Trump News for Wednesday, January 14, 2026

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original version has even more horrifying photographs and videos of agents engaging in this kind of behavior. Immigration agents have put civilians’ lives at r…

Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen says meeting with Trump administration 'didn't manage to change' US position.

Trump has threatened to attack Iran, prompting Tehran to warn of retaliation amid growing fears of conflict.

Energy regulators and advocates are cautiously optimistic about Microsoft's promise to "pay its own way" for the power needed to serve its AI footprint.

Trump administration's move against Jerome Powell fuels fears the Fed's independence is being undermined.

The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.

Journalist Laura Jedeed should be considered a domestic terrorist, according to the Donald Trump administration's warped metric ... but she tells "TMZ Live," she was hired by ICE anyway! This is a wild story ... Laura was curious about how diligent…

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is going a…

America’s political binary — left and right, Democrat and Republican — can feel inescapable. But historically, it’s a relatively new development, and academically, some political scientists argue it’s nonsense: What we think of as immutable political realitie…

Danish Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said a "fundamental disagreement" remains on a US takeover of Greenland.

Business Insider found where 44 of Microsoft's data centers are located as of 2024. It promised this week consumers won't be on the hook for them.

US State Department says freeze will affect citizens of Somalia, Haiti, Iran and Eritrea, among other countries.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the year 2025 (nearly triple their 2024 budget) and at least anot…

When Renee Good was shot by an ICE officer last week in Minnesota, it brought attention to the robust effort to combat US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Twin Cities. Residents of Minneapolis and the surrounding areas are joining decentralized netw…

Trump announced that Iran is stopping the killing of anti-government protesters after he threatened to intervene.

The State Department is freezing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to clamp down on applicants it deems likely to become a public charge.

His irrational fixation with Greenland could lead to global conflict.

Gemini was the most logical choice for Apple Intelligence, at least until Apple can make its own AI model.

Some safety experts want California to stop the cutting of quartz countertops saying it can't be done safely. Lawmakers, meanwhile, contemplate a ban on workers' lawsuits against quartz manufacturers.

ICE is currently operating outside of even Homeland Security's own regulations.

House Oversight Chair James Comer said the panel plans to move forward with contempt of Congress proceedings against the Clintons after they defied subpoenas for depositions in the Epstein probe.

If you missed it, Trump-allied billionaire Larry Ellison and his nepobaby son David hired an unqualified troll named Bari Weiss to “run” CBS News. And by “run” CBS news, I mean destroying what little journalism was left at the media giant and creating an alte…

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Progressives have long argued that Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is a fundamentally fascistic enterprise. In their telling, the president’s goal is not merely to enforce America’s borders but to purify its blood — and unleash state violence against anyone…

The autoworker called the president a "pedophile protector," a reference to his suppression of the Epstein files.

Jonathan Ross -- the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good while she was behind the wheel of her car in Minneapolis last week -- reportedly suffered internal bleeding from their confrontation ... according to Trump administration officials. Two…

The U.S. military is reportedly withdrawing personnel from its largest air base in Qatar as Iran and the Trump administration trade threats.

Many in Greenland say they're unsure what this new year will bring as US President Donald Trump threatens to take over.

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Attorney General Bondi accused the journalist of reporting classified information allegedly leaked by a federal contractor, who she said has been arrested.

The UK-owned, Canadian-made whiskey is testing a united "Team Canada" approach in the face of US tariffs.

Last week, we wrote about how ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother, on a Minneapolis street in broad daylight. We wrote about how the Trump administration immediately began lying about it despite multiple video ang…

US State Department to halt visa processing for 75 countries citing `public charge` risks.

Steve Witkoff says Donald Trump’s Gaza plan is “moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance.”

While generations of fans may have loved “Dilbert,” its creator devolved into something unrecognizable as he embraced the MAGA age.

The Oreshnik missile that struck Lviv carried a political payload.

Tensions continue in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.

The incident occurred while Trump toured a Ford factory in Michigan; the heckler says he has "no regrets".

The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the next four years

AI manipulation, and the very suspicion of it, serves those who have the most to hide.

Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.

From a journalist's tweet about Venezuela to the identity of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good, the debate over doxxing seems to be everywhere.

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations.  Instead, the agency w…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have put steak near the top of the food chain ... but even he knows President Donald Trump eats like a stoner on death row. The Health and Human Services Secretary opened up about his boss's outrageous diet during an…

Rodarte founders Kate and Laura Mulleavy directed the video for lead single “Not Today”

Citi's CFO said the bank "would" and "could" not support the proposed cap.

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.

Trump's comments come as Danish, Greenland diplomats meet with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco.

We’ve always known the ultimate goal was to subject everyone to biometric collections, whether it’s at border crossings or international airports. At some point, the tech will move inland and become an annoying part of traveling from Point A to B because nati…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint   The popularity of commercial nuclear react…

As talk of nuclear threats gives way to promises of 'help', the Bush-era logic of regime change re-emerges.

Trump told Iranian protesters that 'help is on its way' in a Truth Social post.

For Bloomberg, Molly Smith reports on the state of government data: But Trump has made it clear that some data collection simply didn’t align with White House “priorities” that no longer include “w…

Two years ago, companies like Meta and OpenAI were united against military use of their tools. Now all of that has changed.

A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

US warns UK officials could face travel bans if X is blocked amid Grok AI deepfake row, raising tensions over tech regulation and free speech.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects Republican President Donald Trump to try to interfere with the midterm elections, and he says raids by...

ICE agents seemingly believe they can get away with anything, even stealing and selling the phone of a 16-year-old citizen.

Surveillance video captured the moment a suspect opened fire at a police vehicle, sending sparks flying. The suspect was later found dead in his vehicle.

With Trump's proposed cap on credit card interest rates and new caps on student loans, more Americans might turn to alternative lenders.

While major banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Citi, warned that a 10% credit card cap would reduce access to credit, some CEOs applaud the plan.

U.S. officials are expected to meet with Danish and Greenlandic counterparts in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

The FBI is solely leading the inquiry into the killing of Renee Macklin Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross without help from Minnesota authorities. Legal experts explain why the move is unusual and why joint investigations are the norm.

The fires affected millions of people in the region. It could take years to understand the health consequences, but ongoing research is helping to prepare people to weather the next fires more safely.

More than 2,500 people have died during nationwide protests in Iran over the past 17 days, activists said Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump has said “help is on the way” for anti-government protesters in Iran.

Sen. Lindsey Graham added more credibility to the claims that Donald Trump cheats at golf, according to secret testimony he gave in the Georgia election...

Leaders of the two East Asian nations played drums to hits from BTS and KPop Demon Hunters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not commented publicly on the US operation in Venezuela but Moscow and Caracas maintain a strategic partnership.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark's foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, at the center of a geopolitical storm.

Europe might offer a minerals deal and greater US security presence on Greenland. Will that be enough to satiate Trump?

Europe should do everything it can to help the US president in his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Karol Nawrocki said.

Relatives of an arrested protester tell BBC Persian he is due to be executed on Wednesday, as the death toll from demonstrations reportedly exceeds 2,400.

The Fed Chair sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee in July that extensively responded to their inquiries on the Fed building renovation.

Donald Trump is the only president in American history to have been impeached twice. That is a simple fact of history. I can imagine it’s a fact that Donald Trump doesn’t like very much. He might even be embarrassed over it. But it’s a fact that remains no ma…

Lawyers for trans athletes told the conservative-leaning court they were not asking for an “unfair biological advantage”.

TOKYO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Japan declined on Wednesday to comment on the Bank of Japan's absence from a statement by other central banks supporting U.S.

The bipartisan bill would bar funding for any move to occupy or annex the territory of a NATO member state.

Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade

Iran says US seeking to 'manufacture a pretext for military intervention' as President Trump warns of 'strong action'.

A State Department team traveled to Venezuela to help with the release, according to a senior State Department official.

Public health experts agree that a clear definition of ultra-processed foods is needed to shape policy decisions for our food system.

Colvin's arrest for not giving up her seat on a segregated bus helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.

The capture of the Venezuelan leader has revived a debunked conspiracy theory.

Scott Adams, the cartoonist whose "Dilbert" comic strip satirizing white-collar office life appeared in newspapers around the world at its peak, has died at age 68.

The PM is seeking to deepen trade and repair ties with China after years of tense relations - without compromising national security or provoking the US.