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2:40 PM ET, January 19, 2026

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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
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.
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Tom Fairless / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Has an Offramp on Greenland.  He Doesn't Seem to Want It.  —  The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security.  But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.
Alain Berset / New York Times:
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.
Government.no:
Statement from The Prime Minister  —  Statement from Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre regarding communications with President Donald Trump.  —  'I can confirm that this is a text message that I received yesterday afternoon from President Trump.  It came in response to a short text message …
John Irish / Reuters:
Trump tells Norway he no longer feels obligation to think only of peace  —  U.S. President Donald Trump has told Norway's prime minister in a letter that he no longer feels obligated “to think purely of Peace” because he had not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and he repeated his demand for control of Greenland.
Associated Press:
Starmer says Trump's Greenland tariff threat ‘completely wrong’ and a trade war in no one's interest
Politico:
Denmark sends more troops to Greenland
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Lizzie Dearden / New York Times:
Starmer Pushes Back Against Greenland Tariff Threat as ‘Completely Wrong’
Bloomberg:
Germany Says Trump Reached Red Line With Greenland Threat
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: MS NOW and Althouse
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy … The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America's “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades.
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Devin Watkins / Vatican News:
Three US Cardinals: Foreign policy must respect human dignity, religious liberty
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
Full Mad King
Discussion: Mediaite
Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:   America vs. the World
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
‘No longer in my hands’: How Hill Republicans stopped caring about DOJ releasing the Epstein files … “I don't give a rip about Epstein,” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said last week when she was asked to take stock of the month since the Dec. 19 deadline.  —  “Like, there's so many other things we need to be working on,” she added.
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Poll finds Americans not satisfied with handling of Epstein files
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and CNN
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
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.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race  —  Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster Nate Morris, an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Axios has learned. … - Musk, the world's richest person …
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
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,” …
Hannah Miao / Wall Street Journal:
China's Birthrate Sinks to Record Low  —  Population shrinks for fourth consecutive year  —  China's population shrank for a fourth consecutive year as its birthrate fell to a record low, underscoring the demographic challenges facing the world's second-largest economy.  —  The details
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
China's Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949
Discussion: Associated Press, Fortune and Semafor
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE's Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman.  Twice  —  When authorities used Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) facial recognition app on a detained woman in an attempt to learn her identity and immigration status, it returned two different and incorrect names …
Associated Press:
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees  —  Detainees are being held at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.  —  Federal officers stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protest on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Discussion: The Guardian
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
Author of 'Don't Say Abolish ICE' Memo Is a Corporate Consultant  —  Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  The author of a controversial memo telling Democrats …
Discussion: Eschaton
Patrick Hudson / The Tablet:
Broglio: US personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland  —  It does not seem really reasonable that the United States would attack and occupy a friendly nation.'  —  The Archbishop of the Military Services said that Trump administration's threat to attack the territory 'tarnishes …
Kaye Wiggins / Financial Times:
Lawyers are ‘endangered’ in Trump's America, international group warns  —  Citation places US alongside Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan as places that have threatened the rule of law  —  The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, an annual event to raise awareness of risks to members of the profession …
 
 
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Post Trump meeting, Venezuelan opposition leader says country will hold ‘free and fair’ elections ‘eventually’
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Some Trump voters are sneaking away
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James Surowiecki / The Atlantic:
Welfare Fraud Is a Problem—For Democrats
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Clint Smith / The Atlantic:
Those Who Try to Erase History Will Fail
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Americans Should Understand MLK, Jr.'s True Legacy
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You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures …
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Trump's suspension of naturalization ceremonies leaves hopeful citizens in limbo
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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CBS airs 60 Minutes' CECOT segment, which Bari Weiss shelved in December as it lacked an on-camera interview with a Trump official, without such an interview

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