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12:40 PM ET, January 20, 2026

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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
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 …
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Macron: Trump wants to ‘weaken and subordinate’ Europe  —  French President Emmanuel Macron accused President Trump on Tuesday of wanting to “weaken and subordinate” Europe.  —  Macron made the comments in front of global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Politico:
Trump's a T-Rex and ‘pathetic’ leaders need to confront him, rages California's Newsom  —  Leading Democrat launches broadside at politicians who bow to Trump: “You mate with him or he devours you, one or the other, and you need to stand up to it.”  —  DAVOS, Switzerland …
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Canada's Prime Minister Says There Has Been a ‘Rupture’ in the World Order
Discussion: Washington Times
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.
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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
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) …
Discussion: NBC News
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Maria Cardona / Reuters:
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
Discussion: NBC News
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
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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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
“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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Guardian
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
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.
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court weighs Trump's firing of the Fed's Lisa Cook by social media
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
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 …
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%
Melissa Heikkilä / The Irish Times:
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns  —  Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth  —  Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has warned that artificial intelligence …
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
Christian Wienberg / Bloomberg:
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.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
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 …
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 …
Siarhei Besarab / steanlab.medium.com:
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 …
Politico:
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 …
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
‘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 …
Discussion: Aleteia, Townhall, BBC and The Tablet
New York Times:
Falsehoods Fueled Trump's First Year Back in Office  —  The president has justified many significant moves of his second term with inaccurate claims and overstated boasts.  —  In the first year of his second term, President Trump has cited an arsenal of falsehoods, baseless claims and distortions …
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!!!”
Globe and Mail:
Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion  —  Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say.  But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual  —  GAVIN JOHN  —  OTTAWA AND CALGARY
Discussion: Bloomberg 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
 
 
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Patrick Van Oosterom / Bloomberg:
Dutch Far-Right Party Loses Leading Opposition Role After Split
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attack on Democracy Is Faltering
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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
26 Villains For '26  —  To honor the nation's looming Semiquincentennial, here are some of …
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrases  —  Trump, to his mind, doesn't need no stinkin' allies
Discussion: NPR
Yun Li / CNBC:
Ray Dalio warns that ‘capital wars’ could follow Trump's actions, with countries dumping U.S. assets
 Earlier Items: 
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Michael Grunwald / New York Times:
This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers
Discussion: New Republic
Eric Levitz / Vox:
A very simple explanation for why politics is broken
Discussion: Axios
Will McCarthy / Politico:
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Noah Keate / Politico:
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