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2:50 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
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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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.
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
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
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.
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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 …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump launches ‘Great Healthcare Plan,’ touting grab bag of initiatives
Discussion: CBS News and Truthout
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
NATO nations deploy to Greenland after tense White House talks … Several NATO members are deploying small numbers of troops to Greenland for a joint military exercise, in the wake of tense talks at the White House about the U.S. desire to annex it.  —  Denmark, which is responsible …
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Joe Gould / Politico:
Bipartisan bill targets Trump's Greenland talk
Discussion: The Guardian
Tom Burgis / The Guardian:
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
The Guardian:
Trump insists Greenland is crucial for national security after Denmark talks
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: Axios and ABC17NEWS
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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.
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 …
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
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 …
Jamie Dupree / Regular Order:
Oops!  The House sent the wrong Obamacare bill text to the Senate  —  Also in today's edition of ‘Regular Order’ for January 15, 2026:  — House ignores Trump push for big cuts at Voice of America.  — Democrats vow accountability on ICE arrests.  — CBO says it would cost ‘hundreds of millions’ for Pentagon name change.
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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
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.”
Discussion: New Republic
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
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
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 …
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
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.
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.
Wired:
Minnesota Is Just the Beginning.  California and New York Are ‘Next’  —  The Trump administration appears to be planning to leverage the same playbook used in Minnesota to go after other blue states.  —  The Trump administration appears to be deploying the same playbook it used in Minnesota …
Discussion: The Handbasket and Fox News
 
 
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Defense Department to overhaul military newspaper Stars and Stripes
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Paul Krugman:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Arab governments believe US-Iran tension ‘de-escalated’
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
Erica Orden / Politico:
How do you prosecute another country's president?
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Politico:
Abortion opponents threaten to withhold midterm support amid rift with Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
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