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Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg:
Trump to Hold Off on 25% Colombia Tariffs, Reaches Deal on Migrants — US President Donald Trump will hold off on imposing threatened tariffs and sanctions on Colombia after reaching a deal on the return of deported migrants, the White House said. — The South American nation …
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Associated Press:
White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown — The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Aides Want to Hit Mexico, Canada With Tariffs Before Talks — The 25% import levy could go into place as soon as Feb. 1 — Momentum is growing among President Trump's advisers to place 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada as soon as Saturday, bucking conventional wisdom in Washington …
Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Impose 25% Tariffs on Colombia. Here's What Could Cost More.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's Colombia tariffs threaten surge in coffee prices
Trump's Colombia tariffs threaten surge in coffee prices
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CNN:
Trump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights
Trump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights
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Elvia Limon / The Hill:
Colombian president orders increase of import tariffs on US goods after Trump order
Colombian president orders increase of import tariffs on US goods after Trump order
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump places tariffs, travel ban on Colombia after not accepting deportation flights
Trump places tariffs, travel ban on Colombia after not accepting deportation flights
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
No. We Should Not Move Beyond ‘That’ — The Philadelphia Eagles are going to the Super Bowl. (So are the Kansas City Chiefs, but who cares?) The last time the Eagles won it all, in 2018, many of the players declined an invitation to the White House to celebrate with President Trump …
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Less than 220K Holocaust survivors left worldwide, study finds … - A small number of survivors are expected to speak at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum commemoration in Oświęcim, Poland. — A handful of survivors will also be on hand at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's birthright citizenship EO is an attack on the rule of law — 🖊️ ✍️ 🗒️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent media is more important right now than ever. … 🖊️ ✍️ 🗒️
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Is Trump's Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’?
Is Trump's Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’?
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Jenni Reid / CNBC:
Nvidia falls 12% in premarket trading as China's DeepSeek triggers global tech sell-off … WATCH NOW — U.S. technology firms plunged in premarket trading, as Chinese startup DeepSeek sparked concerns over competitiveness in AI and America's lead in the sector, triggering a global sell-off.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump's agenda is about to hit a make-or-break moment — Huddling at the president's Florida resort, Republicans are looking to make a game plan. — House Republicans are heading to President Donald Trump's Miami-area resort for their annual policy retreat. They're not going there for the weather.
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Washington Post:
Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests — The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.
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CNN:
Trump expected to sign executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops — President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to sign three executive orders that would reshape the military, including banning transgender service members from serving in the US armed forces …
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Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Democratic lawmakers slam Trump for not making good on promise to ‘immediately’ lower food prices amid egg shortage — “During your first week of office you have instead focused on mass deportations and pardoning January 6 attackers,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren and 19 other lawmakers told the president in a letter.
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Agence France-Presse:
Brazil slams US after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed — Douglas Magno with Facundo Fernandez Barrio in Sao Paolo — Brazil's government expressed outrage on Saturday after dozens of immigrants deported from the United States arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a “flagrant disregard” for their rights.
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Joan Westenberg / The Index:
This Man is a Coward. — Mark Zuckerberg sat in the safety of his bubble this week, silent as Donald Trump dismantled and declawed the National Institutes of Health. Forty billion dollars in research funding now hangs frozen. Thousands of scientists wait in limbo.
Alaa Elassar / CNN:
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps — At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement …
Stephanie Psaki / STAT:
Who is protecting Americans from Marburg right now? — The U.S. had a playbook — now undermined — for responding to biological threats — On Saturday, Jan. 11, as we entered the final week of the Biden-Harris administration, I got a call about a suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania.
Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Elon Musk's call for Germany to ‘move beyond’ Nazi guilt is dangerous, Holocaust memorial chair says — Musk made a virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany's far-right AfD party, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents.”
CBS News:
Perplexity AI proposes TikTok merger with 50% U.S. government ownership stake — Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok's parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok's U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Fox News:
Trump to reinstate service members discharged for not getting COVID-19 vaccine — Service members will receive back pay — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to reinstate service members booted from the military for declining to get COVID-19 vaccine jabs, according to the White House.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Graham on Trump purging Inspectors General: 'That's just the way it goes when you win an election.' — Republican Senator Lindsey Graham tells CNN's Dana Bash that President Trump should have notified Congress ahead of firings, but he has the right to have people who will carry out his agenda.
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