com/APFactCheck. 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