truthout • Jan 13, 2026
Minnesota, Illinois File Lawsuits to Halt DHS Operations
Both lawsuits allege the Trump administration is violating the states' and cities' rights to self-governance.
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Semafor • Jan 13, 2026
Three Trump Cabinet officials heading to Ohio and Michigan to talk auto affordability
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and EPA chief Lee Zeldin will visit the Midwest.
truthout • Jan 13, 2026
“I Did Do That?” Trump Forgets He Promised to Pay Americans Tariff “Dividends”
Trump has pledged to spend tariff revenues on various projects, including funding child care and helping farmers.
truthout • Jan 13, 2026
Immigration Agents Use Banned Chokeholds, Other Moves That Restrict Breathing
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said 16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan.
Jezebel • Jan 13, 2026
Splinter: Trump Declares War on the Economy
That Powell is coming right out to say that we are about to be a financial banana republic is extremely alarming, as this act of brave defiance may wind up being the last independent gasp of the United States Federal Reserve, upending the entire theoretical basis the global economy has operated on for over a century. What could possibly go wrong?
Semafor • Jan 13, 2026
Orsted wins ruling to resume wind project halted by Trump
The project was 90% complete before the Interior Department ordered a pause on several offshore wind projects last month.
Scheer Post • Jan 13, 2026
EPA No Longer Considering Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business
The policy change says the “quiet part out loud,” one environmental advocate said.
Scheer Post • Jan 13, 2026
Netanyahu Says He Wants To End U.S. Military Aid to Israel in the Next 10 Years
In a surprise announcement, Benjamin Netanyahu told The Economist magazine that Israel plans to stop receiving U.S. military aid in the next 10 years.
Semafor • Jan 13, 2026
Senate crypto bill moves forward but many issues still to solve
“We have just bent over backwards to accommodate the concerns that have been raised,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., said.
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400 headlinesMichigan Lawsuit Calls Big Oil a “Cartel” That’s Driving High Energy Bills
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ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive
The Conversation •
Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
The Conversation •
Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care
The Conversation •
Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
Mother Jones •
American Reich: Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation
Scheer Post •
Federal power meets local resistance in Minneapolis – a case study in how federalism staves off authoritarianism
The Conversation •
Report: Education Department’s “Efficiency” Layoffs Cost At Least $28 Million
Mother Jones •
Trump Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections
Mother Jones •
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
The Conversation •
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