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Supreme Court will hear challenge to geofence cellphone-location warrants

The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear Chatrie v. United States, a challenge to the constitutionality of so-called geofence warrants in a case arising from a 2019 bank robbery near Richmond, Va. Geofence warrants allow law enforcement to collect cellphone location information stored by third-party companies such

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Minneapolis ICE incidents intensify Democratic debate ahead of 2026 midterms

Scenes in Minneapolis — including the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, protests and an episode in which a man shouted "I'm a U.S. citizen!" as federal agents detained him — have intensified debate about immigration enforcement and its potential role

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Trump names largely American Board of Peace for Gaza, taps U.S. general to lead force

President Trump established a new committee to oversee the Gaza Strip as it is rebuilt, composed primarily of top American diplomatic officials including his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and named a U.S. general to lead an international peacekeeping force to disarm Hamas and occupy Gaza, the White House said. The

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Justice Department opens criminal inquiry into Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor

The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into elected Democrats in Minnesota, according to a senior law enforcement official familiar with the matter. It is focusing on Gov. Tim Walz and Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, and on allegations that they conspired to impede thousands of federal agents

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Black tape appears on Kennedy Center signage after board renames it for Trump

Black tape has begun appearing across the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after the institution's board voted to change its name to include President Trump, visitors and observers said. Visitors began noticing the tape this week, and in some places it is red. The tape

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Judge restricts immigration agents’ conduct toward Minnesota protesters

A federal judge in Minnesota on Friday issued a preliminary injunction limiting how immigration agents may act toward protesters in the state, ordering them not to retaliate against people “engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity” and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing or interfering with” officers.

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Trump seeks emergency power auction to have tech firms fund new power plants

Beincrypto reports President Trump, joined by governors from several Northeastern states, is pressing PJM — the country’s largest grid operator — to hold an emergency power auction that would require technology companies to bid for 15‑year contracts to build new power plants, according to Bloomberg. The push is expected to

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Gavin Newsom to confront Trump at Davos, will press 'democratic capitalism'

Businessinsider reports California Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading to Davos for the World Economic Forum next week and plans to call out President Donald Trump, who is also set to appear. Newsom said in a statement Friday: "Trump's economic agenda betrays our nation: it is not '

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Freeze of Minnesota Food Stamp Funding

A federal judge in Minnesota on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing federal funding for food stamps and other hunger relief programs in the state. Judge Laura M. Provinzino of the United States District Court in Minnesota wrote in a 50-page ruling that the Agriculture Department’s decision

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Billionaire Rick Caruso says he will sit out 2026 Los Angeles mayor and governor races

Rick Caruso, a Los Angeles billionaire who lost the 2022 mayoral race, said on Jan. 16, 2026, that he will not run for Los Angeles mayor or for California governor this year. The announcement came in a statement on X rather than at a news conference. Caruso wrote that “after

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A.I. attack ad in Texas primary shows John Cornyn dancing with Jasmine Crockett

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and a Republican candidate in the state’s Senate primary, released an A.I.-generated attack video that depicts Senator John Cornyn dancing with Representative Jasmine Crockett. The video, published on Friday, shows a smiling but digitally faked version of Mr. Cornyn twirling with

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Trump’s hesitation on Hassett elevates Kevin Warsh as leading Powell successor

Beincrypto reported President Donald Trump publicly signaled hesitation about moving Kevin Hassett to the Federal Reserve, suggesting he prefers to keep Hassett in his current White House role and casting doubt on Hassett’s chances to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair. The remark immediately reshuffled expectations, with Kevin Warsh

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Trump praises Kevin Hassett but expresses doubt about nominating him for Fed chair

President Trump on Friday expressed hesitation about naming his top economic adviser, Kevin A. Hassett, to lead the Federal Reserve, while praising his work during remarks at a White House health care event. Mr. Trump said, "I actually want to keep you where you are, if you want to

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Trump Accepts Machado’s 2025 Nobel Medal in Oval Office but Is Not a Laureate

President Trump accepted the framed 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in the Oval Office on Thursday, a symbolic transfer that left the medal at the White House after Ms. Machado departed. The meeting came amid Mr. Trump’s long-standing fixation on the Nobel

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Education Department pauses tax-refund seizures and wage garnishment for defaulted loans

On Jan. 16, 2026, the Education Department said the Trump administration would temporarily pause forced collections, including seizing tax refunds and garnishing wages, for borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans. The pause reverses the department’s plan to gradually restart wage garnishment earlier this month and, the department

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Federal prosecutor apologizes after Babson student deported to Honduras

A federal prosecutor apologized this week after Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Any Lucia López Belloza, a freshman at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., to Honduras, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake.” Ms. López was detained at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20 and flown to Honduras two

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Supreme Court will decide if federal law shields Roundup maker from lawsuits

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case asking whether federal pesticide law bars state-law lawsuits against the manufacturer of the weedkiller Roundup over claims that it causes cancer. Roundup was developed by Monsanto in the 1970s and is now sold by Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018.

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Incoming Virginia governor asks several U.Va. board members to resign

The incoming Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, has asked at least five members of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors who were appointed by her Republican predecessor to resign, according to two people briefed on the matter. Ms. Spanberger is to be sworn in on Saturday. Among those

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Prosecutors ask judge to start 9/11 death-penalty trial on Jan. 11, 2027

Prosecutors this week asked a military judge to schedule Jan. 11, 2027, as the opening date for jury selection in the Sept. 11 conspiracy trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other defendants at the U.S. base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. That date would begin a death-penalty trial a quarter

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Trump picks four allies for Commission of Fine Arts to review White House ballroom

President Trump has appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, the independent agency set to review his plans for a large new White House ballroom. The appointees include Mary Anne Carter, who leads the National Endowment for the Arts and is described as an ally of White

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Senate Judiciary says crypto developer protections fall under its jurisdiction

Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee said legislative language that would grant some legal protections to crypto software developers falls under their committee's jurisdiction. The provision in question would grant some legal protections to crypto software developers, according to the committee leaders. The statement indicates the issue is

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Judge Allows Construction to Resume on Virginia Offshore Wind Project

A federal judge in Virginia issued a preliminary injunction on Friday allowing construction to resume on the $11.2 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project while its developer, Dominion Energy, pursues a legal challenge to a federal stop‑work order. The order was issued by Judge Jamar K. Walker of

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Jafar Panahi says Khamenei regime cannot sustain control in Iran

Jafar Panahi, one of Iran’s leading film-makers, told the Guardian from the US that he believes the regime led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will not be able to maintain control over Iranian society after the violent suppression of the latest protests. "It is impossible for this government to

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Trump praises Hassett but hesitates to name him as Fed chair

President Trump on Friday expressed hesitation in naming Kevin A. Hassett, the director of the White House’s National Economic Council, to lead the Federal Reserve, speaking at a health care event at the White House. He praised Hassett’s work in defending the administration’s economic agenda on television,

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Trump administration unlikely to pursue federal case in killing of Renee Good

With the Trump administration unlikely to bring a federal case, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good may not face federal charges. Jonah Bromwich, the criminal justice reporter, explains some of the obstacles any Minnesota prosecutors would face in trying to charge the agent. It remains unclear whether state prosecutors