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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
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.
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Alex Harring / CNBC:
‘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.
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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs on French Wine
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Macron: Trump wants to ‘weaken and subordinate’ Europe
Macron: Trump wants to ‘weaken and subordinate’ Europe
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Associated Press:
Live updates: France's Macron says EU could use a powerful trade tool in response to Trump tariffs
Live updates: France's Macron says EU could use a powerful trade tool in response to Trump tariffs
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Alex Harring / CNBC:
Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing ‘poor’ U.S. government finances
Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing ‘poor’ U.S. government finances
The Guardian:
Bessent urges Europe not to retaliate against Trump's Greenland tariffs
Bessent urges Europe not to retaliate against Trump's Greenland tariffs
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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.
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 …
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NBC News:
Congress releases massive funding bill ahead of shutdown deadline as ICE clash looms — The legislation funds key agencies before a Jan. 30 deadline to avert a shutdown, but it excludes the restraints on ICE that many Democrats have said are essential for their votes.
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New York Times:
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 …
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Washington Post:
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 …
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NBC News:
Judge posts job opening for top prosecutor spot that DOJ claims Lindsey Halligan occupies — Though a judge disqualified Halligan from her position, the Justice Department as recently as last week referred to her as the interim U.S. attorney. — WASHINGTON — A top federal judge …
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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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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.
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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 …
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Sean Boynton / Global News:
Read the full transcript of Carney's speech to World Economic Forum — Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on the “new world order” and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
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Mike Blanchfield / Politico:
Canada's Mark Carney calls on world to adapt to ‘rupture’ caused by ‘great powers’
Canada's Mark Carney calls on world to adapt to ‘rupture’ caused by ‘great powers’
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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.
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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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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
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 …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
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.
Ashley Parker / The Atlantic:
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.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
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 …
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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Noah Robertson / Washington Post:
Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation in some NATO advisory groups — The planned exit marks the Trump administration's latest move to scale back Washington's military investment in Europe's defense. — The Pentagon plans to cut its participation in a range of NATO advisory groups …
Degenerate Art:
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 …
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Salt Lake Tribune
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 …
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%
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
US forces in Caribbean seize seventh sanctioned oil tanker linked to Venezuela — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts to take control of the oil in the South American country.
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 …
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John Sakellariadis / Politico:
South Dakota SCIF plan puzzles DHS, CISA officials … “There is certainly no CISA mission that needs to share classified info with South Dakota more than any other state,” said one former agency official familiar with the planning. — POLITICO spoke to four current and former officials familiar …
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 …
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