Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data … Shapiro said the case of the two DOGE team members appeared to undermine a previous assertion by SSA that DOGE's work was intended to “detect fraud, waste and abuse” in Social Security and modernize the agency's technology.

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 …

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.

Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry  —  The move showed a significant expansion of the Justice Department's investigation into the state's leaders, including Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis.  —  Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas on Tuesday …

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 …

Federal judge moves to replace Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney  —  A second judge called her continued use of the U.S. attorney title a “charade” and threatened discipline for government lawyers in Virginia who keep referring to her that way.  —  In a pair of extraordinary moves …

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) …

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.

‘This is sell America’ — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets … The “sell America” trade is in full swing Tuesday morning after President Donald Trump and European leaders escalated tensions over Greenland.  —  U.S. bond prices tumbled, sending yields spiking.

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 …

This Is the End  —  One year ago today Donald Trump was sworn in as president and the American-led global order that had structured world affairs since 1945 ended.  The world did not realize this reality at the time.  —  Europeans thought they could bargain with Trump to maintain the status quo.

“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 …

Trump Exhaustion Syndrome  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Among the greatest tricks Donald Trump ever pulled is convincing significant portions of the population that the slow erosion of their rights is not, actually, that big of a deal.

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

Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE  —  The Federal Aviation Administration put a drone no fly zone within 3,000 feet of “Department of Homeland Security facilities and mobile assets,” according to a notice to airmen posted by the government.

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 …

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

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%

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 …

Into the abyss  —  The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.  —  Events are moving so quickly that it's worth stopping to assess where we are.  The U.S. government is currently building massive detention facilities, already detaining tens of thousands of people …

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 …

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 …

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.

House Democrats' support for impeaching Kristi Noem is exploding  —  Support among House Democrats for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is skyrocketing, nearly doubling in the last week to 100 co-sponsors. … - Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), who has harshly criticized impeachment efforts …

I've changed my mind — Google and YouTube can't be trusted to do the right thing and must be reined in  —  Youtube and its parent company Google deserves to be sued.  —  For the past three weeks YouTube has been hosting a video that is a calculated lie, falsely accusing me of taking money from Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

Trump's deeply unpopular presidency so far  —  A year after his inauguration, polls show he's as unpopular as ever and many Americans dislike his major policies.  —  At the start of President Donald Trump's second term, a Wall Street Journal poll found that voters said they liked his ideas …

ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow  —  A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and Crocs.