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12:15 PM ET, January 15, 2026

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New York Times:
Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests  —  The agent shot a Venezuelan man who was resisting arrest, an official said.  Protesters and law enforcement officers clashed for hours, as city officials urged people to go home.  —  A federal agent shot and injured a man …
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CNN:
Federal agent shoots man officials say assaulted officer in Minneapolis, prompting protests
Associated Press:
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis
Stephen Swanson / CBS News:
ICE officer shoots man in leg in north Minneapolis after shovel attack, officials say
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Five takeaways from the Reuters interview of President Trump  —  Reuters sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump for an interview in the Oval Office on Wednesday.  Here are some takeaways from the 30-minute exchange:  —  TRUMP'S DOING IT HIS WAY  —  Trump repeatedly dismissed concerns by the public …
Discussion: MS NOW, The Hill and Bloomberg
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump's mass deportations are in big trouble  —  Support for President Trump's immigration crackdown is unraveling quickly and reviving Democratic opposition on an issue that helped decide the last election. … Now, it's chaos from ICE and other Trump immigration enforcers that's turning off the public, one viral video at a time.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  Subscribe to PN  —  Last week in Minneapolis, a masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, an unarmed 37-year-old mother, in her car.
Discussion: Zeteo
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump has made ICE a 70-30 issue — for Democrats
Discussion: CNN
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Joe Rogan's Harsh New Takedown of Trump ICE Raids Hands Dems a Weapon
Joe Gould / Politico:
Bipartisan bill targets Trump's Greenland talk  —  A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce a resolution Thursday that repudiates President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland and warns that any U.S. military action involving the Danish territory would require Congress's approval.
Discussion: The Guardian
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The Guardian:
Trump insists Greenland is crucial for national security after Denmark talks
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Mitch McConnell Eviscerates Trump's Greenland Ambitions in Scathing Floor Speech: Would Be an ‘Unprecedented Act of Strategic Self-Harm’
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Appeals Court Opens the Door to Mahmoud Khalil's Rearrest  —  Any new detention would not come immediately, and Mr. Khalil's lawyers plan to appeal.  But the ruling is a major blow to Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian movement.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Appeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
New York Times:
Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump's Power in Venezuela  —  G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump's military authority in Venezuela.  —  The Senate on Wednesday blocked a resolution that sought …
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NOTUS:   ‘Stop Proposing This Populist S—’
NBC News:
Senate blocks measure to restrict Venezuela strikes after Trump flips two Republicans
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid  —  Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person's current address, 404 Media has learned.
Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip  —  Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output.  Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.  —  Until recently, Harvard was the most productive research university …
Politico:
A crypto titan flexes in the Senate  —  IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Tim Scott cancels big crypto vote  — Scalise, Emmer face GOP scrutiny  — Dems plan bigger war powers push  —  Tim Scott is facing a crypto calamity.  —  Landmark digital asset legislation that the Senate Banking chair hoped …
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Financial Times:
Arab governments believe US-Iran tension ‘de-escalated’  —  Moves of US military personnel and aircraft carrier keep region on edge  —  Intense diplomatic efforts to dissuade Donald Trump from striking Iran, including communication between the Islamic republic and the US administration …
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Cheyenne Haslett / Politico:
Trump releases health policy outline … Trump tasked Congress with passing his proposal into law after months of failed negotiations to address the expired Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits.  —  The plan calls for aspects of what Republicans in Congress have already been advocating for …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Breitbart
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reuters
Ben Doody / Omaha World-Herald:
Rep. Don Bacon says House could impeach Trump if U.S. invades Greenland  —  Rep. Don Bacon on Wednesday ratcheted up his criticism of President Donald Trump's approach to Greenland, telling The World-Herald that Trump's comments represent “utter buffoonery” and that invading Greenland would be a …
Discussion: MeidasTouch News and IJR
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled  —  $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease  —  The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted …
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Jeremy Faust / Inside Medicine:   Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
Austin Gelder / ArkansasTimes:
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Emily Suski, the attorney and educator named last week to be the next dean at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville law school, is already …
The Guardian:
X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images  —  New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual images  —  Elon Musk's X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law …
New York Times:
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis  —  Pull up a stool at Ye Olde Pickle Factory and listen to a story about America's urban-rural divide.  —  The regulars file into Ye Olde Pickle Factory in Nisswa, Minn., before 10 a.m. most days, taking their seats at the bar.
Ketrin Jochecová / Politico:
Iceland demands answers from US after Trump ally cracks 52nd state joke  —  Billy Long's gag about the North Atlantic island landed with a jolt amid sky-high tensions over ownership of Greenland.  —  First Greenland, next Iceland?  —  Reykjavík is concerned about America's growing …
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
24 members of Congress are 80 or older.  More than half are running for re-election.  —  While older members of leadership in the House and the Senate are retiring, some from the Silent Generation say their seniority is still a boon for their districts.  —  WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker …
Discussion: Fox News
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Texas 2026 Poll: Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nomination, Cornyn and Paxton Face Potential Runoff  —  Home Polls Texas 2026 Poll: Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nomination, Cornyn and Paxton Face Potential Runoff  —  Cornyn outperforms Paxton in hypothetical head-to-head Senate matchups
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children.  Now he's going to prison for child porn.  —  He was caught sharing hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds.  —  South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens …
Discussion: WIS-TV and ABC17NEWS
David Plouffe / New York Times:
Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now  —  In election after election last year, Democrats had big wins everywhere.  Voters who swung hard to President Trump swung hard back.  These moments are incredibly rare.  Trust me.  —  It may be discordant, then, to believe the party is still in crisis.
Politico:
Abortion opponents threaten to withhold midterm support amid rift with Trump … To reassert their influence, leading abortion opponents are threatening to redirect or withhold some of their pledged tens of millions in midterms spending and the labor of their volunteer armies.
Discussion: Raw Story
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
BNY's $378 Million of Epstein Transfers Draws Wyden's Focus  —  A key Senate Democrat asked Bank of New York Mellon Corp. for information about $378 million in transfers processed for Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in jail in 2019 as he faced sex trafficking charges.
 
 
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Politico:
Senators hold bipartisan secret meeting to reshape FEMA
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Cheung / NBC News:
Democratic lawmakers urge FTC to investigate Trump phone
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump's promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far
Emma Whitford / Inside Higher Ed:
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Paul Krugman:
The Minneapolis Crucible  —  Will we forge democracy anew?
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
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Discussion: The Ringer and Bloomberg
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Let Powell and the Fed Do Their Jobs
Erica Orden / Politico:
How do you prosecute another country's president?
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Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
4 More Lawmakers in Video Say Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Them
Andrew Solender / Axios:
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