Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue  —  The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.  —  President Trump has been briefed in recent days …

Donald Trump ‘orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland’: US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operation  —  Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

When the State Terrorizes the People  —  The killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism's violent, authoritarian essence.  MAGA is at war with the reality of American society. … Renee Nicole Good, mother of three children, died mere blocks away from where she lived with her wife and her youngest son, who is 6 years old.

Trump's ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor  —  President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.”  They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.  —  President Trump has found a powerful but obscure bulwark …

Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait  —  A Trump official previously complained about a caption beside his National Portrait Gallery photo mentioning his impeachments and the U.S. Capitol insurrection.  —  The National Portrait Gallery removed a swath of text …

Day after Minneapolis shooting, Noem ordered new restriction on congressional oversight … “The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities,” Omar wrote on X Saturday after confirming she'd been denied entry to a processing center earlier in the day.

US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries  —  State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans  —  The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries …

ICE Barbie's Latest Stunt Sent Trump Insiders Into Panic  —  NOEM MAS!  —  “I don't know how we recover from this,” an administration official told Politico.  —  White House insiders are privately panicking that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump officials are digging ICE into an inescapable hole.

U.S. Launches Major Strikes on Islamic State Targets in Syria  —  The airstrikes followed an even larger attack in December to avenge the killing of three Americans last year.  —  The United States carried out major airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria on Saturday …

Minneapolis mayor says there's a ‘deep mistrust’ of federal investigation of ICE shooting  —  Mayor Jacob Frey said he didn't have preconceived notions about an investigation, but accused federal officials of saying things that are “not true.”  — Add NBC News to Google

States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting … Some policies were moving before an ICE agent fatally shot Renée Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother last week.  But her death has been cited by lawmakers as reason to squeeze ICE out of their states.

Trump threatens Cuba: Negotiate “BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE” … - But after backing off Colombia and facing allied pushback over Greenland, Havana has emerged as the hemispheric target du jour. … - The U.S. strike in Venezuela put allied Cuba, already strained by a sagging economy …

Turns Out the Obamacare Subsidy Extension Was Only Mostly Dead  —  Last week's House vote sets up a big fight in the Senate over relief for millions.  —  ∙ Paid  —  THE EFFORT TO RENEW those enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies has come back to life.  Again.

Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)