Trump News for Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Trump administration has been dealt its first legal setback in its unprecedented effort to consolidate voter data traditionally held by states.

What is the Insurrection Act, and why might a recent Supreme Court decision make it more likely that President Trump would invoke it? ABC News' Steven Portnoy has more.

The president and his allies are misleading the public about the threats they face.

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: Tensions are rising in Minneapolis as the Trump admini…

Coinbase's CEO isn't happy. Senators pump the brakes.

U.S. emissions rose last year, new research says: The country spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before.

TJ Sabula, the Ford factory worker who called Trump a "pedophile protector" during a plant tour in Dearborn, Michigan, has raised over $440,000 on GoFundMe after being suspended without pay, reports Click On Detroit. Video captured Trump mouthing "f*ck you" a…

A Quinnipiac poll found 53% of voters said Good's shooting was not justified.

There were growing signs that US military action on Iran might be imminent, then the US president suddenly changed his tune.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he's been informed that the "killing" in Iran has stopped and the anticipated executions of arrested protesters won't take place.

Democratic lawmakers are urging the FTC to investigate Trump Mobile over alleged false advertising tied to its long-delayed T1 Phone.

The Venezuelan opposition leader said she "presented" her Nobel medal to Trump, but did not say whether he accepted it.

The advice from five legal experts all boiled down to a blunt reality: employees should watch their mouth at work if they want to keep their job.

As President Trump began a pattern of deploying the National Guard to democratic-led cities, several Democratic attorneys general and their staffs worked to coordinate their fight against the deployments – and, ultimately, they won.

The US just lowered Taiwan's tariffs in exchange for a massive domestic chipmaking promise, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday. Under the deal, tariffs on goods from Taiwan will decrease from 20 to 15 percent, while Taiwanese technology companies w…

The Trump administration keeps using video games to meme its way through fascism The post Trump Uses Stardew Valley To Threaten Third Term appeared first on Kotaku.

President Trump announced a plan that addresses drug costs and health savings accounts, but not the health insurance premium spikes millions of Americans are facing.

In the hours and days after news and videos spread of the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, a small army of right-wing, pro-Trump creators, journalists, and influencers descended on the city and flooded social media. They filmed protests; r…

A wild rooster was spotted skillfully dodging traffic in Honolulu.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt completely lost it at a columnist who challenged administration claims that ICE was doing everything by the book...

ABC News' Mary Bruce asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt how Trump's plan to "deliver money directly to the American people" — instead of health insurance companies — would work.

The Twin Cities, and much of the nation, are still reeling from ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting and killing Renee Good last week. The local resistance to the federal immigration forces deployed in and around Minneapolis has grown, and the Trump administratio…

ABC News' Victor Oquendo ​on Florida's Turtle Hospital and the state's signature key lime pie.

Ever since Trump took office and turned over immigration enforcement to someone who killed pets more often than she’s experienced moments of joy, the world has been shrinking. It America vs. everyone else at this point, with the Trump administration adding he…

Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" from Trump Mobile. The company first announced its T1 Phone mo…

An appeals court says a judge had no jurisdiction to order pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention, a ruling that could lead to his re-arrest.

As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities.

US graduate international student enrollment dropped 5.9% in 2025 as the Trump administration continues to clampdown on visas and immigration.

The NASA International Space Station (ISS) crew that included a sick astronaut splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, early on Thursday morning.

Department of Homeland Security's AI initiatives in action...

So let me get this straight. The United States government spent years championing a ban on TikTok, rushed it through the Supreme Court with claims of grave national security threats, got a 9-0 ruling blessing government censorship of an entire platform used b…

Starlink is illegal in Iran, but people are still using the satellite internet service to get around the government's internet shutdown.

The nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy appear increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown.

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to...

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act as tensions intensify with Democratic politicians in Minnesota following another ICE shooting.

A Justice Department memo offers new details about how the US planned to pull off the daring nighttime mission.

“Her time at DOJ has been disastrous for the [Civil Rights] division," the co-founder of Global Extremism told Jezebel.

Thursday was the final day to select an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan across much of the country, as the expiration of federal subsidies drives...

Last week, the fruits of the Department of Homeland Security’s burgeoning gestapo tactics came into full view.

Is it really a victory when the regime you detest stays in place?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents got a heated reception upon entering a restaurant in Minnesota ... with customers screaming profanities at them and demanding they get out. Video of the wild interaction this week has surfaced online ...…

Donald Trump has vowed to protect demonstrators in Iran, but the United States doesn't have many good options.

Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.

She called social programs "state control" and a sign of "dependency." Now, she's p*ssed that her mother's heat assistance was cut.View Entire Post ›

The Trump empire is nothing if not predictable. Last year we noted repeatedly how the Trump administration and Larry Ellison (owner of CBS) would be joining forces to try and stop Netflix’s $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers. Larry, if you’re not aw…

One guy went to incredible heights to get the job done, proposing on a rope bridge 1,000 feet in the air in Vietnam.

While DHS posts nazi musical anthems to social media, Trump threatens to deploy military against Americans in Minnesota via Insurrection Act.

Venezuela relied on Russian air defense systems and Chinese radars, but its forces did not shoot down any US military aircraft.

Colorado mom Shelby Wold, captured the moment her two-year-old kissed his newborn sister for the first time, but she never expected the reaction her daughter had.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and “one other thing” can help overhaul the affordability crisis.

France says a 15-strong French military contingent has arrived in Nuuk as part of a so-called reconnaissance mission.

My morning train WFH reads: • For Years, Powell Avoided Fighting Trump. That’s Over. After receiving grand jury subpoenas Friday, Powell spent the weekend deciding how to respond. By Sunday, he had his answer. (Wall Street Journal) • The golden handcuffs are …

President Donald Trump is pointing the finger at an unlikely target after his much-touted efforts to broker an end to the war in Ukraine failed to gain...

The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.

The United States is considering whether to strike Iran as turmoil intensifies for the country’s authoritarian regime.

Presidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt helped shape a policy that rationalizes U.S. intervention in Latin America and elsewhere. But Trump has brought that idea to a whole new level.

The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin Good's killing last week.

Hannah Natanson had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized. The Justice Department says this is part of an investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information.

What is this new era of global politics and where it does it leave Europe?

The City of Minneapolis confirmed a man was shot and taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

The tariff will cover hardware central to the AI boom like Nvidia's H200 processor and AMD's MI325X chips, with some exemptions.

Western sanctions and weak oil prices are already squeezing Russia's coffers, pressuring funds used to sustain the war and the broader economy.

The US president does not rule out military action in Iran, as Tehran temporarily shuts its airspace to nearly all flights.

One week after Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent, a federal officer has shot another person during a targeted operation in Minnesota, authorities said. Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, tells TMZ ...…

Meet the new year, same as the old year, at least as far as America’s measles problem goes. We talked a lot about this disease last year, and for good reason. In RFK Jr.’s first year as Secretary of DHS, America managed to suffer its worst measles infection c…

The resolution would have forced President Trump to get authorization from Congress before launching military operations in Venezuela. It was blocked after having previously advanced with GOP support.

The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis...

Hot spots around the globe mean a heightened risk that any retaliation succeeds.

Isaac Chotiner interviews Deborah Fleischaker, a former D.H.S. oversight official, on ICE’s accountability mechanisms, which have been “gutted beyond recognition.”

More than a year before an American military operation deposed Nicolás Maduro, a senior aide to President Donald Trump argued that the Venezuelan leader had ...

On The Political Scene Podcast: The Secretary of State is often described as the architect of U.S. policy toward Venezuela. How much control he actually exercises remains uncertain.

The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.