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WSJ Minute Briefing

FBI Seizes Fulton County Ballots as Trump Reignites Election Challenge

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Gold has hit another record - topping the $5,500 mark for the first time - as the rush to precious metals continues. And demand for chips sends Samsung earnings to new highs. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here is your morning brief for Thursday, January 29th.

0:36.0

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.4

We start in Georgia, where FBI agents have searched the main election office in Fulton County,

0:44.5

seeking records related to the 2020 presidential election. The Trump administration is

0:49.7

stepping up efforts to re-examine the president's loss to Joe Biden, with Trump promising last week

0:55.4

that, quote, people will soon be prosecuted. Trump has repeatedly alleged Fulton County produced

1:01.6

fraudulent results and urged various officials, including Georgia's Secretary of State, to help

1:07.3

find enough votes to overturn his narrow defeat in the state.

1:16.2

Georgia election officials conducted two recounts that confirmed Biden's victory in the state,

1:21.7

and no corridor election authority found evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential election.

1:29.2

Gold has hit another high, topping the $5,500 mark for the first time as the rush to precious metals continues. After recording its strongest annual performance since 1979 last year,

1:35.9

the World Gold Council said that global demand for the safe haven asset is expected to remain strong

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