Friday Headlines: January 16, 2026
The Great America Show
Fawcett Strategies
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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John Fawcett breaks down the biggest stories of the day, including President Trump confirming he will not take military action against Iran following the cancellation of executions of protesters, Hunter Biden faces potential legal troubles regarding child support for his daughter, he trial of Tyler Robinson, and recent unrest in Minneapolis.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show Midday Update for Friday, January 16th. |
| 0:06.1 | Happy Friday, folks. President Trump this afternoon confirming that he no longer plans to strike Iran after the regime canceled the planned execution of some protesters. |
| 0:16.7 | Trump has repeatedly threatened to utilize the U.S. military to free the people of Iran. |
| 0:21.2 | However, this afternoon, President Trump told reporters that he had been notified that executions of protestors had been canceled, suggesting that the military action may be off the table. |
| 0:31.3 | President Trump said, he's going to see and watch what happens and how the process plays out on anything further. |
| 0:37.1 | But he confirmed this afternoon, as I said, that nobody convinced him but himself that the military action was unnecessary |
| 0:43.3 | and that the canceling of the hangings had been an impact on the decision that he'd made. |
| 0:49.0 | A reporter asked President Trump if Israeli officials convinced him that not to strike Iran, |
| 0:53.4 | and the president replied, |
| 0:54.7 | nobody convinced him. It was all on himself. But I reiterated that the canceling of the 800 hangings |
| 1:00.9 | of protesters did play a role in why he decided not to strike. Hunter Biden's ex-lover, |
| 1:08.5 | Ludin Roberts, who's the mother of his young daughter, wants him arrested as trouble bruise regarding their child support deal. |
| 1:16.4 | In 2020, Hunter Biden agreed to pay child support to Roberts ahead of a hearing in which he faced the prospect of being inheld in contempt of court. |
| 1:24.0 | The New York Post reporting this afternoon that Hunter's daughter, Navy Joan, |
| 1:30.0 | is asking an Arkansas judge to reopen the long-running case between the former lovers and arrest |
| 1:37.0 | the felonious 55-year-old until he complies with the agreement that they settled on in 2023. |
| 1:43.7 | Hunter initially agreed to give some of the proceeds of his artwork to the child, |
| 1:48.3 | while her mother abandoned her, demanded that the child take her father's last name |
| 1:52.1 | and agreed that child support payments could be reduced from $20,000 to down to $5,000. |
| 1:57.4 | The York Post noted that a court-ordered DNA test showed that Hunter is indeed the |
| 2:02.0 | girl's father. |
| 2:03.8 | Guess it comes as no surprise, folks, that Hunter Biden is just another deadbeat loser, |
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