Semafor • Jan 13, 2026
Trump’s Wall Street home-buying ban won’t fix housing shortage, exec says
“The notion that we are crowding out the individual homebuyer, I think, is an old view,” said Stephen Scherr, president of investment firm Pretium.
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Lever News • Jan 12, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s New Food Pyramid Scheme
The Trump administration’s updated dietary guidelines are adulterated with corporate conflicts and questionable science.
truthout • Jan 12, 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.
Semafor • Jan 12, 2026
Trump announces 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran
Iran’s options appear increasingly limited as Trump also weighs military action over reports of hundreds of anti-government protesters being killed.
Scheer Post • Jan 12, 2026
Texas’ Chilling Academic Freedom Crackdown Sees Plato Passages Excised
A Texas A&M professor was forced to choose between editing his syllabus or teaching another course.
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BreakThrough News Video • Jan 12, 2026
How Marco Rubio Uses Drug Cartels to Rule Latin America
truthout • Jan 12, 2026
Why Is the Department of Labor Posting White Nationalist Propaganda?
This weekend, the agency posted a phrase similar to one that appeared on Hitler propaganda posters.
Democracy Now • Jan 12, 2026
"We Had Whistles. They Had Guns": Nationwide Protests Held over ICE Killing of Renee Good
We speak with civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong in Minneapolis as protests continue in the city following the killing of activist Renee Good last week. The ICE agent who fatally shot Good in her car has been identified as Jonathan Ross, an Iraq War veteran described by family and friends as a hardcore conservative Christian and MAGA supporter. This comes as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem continues to claim Good was engaged in “domestic terrorism.” “Folks at the highest levels of government are perpetuating falsehoods … and working overtime to justify the brutal murder of Renee Good,” says Levy Armstrong, who urges local authorities to arrest Ross.
Semafor • Jan 12, 2026
Qatar and UAE join Trump administration's Pax Silica agreement
The US-led initiative aims to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains, including critical minerals, advanced manufacturing, and computing power.
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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
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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
The Conversation •
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