January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST
Trump policy just killed 800 Home Depot jobs in red state: report

Home Depot in Georgia announced it is eliminating about 800 corporate jobs in Cobb County, which could prove a problem for President Donald Trump's plans for the state in upcoming midterm and the subsequent national elections. The company announced its cuts primarily due to "a slow housing market and increased consumer uncertainty," according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

January 28, 2026 at 5:43 PM EST
Former Trump aide angry extremist officials are speaking for federal workers

Former Trump Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor said he is furious that 'wannabe school shooters' in high positions in the administration of President Donald Trump are hijacking government social media and demeaning "decent" employees who work for the federal government. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that high-ranking Trump officials have posted on social media references to "neo-Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing and QAnon conspiracies." They've also "mused about deporting nearly a third of the U.S. population, and promoted lyrics from an anthem bellowed by the far-right militants of the Proud Boys," according to the Times.

January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM EST
How MAGA's entire ideology was proven 'wrong' in Minnesota

The core basis of the MAGA movement's ideology has effectively been debunked, according to one journalist who has been covering President Donald Trump's crackdown in Minneapolis. The Atlantic's Adam Serwer claimed earlier this week that "Minnesota proved MAGA wrong" in the wake of the Trump administration's "Operation Metro Surge" this month. In a Wednesday interview, Serwer told the Bulwark's Tim Miller: --The right has a social theory that multiracial, multi-faith communities cannot be 'cohesive,' that our chaos is the result of the presence of people who are different from us," and then argued that the anti-immigration argument didn't pass muster, pointing to the diverse nature of Minneapolis and the hyper-local network that people of all backgrounds organized in order to protect their neighbors.

January 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM EST
Supreme Court to hear arguments to overturn E. Jean Carroll's verdict against Trump

The Hill reports The Supreme Court has scheduled President Donald Trump's petition seeking review of the jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll. The court's conservative majority blew off Carroll's recent request opposing Trump's motion to overturn a verdict that ordered Trump to pay Carroll $88.3 million in damages. That amount, in turn, stems from a $5 million judgment handed down in 2023 for sexual abuse, plus an additional $83.3 million for defamation.

January 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM EST
Indictments coming for federal agents in Minneapolis killings: expert

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner tells the Washington Monthly that there's plenty of evidence to put before a grand jury regarding the Minneapolis killings. "Despite the limited information available, the video is very damning. And the apparent cover-up by the feds cannot erase that video," said Krasner, who was impeached by the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2021 over his progressive criminal justice policies and as a backlash to racial unrest following the murder of George Floyd. Krasner was soon re-elected with more than 70 percent of the vote.

January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST
'Bad arguments': GOP senator corners Marco Rubio over Trump foreign policy

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) cornered Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about U.S. policy toward Venezuela. When it came time for his few moments of questioning, Paul asked Rubio a hypothetical question: If a foreign country bombed U.S. air defense missiles, captured and removed President Donald Trump, and then blockaded the country, "would that be considered an act of war?"

January 28, 2026 at 11:45 AM EST
'Outraged' US athletes: Trump's government doing the 'dirty work for the ruling class'

U.S. athletes are openly calling out President Donald Trump's America as a fascist regime after federal agents shot and killed a second civilian in Minneapolis. After the slaying, players have argued that it's an example of federal overreach and proof of a slide into authoritarianism, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.

January 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM EST
"?MAGA moms urge followers not to let 'compassion' imperil Trump's agenda

Some conservative women who were prominent figures in the Republican Party in the past -- columnist and former Nancy Reagan speechwriter Mona Charen, conservative pollster and organizer Sarah Longwell, former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Virginia), among many others -- now feel estranged from conservatism and are firmly in the Never Trump camp. But their absence from the center of the GOP and much of the right-wing media is giving MAGA women an opening on the far right.

January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM EST
Former Army commander rips Trump defense strategy memo for sounding like a MAGA rally

In late 2025, the Trump Administration released its 33-page National Security Strategy of the United States of America (NSS). The 33-page document is a departure from NSS releases of the past, playing up MAGA themes and often sounding like a speech by President Donald Trump. Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, former commander of U.S. Army Europe, is highly critical of the Trump NSS -- which, he argues, underscores major problems with the Trump Administration's military and national security policies.

January 28, 2026 at 10:44 AM EST
Kristi Noem on the outs if top Trump aide has their way: insiders

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is not long for the administration if top aides in the administration have their way. The Daily Beast reported exclusively that "for months," top officials in President Donald Trump's White House have been complaining about Noem and her chief adviser, "and rumored lover," Corey Lewandowski.

January 27, 2026 at 9:53 PM EST
'Completely betrayed: Trump voters slam 'out of control' president

A focus group made up of voters who flipped from Joe Biden in 2020 to Donald Trump in 2024 are now voicing harsh criticism of the president they elected. The Bulwark's Sam Stein reported Tuesday that the focus group it conducted targeted eight specific Biden-to-Trump voters from red, blue and purple states, saying they "serve as a weather vane for the public perception of the president's second term." The voters were surveyed after federal agents' fatal shooting of 37 year-old U.S. citizen Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota last weekend. The voters were identified only by their first name, their age and their home state.

January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM EST
Leaked DHS document debunks Trump admin's key defense of Alex Pretti shooting

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem's own agency conducted a review that jettisoned her quick interpretation of slain Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Alex Pretti as a man who was "brandishing" a gun. The New York Times reported Tuesday that it obtained an internal review conducted by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility, that made no mention of the DHS' earlier claims that Pretti "wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement."