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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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Yeganeh Torbati / Washington Post:
‘Massacre’ feared as Iran tries to crush protests; U.S. weighs military options — A rights group said credible reports show hundreds were killed since Iran cut off the internet. The Trump administration is mulling lethal and nonlethal military options. — ISTANBUL — Reports …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Steps Up Planning for Possible Action in Iran
U.S. Steps Up Planning for Possible Action in Iran
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CNBC, The Independent, NewsMax.com and Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
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The Hill, Reuters, NewsNation, Washington Post, GV Wire, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Wrap, NewsMax.com, New York Post, vaticannews.va and Axios
Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Warns It Could Hit U.S. Bases as Trump Weighs Military Options
Iran Warns It Could Hit U.S. Bases as Trump Weighs Military Options
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NewsMax.com, UPI and The Gateway Pundit
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 — 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.
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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Mediaite and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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 …
Financial Times:
Nato silence on Donald Trump's Greenland threats rattles European allies
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Chris Murphy says ‘it would be the end of NATO’ if the U.S. annexed Greenland
Sen. Chris Murphy says ‘it would be the end of NATO’ if the U.S. annexed Greenland
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The Guardian and New York Post
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Branding Trump a neocon does a disservice to the label
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!
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:
Tom Homan pleads with Minnesota leaders to tamp down ICE rhetoric
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Grabien
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Kristi Noem tells Walz and Frey to ‘grow up’
Kristi Noem tells Walz and Frey to ‘grow up’
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Reuters, The Hill, RedState, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Daily Caller News Foundation, Daily Mail, New York Post and NewsMax.com
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 …
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Reason, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times and Newsweek
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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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
US warns Americans to leave Venezuela immediately as armed militias set up roadblocks
US warns Americans to leave Venezuela immediately as armed militias set up roadblocks
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Raw Story, RedState and One America News Network
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 …
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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CBS News:
Transcript: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Jan. 11, 2026 — The following is the transcript of the interview with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Jan. 11, 2026.
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Politico:
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.
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Fox News and Washington Times
The Guardian:
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok's nudification tool went viral — The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted — Like thousands of women across the world, Evie …
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Washington Examiner
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Purged — The purge began late Friday night, four days after Donald Trump returned to the White House. Seventeen inspectors general—internal watchdogs embedded throughout the federal government—received emails notifying them of their termination. Three weeks later came the Valentine's …
Zen Reading / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Joins Germany's AfD, Far-right Europeans in Backing Orbán as Hungary Campaign Begins — The AfD and Austria's FPÖ are boycotted by Israel over their antisemitic roots and members. Launching an uphill re-election bid, Orbán invited international far-right allies …

