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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 …
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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.
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.
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Colby Smith / New York Times:
Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump's Political Fight
Fed Changes Course and Takes On Trump's Political Fight
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New York Times:
Trump Suggests Renee Good's ‘Disrespectful’ Attitude Justified Fatal ICE Shooting — President Trump suggested that Renee Good's “highly disrespectful” attitude toward law enforcement played a role in her fatal shooting by an ICE agent. — President Trump has added another justification …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Minnesota sues Trump to block ICE agent surge in Minneapolis
Minnesota sues Trump to block ICE agent surge in Minneapolis
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Minnesota sues federal government to try to end deployment of immigration agents
Minnesota sues federal government to try to end deployment of immigration agents
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments
Minnesota and Illinois Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Deployments
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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 …
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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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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump leans toward Iran strikes but keeps diplomacy open for now
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
A Breathtaking Week of Pure Trump Id
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 …
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Bloomberg:
Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump
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Benjamin Storrow / Politico:
Judge reverses Trump order halting Revolution Wind
Judge reverses Trump order halting Revolution Wind
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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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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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Mississippi Free Press:
Jackson Synagogue Burning Suspect Tells Judge, ‘Jesus Christ Is Lord’ — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Stephen Pittman beamed into federal Magistrate Judge Andrew Harris' Jackson courtroom from his hospital bed on Monday, his IV visible on a TV screen …
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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Jacqueline Sweet / The Intercept:
Bill Ackman Gave $10,000 to Jonathan Ross GoFundMe Created by User Linked to Nazi Salute Image
Bill Ackman Gave $10,000 to Jonathan Ross GoFundMe Created by User Linked to Nazi Salute Image
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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.
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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 …
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Fine, Randy:
Congressman Fine Introduces Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act to Strengthen U.S. National Security and Put Our Adversaries on Notice — Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Fine (FL-06) introduced the Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act, landmark legislation focused …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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US Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Navy Sailor Sentenced to 200 Months for Spying for China — For Immediate Release — Today, the Justice Department announced that Jinchao Wei, a former U.S. Navy sailor who was convicted of espionage by a federal jury in August 2025, was sentenced in federal court to 200 months in prison.
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