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11:15 PM ET, January 22, 2026

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NBC News:
House passes sprawling spending package as Democrats split over ICE funding  —  The House voted separately on DHS funding and another package of bills to avoid a partial shutdown and repeal a law that allows certain GOP senators to sue DOJ for $500,000.  —  WASHINGTON — A small band …
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and Associated Press
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Bid to rein in Trump's Venezuela war powers fails in US House  —  U.S. House of Representatives Republicans narrowly defeated a resolution on Thursday that would have barred President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without the authorization of Congress, days after a similar measure failed in the Senate.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproar
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Final spending bills move closer to House passage
Discussion: Times Now
Finya Swai / Politico:
Trump: There is ‘probably’ going to be another government shutdown
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest  —  Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration  —  The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested …
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Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Magistrate judge rejects charges against Don Lemon over anti-ICE protest in Minnesota church  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday …
Associated Press:
A woman who led a protest at a Minnesota church service has been arrested, Bondi says
NBC News:
FBI and Homeland Security arrest two protesters who disrupted Minneapolis church service
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr.  Gregory Bovino: live updates  —  The unusually swift trial is the first to result from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as Operation Midway Blitz.
Discussion: Twin Cities
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Wall Street Journal:
Jury Acquits Man Accused of Placing $10,000 Bounty on Border Patrol's Bovino
Discussion: NewsMax.com
April Rubin / Axios:
Jack Smith expects to be indicted by Trump DOJ  —  Former special counsel Jack Smith believes the Trump administration will indict him, he said during congressional testimony on Thursday. … President Trump has called Smith a criminal. … - “I believe they will do everything in their power …
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6abc:
Slavery exhibits at President's House in Philadelphia removed after Trump administration directive  —  PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Crews dismantled plaques telling the stories of the nine enslaved people who lived in the President's House in Philadelphia, and were owned by George Washington.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The slavery exhibits at the President's House have been removed following Trump administration push
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Park Service removes slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia
Discussion: CBS News
TikTok:
Announcement from the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC  —  TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC Established in Compliance with U.S. Regulatory Requirements  —  Today, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25 …
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New York Times:
TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
ICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, including 5-year-old  —  Columbia Heights Public Schools district officials accused ICE officers of using the 5-year-old “as bait.”  A 10-year-old and her mother were also detained.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
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New York Times:
Few Voters Say Trump's Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds  —  A majority of voters said that Mr. Trump had focused on the wrong priorities and that they disapproved of his handling of top issues, but the president still enjoys strong support from Republicans.
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Target of Viral Botched ICE Raid Was Already in Prison  —  WHEN ICE AGENTS DETAINED U.S. citizen ChongLy Thao in Minneapolis this weekend—breaking down his door and escorting him half-naked into the snow—administration officials claimed they'd been looking for a pair of sex-criminal migrants at the address.
Discussion: KSTP-TV and Twin Cities
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The Hill:
Watch live: Vance gives remarks from Minneapolis amid ICE turmoil
New York Times:
A Year Inside Kash Patel's F.B.I.  —  Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.  —  When he returned to office last year, President Trump called the F.B.I. a “corrupt” agency in need of overhaul.
Discussion: The Independent
CNBC:
Trump sues Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase over debanking the suit calls ‘political’ … President Donald Trump sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, on Thursday for closing accounts belonging to Trump and related entities in early 2021, in what the lawsuit calls political actions.
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STAT:
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations  —  Chair of federal panel stresses need to protect individual rights over public health  —  The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Judge skeptical of Trump's arguments he has proper authority to build White House ballroom  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  A federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's claims that it has the proper authority to continue construction on the East Wing site that was demolished last year.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Go f*ck yourself”: Jack Smith hearing rocked by angry altercation  —  A House hearing with former Trump special counsel Jack Smith was disrupted Thursday when a former police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 confronted a vocal 2020 election conspiracy theorist.
G.S. Hans / Balls and Strikes:
A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights.  She Lost Her Job Because of It  —  The revocation of Emily Suski's offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors who take positions that Republican culture warriors do not like.
New York Times:
Musk's Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show  —  Over nine days, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.  —  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok …
CNN:
Trump administration orders review of federal funding in more than a dozen Democratic states  —  The Trump administration has ordered a review of federal funding sent to more than a dozen Democratic-led states, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
The state attorneys general are as mad as you are … The sun was already beginning to set as Portlanders in weatherproof jackets and fleeces lined up around Revolution Hall.  It wasn't yet 5PM on a Wednesday but the crowd was gathering well before the town hall was scheduled to begin.
Delano Massey / Axios:
Leaders warn of authoritarian threat, urge action in 2026  —  A year into President Trump's second term, civil rights leaders say the nation is entering a more volatile phase for civil rights enforcement and democratic norms — and they're no longer waiting for signals from Washington.
 
 
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump rails against Powell: ‘Fed has been hurt and discredited’
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Meghan Blonder / The Washington Free Beacon:
'Looks Like He'll Go to Algeria': DHS Plans to Rearrest and Deport Columbia Encampment Leader Mahmoud Khalil
Karen Sloan / Reuters:
Northwestern law school defeats lawsuit alleging anti-white faculty hiring
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Discussion: Wired
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Pardoned Former New York Rep. Chris Collins to Attempt a Comeback Bid in Florida
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Our Narcissist in Chief Has Exceeded Putin's Wildest Dreams
Discussion: The Bulwark
Greg Sargent / The UnPopulist:
The Dark Ideology Behind Stephen Miller's Immigration Crusade: Part II
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Greenland Prime Minister left in dark on Trump's “ultimate” deal
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Klobuchar files paperwork needed to run for governor in Minnesota
 

 
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