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10:45 AM ET, January 13, 2026

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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 …
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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.
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
Wall Street Journal:
Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition
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
Russell Contreras / Axios:   Why ICE agents face far less accountability than police
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
We're all just content for ICE  —  Four days on the ground in Minneapolis
Discussion: Ken Klippenstein
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:
‘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.
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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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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 …
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
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 …
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
Los Angeles Times:
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, 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 …
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
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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
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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CBS News:
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 Earlier Items: 
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Congress agrees to fund Voice of America, bucking Trump shutdown order
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump's ‘flexible’ abortion stance frustrates key GOP bloc
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Spencer Gustafson / NewsNation:
NYC Council employee detained by ICE during ‘routine’ appointment: Officials
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump leans toward Iran strikes but keeps diplomacy open for now