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12:45 PM 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.
Politico:
Dimon, Wall Street heavyweights rally around Powell
Politico:   The Powell disasterclass  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Get in touch.
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
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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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Clintons defy subpoena to testify in Epstein investigation, risking being held in contempt
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution  —  The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran surpassed 2,000 people on Tuesday, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed communications during …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump urges Iran protesters to “take over” government institutions
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 …
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.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter  —  More than Donald Trump, more than Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, more than anyone in ICE's leadership, J. D. Vance has made himself the lead defender of the killing in Minnesota.  Why?
Discussion: twitchy.com and New Republic
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Julia Harte / Reuters:
Video of Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters it was justifiable
Discussion: Deseret News
Shikha Dalmia / The UnPopulist:
Abolish ICE: It Is a Threat to Americans' Safety and Freedom
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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 …
Los Angeles Times:
Anti-ICE protester 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 …
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 …
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
Lauren Coates / Variety:
Scott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ Creator, Dies at 68  —  Scott Adams, creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, who became controversial for his right-wing statements, has died following a battle with metastatic prostate cancer.  He was 68. … Adams started writing blog posts praising Donald Trump in 2015 …
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: WBUR
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.
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Expensive food, rents lift US consumer prices in December  —  U.S. consumer prices increased in December, lifted by higher costs for rents and food as some of the distortions related to the government shutdown that had artificially lowered inflation in November unwound, cementing expectations …
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.
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
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Mike Johnson criticizes Trump's 10% credit card cap  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) threw cold water on President Trump's push to cap credit card interest rates at 10% Tuesday, questioning the policy merits of the idea and signaling Congress would be unlikely to act on it.
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
4 migrants die in US custody over first 10 days of year  —  Four migrants lacking legal status died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the first 10 days of the year.  —  Parady La, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres and Geraldo Lunas Campos …
Discussion: Reuters and The Independent
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: Breitbart, ABC News and MS NOW
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
Russ Latino / 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.  A particular phrase used by Pittman appears frequently …
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires' wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed on Monday to stop …
 
 
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Mary L Trump / The Good in Us:
Gradually, Then Suddenly  —  I have been trying to organize my thoughts about everything happening …
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Mamdani ‘outraged’ after New York City Council employee detained by ICE
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Jeanine Pirro Is Going After Powell, Heedless of Backlash Global Central Bankers Show 'Full Solidarity …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about being a white man in America
Discussion: Ivy Coach and Daily Mail
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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 …
Politico:
The Trump vs. Newsom energy showdown is just getting started
CBS News:
Republican congressman proposes bill to make Greenland 51st state
John R. Bolton / New York Times:
In Venezuela, Trump Has Put Himself in a Box
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
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Yang Tian / BBC:
The BBC files a motion to dismiss Trump's lawsuit over how his January 6 speech was edited in Panorama, saying the Florida court lacks “personal jurisdiction”

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