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7:10 AM ET, January 13, 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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Politico:
Trump may have damaged the case against Jerome Powell before it's even begun … Trump has long attacked Powell over his monetary policy, but more recently he has focused on Powell's management of the Fed itself, even suggesting Powell could be investigated or sued for his role overseeing a building renovation beset by cost overruns.
Jason Furman / New York Times:
Trump's Attack on the Fed Is Already Backfiring  —  On Sunday evening, news broke that the Trump administration was targeting Jerome Powell — the Federal Reserve chair, whom President Trump has been raging about for months — with a highly dubious criminal investigation into supposed financial improprieties.
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:
The Powell disasterclass  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Trump tries to focus on the economy ... as D.C. obsesses about Powell.  — The latest inflation stats are out at 8:30 a.m.  — Trump's moment of truth on Iran looms.
Wall Street Journal:
Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Minnesota sues federal government to try to end deployment of immigration agents
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments
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 …
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
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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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:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump leans toward Iran strikes but keeps diplomacy open for now  —  President Trump is leaning toward striking Iran to punish the regime for killing protesters, but he hasn't made a final decision and is exploring Iranian proposals for negotiations, a White House official with direct knowledge told Axios.
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:   A Breathtaking Week of Pure Trump Id
Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on ‘any country’ that trades with Iran
Punchbowl News:
Frontliners erupt at DNC's Martin … The tense exchanges show a wide gulf between Democratic Frontliners and the man charged with rebuilding the party following 2024's setbacks.  —  Martin attended a meeting of Democratic Frontliners on Dec. 18, where many of the vulnerable lawmakers …
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Punchbowl News:
1/13/26 ☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump will address the Detroit Economic Club this afternoon.  We expect the president to expand on some of the policies he's floated through his Truth Social account and White House advisers in recent days.  —  Just in the past week, the Trump administration has:
New York Times:
Judge Strikes Down Trump's Latest Effort to Stop Offshore Wind Project  —  The ruling means that construction can continue on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion project off the coast of Rhode Island, at least for now.  —  A federal judge on Monday ruled that construction could resume …
Discussion: Politico, NewsMax.com, The Hill and Electrek
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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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Jacqueline Sweet / The Intercept:
Bill Ackman Gave $10,000 to Jonathan Ross GoFundMe Created by User Linked to Nazi Salute Image
Financial Times:
Central bank chiefs ‘stand in full solidarity’ with Jay Powell  —  Governors from 11 institutions issue statement of support for embattled Fed chair  —  Claire Jones in London and Olaf Storbeck in Frankfurt  —  Global central bank chiefs said they “stand in full solidarity” with Jay Powell …
Discussion: Reuters
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
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 …
Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
Trump heads to Detroit to give a speech refocusing on the American economy  —  President Trump heads to Michigan Tuesday hoping to refocus attention on the economy as his party faces headwinds with voters heading into the November midterm elections.  —  He will be speaking at the Detroit Economic Club …
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
Kate Holton / Reuters:
BBC seeks to have Trump's $10 billion lawsuit dismissed  —  The BBC will file a motion to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over its editing of a speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol.  —  In a filing late on Monday …
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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Spencer Ackerman / FOREVER WARS:
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods
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