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Greater Cleveland Sports Awards | February 05, 2026 | Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

Experience the Biggest Night In Cleveland Sports! 26th Greater Cleveland Sports Awards, presented by Ancora and Minutemen Workforce Solutions, will take place on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at Rocket Arena. The event will celebrate and honor the athletic achievements of Northeast Ohio from high school standouts and inspiring community stories to...

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Feb 4 • 7:00 PM EST • Sports • clevelandsports.org
Melania Trump referenced her documentary at a White House event with former hostages. She says it’s ‘not promotion’

One of the more emotional moments in first lady Melania Trump’s new documentary comes when she meets Aviva Siegel, a former hostage held by Hamas who’s advocating for the release of her husband, in January 2025.

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Feb 4 • 6:03 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
The Melanin Market’s grassroots beginnings turn a Historic Eastside street into an economic engine for Black businesses

One grassroots idea in Jacksonville’s Historic Eastside has grown into a movement that has uplifted Black-owned businesses, brought families together, and turned A. Philip Randolph Boulevard into an economic engine.

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Feb 4 • 4:30 PM EST • Business • news4jax.com
'Becoming' media moguls? Michelle Obama, Melania Trump pursue Hollywood

"Melania," the first lady's documentary offers a differing approach to the Obamas' turn in Hollywood after they exited the White House.

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Feb 4 • 3:05 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Live updates: The latest on the Trump administration

The Department of Homeland Security will withdraw 700 personnel from Minneapolis, according to border czar Tom Homan. Follow for live news updates.

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Feb 4 • 9:24 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Brothers of Renee Good, woman killed by ICE officer, call for action in Congress

The forum, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Robert Garcia, highlighted Use-of-force complaints against Homeland Security officers

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Feb 4 • 7:41 AM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Delegation from Cleveland Clinic’s Global Network to Share Knowledge at World Health Expo Dubai

Experts from Cleveland Clinic’s international locations will share strategies for healthcare excellence and insights into innovative treatments and medical research at World Health Expo Dubai.

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Feb 4 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • newsroom.clevelandclinic.org
Harden to join Cavaliers in pursuit of first title

James Harden is set to join the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Los Angeles Clippers, with Darius Garland moving in the opposite direction.

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Feb 4 • 3:45 AM EST • Sports • bbc.com
Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: Feb. 3, 2026
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Browns HC Todd Monken provides refreshing take, plans for team

Everyone wins the introductory press conference but one part from Cleveland Browns HC Todd Monken stood out

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Feb 3 • 6:06 PM EST • Sports • dawgsbynature.com
US House passes $1.2 trillion spending package to end government shutdown

The spending package only funds the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks, through February 13.

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Feb 3 • 5:38 PM EST • Politics • aljazeera.com
2nd annual ‘Battle at Bryant’ team lineup announced

The ‘Battle at Bryant’ spring high school football jamboree, with the first annual event hosted by Lakeland (Fla.) in 2025, is back for Year 2 this upcoming May. The Dreadnaughts announced via social media that they’ll be hosting six of Florida’s top high school football programs from the 2025 season at Bryant Stadium for the […]

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Congress passes spending bill amid DHS funding debate, Minnesota deaths

Congress narrowly passed the final spending package, averting a prolonged shutdown amid fierce debate over homeland security funding following fatal Minnesota shootings.

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Feb 3 • 2:50 PM EST • Politics • seattletimes.com
House passes budget bill to end partial government shutdown

The measure funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30, while providing the Department of Homeland Security with short-term funding for two weeks. Lawmakers will return to negotiate potential changes for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Democrats demand more restrictions on its operations.

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Feb 3 • 2:27 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
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House passes funding bill to reopen government and sends it to Trump for his signature

The House on Tuesday passed a sprawling spending package that will end the partial government shutdown — but created another funding cliff for the Department of Homeland Security in two weeks.

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Feb 3 • 2:11 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Candy experiments teach chemistry at Great Lakes Science Center

Smitten with Science programming features Candy Chromatography workshops on Feb. 8, 15 and 22, teaching kids STEM concepts through hands-on candy experiments led by Andy Pallotta.

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Feb 3 • 8:44 AM EST • Science • cleveland.com
Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: Feb. 2, 2026
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Accel Entertainment announces management changes

Distributed-gaming operator Accel Entertainment announced Monday that founder and CEO Andy Rubenstein has been named chairman of the company’s Board of Directors, while Accel’s President of U.S. Gaming Mark Phelan has been appointed chief operating officer. Phelan will succeed Rubenstein as both

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Father of 5-year-old detained in Minnesota disputes claims he abandoned the boy

Adrian Conejo Arias disputed statements from the Department of Homeland Security, which alleged that Arias had left his child in a vehicle.

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Feb 2 • 1:04 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
At a ‘Melania’ screening, cheers for Trump, snickers at Obama — and a reminder of our nation’s political divide

Having read a biography of her and learned almost nothing from it, I was looking forward to gaining insights about our First Lady. But nothing in the documentary has a true “behind the scenes” feel.

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Feb 2 • 10:07 AM EST • Politics • inquirer.com
Expected rise in uninsured Ohioans could signal new stress for providers, poorer public health

Expiration of enhanced tax credits that helped hundreds of thousands of Ohioans afford health insurance has the health care industry bracing for new stress on already-challenged resources and a long-term decline in public health.

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Feb 2 • 5:30 AM EST • Health • cleveland.com
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Feb 2 • 4:49 AM EST • Sports • csuvikings.com
Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: Feb. 1, 2026
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Feb 2 • 12:26 AM EST • Sports • cbsnews.com
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Browns DC Jim Schwartz updates: Reconciliation possible?

Cleveland Browns HC Todd Monken has made a lot of moves but none on defense. DC Jim Schwartz updates are interesting

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Feb 1 • 5:54 PM EST • Sports • dawgsbynature.com
'Melania' documentary earns $7 million opening weekend

"Melania," which debuted in theaters on January 30, offers audiences a glimpse into first lady's life leading up to the 2025 inauguration.

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Feb 1 • 5:09 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Showcasing science to board members

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – Youngsters at Independence Middle School took their science knowledge directly to the board of education.

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Feb 1 • 1:27 PM EST • Science • cleveland.com
Browns DC Jim Schwartz should be given an ultimatum

The Cleveland Browns need a decision on Jim Schwartz and very soon. Todd Monken must build his staff.

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Feb 1 • 12:55 PM EST • Sports • dawgsbynature.com
Partial US government shutdown likely to continue amid funding standoff

Speaker Mike Johnson is ‘convinced’ the impasse over homeland security funding will be resolved by Tuesday

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Feb 1 • 12:41 PM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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House Speaker Johnson says he has votes to end partial shutdown by Tuesday

The deal approved by the Senate would separate the Department of Homeland Security from the broader spending package.

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Feb 1 • 9:25 AM EST • Politics • detroitnews.com
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Browns prevailed in John Harbaugh's attempt to persuade Todd Monken

While the John Harbaugh tried to talk him out of it, the Browns prevailed in their pursuit of Todd Monken

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Feb 1 • 8:50 AM EST • Sports • brownswire.usatoday.com
Todd Monken Continues Ravens Pipeline With Ian Kolste Hire

Former Ravens offensive analyst Ian Kolste is joining Todd Monken’s Browns staff, continuing Cleveland’s Ravens-influenced approach.

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Feb 1 • 8:48 AM EST • Sports • ravenswire.usatoday.com
Browns set to interview yet another Ravens assistant

Todd Monken continues to build his staff with the Browns and it's another Ravens assistant.

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Feb 1 • 8:06 AM EST • Sports • brownswire.usatoday.com
Shutdown? What shutdown? For DC, just another day at the office

Reviews of "Melania" were creating more buzz than the latest government shutdown. What once seemed cataclysmic is now nearly routine.

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Feb 1 • 3:02 AM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Cleveland Browns 2026 NFL draft profile: Ty Simpson, QB, Alabama

Is the Alabama quarterback the second best option in this year's class?

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Jan 31 • 7:53 PM EST • Sports • brownswire.usatoday.com
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Trump says federal government won’t step into protests in Democratic-led cities ‘until they ask us for help’

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests or unrest in Democratic-led cities unless local officials formally request assistance, amid criticism over heavy-handed immigration enforcement tactics used by the feds.

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Jan 31 • 4:36 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Trump says federal government won’t step into Democratic-led city protests ‘until they ask us for help’

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests or unrest in Democratic-led cities unless local officials formally request assistance, while vowing an aggressive federal response to protect government property.

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Jan 31 • 4:36 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Why Haven't The Guardians Added Anymore Bats This Offseason?

The Cleveland Guardians have tried to add external bats, but remain committed to their young core.

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Jan 31 • 2:25 PM EST • Sports • roundtable.io
Mental Health Distress in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Largely Driven by Sociodemographic, Comorbid Factors

These findings suggest the mental health burden in nonmelanoma skin cancer reflects broader social and clinical factors rather than disease-specific effects.

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Jan 31 • 9:10 AM EST • Health • ajmc.com
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Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: Jan. 30, 2026
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Jan 31 • 7:14 AM EST • Sports • cbsnews.com
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How viewers around the world responded to Melania Trump’s documentary

Marla Ailor attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year with her family, and remembered thinking it was a long day.

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Jan 31 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Response to Melania Trump documentary reflects America’s political division

CARMEL, Ind. — Marla Ailor attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year with her family, and remembered thinking it was a long day. So she ...

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Jan 31 • 2:16 AM EST • Politics • toledoblade.com
US government shuts down partially over homeland security funding

Democratic senators refuse to vote for bill authorizing continued DHS spending after killings of two US citizens

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Jan 31 • 12:01 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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How Singapore is Emphasizing K-pop to Become Asia’s Ultimate Entertainment Hub with BTS and Major Concerts - Travel And Tour World

Explore how Singapore has become a hub for K-pop culture and live entertainment, hosting major concerts and boosting tourism through global collaborations.

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Jan 30 • 11:25 PM EST • Entertainment • travelandtourworld.com
Government shutdown or ICE accountability? Senator says that's 'bottom line'

On the verge of another government shutdown, California Sen. Alex Padilla wants more accountability for ICE and less funding for Homeland Security.

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Jan 30 • 7:56 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
Senate passes government funding deal despite GOP backlash

President Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and allow Congress to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

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Jan 30 • 7:48 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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I’ve covered Melania Trump for more than a decade. Here’s what I learned from her new documentary

“Melania” the documentary is a big, beautiful coffee table book of a film, filled with glossy images, high fashion and a captivating soundtrack.

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Jan 30 • 7:42 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Browns poach another Ravens assistant to join Todd Monken's staff

Todd Monken's staff is coming together with the Browns as he fills the OC position.

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Jan 30 • 6:57 PM EST • Sports • brownswire.usatoday.com
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Senate Passes Deal to Fund Government and Negotiate ICE Limits

Democrats agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate with President Trump on restricting his immigration crackdown.

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Jan 30 • 6:44 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Health officials confirm measles case, warn of possible exposure in Norman

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has confirmed a case of measles and is warning the public about a potential exposure in Cleveland County.Health official

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Jan 30 • 6:26 PM EST • Health • ktul.com
Shutdown nears as lawmakers brace for next round of ICE negotiations

Over the next two weeks, Democrats and Republicans will weigh competing demands on changes to Department of Homeland Security operations.

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Jan 30 • 6:26 PM EST • Politics • latimes.com
Oklahoma Health Department confirms measles case; possible exposure at Norman bar

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has confirmed a measles case in Cleveland County.According to OSDH, the individual visited Logie's on the Corner in Norm

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Jan 30 • 6:22 PM EST • Health • okcfox.com
‘Something bigger than business’: Greater Cleveland shops take part in ICE protest boycott
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Jan 30 • 4:52 PM EST • Business • wkyc.com
Colorado House launches ethics review of Republican Rep. Ron Weinberg

The Colorado House will convene an ethics committee to review a complaint filed by Rep. Brandi Bradley, R-Roxborough Park, against fellow Republican Rep. Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland. It will be the first time since 2012 that the House has formed an ethics committee. The contents of Bradley’s complaint are confidential under House rules. Bradley has filed […]

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Jan 30 • 3:11 PM EST • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Melania Trump documentary won't be released in this country

Melania Trump's new documentary, "Melania," has been pulled from theaters in South Africa after the film's distributor abruptly canceled its release.

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Jan 30 • 2:14 PM EST • Entertainment • usatoday.com
Eggs, hats and unfettered political ambition: what we learned about Melania Trump from her documentary

The first lady’s political goals, high-stakes clothes fittings and hints that she and Donald still have sex are just some of the highlights from Brett Ratner’s documentary

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Jan 30 • 10:13 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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Geauga County seeks applicants for Board of Health vacancy

Geauga County seeks applicants for a Board of Health vacancy; applications due by Feb. 25 for a five-year term starting March 2026.

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Jan 30 • 8:30 AM EST • Health • cleveland.com
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Kristi Noem treated FEMA as an adversary. Then came a massive winter storm

When Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem strode into the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters last week, ahead of a monster winter storm set to wallop much of the country, she caught staffers buzzing around the agency’s response center off guard.

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Jan 30 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Inside the premiere of Melania Trump’s not-documentary documentary

First lady Melania Trump wants you to know that her new documentary is not a documentary.

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Jan 29 • 11:56 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: Jan. 29, 2026
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Jan 29 • 11:41 PM EST • Sports • cbsnews.com
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Grammy-nominated vocalist Shemekia Copeland performing at High Noon Saloon

MADISON, Wis. — Grammy-nominated vocalist Shemekia Copeland will bring her soulful roots music to Madison next month with a performance at the High Noon Saloon.

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Jan 29 • 11:20 PM EST • Entertainment • channel3000.com
Copeland puts up 25, Stetson beats North Florida 84-77

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Ethan Copeland had 25 points in Stetson's 84-77 win against North Florida on Thursday night.

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Jan 29 • 10:02 PM EST • Sports • cbssports.com
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Here's all the celebrities and political figures that stepped out for 'Melania'
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Jan 29 • 9:29 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Trump reveals when he will announce the next Fed chair

President Trump says he'll announce Jerome Powell's replacement as Federal Reserve chair Friday morning, escalating his ongoing criticism of monetary policy decisions.

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Jan 29 • 8:28 PM EST • Business • foxbusiness.com
Democrats, White House strike deal that would avert shutdown

The two sides agreed to separate homeland security funding from the rest of the legislation and fund it for two weeks while they debate Democratic demands for curbs on ICE.

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Jan 29 • 6:50 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Barron Trump 'understands politics,' first lady says. Who is he?

Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Donald Trump, will be featured in the upcoming documentary 'Melania.' Who is he, and how tall is he?

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Jan 29 • 1:12 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Susan Collins Claims ICE Is Ending Maine Surge

The Maine senator said she discussed the matter with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

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Jan 29 • 12:19 PM EST • Politics • nymag.com
Melania Trump reveals advice she gives President Trump — and why she doesn’t watch him on TV all day

Melania Trump opens up in rare interview about her private approach to advising President Donald Trump and her selective media appearances strategy.

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Jan 29 • 9:28 AM EST • Business • foxbusiness.com
What to know about the Melania Trump documentary

As Melania Trump prepares to walk the red carpet at the newly rebranded Kennedy Center Thursday evening, she is proving that a peek behind the curtain of her life isn’t just a historical record, but a multi-million-dollar commodity.

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Jan 29 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Why some Northern Ireland pubs are 'getting it tight' over rates

Hotels have overall had an 84% rates increase, while pubs have risen by 47% due to an increase in their property valuations..

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Jan 29 • 3:57 AM EST • Business • bbc.com
Lakers routed in LeBron's possible last game in Cleveland

Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the Los Angeles Lakers 129-99 on Wednesday, spoiling what might be the final Cleveland game for superstar LeBron James.Jaylon Tyson added 20 points for the Cavs and De'Andre Hunter scored 19 off the Cleveland bench while Luka Doncic had a game-high 29 points for the Lakers (28-18), who also had eight points from Bronny James, LeBron's son.

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Jan 28 • 11:40 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
State approves tax credits for 6 business projects, including 2 in Cuyahoga County

CSA America Testing & Certification and Rupes USA are expanding in Cuyahoga County with tax credits from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.

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Jan 28 • 10:50 PM EST • Business • cleveland.com
LeBron James scores only 11 points in what could be his final game in Cleveland, as Cavs throttle Lakers

It wasn't LeBron's night, although Bronny James scored eight points down the stretch of the blowout.

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Jan 28 • 9:34 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Case of measles confirmed in Arizona ICE facility

The US Department of Homeland Security says a person in detention at an Arizona Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility has measles, a highly contagious virus that can cause high fevers and a distinctive rash.

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Jan 28 • 5:35 PM EST • Health • cnn.com
Mike DeWine says biggest mistake as governor was to sign bill legalizing sports gambling

Gov. Mike DeWine says he considers his signing of legislation legalizing sports gambling his biggest mistake as governor. “Any control that we can get over this, anything we can do, we should be doing,” DeWine said Wednesday.

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Jan 28 • 4:47 PM EST • Sports • cleveland.com
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DeWine defends hemp beverage ban: Businesses knew the risks

A veto by Gov. Mike DeWine eliminated a provision that would have allowed popular THC drinks to remain on sale through the end of 2026. The governor said Wednesday businesses knew the risks when they got started.

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Internal review contradicts Trump administration on Alex Pretti shooting : The NPR Politics Podcast

An initial internal review into federal immigration officers’ fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last weekend contradicts the description of the incident by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. We discuss President Trump’s shifting messages on immigration policy and how his administration’s efforts to restrict legal immigration pathways are changing the political environment. This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, immigration policy correspondent Ximena Bustillo, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs and Lexie Schapitl, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Jan 28 • 3:34 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Geauga County’s largest behavioral health provider to merge with Ashtabula agency

Ravenwood Health will merge with Ashtabula County’s Community Counseling Center as longtime CEO Vicki Clark retires, expanding behavioral health services.

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Jan 28 • 1:46 PM EST • Health • cleveland.com
1st Zipps Sports Grill location reopens following Homeland Security raids

Zipps Sports Grill in Tempe, located near McClintock Drive and Warner Road, reopened on Jan. 28, the company announced.

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Jan 28 • 1:08 PM EST • Sports • fox10phoenix.com
Marco Rubio admits Trump confused Iceland with Greenland

Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted during a Senate hearing on Jan. 28 that his boss confused Iceland with Greenland during a speech last week.

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Jan 28 • 12:45 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
Cleveland Browns to hire Todd Monken as new coach

The Cleveland Browns agreed to hire Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken as their head coach, a league source told UPI on Wednesday.

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Jan 28 • 12:08 PM EST • Sports • upi.com
As More Founders Aim To Build Billion-Dollar, One-Person Businesses, New Research Points To High-Potential Niches

A new report points to areas where it is possible for solo founders to grow to $1 billion in revenue using AI, blockchain and a global team of freelancers.

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Jan 28 • 9:17 AM EST • Business • forbes.com
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Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)­—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices­—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash

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