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11:50 PM ET, January 12, 2026

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Politico:
‘Freaked out’ about the bond market: White House reels from Powell probe … The inquiry, which blindsided many White House aides, is renewing fears over the future of the central bank's independence and offering fresh fodder for concerned Senate Republicans, many of whom will be needed to confirm the next Fed chair.
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Bessent told Trump that investigation of Fed chair creates a “mess”  —  A perturbed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told President Trump late Sunday that the federal investigation into the Federal Reserve chair “made a mess” and could be bad for financial markets, two sources familiar with the call told Axios.
Politico:
GOP angst grows over Powell investigation
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump's Political Fight
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Why the Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House
Ali Bianco / Politico:
GOP flinches on the Fed
New York Times:
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane  —  Even accepting the Trump administration's claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”  —  The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane …
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution  —  In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.  —  For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim's Possible Ties to Activist Groups  —  Former department officials warned that such a broad inquiry raised the specter that forms of political protests could be criminalized.  —  Federal investigators assigned to the fatal shooting …
Discussion: Twin Cities and Raw Story
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
We're all just content for ICE  —  Four days on the ground in Minneapolis … MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The frontline of America's slow-moving civil war has come to Minnesota.  The Department of Homeland Security doubled down on their occupation of the state following last week's murder of Renee Nicole Good.
Discussion: Ken Klippenstein
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Contrarian
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Republican introduces bill to let Trump annex Greenland  —  A House Republican on Monday introduced legislation that would give President Trump the authority to annex Greenland and turn it into a U.S. state. … - Lawmakers in both parties have brushed off the notion of invading Greenland …
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Bipartisan group of lawmakers introduces bill to prevent military action against NATO members
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:   Trump's Greenland Czar Slapped With Community Note
Associated Press:
Crowd yells ‘cowards!’ after federal agents crash into a car and fire tear gas in Minneapolis  —  Federal officers fired tear gas Monday to break up a crowd of whistle-blowing bystanders in Minneapolis who showed up to see the aftermath of a car crash involving immigration agents …
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Andrew Hazzard / Sahan Journal:   'Because I was Latino, that's it': ICE rams car in south Minneapolis while profiling driver
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Trump DOJ fires prosecutor who declined to pursue James Comey case  —  The Justice Department has fired the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he declined to lead the controversial prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey …
Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on ‘any country’ that trades with Iran … The threat follows reports from human rights groups that hundreds of people have been killed in a brutal crackdown on protests against the Iranian regime that intensified over the weekend.
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:   A Breathtaking Week of Pure Trump Id
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump leans toward Iran strikes but keeps diplomacy open for now
Benjamin Storrow / Politico:
Judge reverses Trump order halting Revolution Wind … Trump, a longtime critic of offshore wind, bragged about stopping construction of wind farms during a meeting with oil executives Friday.  Those types of statements appeared to hurt the government's case in court.
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Bloomberg:
Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump  —  A US judge ruled Orsted A/S can resume building a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government's latest stop-work order, a major win for the Danish energy giant in an ongoing fight with the Trump administration over renewable energy.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Has Complained About Pam Bondi Repeatedly to Aides  —  The president has privately criticized his attorney general as weak and ineffective in recent weeks  —  President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Minnesota sues Trump to block ICE agent surge in Minneapolis … “Being free from unlawful seizures, excessive force and retaliation are not a list of aspirations Minnesotans deserve; these are rights enshrined within state and federal laws,” the lawsuit says.
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Minnesota sues federal government to try to end deployment of immigration agents
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting  —  At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the administration's handling of the fatal shooting of a motorist in Minneapolis …
Associated Press:
FBI: Suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire targeted house of worship because of its ‘Jewish ties’  —  A suspect in an arson fire at a historic Mississippi synagogue admitted to targeting the house of worship because of its “Jewish ties” and was turned in to authorities by his father …
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good  —  The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe's own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
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People:
Minneapolis ICE Shooter Told Longtime Neighbor He Was a Botanist: ‘I Had No Idea He Was an ICE Agent’ (Exclusive)  —  “It really creeps me out that those are my neighbors — that that's the kind of people I live next to,” the Chaska, Minn., resident tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Reason
Politico:
Admin works to flip Republicans on war powers vote  —  The White House is working behind-the-scenes to defang GOP concerns about its Venezuela strategy and flip at least two of the five Republicans who voted to advance a resolution that would require President Donald Trump to get congressional sign-off …
Discussion: RedState
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Explodes at GOPers as Defiance of Him Visibly Grows
Discussion: Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
Former Congressional Employee Arrested, Indicted in Theft of 240 Cell Phones  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia  —  WASHINGTON - Christopher Southerland, 43, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was arrested Friday and charged in a federal indictment unsealed …
Spencer Ackerman / FOREVER WARS:
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods  —  Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad.  But it can be the end  —  THERE IS NO reforming this.  —  There is no re-training in deescalation tactics, no reequipping with less-lethal weapons …
Statement / Statement on the Federal Reserve:
Statement on the Federal Reserve  —  The Federal Reserve's independence and the public's perception of that independence are critical for economic performance, including achieving the goals Congress has set for the Federal Reserve of stable prices, maximum employment, and moderate long-term interest rates.
NBC News:
Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly about Trump probes  —  The House Judiciary Committee hearing, scheduled for Jan. 22, comes after an eight-hour closed-door deposition before the same Republican-led panel.  —  WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly …
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Meta names former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president, vice chair … Meta on Monday announced it has appointed Dina Powell McCormick as its president and vice chairman.  —  Powell McCormick joined Meta's board in April but resigned in December, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Embracing Impeachment  —  THE TIME HAS COME to get serious about impeachment.  Donald Trump himself expects it if Democrats win the House in this year's midterms, and we've already had previews.  Scores of House Democrats voted to advance impeachment articles against Trump last month …
Reece Rogers / Wired:
MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project  —  Jeff Bezos' ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”  —  On Monday, billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $45 million to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that serves LGBTQ+ youth.
Gary Warner / Stars & Stripes:
Fort Greely struggles to feed soldiers due to impact of cuts initiated by DOGE  —  A remote Army base in Alaska that has a key role in intercepting incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles in the event of nuclear war says it is struggling to keep its dining facilities operating following …
 
 
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