Scott Bessent says U.S. is unconcerned by Treasury sell-off over Greenland, calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ … “Denmark's investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Scoop: Jeffries opposes bill funding DHS and ICE  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told his caucus during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday that he opposes a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, five sources familiar with his comments told Axios.

Howard Lutnick heckled at World Economic Forum dinner  —  Event hosted by Larry Fink descended into uproar after combative remarks from US commerce secretary  —  US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick was heckled at a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos hosted by BlackRock's Larry Fink, according to people at the event.

Trump Power Over Fed Tested as Supreme Court Hears Cook Case  —  The US Supreme Court so far has helped shield the Federal Reserve from President Donald Trump's efforts to seize control.  An argument Wednesday will test just how committed the court is to the Fed's independence.

Carney Speech on U.S. ‘Rupture’ and Canada's Survival Draws Standing Ovation at Davos  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney got a standing ovation in Davos for starkly describing the end of Pax Americana.  He is looking for new allies to help his country survive it.

I've Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years.  What ICE Is Doing Is Different.  —  Police agencies in the United States kill more than 1,000 people each year.  After many of those deaths, the agencies involved put out statements.  Those statements often use what's known as the exonerative voice to minimize officers' involvement.

Capitol agenda: Lawmakers nearly at the funding finish line  —  Congress is on track to avoid another shutdown, but it needs to clear several hurdles in a short amount of time in order to beat its month-end deadline.  The pressure is on the House to pass four of the most challenging spending bills Thursday …

Trump to travel the country weekly ahead of midterms … The announcement comes as polling has regularly shown Trump's popularity slipping and voters beginning to blame his policies for the high cost of living.  In addition, some in his party have worried that Trump has been too focused on foreign affairs.

Trump's Politics Are Not America First.  They're Me First.  —  I have never trafficked in the conspiracy theories about Donald Trump and Russia.  I never thought that he was a Russian asset or that Vladimir Putin had some financial leverage on him or sex tapes to blackmail him with.

Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education  —  Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.  —  President Trump had barely returned to power last year when Hector F. Ruiz …

Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter  —  The seizure “chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm,” The Post says in statement.  —  The Washington Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return …

New poll: Trump loses ground on immigration; Dems lead 2026 House vote by 8 points  —  This article reports results from the January 2026 Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read our previous poll releases here.  Subscribers to Strength In Numbers have access to additional tracking visuals …

American democracy on the brink a year after Trump's election, experts say  —  Scale and speed of president's moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes - is the US in democratic peril?  —  Three hundred and sixty-five days after Donald Trump swore his oath of office and completed …

Pentagon orders more active-duty soldiers to ready for possible Minneapolis deployment  —  The department has issued a ready to deploy order for a Army military police brigade stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  —  The Pentagon has ordered active-duty military police soldiers based …

They ransacked the U.S. Capitol and want the government to pay them back  —  The president's pardon freed them from prison and emboldened them to demand money from the government.  —  Yvonne St Cyr strained her body against police barricades, crawled through a broken Senate window, and yelled …

In 2026, ICE detainees are dying at an alarming rate  —  In 2025, 32 people died in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  That figure was the largest in more than two decades and tied for the highest number of deaths among ICE's detainee population ever.

Senior CDC official: Loss of measles elimination status in U.S. would be ‘cost of doing business’  —  Agency's principal deputy director suggests transmission inevitable due to international travel  —  With measles transmission in the United States at  —  levels that haven't been seen in decades

Abigail Spanberger's 48-Hour Honeymoon  —  Abigail Spanberger had a solid two-day run.  Between her swearing in on Saturday and Monday morning, the self-styled Democratic moderate was widely hailed as Virginia's first female governor.  —  A member of the “Mod Squad,” supposedly an antidote …

Trump 2.0 stock market underperforms Trump 1.0  —  U.S. stocks performed worse during the first year of President Trump's second term than during the same period of his first term.  — The S&P 500 also underperformed the first year of the Biden and Obama presidencies.

Kristi Noem's assault on the Fourth Amendment  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 … This is the bedrock principle of the Bill of Rights, protecting ordinary people, regardless of their citizenship status, when they interact with law enforcement.

Judge denies lawmaker request for ‘independent monitor’ to oversee Epstein files release  —  A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the Justice Department's disclosure of files related …

Trump Marks First Year In Office With Unhinged Racist Rant Targeting ‘Very Low IQ’ Somalis  —  President Donald Trump spent the first anniversary of his second term on Tuesday pitching himself to the American people from behind the White House briefing room podium.

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves  —  On expecting a different result.  —  ∙ Paid  —  If past is prologue, and news reporting is correct, Senate Democrats will (for the third time in one year) help Republicans pass enabling legislation for Donald Trump's government.

Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data  —  A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.  —  The Trump administration has acknowledged …

Trump says individuals will soon be prosecuted for 2020 election … Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed that former President Joe Biden did not actually win the 2020 presidential election.  —  Though Trump has claimed that there was widespread voter fraud, federal judges and election officials have refuted the claim.