News

According to Punchbowl reporter: U.S. Republican senators plan to hold a potential vote tonight to finalize the funding package and the Department of Homeland Security’s temporary appropriation bill - indicating that an agreement is close to being reached. While far from certain, this is certainly a positive sign. This requires the cooperation of all 100 senators. An amendment vote is likely to be required.

Canadian Prime Minister Carney: I hope the U.S. government will respect Canada’s sovereignty. President Trump never mentioned to me the possibility of separatism in either Alberta or Quebec.

Market news: Saudi Defense Minister has arrived in the United States.

Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will formulate new rules for prediction markets.

The FAA has withdrawn four NOTAMs in the Caribbean, including one related to Venezuela.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $2.852 billion from four counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

The U.S. 7-year Treasury bond auction as of January 29 - the bid-to-bid ratio was 2.45, compared with the previous value of 2.51.

As of January 29, the 7-year Treasury bond auction in the United States - the winning interest rate allocation percentage was 37.5%, compared with the previous value of 30.73%.

The U.S. 7-year Treasury bond auction as of January 29 - the winning interest rate was 4.018%, compared with the previous value of 3.93%.

U.S. President Trump: We are going to start cracking down on drugs coming overland, and you'll see that soon.

US President Trump: A huge fleet is sailing to the Middle East.

U.S. Defense Secretary: (on Iran) They have all the options to make a deal, but we will be ready to take action.

U.S. President Trump: (talking about power stations) We don’t need a grid.

The final vote count showed that the spending bill failed to obtain enough votes to pass in the U.S. Senate, with 46 votes in favor and 54 votes against.

US President Trump: The candidate for the chairman of the Federal Reserve will be announced next week.

US President Trump: Tariffs could have been higher, we have been very polite.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: 2026 will be a year of supply-side prosperity.

American Airlines plans to resume daily flights to Venezuela.

Fannie Mae: In the week of January 29, the average interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in the United States was 6.10%, up from 6.09% the previous week.

US President Trump: The United States currently produces more steel than Japan.