Trump's Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw  —  Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?  —  Let me begin by quoting, in full, a letter that the president of the United States of America sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre.

U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland  —  Speaking to England's BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio says conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.  —  Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders …

AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.

ICE Protesters Storming Churches Now; Hotels Kicking People Out  —  This is a breaking story, so the information is a bit mixed.  There are reports of church services in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul being disrupted by anti-ICE protesters, but I suspect that the reports are all about the same disruption …

Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN  —  Tim Walz US elections Race & ethnicity  —  Josh Shapiro wasn't the only finalist to be Kamala Harris' running mate who was asked if he had ever been an agent of a foreign government, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.

There's a Reason Trump Is Targeting Minneapolis  —  Late last Wednesday night, I was standing on a street corner in the Hawthorne neighborhood in North Minneapolis when I witnessed an extraordinary confrontation.  A federal agent marched up a narrow residential sidewalk flanked by modest bungalows …

Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home  —  DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao. … — Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)2026-01- 19T00:33:56.260Z

Justice Department weighs rollback of gun regulations  —  Administration seeks to placate gun rights groups that have criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi.  —  The Justice Department is considering loosening a slate of gun regulations as it seeks to bolster support from ardent Second Amendment advocates …

France rejects Trump Gaza peace board invite over fears it wants to supplant UN  —  Trump's Gaza “Board of Peace” is facing confusion and controversy on several fronts.  —  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to join the “Board of Peace” …

Inside Bari Weiss's Hostile Takeover of CBS News  —  The network's new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.  —  On Halloween, a production team from “60 Minutes,” …

Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says  —  Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.  —  A third undocumented immigrant detained at a sprawling tent camp in the Texas desert has died …

Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds  —  Research contradicts President Trump's claim that foreigners are footing the bill, and could weaken his hand in the dispute over Greenland  —  FRANKFURT—Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs …

China's Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949  —  China's population fell for a fourth straight year and its birthrate tumbled as policymakers failed to slow a demographic crisis.  —  Declaring childbirth a patriotic act.  Nagging newlyweds about family planning.  Taxing condoms.

Presidential Message on the College Football Playoff National Championship  —  Tonight, the College Football Playoff National Championship brings a season of dedication, sacrifice, and hard work to a climactic conclusion.  It stands as the final measure of months of preparation, resolve …

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows  —  Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways - something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees  —  Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle …

I'm the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.  This Is Something I Thought I'd Never Have to Write.  —  When I took my post as secretary general of the Council of Europe just over a year ago, I did not think that I would ever have to write about the possibility of the United States taking military action against a member state.

The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees  —  LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district.  Now she faces seventeen years in prison.  —  On the Friday before Mother's Day, LaMonica McIver, a first-term Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey …

She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing provocateur  —  Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, jumped into a stranger's car after he was driven from his anti-immigrant march in Minneapolis by a large counterprotest.  —  Daye Gottsche let the stranger into the car without knowing …

DOJ Moves to Eliminate Attorney Recusals in Sweeping Power Shift  —  Proposed rule would strip prosecutors of ethical independence and place conflict decisions solely in the hands of the attorney general  —  The Trump administration is preparing to upend a foundational safeguard of the Department …

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95  —  ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died.  She passed away Saturday, surrounded by her loving family.  She was 95.

Indiana Judge and His Wife Are Shot at Their Suburban Home  —  The police in Lafayette, Ind., said they were investigating the nonfatal shootings of a Tippecanoe County Superior Court judge and his wife on Sunday.  —  An Indiana judge and his wife were shot at their home on Sunday …

Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize  —  The president told Norway's leader he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until the U.S. controlled the island.  —  3 MIN READ  —  Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister

Poll finds Americans not satisfied with handling of Epstein files … Following bipartisan calls to release the Epstein files throughout Trump's first year back in office, Congress passed a law in November requiring the DOJ to release by mid-December all documents tied to Epstein …