Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs on French Wine  —  France has said it will not join President Trump's “Board for Peace.”  France's agriculture minister described the tariff threat as “blackmail.”  —  President Trump threatened on Monday to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wine …

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.

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.

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) …

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

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

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 …

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.

“ICE 101” — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police  —  ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America. … It's sometimes hard to capture just how far the looking glass …

Supreme Court Doesn't Rule on Tariffs, With Next Potential Decision in February  —  The US Supreme Court didn't rule on President Donald Trump's tariffs Tuesday, meaning it probably will be at least another month before a challenge to his signature economic policy is resolved.

‘Morally acceptable’ for U.S. troops to disobey orders, archbishop says  —  Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the Catholic archdiocese for the U.S. military, expressed concern at President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland by force.  —  The Catholic archbishop for the U.S. military services said it …

Greenlanders ‘bewildered’ by Trump's ‘devastating’ takeover threats, business minister tells CNBC … Greenlanders are “bewildered” by U.S. President Donald Trump's “devastating” bid to annex the Arctic island, its business minister has told CNBC, as the issue turns into a geopolitical firestorm.

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%

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 …

Greenland PM Tells People to Prepare for Possible Invasion  —  Greenland's prime minister said the Arctic island's population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as President Donald Trump continues to threaten taking over the territory.

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.

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 …

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 …

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!!!”

MAYDAY from the airwaves: Belarus begins a death penalty purge of radio amateurs  —  Behind the absurdity of charging Baofeng users with ‘High Treason’ lies a terrifying intellectual genocide and an urgent call for international solidarity  —  In 1956, the legendary French film If All the Guys …

Congress clinches bipartisan health deal  —  Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan, bicameral health care deal early Tuesday morning they hope lawmakers will pass later this week as part of a four-bill government spending package.  Alongside funding for the departments of Defense …

Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE  —  The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally created for US military bases to apply to DHS units.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration put a drone no fly zone within 3,000 feet of …

Trump's Attack on Democracy Is Faltering  —  One year into Trump's second term, the country's institutions and civil society are still checking his authoritarian impulses.  —  The past year has been an annus horribilis for American democracy.  Donald Trump launched an assault on any source …