Trump says U.S. is ready to help Iranians get freedom  —  President Trump said on Saturday that his administration is ready to help the protesters in Iran get the freedom they are looking for. … - Trump's comments give more backwind to the protesters and put more pressure on the regime amid the growing unrest in the country.

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings  —  A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July  —  A killing in Minneapolis and the shooting …

A majority in name only?  House Republicans are barely hanging on.  —  Moves to Trump administration, resignations and deaths leave GOP without a functional majority.  —  On Thursday, neither party really had the majority in the House.  —  Over the course of seven roll-call votes …

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.

Ellison and the Lie … Earlier this week, Tony Dokoupil, the newly installed anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” took a brief moment to mark the five-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  “President Trump today accused Democrats of failing to prevent the attack on the Capitol …

Scoop: Bannon quietly making moves toward 2028 run  —  Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon is laying the groundwork for a 2028 run for president, two people familiar with his thinking tell Axios. … Instead, he's told allies he wants to shape the debate and pressure Republican candidates …

Banks criticize Trump's push for 10 percent credit card interest rate cap  —  Financial institutions and other credit card issuers say the cap, which the president wants in effect by Jan. 20, would limit consumers' access to credit.  —  President Donald Trump has called on credit card companies …

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 …

Beef Tallow, Long a Health Pariah, Rises to the Top of the Food Pyramid  —  The new dietary guidelines give federal approval to a fat that has slowly caught on with consumers, even as doctors have warned against it.  —  Beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the federal government told Americans …

The NIH has lost its scientific integrity.  So we left … Chou resigned Friday from the position of program director at the National Cancer Institute.  Grothaus retired on Dec. 31, 2025, from the position of program officer at the National Institute of Aging.

1 big thing: U.S. not them … Doom and gloom often light up our screens.  But that shouldn't — and doesn't — define us.  Never forget: This is a great country with exceptional promise. … - Our founders fled royalty, fought wars, formed a republic and a democracy, against all odds, all logic, all hope.

Trump's Married Labor Boss Accused of Booze-Filled Fling With Staffer  —  POPPIN BOTTLES  —  Lori Chavez-DeRemer is reportedly being investigated for pursuing a relationship with a subordinate, among other things.  —  Video  —  Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is facing …

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.

Trump declares national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil cash  —  President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability.

US military says it carried out strikes across Syria targeting Islamic State  —  The U.S. military said on Saturday it carried out multiple strikes in Syria targeting the Islamic State militant group.  —  “The strikes today targeted ISIS throughout Syria,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement …

A Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute receive a number of requests for comments regarding the permanence of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate's status.  The facts are clear and well established.

Feds bashed for “shocking” lockdown of Minneapolis ICE shooting probe  —  Former prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys are alarmed by the Trump administration's “highly unusual” decision to kick local investigators off the probe into the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

The ICE agent's cellphone video: Five key moments … Cellphone video recorded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent as he fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis surfaced online Friday, revealing new details about the hotly disputed incident from a perspective rarely seen.

Tim O'Brien on the decline of The Donald  —  “He talks in circles that would defy Magellan to make sense of.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✌️ Subscribe to PN ✌️  —  As a weekend bonus for subscribers …

Greenland's party leaders firmly reject Trump's push for US control of the island  —  Greenland's party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump's repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland's future must be decided by its people.

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.”

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.

From “America First” to “Manifest Destiny”: MAGA eyes foreign expansion  —  MAGA is pressing the Trump administration to write a new chapter in America's expansionist history — one that adds territory and influence as part of a new Western empire. … - But reframed as hemispheric dominance …