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7:10 AM ET, January 23, 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 and Fox News
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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
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  —  The National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President's House Site in Independence National Historical Park, provoking a lawsuit from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's administration.
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and New York Times
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: Chicago Tribune and 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 and Associated Press
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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
Washington Post:
Trump sues JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon over cutting off banking access  —  Trump said the financial giant abruptly closed his accounts in February 2021, in the weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  —  President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Thursday against JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive …
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NBC News:
‘The damage has been done’: As Trump claims victory on Greenland, Europe loses trust  —  President Donald Trump said in a speech at Davos that the U.S. must have Greenland.  He leaves without ownership, but having shaken his country's alliance with Europe, experts say.
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Ally Heath / Straight Arrow News:
Special counsel Smith tells House Trump broke the law in first public testimony  —  This story is a Media Miss by the right as only 19% is from right-leaning media.  —  58% left coverage19% right coverage  —  Jack Smith, former U.S. special counsel, said his probe found proof beyond …
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
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
US officially leaves World Health Organization  —  After nearly 80 years of membership, the U.S. is officially no longer part of the World Health Organization (WHO).  —  President Trump initiated the removal process in an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term.
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.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Exclusive: Mark Kelly's money bomb  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Makayla Gray  —  Happy Friday.  This is Adam Wren.  Get in touch.  —  MUST LISTEN: “The Conversation” is back!  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat down with Dasha for the first episode of season three.
Discussion: Reuters
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
FCC Cracks Down on Talk Shows Hosting Partisan Candidates  —  The Federal Communications Commission told broadcasters on Wednesday that talk shows and late-night programs hosting political candidates must offer their opponents equal time, an effort aimed at balancing TV airwaves seen as hyper-partisan.
Samuel Benson / Politico:
These Gen-Z Trump voters don't want JD Vance in 2028 … When the 18- to 24-year-olds were asked who else they would like to see as potential candidates in 2028, they named Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tom Cotton …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Zach Montague / New York Times:
D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students' Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests  —  Documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday include dossiers that investigators prepared on pro-Palestinian student activists before they were targeted for deportation.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Finds Connetquot Central School District Violated Title VI by Complying with Native American Mascot Ban  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded its investigation into Connetquot Central School District (the District) in Long Island, New York.
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.
Discussion: Salon
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.
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Mark Carney Says Firmly That 'Canada Doesn't Live Because of the United States'  —  The Canadian prime minister spoke after returning from the World Economic Forum where he urged middle powers to team up in resisting President Trump.  —  When Mark Carney became Canada's prime minister last year …
Meghan Blonder / The Washington Free Beacon:
'Looks Like He'll Go to Algeria': DHS Plans to Rearrest and Deport Columbia Encampment Leader Mahmoud Khalil  —  DHS plans to rearrest Columbia University encampment leader Mahmoud Khalil and deport him to Algeria, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin said on Wednesday.
Daily Mail:
Fury over Trump's slur against British troops: Kemi Badenoch leads attack on president for ‘flat-out nonsense’ claim that NATO allies ‘stayed off the front line’ in Afghanistan  —  Politicians and military veterans have reacted with outrage after Donald Trump claimed NATO troops …
 
 
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
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Karen Sloan / Reuters:
Northwestern law school defeats lawsuit alleging anti-white faculty hiring
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Aram Roston / The Guardian:
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STAT:
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights. She Lost Her Job Because of It
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Magistrate judge rejects charges against Don Lemon over anti-ICE protest in Minnesota church
 

 
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