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1:35 PM ET, January 15, 2026

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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 …
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NBC News:
ICE No. 2 steps down to launch run for battleground House district in Ohio  —  Madison Sheahan joins a crowded GOP primary for the seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.  —  Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan on Thursday resigned her post …
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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Tara Suter / The Hill:
DHS says man shot in leg during Minneapolis scuffle, federal officer hospitalized  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that a federal officer shot a man during a scuffle in Minneapolis that involved multiple people — an incident that comes a week after the fatal shooting …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
With Blood on His Hands, Trump Is Eager To Invoke Insurrection Act  —  Programming Note  —  We're hosting our first Morning Memo Live event on Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C. Find details and tickets here — and TPM members should look out for a special discount code in your inboxes today.
Discussion: Executive Functions and Althouse
Associated Press:
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown.
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Releases More Details About the Three Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens Who Violently Beat a Law Enforcement Officer with Weapons
CNN:
Federal agent shoots man officials say assaulted officer in Minneapolis, prompting protests
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act, deploy military to Minnesota
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests
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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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump has made ICE a 70-30 issue — for Democrats
Discussion: ABC17NEWS and Axios
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government
Discussion: Zeteo
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:   Abolish ICE? It's a Slogan Some Democratic Critics of ICE Would Abolish.
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’
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact  —  The Great Healthcare Plan  —  CALLING ON CONGRESS TO LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump called on Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan, a comprehensive plan to lower drug prices …
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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.
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Appeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
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.
Discussion: New Republic
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 …
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 …
Maria Curi / Axios:
ICE raid on Meta shows tension between Trump's immigration and AI agendas … - Two drivers from Guatemala and Honduras were arrested because of their immigration status, according to the reports.  — ICE agents reportedly did not enter the $27 billion Meta facility.  — Meta declined to comment.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and GV Wire
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Brian Mann / NPR:
24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored  —  After a tense day of confusion and backroom negotiations, the Trump administration moved Wednesday night to restore roughly $2 billion in federal grant money for mental health and addiction programs nationwide.
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NBC News:
HHS quickly reverses $2 billion in mental health and substance abuse cuts after pushback
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
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime's Nuclear Program  —  He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa's secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.  —  Renfrew Christie, a South African scholar whose undercover work …
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: NewsMax.com and 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
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.
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.
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
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 …
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
Politico:
You make me wanna shout  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul's campaign is treating Republican candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman's Buffalo Bills faux pas as a pick six.  —  Blakeman on Wednesday told reporters in Albany he's a longtime Bills fan, spurred by the New York Jets leaving the state to play in New Jersey.
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
Jeremy Faust / Inside Medicine:
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau.  “This is another Tuskegee.”  —  The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
Discussion: The Guardian and New Republic
 
 
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Isabella Volmert / Associated Press:
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
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Politico:
Senators hold bipartisan secret meeting to reshape FEMA
Discussion: Raw Story
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
BNY's $378 Million of Epstein Transfers Draws Wyden's Focus
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
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 Earlier Items: 
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‘Stop Proposing This Populist S—’
Paul Krugman:
The Minneapolis Crucible  —  Will we forge democracy anew?
Discussion: Raw Story
Financial Times:
Arab governments believe US-Iran tension ‘de-escalated’
New York Times:
The Gaudy, Nasty Fictions of Donald J. Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Erica Orden / Politico:
How do you prosecute another country's president?
Discussion: Raw Story and JURISTnews
Andrew Solender / Axios:
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NBC News:
Senate blocks measure to restrict Venezuela strikes after Trump flips two Republicans