January 29, 2026

What Happened Today – January 28, 2026

January 29, 2026 by George Bounacos

Old Post Office Pavilion and its clock tower illuminated at night on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC with the US Capitol visible in the distance

The Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue, once home to Trump International Hotel, is now being sold by the Trump administration with its public observation tower shuttered after decades of access. (Photo by Wyn Van Devanter, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Minneapolis has consumed the country’s attention for weeks. Federal agents have killed two Americans, protesters have faced pepper spray in sub-zero cold, and a 5-year-old is locked in a Texas detention center. All of it deeply matters. But today the FBI loaded 700 boxes of 2020 ballots into trucks in Georgia after a judge denied … Read more