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4:15 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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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
NATO nations deploy to Greenland after tense White House talks
NBC News:
ICE No. 2 steps down to launch run for battleground House district in Ohio
Joe Gould / Politico:
Bipartisan bill targets Trump's Greenland talk
Discussion: Bacon and The Guardian
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.
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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 …
Wired:
Minnesota Is Just the Beginning. California and New York Are ‘Next’
Discussion: The Handbasket and Fox News
New York Times:
Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act, deploy military to Minnesota
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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Associated Press:
Trump announces outlines of health care plan he wants Congress to consider  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to address rising health costs and a jump in insurance premiums after lawmakers let subsidies expire.
New York Times:
Israel and Arab Nations Ask Trump to Refrain From Attacking Iran  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked the president to postpone any planned attack.  Israeli and Arab officials fear Iran could retaliate by striking their countries.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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Financial Times:
Arab governments believe US-Iran tension ‘de-escalated’
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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Wall Street Journal:
HHS Reverses $2 Billion in Cuts to Mental-Health, Substance-Abuse Groups
Discussion: Axios, Roll Call and Montana Free Press
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 …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump has made ICE a 70-30 issue — for Democrats  —  A certain kind of pundit has been telling Democrats they're on the wrong side of public opinion on Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Sohrab Ahmari, an editor at the conservative online magazine Unherd, tweeted last week that Democrats are …
Discussion: MS NOW and Axios
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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
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
Kilat Fitzgerald / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: Children hospitalized after flash bang, tear gas hits van  — A father says he was with his six children when they were hit by munitions deployed by law enforcement in response to demonstrations that turned violent in north Minneapolis on Wednesday night.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:   Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Minneapolis
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: The Guardian, NewsMax.com and Politico
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:   Billy Long apologizes for joking about Iceland as ‘52nd state’
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 …
Washington Post:
Pentagon to overhaul independent military newspaper, calling it ‘woke’  —  Plans for more Defense Department control surface after job applicants were asked about their commitment to President Donald Trump's policies.  —  The Defense Department said it plans to overhaul Stars and Stripes …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Defense Department to overhaul military newspaper Stars and Stripes
Discussion: MS NOW
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 …
Colin Booth / Granite Post News:
Leaked Signal chat shows NH House education chair advocating whites-only schools  —  The group chat allegedly shows NH House Education Committee Chair Kristin Noble suggesting test scores would rise if students were split into white and non-white schools.  —  A leaked group chat …
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 …
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
 
 
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NBC News:
Suspect charged with assault after allegedly ramming truck into ICE vehicles in Dallas
Discussion: HotAir and Fox News
Robin Wonsley / The Nation:
Let's Make Renee Good the Last Person That ICE Kills
Discussion: The Hill and Sahan Journal
Tom Burgis / The Guardian:
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
Paul Krugman:
The Minneapolis Crucible  —  Will we forge democracy anew?
Discussion: Raw Story
David Plouffe / New York Times:
Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now
New York Times:
The Gaudy, Nasty Fictions of Donald J. Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. Now he's going to prison for child porn.
Discussion: WIS-TV and ABC17NEWS
The Guardian:
X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images
 

 
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