January 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM EST
Inside Trump's 'retribution' against 'half of America'

During his first presidency, Donald Trump's critics often attacked him as an "isolationist" who was uninformed about the rest of the world. But Trump has taken a much more imperialistic turn since returning to the White House, from capturing leftist Venezuelan President Nicola's Maduro to threatening to take Greenland by force to calling for Canada to become "the 51st state." Libertarian/conservative Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and MAGA ex-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) believe Trump is betraying the "America First" agenda he once championed.

January 18, 2026 at 10:37 AM EST
Former Trump lawyer issues warning about 'martial law'

Minneapolis isn't the first city that President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have targeted for aggressive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids; cities ranging from Chicago to Los Angeles have been targeted as well. But Minneapolis has suffered the worst ICE violence, and the fatal shooting of unarmed motorist Renee Nicole Good by agent Jonathan Ross on January 7 continues to generate outrage.

January 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM EST
How Trump is 'stress-testing American law'

New York Times columnist David French examined accountability options in the case of Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Writing Sunday, French discussed legal barriers to accountability in this case.

January 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM EST
Disappointed Trump voter expecting better says no one is 'looking out for us'

After one year into his second term President Donald Trump is losing support from his voters over economic issues. Speaking to CNN, Franz Rowland, a Georgia farmer, complained that someone "dropped the ball in Washington." He's bothered by high prices and those not "looking out for us."

January 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM EST
Inside Trump's new strategy to compromise the midterms

With President Donald Trump suffering low approval ratings in poll after poll, Democratic strategists are felling increasingly optimistic about flipping the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms. And Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chair Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) is saying that the U.S. Senate isn't out of reach for Democrats. But Salon's Chauncey DeVega, in an article published on January 18, warns that Democrats are facing "a coordinated effort by Trump and the anti-democracy right-wing to secure victory before a single ballot has even been counted."

January 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM EST
Former pardon attorney: DOJ is 'complicit' in a cover-up

Liz Oyer, a former Justice Department pardon attorney, told Jim Acosta that the DOJ is participating in a massive cover-up over the shooting of a Minneapolis woman in Minnesota. Among the revelations reported this week, Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by an ICE agent, still had a pulse when first responders arrived on scene. ICE denied a doctor access to Good who wanted to render her aid.

January 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM EST
DEA has opened nearly a dozen investigations into Trump's pic for Venezuelan president

President Donald Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader Mar?a Corina Machado this week, who election monitors said was the rightfully elected president in the 2024 election. But after arresting Venezuela's president, Nicola's Maduro, Trump allowed Vice President Delcy Rodr?guez take over. The Associated Press revealed that she has a history of investigations with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), topping nearly a dozen.

January 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM EST
Fight breaks out on CNN after conservative claims blue states are 'hiding' election data

President Donald Trump continues to repeat the claim that undocumented people are being allowed into the U.S. to vote illegally. During a panel discussion on CNN Saturday, host Abby Phillip reported that Trump's apparent hunt for evidence is coming up empty.

January 17, 2026 at 12:26 PM EST
Trump threatens Europe with new tariffs 'until a deal is reached' to purchase Greenland

While President Donald Trump is threatening military action to takeover Greenland, he'll be issuing tariffs on items from NATO countries until Denmark agrees to sell the Arctic island to him. In a very long post to Truth Social, Trump complained the U.S. has been subsidizing Greenland and many other countries in the European Union. He claims that unless Denmark gives over the island then "world peace is at stake."

January 17, 2026 at 11:56 AM EST
Trump voters in disbelief after his first veto stuns MAGA

President Donald Trump's first veto of his second term involved spending to rebuild the infrastructure of a small, predominantly Republican region of Colorado. The funding would have provided fresh and safe drinking water to an area in which the groundwater had been contaminated with salt and radiation. The project started with a planning process in the 1930s. But it was never completed. The New York Times reported that even years later, Americans can't drink water out of their taps safely. Far-right GOP lawmaker, Lauren Boebert (R-Col.), sponsored a bill that would complete the pipeline that would bring clean water to her district. It was passed by Congress in 2025 but Trump killed it.

January 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM EST
'Cracks beginning to appear' in Trump's coalition as world 'does business around America'

CNN's Richard Quest wrote for iPaper that the second iteration of President Donald Trump's "America First" movement has become synonymous with a sort of modern manifest destiny. However, he now sees some cracks forming in that coalition. In an extensive interview with the New York Times last week, Trump said, "There is one thing: my own morality, my own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me. I don't need international law."

January 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM EST
More resignations expected in Minnesota US Attorney's office

Thus far, six Justice Department prosecutors resigned in the wake of the decision to go after the family of slain Minneapolis mom, Renee Nicole Good. Now it appears more might be forthcoming. Of the six prosecutors who quit, three were with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. The office has been overwhelmed with cases while ICE continues to arrest Americans and take undocumented immigrants into custody.