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Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis

(AP News) President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis. Trump made the threat after a federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on Wednesday after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle. The incident further heightened the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head.

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Trump Is Reportedly Funneling Money From Venezuelan Oil Sales To a Bank Account in Qatar

(Mediaite) President Donald Trump is funneling proceeds from the sale of Venezuelan oil to a bank account in Qatar, Semafor reported on Wednesday. Semafor reported that the Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil was valued at $500 million, and that the money is being held in multiple bank accounts, the biggest of which is in Qatar: "Revenue from the oil sales is currently being held in bank accounts controlled by the US government, as indicated in Friday’s order, according to the administration official. The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar."

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While Average US Residential Electrical Rates Rose 10%, Industrial Rates Fell 3%

(Washington Post) Over the past few years, millions of Americans have seen their electricity bills skyrocket. But the rise in costs hasn’t affected each type of user equally. According to recent data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), residential electricity costs — the average price faced by ordinary home and apartment dwellers in the U.S. — rose by 10 percent between 2022 and 2024. Commercial users, spanning everything from small corner stores to giant, energy-sucking data centers, have seen rates increase just 3 percent. And industrial users saw prices fall by 2 percent during the same period.

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Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants

(NPR) The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services. Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion.

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Republicans Ripped For Flipping on Trump War Powers Effort

(Newsweek) Republican Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana were hit with some backlash on Wednesday evening for flipping on a previous vote and ultimately ending the war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's authority. The Senate vote on a Venezuela War Powers Resolution and the subsequent reversal by Republican senators has ignited a debate about presidential authority in military interventions and Congress' constitutional role in declaring war.

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Murphy says he believes in 'correlation between' Trump's falling approval and 'authoritarian behavior'

(The Hill) Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Wednesday he believes in a “correlation between” President Trump’s falling approval rating and “his increasing authoritarian behavior.” “I do think there’s a correlation between the two things that you’re opening this hour talking about: his declining approval, the unpopularity of his policies and his increasing authoritarian behavior,” Murphy told MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on “Deadline: White House.”

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No widespread evidence of migrant voting fraud despite Trump's claims, review finds

(The Independent) A federal review of voter data found no evidence of widespread voting fraud by non-citizens, contradicting frequent claims from the president and his allies that undocumented immigrants are flocking to the polls. Under the Trump administration, states and local election departments have voluntarily submitted voter records to the Department of Homeland Security for review.

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GOP lawmaker said trans people "harm" children. Now he's going to prison for child porn.

(LGBTQ Nation) South Carolina state Rep. RJ May (R) — an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens and transgender people of harming kids — was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to five counts of distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM). May — who was honored by the anti-LGBTQ+ “parents’ rights” group Moms for Liberty in 2023 as its Legislator of the Year — first denied the charges after investigators found evidence that he had shared hundreds of images of kids.

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Changing Defense Department's name to Department of War could cost up to $125 million, CBO estimates

(CBS News) The Trump administration's push to change the Defense Department's name to the Department of War could cost nine figures, according to a new estimate by Congress' budget watchdog. President Trump signed an executive order last September to start the process of renaming the federal government's largest employer. The agency now refers to itself as the Department of War on its website and in many official communications, though the agency is still formally called the Department of Defense under federal law.

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GOP congressman splits with Trump over Greenland 'buffoonery'

15 sec ago - Jan. 15, 2026, 1:14 p.m. ET A Republican member of Congress is going on the record criticizing President Donald Trump about his threats to seize Greenland from Denmark, in the latest sign of the move's unpopularity. Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican repre ... (USA Today)

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says

3 min ago - WP Exclusive Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3. January 15, 2026 a ... (Washington Post)

Gulf states and Turkey warned Trump strikes on Iran could lead to major conflict

28 min ago - Thu 15 Jan 2026 12.39 EST Last modified on Thu 15 Jan 2026 15.11 EST Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Oman urged Donald Trump not to launch airstrikes against Iran in a last-minute lobbying campaign prompted by fears that an attack by Washington would ... (The Guardian)

Britain to boost military reserves by raising maximum call-up age to 65

50 min ago - Britain said on Thursday it would strengthen its military reserve forces by raising the maximum age at which former personnel could be called up by a decade to 65. European countries, including France and Germany, have taken steps to boost their rese ... (Reuters)

Federal court shuts down Trump DOJ bid for California voter rolls

55 min ago - A federal court dismissed the Trump Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking access to California’s full voter registration database Thursday, warning that the government’s bid for the voter records “threatens the right to vote which ... (Democracy Docket)

Senators secretly meet to stop Trump and Kristi Noem from destroying key agency: report

55 min ago - January 15, 2026 10:54AM ET A bipartisan group of senators held a secret meeting this week to try and stop President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from interfering with and destroying FEMA, according to reports Thursday. Th ... (Raw Story)

US pressing Mexico to allow US forces to fight cartels, NYT reports

1 hr ago - 6h Jan 15 (Reuters) - The United States is intensifying pressure on Mexico to allow U.S. military forces to conduct joint operations to dismantle fentanyl labs inside the country, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. U.S. ... (msn/Reuters)

Maria Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal

1 hr ago - Thu 15 Jan 2026 16.54 EST First published on Thu 15 Jan 2026 16.37 EST The Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado has said she "presented" her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortn ... (The Guardian)

Courts allow another wind farm to resume construction after Trump pause

2 hrs ago - 01/15/26 12:30 PM ET A major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the second such ruling in the wake of the Trump administration’s latest attempt to block these projects. Judge Carl Nichols, a T ... (The Hill)

Gov. Jim Pillen wants voters across Nebraska to decide the fate of the 'Blue Dot'

2 hrs ago - Josh Reyes Jan 15, 2026 Updated 29 mins ago LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen said in his State of the State speech Thursday that he will again back an effort to unify Nebraska's electoral college votes in presidential elections. This time, he wants law ... (Omaha World Herald)

ACLU Minnesota files lawsuit against Trump administration alleging constitutional violations

2 hrs ago - Updated January 15, 2026 12:43pm CST MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Alleging constitutional rights have been violated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents, the Minnesota ACLU has partnered ... (KMSP-TV, Minneapolis, MN)

Iceland demands answers from US after Trump ally cracks 52nd state joke

3 hrs ago - January 15, 2026 3:33 pm CET First Greenland, next Iceland? Reykjavík is concerned about America’s growing territorial ambitions, after POLITICO reported that President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland Billy Long jok ... (Politico (EU))

Trump says the US 'shouldn't even have an election' in 2026 because of all his accomplishments

4 hrs ago - Thursday 15 January 2026 14:20 EST President Donald Trump told Reuters the U.S. should not have an election later this year because of his accomplishments in office. In a 30-minute interview with the outlet, Trump said he had accomplished so much in ... (The Independent)

Trump announces outlines of health care plan he wants Congress to consider

4 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to address rising health costs after lawmakers let subsidies expire. The ... (AP)

Delaware judge won't speed up Paramount lawsuit seeking Warner Bros merger details

4 hrs ago - January 15, 2026 11:56 AM EST Updated 2 hours ago Jan 15 (Reuters) - A Delaware judge on Thursday rejected Paramount Skydance's (PSKY.O), opens new tab bid to speed up its lawsuit demanding that Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab better exp ... (Reuters)

Pentagon To 'Refocus' Legendary Military Newspaper In Latest 'Woke' Crackdown

5 hrs ago - The Pentagon announced Thursday an overhaul of the legendary U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes to shift it away from covering what it considers to be “woke distractions.” First published during the Civil War, Stars and Stripes is wr ... (HuffPost)

Abortion opponents threaten to withhold midterm support amid rift with Trump

5 hrs ago - 01/15/2026 05:00 AM EST The anti-abortion movement’s embrace of President Donald Trump paid them major dividends in his first term: The Supreme Court justices he appointed overturned Roe v. Wade, and state abortion bans swept the country. But a ... (Politico)

European troops arrive in Greenland to boost the Arctic island's security

5 hrs ago - NUUK, Greenland — Troops from several European countries, including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, are arriving in Greenland to help boost the Arctic island's security after talks between representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. o ... (NPR)

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis

6 hrs ago - President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown. The threat comes a ... (Associated Press)

Madison Sheahan, ICE's No. 2 official and a Noem ally, leaving agency to run for Congress

6 hrs ago - Updated on: January 15, 2026 / 10:30 AM EST / CBS News Madison Sheahan, the No. 2 official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and close ally of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is leaving the agency to run for Congress, two U.S. officials ... (CBS News)