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Republican introduces bill seeking to make Greenland 51st state

by Tara Suter - 01/12/26 3:59 PM ET Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill to make Greenland the 51st state in the U.S., following President Trump’s recent push to acquire the Danish territory. The “Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act” was introduced by the Florida Republican on Monday, his office said in a press release. The bill’s goals, according to its text, include enabling “the annexation and subsequent admission to statehood of Greenland.” “Greenland is not a distant outpo ...

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Sen. Kelly sues DOD Sec. Hegseth, says he was punished for 'disfavored political speech'

Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday sued the Pentagon and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, alleging the Trump administration's efforts to punish the Democratic senator for his participation in a video to U.S. troops violate the Constitution. The federal civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington was filed one week after Hegseth said his department would cut Kelly's military retirement pay in response to the video. The government's actions "trample on protections the Constitution singles o ...

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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show. The change could make it easier to repeal limits on pollutants from coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities. Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times By Maxine Joselow Reporting from Washington Jan. 12, 2026 U ...

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Minnesota, Twin Cities sue Trump administration over widespread immigration operations

Updated Jan 12, 2026, 4:34 PM ET PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2026, 12:30 AM ET The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing that the widespread federal immigration operations in the state is "a federal invasion of the Twin Cities," according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The suit is seeking a court order halting the operations, arguing the federal government is unlawfully commandeering state resources and violating Minnesota law and city ordinances. It i ...

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Meta names former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick as president, vice chairman

Meta Platforms on Monday named former Trump administration official Dina Powell McCormick as its president and vice chairman, boosting the company's lobbying efforts in the US capital. President Donald Trump congratulated Powell McCormick in a post on his Truth Social account minutes after the company announced her promotion. She is a "fantastic, and very talented, person" who served his administration with "strength and distinction," he said. Her appointment is the latest ...

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Trump Says He May Veto Extension of Health Care Subsidies

(Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said Sunday he may veto a bill to extend Obamacare subsidies if Congress sent one to his desk. Trump’s remark to reporters on Air Force Once comes after nine swing-district House Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday in advancing legislation to revive expired Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years.

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Democratic rep calls for limits on 'military authority' of ICE

(The Hill) Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said Sunday that Congress should rein in the authority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of an officer from the agency fatally shooting a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis. “The real question now is can we find enough Republicans to work with us Democrats, to put a check on the military authority of ICE at this point,” Subramanyam told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”

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Dems force GOP to abandon DHS funding for upcoming debate after ICE shooting: report

(Raw Story) Republicans in Congress moved to strike funding for the Department of Homeland Security from this week's budget debates after an immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis, according to a new report. CNN's Sarah Harris reported the move on Sunday, saying it happened after "dozens" of Democrats "balked" at supporting an omnibus funding package for the agency. CNN previously reported that the progressive wing of the Democratic Party was leading the charge to rein in President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement arm.

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Nikki Glaser Savages CBS News, Justice Department in Scorching Golden Globes Monologue

(Movie Maker) Nikki Glaser kicked off the Golden Globes with rhetorical guns blazing, saying the the “Golden Globe for best editing goes to the Justice Department” and the “award for most editing goes to CBS News — yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.” It was a bluntly political start to the ceremony, which mocked the Trump Administration’s slow-roll release of heavily redacted Epstein documents, and new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’ overhaul of the once-revered CBS News.

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