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5:30 PM ET, January 20, 2026

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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.
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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Ciara Boulman / France 24:
Macron answers Trump's tariff threats at Davos World Economic Forum
Politico:
Trump's a T-Rex and ‘pathetic’ leaders need to confront him, rages California's Newsom
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Macron: Trump wants to ‘weaken and subordinate’ Europe
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
'You'll find out,' Trump says on Greenland takeover strategy
Associated Press:
Live updates: France's Macron says EU could use a powerful trade tool in response to Trump tariffs
CNBC:
Dow futures tumble nearly 700 points after Trump threatens new tariffs over Greenland: Live updates
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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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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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Minnesota Democratic Officials Subpoenaed by Justice Department
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: New York Magazine
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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.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:   Yo, Dems: You can't ‘reform’ fascism
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 …
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 and Raw Story
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
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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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.
Discussion: Foreign Affairs
Investing.com:
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries  —  Investing.com — Danish pension fund AkademikerPension plans to sell all its US Treasury holdings by the end of January, citing credit risks associated with President Donald Trump's policies.  —  “The US is basically not a good credit …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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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 …
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.
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
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.
Discussion: The Independent
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 …
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
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
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 …
Discussion: Townhall
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 …
Discussion: Newsweek
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune
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 …
Discussion: Fortune
 
 
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court skeptical of Hawaii's ‘vampire rule’ for gun owners
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump's weird text to Norway's prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk
Marion Solletty / Politico:
US official lobbied French magistrate over Le Pen's election ban
Discussion: Newsweek and France 24
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Comer Rejects Clinton Interview on Epstein, Setting Up Contempt Vote
Discussion: Washington Times
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
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 Earlier Items: 
Devi Shastri / Associated Press:
The US is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status. Here's why that matters
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill and New York Times
Rand Paul / New York Post:
I've changed my mind — Google and YouTube can't be trusted to do the right thing and must be reined in
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Johnson to face criminal trial for child molestation
Discussion: MS NOW
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump's “roving patrols” are closing in on Americans
Politico:
Congress clinches bipartisan health deal
Discussion: Axios
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attack on Democracy Is Faltering
emptywheel:
Trump Needs a Shrink and a Baby-Sitter, Not a National Security Adviser
Maria Cardona / Reuters:
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
Discussion: NBC News and Sahan Journal