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11:40 AM ET, January 13, 2026

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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.
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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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition
Politico:   The Powell disasterclass  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry  —  The couple denounced the efforts by Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, to force them to appear, setting the stage for a legal battle.  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton refused on Tuesday …
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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 …
Laura Jedeed / Slate:
You've Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting.  The Truth Is Far Worse.  I'm the Proof.  —  What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets?  We're all finding out.  —  The plan was never to become an ICE agent.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Shikha Dalmia / The UnPopulist:
Abolish ICE: It Is a Threat to Americans' Safety and Freedom  —  Many government agencies have good intentions but can produce bad outcomes.  However, there is one that has bad intentions and produces evil outcomes: Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE.
Discussion: Axios and al.com
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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)
Discussion: Reason
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
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.
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 …
Preston Mizell / Fox News:
Trump administration ends temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis in US  —  Several thousand Somali nationals currently living in the US must leave the country by March 17  —  FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is ending temporary protection status (TPS) for Somalia …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:   Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Somalis in the U.S.
Los Angeles Times:
Anti-ICE protestor blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says  — 7 min Click here to listen to this article  —  A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round …
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 …
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 …
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Live Updates: Inflation Steady as Fed Considers Rate Path  —  Consumer prices in December were 2.7 percent higher than a year ago, a similar rate to the previous month.  —  What to know about the report.  —  Inflation ended the year on a subdued note, as the 2025 tariff barrage worked its way through to sticker prices.
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Jon Collins / MPR News:
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"When Judy Levy got a message on Tuesday from a member of her book club telling her that ICE agents appeared to be staging in a nearby parking lot …
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MPR News:   Twin Cities students walk out, decry ICE as surge continues
Noah Keate / Politico:
BBC wants Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit thrown out  —  The public service broadcaster said the Florida court lacks “personal jurisdiction” and the U.S. president “fails to state a claim.”  —  LONDON — The BBC will attempt to have Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over the way it edited a 2021 speech thrown out of court.
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Kate Holton / Reuters:
BBC seeks to have Trump's $10 billion lawsuit dismissed
Discussion: Fox News
NPR:
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions  —  When Emma Brennan and Lauren Wright got married last year, the couple began weighing seriously whether or not to have a child.  “A lot of people our age are not having kids, or are waiting, and they have a great life regardless,” Brennan said.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Steph Brawn / The National:
New Ukip logo slated over ‘similarities to Nazi symbol’  —  A NEW party logo proposed by the UK Independence Party (Ukip) has been slammed for being strikingly similar to a Nazi symbol.  —  The party has bid to replace its purple and yellow logo featuring a gold pound sign with a black …
Discussion: PinkNews
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
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump urges Iranians to ‘take over’ institutions, cancels meeting with officials  —  President Trump said Tuesday he has canceled meetings with Iranian officials amid widespread demonstrations in the country, and called on protesters to “take over” Iranian institutions.
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 …
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.
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Young Americans Are Turning Antisemitic  —  A recent survey shows a clear shift toward anti-Jewish sentiment—and it's worst on the far right.  —  SATURDAY'S DEVASTATING ARSON ATTACK on the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, has been the latest in a string of reports that highlight …
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Member stock-trading is the latest target for a Democratic discharge petition  —  A senior House Democrat, in a long-shot move to force a member stock-trading ban to the floor, said Tuesday he will launch a discharge petition after Republican leaders moved to sidestep bipartisan efforts to address the issue.
Politico:
The Trump vs. Newsom energy showdown is just getting started … Trump's two-pronged offensive makes sense: It's allowed the administration to push its fossil fuels-first agenda while racking up wins against Gov. Gavin Newsom, a political adversary and stand-in for Democrats' energy priorities writ large.
Magnolia Tribune:
Accused Beth Israel arsonist Spencer Pittman calls congregation ‘the synagogue of Satan’  — The FBI's affidavit against Spencer Pittman in the Beth Israel fire lays out damning details and also provides clues as to Pittman's motives. … Jackson, Miss. — On Monday, Stephen Spencer Pittman …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Lawsuit dismissed after Trump admin quietly restored tens of millions to Planned Parenthood … “More than 800 service sites were unable to provide Title X services.  Hundreds of thousands of patients were unable to get Title X services.  So the impact was tremendous,” said Brigitte Amiri …
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune
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 …
NBC News:
Trump turns to progressives for ideas on affordability  —  The president called Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Monday, and she said they discussed legislation to cap credit card interest rates.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  President Donald Trump is looking for unlikely allies …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Florida Rep. Neal Dunn to retire  —  Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) is retiring, he announced Tuesday in a post on social media, becoming the latest House Republican to call it quits ahead of what is expected to be a punishing midterm election year for the party in power.
Discussion: Florida Politics
 
 
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
January 12, 2026  —  Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
House Democrats ask Trump administration if any Jan. 6 rioters are now working for ICE
CBS News:
Republican congressman proposes bill to make Greenland 51st state
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court is about to confront its most embarrassing decision
John R. Bolton / New York Times:
In Venezuela, Trump Has Put Himself in a Box
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
One year in, Trump's economy is a mess
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Where has all the money gone?  —  Benefits for the elderly have gotten more generous and there are more old people than ever.
Nathaniel Rodriguez / The Hill:
Cruise ship out of Florida hit by norovirus outbreak; 94 affected
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Congress agrees to fund Voice of America, bucking Trump shutdown order
Punchbowl News:
Frontliners erupt at DNC's Martin
Discussion: Washington Times
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Has Complained About Pam Bondi Repeatedly to Aides