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23-02-2026 Vol 19

Month: January 2026

Capitol agenda: Shutdown odds spike after Minnesota killing

The killing of Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents is hitting hard on Capitol Hill, ratcheting up the odds of a partial government shutdown and spurring Republican...

Maria Corina Machado says democracy can turn Venezuela into Trump’s ‘Berlin Wall’ moment

Maria Corina Machado is vowing to return to Venezuela soon, despite the risks the opposition leader faces once she's back on her native soil. Maria Corina Machado is vowing...

Appeals court rejects Trump admin’s emergency attempt to arrest Don Lemon, but judge admits ‘probable cause’

A federal appeals court rejected a bid by the Justice Department to force the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon and four others over the weekend after a...

Powerful House Republican suggests Trump consider pulling ICE out of Minneapolis after Alex Pretti shooting

A growing number of powerful Republican lawmakers have called on President Trump to start yanking ICE agents out of Minneapolis -- warning the chaos will only "get worse" after...

Fiscal hawks set out to kill earmarks. They are very much alive.

Republican leaders have agreed to earmarks for thousands of pet projects in specific congressional districts.

Trump admin ‘reviewing everything’ about fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, says ICE agents will leave Minneapolis ‘at some point’

President Trump said his administration is reviewing the fatal shooting of an armed ICU nurse who was protesting ICE in Minneapolis before Border Patrol agents shot him dead in...

Tim Walz compares Trump’s ICE crackdown in Minnesota to Nazi occupation told by Anne Frank

"Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank," Walz said. "Somebody's going to write that children's story about Minnesota." "Many of us grew up reading that...

Bessent trashes Canada’s PM as Trump bemoans China ‘completely taking over’ US neighbor

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent trashed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for cutting a deal with China on electric vehicles, warning the US neighbor of penalties if it lets Beijing...

Zoomers, Millennials rage against $93 billion tax cuts for seniors: ‘Thanks for finally helping the boomers’

Zoomer and Millennial netizens dogpiled on a Senate GOP boast about a $6,000 tax exemption for seniors nestled in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now known as the...

Trump fumes it’s ‘too late to go back’ on $300M White House ballroom after org’s lawsuit

President Trump castigated the NationalTrust for Historic Preservation over its "ridiculous lawsuit" seeking to scuttle construction of his $300 to $400 million lavish White House ballroom. President Trump castigated...