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5:40 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.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House rebuffs Venezuela war powers resolution after floor drama  —  The House on Thursday narrowly voted down a Democratic-led war powers resolution designed to block President Trump from using military force in Venezuela without explicit approval from Congress.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproar … It was a victory for House GOP leaders, who overcame attendance issues and concerns about the overall size of the spending package within their ranks.  The chamber has now passed all 12 annual appropriations bills.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Final spending bills move closer to House passage
Discussion: Times Now
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
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
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
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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 …
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April Rubin / Axios:
Jack Smith expects to be indicted by Trump DOJ
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
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.
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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 …
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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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.
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: Twin Cities and KSTP-TV
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The Hill:
Watch live: Vance gives remarks from Minneapolis amid ICE turmoil
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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
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.
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
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
It's Time to Talk About Donald Trump's Logorrhea  —  How many polite ways are there to ask whether the President of the United States is losing it?  —  Donald Trump is an editor's nightmare and a psychiatrist's dream.  Amid all the coverage marking the first anniversary of his return to the White House …
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
 
 
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Karen Sloan / Reuters:
Northwestern law school defeats lawsuit alleging anti-white faculty hiring
Cameron Peters / Vox:
ICE's growing lawlessness, briefly explained
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Discussion: Wired
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Pardoned Former New York Rep. Chris Collins to Attempt a Comeback Bid in Florida
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
ICE has detained four children from Minnesota school district, officials say
Greg Sargent / The UnPopulist:
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Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
The state attorneys general are as mad as you are
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Klobuchar files paperwork needed to run for governor in Minnesota
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