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4:25 PM ET, January 11, 2026

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Minho Kim / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’  —  Where Things Stand  — Minneapolis crackdown: The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, told Fox News on Sunday that “hundreds more” federal agents were being dispatched to Minneapolis …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
As Minneapolis ICE shooting draws national attention, local and federal leaders dig in their heels
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting
Discussion: Fox News
Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:   ICE Barbie's Latest Stunt Sent Trump Insiders Into Panic
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Minneapolis mayor says there's a ‘deep mistrust’ of federal investigation of ICE shooting
Discussion: The Guardian and Politico
Riya Misra / Politico:
'It's Going to Take ICE a Long Time to Dig Out of This'
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and UPI
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran warns it will target US troops and Israel if America strikes over protests  —  Nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country's capital and its second-largest city into Sunday, crossing the two-week mark as violence surrounding …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Steps Up Planning for Possible Action in Iran  —  Trump aides are set to brief the president Tuesday on measures, including military, cyber and economic, to follow through on his threats  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is scheduled to be briefed Tuesday on specific options to respond …
Politico:   Death toll in crackdown on protests in Iran spikes to at least 538, activists say
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration  —  Government data show the Trump administration's immigration policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.  The latest data indicate a substantial drop in foreign-born workers …
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Joseph Politano / Apricitas Economics:
The ‘No Hire’ Economy  —  US Job Growth has Zeroed Out as Hiring Rates Sink, Hitting Young & Low Income Workers the Hardest  —  Thanks for reading!  If you haven't subscribed, please click the button below:  —  By subscribing, you'll join over 75,000 people who read Apricitas!
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
Why are federal agents gunning down Americans in the streets?  —  The shooting of Renee Good, like all of the ICE abuses, is symptomatic of a deeper mental illness.  —  Cross-posted by Noahpinion … - Brad DeLong  —  “What if you knew her and/ Found her dead on the ground/ How can you run …
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Thomas Zimmer / Steady:   When the State Terrorizes the People
David French / New York Times:   Trump and Vance Are Fanning the Flames. Again.
Daily Mail:
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.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
New year's blitz reveals Trump's limitless view of power  —  The first week of 2026 left little ambiguity about what President Trump thinks of power — or whether there are any limits on his.  Just listen to him and top aide Stephen Miller.  — Trump to The New York Times …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Chris Murphy says ‘it would be the end of NATO’ if the U.S. annexed Greenland  —  The senator's comments come after President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would “do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.”  — Add NBC News to Google  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy …
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Post
New York Times:
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 …
New York Times:
Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of the Grateful Dead, Dies at 78  —  His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band's sound as it became an American institution.  —  Bob Weir, a guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead …
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
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 …
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Letters / Augusta Free Press:
Vanishing act: How UVA's presidential search missed what took us an hour to find  —  Inside Higher Ed's recent story, “UVA Presidential Hire Raises Process Concerns,” frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president as follows …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
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 …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Says Cuba Will No Longer Get ‘Oil or Money’ From Venezuela
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Associated Press:
Reference to Trump's impeachments is removed from the display of his Smithsonian photo portrait  —  President Donald Trump's photo portrait display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has had references to his two impeachments removed, the latest apparent change at the collection …
New York Times:
Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax  —  More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.  —  Some of Silicon Valley's ultrawealthy …
Max Rego / The Hill:
Cassidy on RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change: 'Let's just take care of people and move beyond your ideology'  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) expressed further frustration Sunday with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changing the childhood vaccine schedule.
Discussion: New York Times and NewsMax.com
 
 
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump now a tyrant restrained only by ‘my own morality.’ We stop him with our own.
Discussion: The Guardian
Zen Reading / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Joins Germany's AfD, Far-right Europeans in Backing Orbán as Hungary Campaign Begins
The Guardian:
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok's nudification tool went viral
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Purged  —  The purge began late Friday night, four days after Donald Trump returned to the White House.
CBS News:
Transcript: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Jan. 11, 2026
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Sweden to invest $1.6 billion in air defence systems
Discussion: Bloomberg
Martina Sapio / Politico:
Germany rebukes RFK Jr.'s claims Berlin prosecuted doctors over Covid vaccine
Discussion: New York Sun and Associated Press
Anthony L. Fisher / MS NOW:
The country I love doesn't look like Trump's America
Washington Post:
Iraq War critic, Venezuela mission defender: Vance's foreign policy journey
Discussion: New Yorker
Arian Campo-Flores / Wall Street Journal:
The Dream of a Florida Retirement Is Fading for the Middle Class
emptywheel:
Stephen Miller's Big Shift: Mother-Shooting Goons Replace VA Nurses and Psychologists
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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César López Linares / LatAm Journalism Review:
How independent Venezuelan outlets, operating from exile and in alliance with reporters who remain in the country, managed to cover Maduro's ouster

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
PBS says it is ending PBS News Weekend, due to federal budget cuts; anchor John Yang says he'll be leaving PBS but many members of the show's team will remain

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Television Academy sets Emmys rules to allow inquiries about AI use in submissions, and renames Outstanding Television Movie category to Outstanding Movie
 
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