January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM EST
Trump's hand 'looks like rhino hide' and bruise has 'taken over': reporter

New York Magazine reporter Ben Terris recently sat down with President Donald Trump for nearly an hour to discuss his health. Now, he's saying the unsightly bruise on the back of Trump's hand is apparently getting worse -- and that the president is "very self-conscious" about it. In a Monday interview with The Bulwark's Tim Miller, Terris went into detail about his encounter with Trump in the Oval Office. He told Miller that while he hadn't expected White House physicians to be present during his conversation with the president, he decided to focus the bulk of his questions on Trump's health -- which the president and his staffers welcomed.

January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM EST
Trump handed another loss in court

President Donald Trump was recently dealt another unfavorable ruling by a federal judge, who struck down his attempt to obtain sensitive information about voters. On Monday, Politico legal correspondent Josh Gerstein reported that U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai - an appointee of former President Joe Biden -- dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain Oregon's database of registered voters. Kasubhai also reportedly asked the Trump administration about Attorney General Pam Bondi's letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) asking for Minnesota's voter database.

January 26, 2026 at 6:40 PM EST
'He was told no': DHS bars Trump border commissioner from traveling to Minneapolis

One of President Donald Trump's top border security officials was reportedly denied access to Minneapolis during the recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement surge, with the Washington Examiner reporting that other top officials are working to force him out over ethical disagreements on the president's deportation plans. Rodney Scott is Trump's U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. According to the Examiner's Monday report, conflicts with Scott have led Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close ally, special Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee Corey Lewandowski, to mount "an aggressive campaign" to try and make the commissioner "so uncomfortable at work that he would resign."

January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM EST
Firearms instructor warns GOP will lose pro-gun voters over Trump's crackdown

Federal agents gunning down a U.S. citizen and lawful gun owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota last weekend may result in blowback for Republicans in this fall's midterm elections -- specifically from gun owners. That's according to certified firearms instructor Stephen Gutowski, who wrote in a Monday op-ed for MS NOW that the Second Amendment community is likely paying close attention to how President Donald Trump's administration is handling the deadly shooting of 37 year-old Alex Pretti. Gutowski called out the "coordinated messages" from key Trump administration figures blaming Pretti for his own death by carrying a gun (which video shows he never brandished) and suggested those remarks were already backfiring.

January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM EST
Timeline reveals how Fox News devised Trump strategy shift in Minneapolis: analysis

President Donald Trump appears to have moved forward with a major change in strategy after hearing about the idea on Fox News Monday morning, according to an analysis of the events from leading media reporter Brian Stelter. On Monday, Trump announced that he would be sending border official Tom Homan, one of his leading advisors on immigration enforcement, to Minnesota. While Trump only mentioned allegations of welfare fraud in the state, the move comes amid the historically large ICE and CBP enforcement surge in the Twin Cities area, which has soured Americans on Trump's mass deportation agenda considerably and led to the deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal officers. The move was largely interpreted as a ploy to regain control in the state amid widespread criticism of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's handling of the operation.

January 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM EST
Americans and police on a 'catastrophic collision course' over 2nd Amendment: analysis

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - which states that Americans' right to bear arms "for the security of a free state ... not be infringed" -- has now put both Americans and law enforcement in a uniquely precarious position. That's according to a Monday analysis by the Atlantic's Barry Friedman and Brandon Del Pozo, who wrote that the federal agents' recent killing of 37 year-old Minneapolis, Minnesota resident Alex Pretti has signaled a tipping point in the relationship between citizens and the police, putting them "on a potentially catastrophic collision course." They lamented that the shooting was simultaneously fatal for Pretti and "delegitimizing for law enforcement."

January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM EST
GOP instability deepens as another Republican candidate calls it quits

An Iowa state lawmaker has become the second Republican candidate seeking major office to quit their campaign on Monday. The exit comes amid a broader pattern of GOP departures, even as candidates from both parties have begun dropping out of competitive races. "After careful consideration and discussion with my family, I have made the difficult but clear decision to suspend my campaign for Congress," State Representative Shannon Lundgren announced.

January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM EST
'Major shift in strategy' as Trump pulls 'key player' out of Minneapolis

U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino is now reportedly leaving Minneapolis, Minnesota along with several other Border Patrol officials, according to a new report. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez reported Monday that Bovino and an unnamed number of Border Patrol agents will be called back to their original offices before they were deployed as part of Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis. Alvarez called it "a major shift in strategy" by President Donald Trump's administration.

January 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM EST
MAGA panics as Trump's ego threatens administration's 'hardcore nationalists'

Donald Trump's ego appears to be driving a conflict with the various "hardcore nationalists" in his administration, according to a new analysis from The i Paper, with his desire to be "loved and thanked" conflicting with their desire to go further in cracking down on immigration and protestors. The administration is facing mounting unrest in Minnesota, where over the weekend, federal officers killed another American citizen, intensive care nurse Alex Pretti. This death, only weeks after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer, has soured more and more Americans on Trump's immigration crackdown plans, which were already tanking the president's approval on immigration, one of his key issues overall.

January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM EST
Trump admin 'dropping the ball' by calling protestors 'domestic terrorists': MAGA lawmaker

Former MAGA Rep. Trey Gowdy, who is now a host on Fox News, was aghast after seeing the U.S. government try to label the latest ICE shooting victim a "domestic terrorist." In the past three weeks, federal agents have shot and killed two protesters, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Each time, administration officials said that they were clearly an example of "domestic terrorists" attempting to kill law enforcement.

January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM EST
Lawyer for ICE agent quits Minnesota GOP governor's race over 'retribution' on citizens

A leading Republican candidate for governor in Minnesota has withdrawn from the race, citing the Republican Party's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state," and saying he cannot count himself a member of a party that would do so. Chris Madel's announcement Monday morning, just two days after federal agents shot and killed a second U.S. citizen in Minneapolis in under three weeks, was deemed "stunning" by the Minnesota Star Tribune.

January 26, 2026 at 11:17 AM EST
'Severe language problems': Aging expert details evidence of Trump's escalating decline

During his speech at the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly confused Greenland and Iceland. And many Trump critics argued that if former President Joe Biden had done that, right-wing media outlets would have been talking about it for days. Trump's Greenland/Iceland comments, critics said, went beyond a mere gaffe -- he sounded like he didn't realize they are two separate countries.