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11:10 AM ET, January 20, 2026

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The Bulwark:
Davos Won't Save Us  —  The elites are pretending everything is still normal.  —  You know things are going well in geopolitics when world leaders keep acting like beefing internet personalities, tweeting out screenshots of each other's texts.  —  First it was Norwegian Prime Minister …
Discussion: CNBC, Breitbart and Wall Street Journal
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Axios:
Trump heads to Davos more aggressive and ambitious than ever
Politico:   Trump unleashes on Europe
Peter Baker / New York Times:   With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment  —  ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months  —  During the second Trump administration, the population of migrants held at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Jakub Krupa / The Guardian:
Trump ‘crossing red lines’ says Belgian PM after US president warns ‘there can be no going back’ on Greenland - Europe live  —  Belgium's PM says Europe is ‘at a crossroads’ and 80 years of Atlanticism could be drawing to a close  —  EU cannot ‘stay herbivore’ in post-atlantic world, Belgium's De Wever says
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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
Top EU official questions Trump's trustworthiness over Greenland tariff threat
Paul Krugman:
It's Sundowning in America  —  A short post.  Today doesn't seem like a day for charts and number-crunching.  —  I had never heard the term “sundowning” before it happened to my own father, yet it's a fairly common syndrome.  In his last few months my father remained lucid and rational — remained himself — during daylight hours.
Discussion: The Independent, Raw Story and Reason
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
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The Guardian:
Bessent urges Europe not to retaliate against Trump's Greenland tariffs
Discussion: Politico, CNBC and NewsMax.com
Jack Brook / Associated Press:
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search  —  Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion  —  $1,408,500,000  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
Punchbowl News:
Tillis eyes new blockade over Greenland, tariffs … The North Carolina Republican is the deciding vote on all four of his committees, having exercised that leverage a few times already since announcing last year that he won't seek reelection, including most recently with Federal Reserve nominees.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
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
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Maria Cardona / Reuters:
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
Discussion: NBC News
Wall Street Journal:
Americans Foot the Bill for Tariffs, Study Finds  —  Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs, according to new research that contradicts a key claim by President Trump and suggests he might have a weaker hand in a reemerging trade war with Europe.  —  4%
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Democrats Support Bill That Would Give ICE $10 Billion  —  The party has few good options for restraining ICE, which is flush with cash thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.  —  WASHINGTON ― Democrats touted modest constraints on President Donald …
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Trump And Miller Slashing Legal Immigration By 33% To 50%  —  New research concludes the Trump administration's policies will reduce legal immigration to the United States by 33% to 50% over four years.  Restricting Americans' ability to sponsor their closest family members …
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court weighs Trump's firing of the Fed's Lisa Cook by social media  —  In the battle over President Donald Trump's effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook that is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, the justices may focus on the president's use of social media to carry out this unprecedented action.
Morgan Wolfe / KARE-TV:
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney  —  A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — A combat-wounded Army veteran …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
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 …
John F. Harris / Politico:
President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution … One year after Donald Trump began his second term with an inaugural address assertion that he was “saved by God to make America great again,” one way to measure his influence is to cast the mind forward two years from now.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
How Trump Doomed the American Auto Industry  —  Ford and GM made a big bet on electrification.  Then Trump plunged a knife into their backs.  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  About three and a half years ago, the American auto industry made a big bet on electrification …
Discussion: UnHerd
Daniel Esparza / Aleteia:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Tablet
Yun Li / CNBC:
Ray Dalio warns that ‘capital wars’ could follow Trump's actions, with countries dumping U.S. assets … Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump's aggressive political direction could spark a new phase of global financial conflict, as foreign governments …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
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 …
Politico:
Letlow launches Trump-backed Senate bid against Cassidy … Trump upended the primary in the Republican state over the weekend when he preemptively endorsed Letlow.  “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement.  RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
What Happened to Pam Bondi? … By the time she faced her first oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Pam Bondi had become a person she never really wanted to be.  She had told a reporter once that in college she'd wanted to be a pediatrician, but she ended up becoming a lawyer.
Discussion: Blaze Media and Raw Story
 
 
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