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9:40 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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Johanna Treeck / Politico:
Global central bankers speak up for beleaguered Fed Chair Powell  —  The International brotherhood of monetary mandarins is up in arms about what they see as a political attack on an upstanding colleague.  —  Global central banks rallied behind Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday …
Paul Krugman:
Trump is Venezuelifying the United States  —  So federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.  In his statement in response, Powell, to his credit, didn't dignify the obviously spurious accusations by protesting his innocence.
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.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Bessent told Trump that investigation of Fed chair creates a “mess”
Wall Street Journal:
Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition
Politico:   The Powell disasterclass  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.
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: Raw Story
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
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
We're all just content for ICE  —  Four days on the ground in Minneapolis
Discussion: Ken Klippenstein
Bloomberg:
America Doesn't Need Greenland.  It Needs a Reality Check  —  For all the bluster and juvenile memes surrounding American ambitions in Greenland, the White House has yet to offer a good explanation for why the US needs to control the massive Arctic territory.  That's because there isn't one.
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CBS News:
Republican congressman proposes bill to make Greenland 51st state
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Republican introduces bill to let Trump annex Greenland
New York Times:
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss's Bumpy Revamp at CBS  —  Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.  —  Bari Weiss's message to the “CBS Evening News” team was blunt.
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 …
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.
NBC News:
Trump turns to progressives for ideas on affordability
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Somalis in the U.S.  —  Somali immigrants in the U.S. with TPS must leave the country by March 17, she said.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for Somali immigrants …
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Preston Mizell / Fox News:
Trump administration ends temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis in US
Discussion: Bloomberg and twitchy.com
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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ProPublica:
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing  —  Immigration agents have put civilians' lives at risk using more than their guns.  —  An agent in Houston put a teenage citizen into a chokehold, wrapping his arm around the boy's neck …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Resistance Libs Were Right  —  For the last decade there's been a debate, among people who don't like Donald Trump, about whether he's a fascist.  —  The argument that he isn't often hinges on two things.  First, when Trump first came to power, he lacked a street-fighting force …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court weighs state restrictions on transgender student-athletes  —  The conservative-majority court hears arguments on challenges to laws in West Virginia and Idaho that bar transgender students from participating in girls' or women's sports.  —  WASHINGTON — Diving …
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Julian Mark / Washington Post:
A West Virginia teenage trans athlete's case goes to the Supreme Court
CNN:
Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome  —  Federal agencies US military National security  —  The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators …
Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR:
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House  —  The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express “improper ideology.”
Discussion: ABC News, MS NOW and Fox News
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 …
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Congress agrees to fund Voice of America, bucking Trump shutdown order  —  The Trump administration has tried to eliminate funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA.  Appropriators in Congress have had other ideas.  —  Lawmakers from both parties and houses of Congress …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court is about to confront its most embarrassing decision  —  Judges rarely complain openly about the Supreme Court, for the same reason that most people do not publicly chastise their bosses.  Attacking your boss is a good way to ensure that your own work will be discounted — or worse.
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 …
Nathaniel Rodriguez / The Hill:
Cruise ship out of Florida hit by norovirus outbreak; 94 affected  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A cruise ship that departed Florida has been hit by a norovirus outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  —  The CDC reported that 94 people fell ill …
Spencer Gustafson / NewsNation:
NYC Council employee detained by ICE during ‘routine’ appointment: Officials  —  Want to see more of NewsNation?  Get 24/7 fact-based news coverage with the NewsNation app or add NewsNation as a preferred source on Google!  —  NEW YORK (WPIX) — A New York City Council employee was detained …
Mizy Clifton / Politico:
US State Department threatens UK over probe into Elon Musk's X  —  Official Sarah B. Rogers said “nothing is off the table” if X is banned in the U.K.  —  LONDON — The U.S. Department of State's Sarah B. Rogers says “nothing is off the table” if the U.K. government makes good on its threat …
 
 
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Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
House Democrats ask Trump administration if any Jan. 6 rioters are now working for ICE
John R. Bolton / New York Times:
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Discussion: The Free Press
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As MAHA wages war on pesticides, the GOP is caught in the middle
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
One year in, Trump's economy is a mess
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Why ICE agents face far less accountability than police
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump's ‘flexible’ abortion stance frustrates key GOP bloc
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Kate Holton / Reuters:
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
A Breathtaking Week of Pure Trump Id
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