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8:40 PM ET, January 6, 2026

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The White House:
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy  —  Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump May Have Accidentally Pardoned the Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber … As many in Washington were easing into the new year, there was a flurry of activity last week in the prosecution of Brian Cole Jr. — the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC headquarters the night before Jan. 6, 2021.
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Five Ways To Remember January 6th  —  Too many people saw January 6th as the final aggrieved death throes of Trumpism.  We can now understand it was the start of something much darker. … Today, of course, marks a very somber fifth anniversary of January 6th — and it's clear today that the insurrectionists won.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
White House publishes website that rewrites history of Jan. 6 attack  —  Five years after a mob of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol to stop certification of Joe Biden's victory, the Trump administration is still fixated on a false narrative.  —  The White House published …
Jamie Raskin / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Never Ended
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
MAGA's Foundational Lie
Discussion: Roll Call and MS NOW
Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action  —  The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations  —  WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland …
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Reuters:
Trump, advisers discussing options for acquiring Greenland and US military is always an option, White House says  —  U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are discussing options for acquiring Greenland and utilizing the U.S. military in furtherance of the goal is “always an option,” the White House said on Tuesday.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Miller says no one would stop U.S. from seizing Greenland  —  White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller insisted Monday that Greenland should belong to the United States and said no one would oppose the U.S. militarily should it stake a claim to the self-ruling island.
Dave Troy / America 2.0:
The Russian Roots of Trump's Venezuela and Greenland Operations  —  An investigation by America 2.0 has revealed that Vladimir Putin has been attempting to influence Donald Trump to seize both Venezuela and Greenland since at least 2017.  The effort, rooted in Putin's ambitions in Ukraine …
Discussion: IJR
Politico:
Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor  —  Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego wants Congress to forestall a U.S. takeover of Greenland, requiring President Donald Trump to get lawmakers' approval for any such action after this weekend's military incursion into Venezuela.
Discussion: NOTUS, NewsMax.com, Fox News and CNBC
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman's View of the World
Discussion: Need to Know, CNN, Canary and MS NOW
Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Push Back on Trump's Designs on Greenland
Discussion: CNBC and The Spectator
Rebecca Solnit / Meditations in an Emergency:   Notes on Unbearable Stupidity, January 6, 2026 Edition
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump pushes back against Democrats' criticism of Maduro raid
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Politico:
Trump to meet with oil execs about Venezuela on Friday … The White House gathering would be a significant step toward fulfilling Trump's desire to have oil companies revitalize Venezuela's moribund crude production.  The industry overall has so far blanched at the idea of spending billions …
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New York Times:
After Maduro's Ouster, Marco Rubio Faces the Challenge of Running Venezuela
Discussion: The Hill
Sam Hill / SFGATE:
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes  —  Your American the Beautiful pass could be voided.  —  Covering up Donald Trump's face on an America the Beautiful pass may come with an extra cost at national park entrance gates this year.
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84  —  As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.'s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation's deepest secrets.  He had been serving life without parole since 1994.  —  Aldrich Ames, the most murderous turncoat …
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Aldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia, dies at age 84
Discussion: Associated Press
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:   Aldrich Ames, most damaging CIA traitor in agency history, dies at 84
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump tells Republicans to be ‘flexible’ on abortion restrictions to get a health care deal  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants Republicans to reach a deal on health care insurance assistance by being willing to bend on a 50-year-old budget policy that bars federal money from being spent on abortion services.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump predicts he will be impeached if Republicans do not win in the midterms
Sarah Ewall-Wice / The Daily Beast:
‘Dictator’ Trump Floats Idea of Canceling Midterm Elections
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story, New Republic and Axios
Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:
The Trump Regime Is Overflowing With Dangerous Monsters, Idiots, And Madmen  —  Morning.  Lot's going on.  This month is shaping up to be a very consequential month in American politics.  Let's get to it....  In Congress Dems Are Starting 2026 On Offense, Trump Very Much On Defense …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
Associated Press:
Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House to 218-213
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States  —  The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.  —  The Trump administration plans to freeze $10 billion …
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Bryce Elder / Financial Times:
Who's who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter  —  Armstrong is a former Morgan Stanley banker and trusted lieutenant of Elon Musk who advised on the takeover of Twitter.  He was appointed late last year to head up the finance function for both X Corp and xAI.
Discussion: Reuters
John Irish / Reuters:
US backs security guarantees for Ukraine at summit of Kyiv's allies in Paris  —  The United States for the first time on Tuesday backed a broad coalition of Ukraine's allies in vowing to provide security guarantees that leaders said would include binding commitments to support the country if Russia attacks again.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Hilton removing hotel that sparked DHS accusations from its systems  —  Hilton said Tuesday it is dissolving its relationship with a Minnesota hotel that sparked backlash from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for denying federal immigration agents from booking accommodations.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Hilton: On Second Thought, Please Don't Bud-Light Us!
CNN:
Trump officials told lawmakers that Maduro and his wife hit their heads as they attempted to flee US forces  —  Trump administration officials told lawmakers on Monday that then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were injured after hitting their heads …
Wired:
Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream  —  Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years.  Elon Musk's X is now removing barriers to entry—and making the results public.  —  Elon Musk hasn't stopped Grok …
Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban  —  Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws including the country's first explicit ban on abortion pills, ruling Tuesday that they violate the state constitution.
Fox News:
Republican congressman hospitalized after car accident, sources say  —  The Indiana Republican is responsive and in stable condition, sources say  —  Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind., has been hospitalized after a car accident, Fox News has learned.  —  Baird is responsive and in stable condition, Fox News sources said.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jack Smith reveals Jan. 6 committee charade  —  JACK SMITH REVEALS JAN. 6 COMMITTEE CHARADE.  Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.  The world has moved on; the news is dominated by Venezuela and the midterm elections, now just months away.
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Alexandra Koch / Fox News:
Trump says he's backing Cuellar's GOP rival despite pardoning him after daughters' ‘heart-wrenching’ plea
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, Raw Story and Newsweek
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump adds 25 countries to costly U.S. visa bond policy
Discussion: Associated Press and Newsweek
Politico:
Senators confirm Trump's drug czar
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America is Losing Blue Collar Jobs
Discussion: Raw Story
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Anselm Gibbs / Associated Press:
Tiny Caribbean islands reach deal with US government to accept asylum-seekers
Discussion: Fox News and Human Events
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Man faces federal charges in Vance home vandalism
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Mary Peltola moves toward Alaska Senate campaign
Discussion: The Independent
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrases?  —  Donald Trump's pathetic and grammatically flawed attempt to affix …
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Discussion: STAT, CBS News and Chicago Sun Times
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