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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Trump administration's cancellation of approximately $8 billion in energy grants violated the Constitution by targeting recipients primarily based in Democratic-leaning states. read more


Donald Trump has said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil company's chief executive called the country "uninvestable" during a White House meeting last week. read more


Several Senate Republicans are seeking to rein in President Trump's plans for Venezuela amid concerns the president may deploy thousands of U.S. troops to South America. read more


Immigration agents have put civilians' lives at risk using more than their guns. read more


A federal judge on Monday restarted the Revolution Wind offshore energy project, handing the Trump administration another setback in its efforts to halt the wind farm under construction in waters off Rhode Island. read more


The New York Times reported that the Environmental Protection Agency would cease to calculate the negative health impacts of air pollution in its future rulemaking process and only consider industry costs. read more


Police officers, federal agents, soldiers -- anyone empowered to detain, arrest, or use force -- must be identifiable both to their chain of command, and to the citizens in whose name they act. read more


The UK's independent online safety watchdog, Ofcom, has opened a formal investigation into 'X' under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether Elon Musk's company has complied with its duties to protect people from content that is illegal in the UK.

Ofcom Protects UK Citizens Online
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Monday, January 12, 2026

The largest nurses strike in NYC history is underway after negotiators for five major hospitals and the state nurses union failed to agree to a new contract by Monday's deadline, forcing 15,000 nurses to walk off the job. read more


Erich von Daniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific community, has died. He was 90. read more


Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) appeared on CNN Sunday to defend the fatal shooting of Renee Good, the Minnesota woman shot last week by a federal immigration agent, but was called out in real time for contradicting his own argument in defense of the killing. read more


Some in the Trump administration are reportedly concerned with the speed at which officials claimed "domestic terrorism" in the aftermath of the ICE-involved shooting death of Minnesota mom Renee Good. read more


President Donald Trump declared Sunday night that he was the new "acting president of Venezuela" by sharing a doctored image of his online biography bearing the new title ... read more


Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison called the deployment a "federal invasion of the Twin Cities." read more


The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the tiny cities of Morgan Hill and Petaluma over their ordinances banning natural gas infrastructure and appliances in new construction.

What Californians Think of Trump
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The National Portrait Gallery swapped out President Donald Trump's official presidential portrait on display this week and changed his biography while they were at it. The New York Times reported Saturday that the language on the wall about Trump and his history "removed wall text that referred to President Trump's two impeachments " language that had upset the White House." read more


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