Trump unleashes on Europe  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Makayla Gray  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, honored to be marking my own anniversary today — one year of highly caffeinated nights and endless political drama at the helm of this storied newsletter.

U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland  —  Speaking to England's BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio says conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.  —  Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders …

It's Sundowning in America  —  A short post.  Today doesn't seem like a day for charts and number-crunching.  —  I had never heard the term “sundowning” before it happened to my own father, yet it's a fairly common syndrome.  In his last few months my father remained lucid and rational — remained himself — during daylight hours.

Justice Department weighs rollback of gun regulations  —  Administration seeks to placate gun rights groups that have criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi.  —  The Justice Department is considering loosening a slate of gun regulations as it seeks to bolster support from ardent Second Amendment advocates …

ICE Protesters Storming Churches Now; Hotels Kicking People Out  —  This is a breaking story, so the information is a bit mixed.  There are reports of church services in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul being disrupted by anti-ICE protesters, but I suspect that the reports are all about the same disruption …

Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism  —  Civil rights groups had criticized President Trump for failing to issue a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and not attending commemorative events.  —  President Trump proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday evening …

Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home  —  DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao. … — Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)2026-01- 19T00:33:56.260Z

Presidential Message on the College Football Playoff National Championship  —  Tonight, the College Football Playoff National Championship brings a season of dedication, sacrifice, and hard work to a climactic conclusion.  It stands as the final measure of months of preparation, resolve …

Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN  —  Tim Walz US elections Race & ethnicity  —  Josh Shapiro wasn't the only finalist to be Kamala Harris' running mate who was asked if he had ever been an agent of a foreign government, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.

Tillis eyes new blockade over Greenland, tariffs … The North Carolina Republican is the deciding vote on all four of his committees, having exercised that leverage a few times already since announcing last year that he won't seek reelection, including most recently with Federal Reserve nominees.

Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says  —  Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.  —  A third undocumented immigrant detained at a sprawling tent camp in the Texas desert has died …

Kamala in La La Land … When Kamala Harris landed in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2025, after flying from Washington across a country that had so recently rejected her, she said she would remain a vocal leader for a nation that had lost its way.  It was not in her nature, she said, to go “quietly into the night”.

Trump's talk of canceling elections is a sign of desperation  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🗳️ Subscribe to PN 🗳️  —  Donald Trump hates voting.  He has cast doubt on election results virtually every time he's run.

A very simple explanation for why politics is broken  —  In today's America, the less money a white voter has, the more likely they are to support Donald Trump.  —  Whites in the bottom 10 percent of America's income distribution broke for the GOP nominee in 2024 by landslide margins.

Trump's pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments  —  The president's second-term pardons have wiped clean dozens of financial crimes and significantly more fines and restitution than in past administrations.  —  Just one year into his second term …

Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney  —  A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — A combat-wounded Army veteran …

8 ways Trump's (second) first year changed America … - With no loss of military personnel, the operation emboldened Trump to aggressively pursue the acquisition of Greenland — an idea that many believed was just a passing fancy until the Jan. 3 capture of Maduro.

‘My hands were really shaky’: high-school journalist documents ICE raids  —  Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds - their presence has jolted Minneapolis's young people  —  When immigration enforcement agents came on to her Minneapolis high school's grounds …

Falsehoods Fueled Trump's First Year Back in Office  —  The president has justified many significant moves of his second term with inaccurate claims and overstated boasts.  —  In the first year of his second term, President Trump has cited an arsenal of falsehoods, baseless claims and distortions …

AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.

Republicans will be hard-pressed to pass Trump's ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ … White House officials argue the new health care plan features initiatives that should garner bipartisan support, but Democrats are already balking.  They're in no mood to help Republicans out after Trump's megabill …

She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing provocateur  —  Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, jumped into a stranger's car after he was driven from his anti-immigrant march in Minneapolis by a large counterprotest.  —  Daye Gottsche let the stranger into the car without knowing …