Trump News for Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Why the Trump administration is posting messages like “THIS IS OUR HEMISPHERE” after the attack on Venezuela

President Donald Trump warned Republican members of Congress on Tuesday that if they don't win in this year's midterms, then he will "get impeached."

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Many Greenlanders are interested in working with the US, but they all bristle at the idea of being bought or taken by force.

The White House told Reuters that "utilizing the U.S. military is always an option" when asked about Greenland on Tuesday.

By Jan Wolfe Jan 6 (Reuters) - The 92-year-old judge overseeing the Nicolas Maduro case has said he displays a Hebrew scripture from the Torah on the wall of...

The military is among a "range of options" being considering, Leavitt said.

I’ve criticized Chuck Schumer plenty over the years, generally for being bad on tech policy, but also for not understanding the moment we’re living through. Yes, he’s the leader of a minority party with zero power, but that doesn’t mean he’s powerless. Yet he…

At least the debut of the “America-loving” newscast was an apt metaphor for America right now.

Both conservative and liberal justices voiced concerns about the legality of the tariffs during arguments in November.

In a statement, the White House told the BBC that Trump had made clear that acquiring Greenland was a "national security priority".

Robert Kagan and Vivian Salama discuss the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela. Join the subscriber-only event.

The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter ...

Top diplomat has long pushed toppling of Maduro, with eye towards Cuba, but remains constrained by competing ambitions.

It's only been days since an audacious U.S. raid snatched Nicolás Maduro from a Venezuelan military base and sped him to a Brooklyn prison, yet Detroit-area ...

The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that abortion must remain legal in that state, despite a 2023 law seeking to ban it. The case is known as State v. Johnson. Wyoming is America’s reddest state — President Donald Trump won Wyoming by 46 points in 2024…

This isn’t the next Iraq War, he says, but there’s still plenty to be concerned about.

Craters and damage are visible in a Saturday image taken of the Higuerote Airport on Venezuela's northern coast.

Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.

Donald Trump and his authoritarian friends have successfully destroyed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the closest this country has gotten to having a useful and effective publicly-funded media. The CPB this week voted to officially shut down, …

"States must step in to hold X and Musk accountable, if Trump’s DOJ won’t," Wyden said.

US president predicts 'epic' victory for his party in the November vote that will determine control of House and Senate.

With Direct File discontinued, here are some other free tax options for 2026.

US President Donald Trump some soldiers ‘on the other side’ were killed in the operation that abducted Nicolas Maduro.

Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio is slated to meet US leaders after Trump threatened Colombia.

Given the recent Supreme Court ruling that (surprisingly!) said Trump did not have the executive power to commandeer National Guard troops to aid and abet law enforcement/deportation efforts in Illinois, this ruling [PDF] from the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court …

The 90-second video urging U.S. military personnel to refuse to follow illegal orders was deemed "punishable by DEATH!"

Nationwide protests continue to grow as rights groups accuse authorities of cracking down on demonstrators

The Trump administration is taking a shockingly interventionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, as shown by last weekend’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his threats of military intervention against several other countries in the regio…

Sen. Mark Kelly, who was censured on Monday by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, appeared on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.

Were Trump to make good on his ambition to bring Greenland under US control, would it mark not just an existential threat to Nato but also a major crisis for the EU?

Once a fierce advocate for Trump and his MAGA base, Greene has broken with the president and resigned from Congress. New Yorker writer Charles Bethea discusses Greene's past — and what may lie ahead.

We don’t have many details: President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that the U.S. used cyberattacks or other technical capabilities to cut power off in Caracas during strikes on the Venezuelan capital that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás …

Congress plans to allocate $24.4 billion to NASA for fiscal year 2026, nearly $6 billion more than President Trump had proposed.

California’s Gavin Newsom would rather be wrong than weak.

Almost one in 10 people who visited a doctor in the U.S. in the week ending on December 27 were there for flulike symptoms, according to new data

Legislative efforts to check Trump's military authority on Venezuela falter amidst partisan divides in the US Congress.

American right wing propaganda companies are beginning to fight among themselves as a shrinking number of dodgy media companies vie for domination of the Trump-coddled U.S. propaganda market. Newsmax, a right wing propaganda organization pretending to be a ca…

Prisoners of war have rights that Maduro isn't being afforded at present.

The Trump administration is using one state's very real fraud cases to justify simply stripping funding from other blue states as punishment.

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in New York yesterday. And, the CDC scales back routine childhood vaccine recommendations at President Trump's direction.

I barely knew where the bathrooms were. I had no idea how to deal with a siege.

Six European countries have issued a joint statement saying only Greenland and Denmark can decide on their future.

Trump is open about his ambitions for scaled-up US operations, but analysts say such plans would take time.

Modelling suggests both carbon taxes and green subsidies will be necessary to decarbonise the US economy, but the inconsistent policies of successive presidents are the "worst case" scenario

After US forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, it is unclear what Washington has planned.

Why an ex–police officer assaulted a fellow cop on January 6

George Conway, who was once married to a former adviser to the president before becoming a prominent anti-Trump voice, announced on Tuesday that he is...

This weekend’s invasion was both a throwback to the last century and a new, uniquely Trumpian nightmare—one that’s just beginning.

President Trump is set to meet with House Republicans Tuesday at the Kennedy Center as lawmakers in both chambers are calling for more details on the recent operation in Venezuela.

Now begins what could be a lengthy legal process of pretrial motions, potential plea negotiations and possibly a jury trial of the authoritarian leader who ruled Venezuela for more than a decade.

President Trump says the U.S. will "take back" Venezuela's oil. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jason Bordoff, founding director of Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, about his remarks.

The library at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is closing after a number of disruptions and reductions by the Trump administration. Staff members say it's degrading NASA's mission.

The Panama Canal has become the focus of increased US pressure as the US tries to curb Venezuelan oil shipments.

Her comments came in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island to come under U.S. control in the aftermath of the weekend military operation in Venezuela.

Jon Stewart blasted Trump over his promises to end overseas entanglements after U.S. forces kidnapped Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

The opposition leader tells Fox News she is 'grateful' for Trump's 'courageous vision' after Maduro's abduction.

Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though it's believed to be in storage.

Mette Frederiksen's warning comes after Trump again threatened to takeover control of Greenland.

Companies' Venezuela operations would need a "tremendous amount" of investment, Trump said on Monday.

I’ve come to really appreciate the term “Trump derangement syndrome.” I’ve found it incredibly useful, primarily because whenever I hear someone use the phrase unironically, I am comfortable assessing that the conversation with that person will be unproductiv…

Denmark and Mexico, also threatened by US President Donald Trump, warn that the US violated international law.

An American Academy of Pediatrics official warns that changes made by political appointees could harm children.

President Donald Trump hasn't minced words about the larger message he's trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro and...