‘F**king Bitch’: Watch What ICE Agent Said Right After Renee Nicole Good's Murder in Minneapolis  —  Newly released cell phone video shows the moment when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, identified as Jonathan Ross, murdered Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, in Minneapolis …

Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center  —  The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump's second term.  —  The Washington National Opera decided on Friday to move its performances …

Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds  —  The ruling temporarily halted plans to freeze more than $10 billion in funds for anti-poverty programs bound for five Democratic-led states.  —  A federal judge in New York temporarily blocked the Trump administration …

Trump: ‘We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’ … President Donald Trump said Friday his administration will take action on Greenland “whether they like it or not,” further escalating his rhetoric as he pushes to acquire the Danish territory for the U.S.

Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland hotel worker  —  The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent's room to unclog a toilet.

Musk says X outcry is ‘excuse for censorship’  —  Elon Musk has said critics of his social media site X are looking for “any excuse for censorship”, after its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok drew criticism over its use to create sexualised images of people without their knowledge or consent.

Trump dials Collins with ‘profanity-laced rant’ over Venezuela war powers vote  —  President Trump on Thursday laid into Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) with a “profanity-laced” phone call after she supported a Democratic-led war powers resolution over his actions in Venezuela.

Trump, Venezuela and the doctrine that wouldn't die … We might call it the Monroe Creed, because, really, it is more an article of faith than a doctrine of international law.  “I believe strictly in the Monroe Doctrine, in our Constitution, and in the laws of God,” wrote the founder of Christian Science Mary Baker Eddy in 1905.

Leading conservative group pulls support for GOP Obamacare defectors  —  The conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity says it's pulling support for Republicans who vote in favor of reviving the expired Obamacare subsidies, adding new strain on the GOP as it scrambles to preserve …

What Kind of Immunity for ICE Agents?  —  Professor Michael Mannheimer (Northern Kentucky University) is the author of an important new article on “Unpacking Supremacy Clause Immunity.”  The issue of federal officer immunity from state prosecution is of obvious importance, given recent events.

Gov. Jared Polis considers clemency for Tina Peters as he begins final year in office in Colorado  —  Gov. Jared Polis says he has an ambitious agenda for his final year in office.  —  He's been full throttle since he was elected governor seven years ago, leading the state through COVID-19 …

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards  —  X's deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines.  Why won't Apple and Google pull it? … Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable …

Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’  —  The mayor said a new initiative by the Under the Radar festival exemplified an arts affordability agenda that he intends to pursue.  —  New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, was elected on an affordability agenda focused on free buses and child care.

January 9, 2026  —  Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II.  Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and women and therefore better soldiers.”

Phillips O'Brien on Venezuela and More  —  And why America wins battles but loses wars  —  I talk again with my favorite military historian/analyst about the regime change that wasn't and why America wins battles but loses wars.  Transcript follows.  —  . . .  TRANSCRIPT:  —  Paul Krugman: Hi, everyone.

Doctor Says More Than 200 Reported Dead in Tehran as Regime Opens Fire on Protests  —  As protests against Iran's government swelled significantly in size on Thursday night, the regime responded in many places by opening fire.  A Tehran doctor told TIME on condition of anonymity …

Federal court blocks key parts of Trump's anti-voting order, restores states' control over elections  —  A federal court blocked core provisions of President Donald Trump's anti-voting executive order Friday, ruling that the president had no authority to impose new election rules that threatened …

Trump's plan to strong-arm insurers into lower prices is met with skepticism … That's because the biggest culprit in rising health care costs is the rates charged by hospitals and doctors' offices, which are in turn covered by insurers, experts say.  The cost of getting health care in the U.S. is higher …

Congress Is Reversing Trump's Steep Budget Cuts to Science  —  After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed cuts and even boosting funds for basic research.  —  Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts …

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer under investigation for ‘inappropriate’ relationship with employee  —  WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is under an internal investigation following an explosive complaint alleging she's been “abusing her position” by pursuing an “inappropriate” …

The Poison Always Drips Through  —  Sometimes, history seems to be commenting on itself.  That's what it felt like when I learned that Renee Good was murdered roughly a mile away from the spot where, five and a half years earlier, Derek Chauvin choked George Floyd to death.