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 …

Trump 0, Europe 1  —  Ignorance and contempt lose a round  —  As I wrote yesterday, Donald Trump and his team clearly went to Davos determined to demean and insult their hosts.  It was, one might say, a novel approach to diplomacy: “You're pathetic, your societies and economies are falling apart, now give us Greenland.”

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE  —  MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — Around 200 faith leaders fanned out across the city on Thursday (Jan. 22) to observe and document the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with some clergy confronting Department …

Minnesota judges continue to reject arrest warrants in ICE protests  —  Sources say federal agents aren't providing evidence that protestors are committing the crimes of which they're accused.  —  Federal judges in Minnesota have several times in recent weeks rejected arrest warrants …

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.

Patel ousts senior FBI agents linked to Trump probes, say sources  —  As many as six agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.  Special agents in charge in Atlanta and New Orleans were removed, as well as the acting assistant director in charge of the New York field office.

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 …

Past the breaking point  —  We use words like “police state.”  Then we see it happen.  To watch is not the same as to experience it, of course.  Of being afraid to leave your house.  Or having a classmate, co-worker, or family member disappear.  But the images make it more real.

What if we just stopped paying taxes?  —  In solidarity with the anti-ICE general strike in Minnesota, I am donating all proceeds from today's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, and Every Meal.  If you're not already a paid subscriber but would like to do so and support …

White House Posts Altered Photo Showing Arrested Minnesota Protester Crying  —  Got a Tip?  The Times offers several ways to send important information confidentially ›  —  Face to Face With History's Most Dangerous Painter  —  Jacques-Louis David, artist and politician of the French Revolution …

White House Doctored Photo With Google AI to Make It Look Like an Activist Was Sobbing During Perp Walk  —  The White House used a photo that was digitally altered with Google AI tools in its PR campaign against resistance to the federal agents' assault on Minnesota, according …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Lewandowski back for another year as DHS's part-time power broker  —  The most powerful man in the Department of Homeland Security, Corey Lewandowski, was supposed to work just 130 days last year because he was classified as a temporary government employee.  — But thanks to creative timekeeping, he was there throughout the year.

Dimon Now Has a $5 Billion Reason to Stand Up to Trump  —  President Donald Trump, confronted with European pushback and a mini-meltdown in financial markets, abandoned plans this week to launch a Greenland takeover and suffocate allies who didn't support him with hefty tariffs.

Minnesotans strike to protest ICE surge in state: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’  —  Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violations  —  A “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community leaders …

Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran  —  Two of the deportees are gay and terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says.  —  The Trump administration plans to deport at least 40 Iranian nationals …

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The Trump administration admits even more ways DOGE accessed sensitive personal data  —  For much of the last year, staffers who were initially part of the Department of Government Efficiency effort improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data on millions of Americans.

Breaking the Fourth Amendment  —  Last night, we learned from a report in the Associated Press that ICE, contrary to longstanding Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, is taking the position that it can enter people's homes without a judicial warrant.  Instead, they believe that an administrative warrant suffices.

Deadly Keystone Cops  —  DHS and ICE are incompetent—but that doesn't make them any less dangerous.  —  You don't really get the sense these days that Donald Trump views his authoritarian outbursts as a limited resource, something he can only indulge in so much before he's wasted all his political capital.

Voters Are Split on Deportations but Disapprove of ICE, Poll Finds  —  While roughly half of voters support President Trump's handling of the border between the United States and Mexico, a sizable majority says that ICE's tactics have “gone too far.”  —  Roughly half of voters support …

India's Sales of Treasuries Deepen Pivot Away From Dollar Assets  —  Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing.  Sign up here.  —  India's holdings of US Treasuries have fallen to a five-year low …

Trump supporters back bid to annex Greenland: ‘Our president is a negotiator’  —  Conservative communities accept president's arguments for why the US needs the Arctic island as genuine  —  Owen Strickland's life as mayor of a town of 568 people between Rocky Mount and Raleigh, North Carolina, is usually small-town politics.

Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin arrested, NBC News reports  —  Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder suspected of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin, has been arrested, NBC News reported on Friday, citing two law enforcement officials familiar with the U.S. investigation.

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 …

Voice of America's Persian service blacks out Iran's exiled crown prince  —  The Persian service for President Trump's overhauled Voice of America (VOA) is censoring coverage of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who played a central role in stirring up antigovernment protests that rocked the country earlier this month.

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.

Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw  —  The tech giant said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders.  But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn't possible.

Maryland Man Indicted on Unlawful Transmission and Retention of Classified National Defense Information Charges  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland  —  Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted a Laurel, Maryland, man today, for allegedly mishandling classified information.

Sharyn Alfonsi, Scott Pelley's jobs are on the line after pushing back against Bari Weiss' CBS News shakeups: sources  —  Maybe call it “Game of Microphones.”  —  “60 Minutes” correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley's vocal pushback against CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss' moves …