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White House says Minnesota Democrats are ‘inciting insurrection’ after ‘terrorist tried to assassinate’ officers
This affects the entire country.

President Donald Trump on Saturday alleged that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey are “inciting insurrection” with their harsh anti-immigration enforcement rhetoric. Earlier in the day, an armed man was shot dead while engaging in a physical altercation with officers.

Other administration officials have also voiced their strong support for federal law enforcement after officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old white male and Minneapolis resident who Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino said appeared to want to “massacre law enforcement.” Pretti was armed with a 9mm handgun and two magazines of ammunition.

“What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?” Trump posted on Truth Social. “The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!”

The Minnesota Democrats have suggested that in order to regain peace, federal officers need to leave the city. Officers have faced a massive uptick in attacks coinciding with the rise of the “abolish ICE” movement, leading to violent escalations.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Saturday criticized the White House’s decision to deploy ICE to Minneapolis, and wrote on X, “Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW.”

In response, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said, “A domestic terrorist tried to assassinate federal law enforcement and this is your response? You and the state’s entire Democrat leadership team have been flaming the flames of insurrection for the singular purpose of stopping the deportation of illegals who invaded the country.”

Other federal officials also supported the Border Patrol agents’ actions, including Bovino.

“This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” he said in a press conference on Saturday.

The Border Patrol union also weighed in, posting on X, “We have pleaded with and warned the media and the politicians that their irresponsible, hate-filled and false rhetoric is going to get people unnecessarily hurt, or worse, killed when they portray our agents and officers as the aggressors.”

Trump suggested on Truth Social that the opposition to ICE and other federal immigration agencies’ presence in Minneapolis is an attempt by Democrats to distract from Minnesota’s large-scale fraud scandal.

“AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIS IS A “COVER UP” FOR THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE ONCE …

Walz: “Keep exercising your 1st Amendment rights (i.e Keep doing everything you’re doing, while I act like I’m ’turning the temperature down’)”
Why resist verification?

Walz Is currently speaking and telling his voters to keep protesting (violence is okay, as long as it’s OUR violence!). Trump would have every right to use the Insurrection Act. This has become a mockery of our entire nation. Everything always comes back to “”J6””, which was ONE DAY where a bunch of boomers were escorted into the Capitol building.
Now, every single day is “”J6””. And for what?

Newsom’s Davos detour: 5 cringe moments that overshadowed the high-profile summit
This feels like a quiet policy shift.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom jetted to Switzerland recently for the World Economic Forum and used the global stage to take aim at the Trump administration, a move that quickly spawned a string of viral moments and mockery. 
Trump administration officials and the president himself converged on Davos, Switzerland, to meet with global government and business leaders to discuss the economy at large, and as President Donald Trump upped the ante on pressuring European leaders to ink a deal for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. 
Trump dominated headlines as foreign dignitaries met with the deal-maker-in-chief at the high-profile annual forum, with Newsom simultaneously working to counter his longtime political foe. 
Fox News Digital took a look back at Newsom's top moments that earned him millions of views on social media as Trump supporters and others lambasted the governor for his political stunts and commentary. 
TREASURY CHIEF UNLOADS ON GAVIN NEWSOM’S DAVOS STUNT, MOCKS GOVERNOR’S ‘BRAIN THE SIZE OF A WALNUT’
Shortly after arriving in Switzerland, Newsom told the media from the sidelines of the annual meeting that he "should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders" interacting with Trump, calling them "pathetic" as he reprimanded that they "have a backbone" against the White House. 
He also compared Trump to a T.rex on the prowl to either mate or eat.
TRUMP KEEPS MACRON UNDER SPOTLIGHT AS GREENLAND TALKS GRIND FORWARD FROM DAVOS
"This is diplomacy with Donald Trump. He's a T.rex. You mate with him, or he devours you, one or the other," Newsom said Tuesday. "The Europeans could be (devoured) if they continue down this path and process. They need to stand tall, stand firm, stand united." 
"Look, a year ago we should have been having this conversation, and they didn't. And now you're paying the price — exactly what any one objective observer would have anticipated we'd be where we are today." 
Video of his remarks quickly spread across social media, generating millions of views as MAGA supporters scratched their heads over the remarks or mocked Newsom for what critics called an "odd" or "vivid" or "bizarre MELTDOWN" online. 
Commentator Stephen A. Smith slammed Newsom for taking shots at Trump while on foreign soil, arguing the "America first" mentality should transcend domestic political differences while on a world stage. 
"I have no problem with Gavin Newsom being candid and open about his feelings about our president on United States soil. To go over to another country, Switzerland, to go over there and to be in the presence of other …

Newslinks for Thursday 22nd January 2026
We're watching the same failure loop.

Trump backs down on tariff threat over Greenland

“Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that he had struck a deal on the future of Greenland after talks with the head of Nato. Mr Trump said he had agreed upon a “future framework” for Greenland and the “entire Arctic region” during a “very productive meeting” with Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general. The US president dropped his threat of punitive 10 per cent trade tariffs on the UK and other European countries after announcing a “long-term deal” on Greenland. The European allies had refused to support his plan to annex Greenland. The announcement came only hours after Mr Trump had demanded the immediate right to buy Greenland from Denmark during a meandering two-hour speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.” – Daily Telegraph

Trump calls off tariffs and hails Greenland deal ‘for all Nato nations’ – The Times

President walks back Greenland tariffs threat, citing vague ‘deal’ over territory – Guardian

Trump’s ‘ultimate deal’ for Greenland could offer $1m each to residents – Daily Mail

Declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism – Guardian

Revealed: Trump’s Greenland deal – Daily Telegraph

Hardened Starmer changes tack as gentle approach fails to sway Trump – Guardian

Rutte confronts Trump over his insults – Daily Mail

Putin will join Board of Peace, says Trump – Daily Telegraph

Russia vows to join the Board of Peace if it gets key war concession – The Sun

Comment

Trump’s imperial delirium could trigger a catastrophic chain reaction – Allister Heath, Daily Telegraph

Trump has exposed the full hypocrisy of Davos Man – Matthew Lynn, Daily Telegraph

Britain must properly rearm after diplomatic war over Greenland – Editorial, The Sun

Trump’s parody of Macron would be a hate crime in many European states – Tim Stanley, Daily Telegraph

>Today:

Columnists: Garvan Walshe: With Greenland Trump has exhausted the world with another tantrum

Backbench rebellion could force Starmer’s hand on social media ban

“Sir Keir Starmer faces the prospect of being forced to bring in an immediate social media ban for teenagers after being defeated in the House of Lords. On Monday, Sir Keir said Labour would consult on introducing an Australian-style ban for under-16s. However, he is now under pressure to implement an immediate ban after the Lords voted by 261 to 150 in favour of an amendment that would force the Government to introduce one. The amendment will now go before the Commons. Most Labour MPs are in favour of a ban which means they will have to be whipped to vote against it to prevent it becoming law before the Government has completed its consultation.” – Daily Telegraph

Starmer moves closer to under-16s social media ban after Lords defeat – The Times …

Pentagon plans to give South Korea primary role in deterring North Korea threats under new strategy
What's the administration thinking here?

The Pentagon said in an unclassified national defense strategy document titled "Restoring peace through strength for a new golden age of America" on Friday that it plans to shift more of the responsibility of deterring North Korea to South Korea.
The U.S. would take a "more limited" role in keeping North Korea in line, the Pentagon said in the document obtained by Fox News Digital.
"With its powerful military, supported by high defense spending, a robust defense industry, and mandatory conscription, South Korea is capable of taking primary responsibility for deterring North Korea with critical but more limited U.S. support," the document said.
It added, "South Korea also has the will to do so, given that it faces a direct and clear threat from North Korea. This shift in the balance of responsibility is consistent with America’s interest in updating U.S. force posture on the Korean Peninsula. In this way, we can ensure a stronger and more mutually beneficial alliance relationship that is better aligned with America’s defense priorities, thereby setting conditions for lasting peace."
IRAN ALLEGEDLY AIRS 97 ‘COERCIVE’ CONFESSIONS' AMID RECORD-BREAKING NORTH KOREA-STYLE INTERNET BLACKOUT
The new policy plan on North Korea followed similar strategies for other parts of the world, with the wide-ranging document adding that the department will "no longer be distracted by interventionism, endless wars, regime change, and nation building. Instead, we will put our people’s practical concrete interests first."
The document clarified the policy doesn’t mean "isolationism," but rather a "strategic approach to the threats our nation faces."
Further down, it added, "We will insist our allies and partners do their part and lend them a helping hand when they step up."
NORTH KOREA TEST LAUNCHES HYPERSONIC MISSILE SYSTEM IN FRONT OF KIM, NATION SAYS
The document said under a section titled "Increase Burden-Sharing with U.S. Allies and Partners" that it plans to deter China "through strength, not confrontation," and as the "Department rightly prioritizes Homeland defense and deterring China, other threats will persist, and our allies will be essential to dealing with all of them. Our allies will do so not as a favor to us, but out of their own interests."
On Russia, it said the country "will remain a persistent but manageable threat to NATO’s eastern members for the foreseeable future," and on Iran, it stated that President Donald Trump has made it clear that Iran won’t be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
This year, South Korea raised its military budget by 7.5% while …

George Trefgarne: Time for critics to stop tilting at Tory windmills – Badenoch understands conservatism
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.

George Trefgarne is the former Economics Editor, and Comment Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

The defection of Robert Jenrick has exposed an entire class of online political activists on the Right who have been turning their fire on Kemi Badenoch. What they have in common is that they are tilting at windmills inside their own heads. They are tilting at a notion of Kemi Badenoch or conservatism which does not, in fact, exist.

Contrary to what some of them say, Kemi is her own person, a classic market-oriented conservative. From a British perspective, she had an unusual upbringing in Nigeria as it descended into socialism. She moved to this country 16 years later and via a combination of patriotic affection and hard work adopted it as her own because Nigeria was falling apart. Understanding her childhood and early adulthood is important. Putting her leadership into a stereotypical lexicon of “culture warrior” or “a Wet takeover” or “surrounded by Lib Dems” or “embodies the centrist graveyard” as some do, defies empirical observation.

I put this misreading of Kemi Conservatism down to the trauma of the last decade.

As a nation, a majority of voters conjured up Brexit as a force for national renewal, only for it to result in the opposite: the degradation of our culture and institutions, out-of-control migration, rising taxes and public expenditure, and the highest energy prices in the world. All culminating in a crushing, deserved Conservative defeat at the 2024 General Election. Lord Frost’s Brexit agreement is fine, but the Brexit settlement, the policy choices which followed next, was disastrous. People think she agrees with this settlement, when emphatically she does not and has said so repeatedly.

Ministers and their advisers of that era may enter substantial pleas in mitigation, such as Covid, or its predecessor, the ‘Woke Mind Virus’, or the Ukraine war, but fundamentally this was a failure of strategy, of philosophy and practice.

So let us think rationally, starting with observation and then the application of first principles.

Kemi Badenoch is currently on track to be the most popular politician in Britain, in the sense of being the most approved of. Get used to it. The Times average approval rating poll shows a clear trend that she has recently overtaken Nigel Farage and is now at minus 9 per cent, compared to his minus 15 per cent. Zack Polanski and Ed Davey are only narrowly ahead at minus 8 per cent. But her trajectory is upwards from minus 26 per cent six months ago.

In other words, actual voters are starting, hesitantly, to like her as she learns on her feet. Millions of them. What they do have is a problem with the Conservative Party and its legacy, hence the understandable attraction of Reform. Reform is right to draw attention to …

Post-Roe battle over abortion pills reaches Kentucky gas stations as AG opens investigation
Who's accountable for the results?

With the March for Life marking nearly three years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, Kentucky has launched an investigation into out-of-state groups advertising mail-order abortion pills, citing a post-Dobbs law that bans the drugs’ delivery into the state.
The march's organizers now see new meaning in their annual demonstration following the landmark Dobbs decision, and states around the country are taking sides on whether abortion should be "safe, legal and rare," as then-President Bill Clinton put it, or liberally permitted or strictly prohibited. In Kentucky, lawmakers responded by passing House Bill 3 in 2022, banning the mailing or delivery of abortion-inducing drugs.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman told Fox News Digital on Friday that he is citing the law in launching an investigation into organizations that could be participating in unlawful activity in that regard, as reproductive health groups have been advertising at gas stations in both the Bluegrass State and its Appalachian neighbor West Virginia.
In recent months, a New York-based nonprofit called Mayday Health that advertises "abortion pills by-mail" announced it would buy advertising at more than 100 gas stations in the two rural states, asking, "Pregnant? Don’t want to be?" and inviting customers to contact them.
TRUMP ADMIN STOPS FUNDING FOR RESEARCH THAT INVOLVES ABORTED BABY TISSUE
SEN JAMES LANKFORD: WHEN WE MARCH FOR LIFE, WE MUST FIGHT FOR THE HYDE AMENDMENT
Coleman told Fox News Digital on Friday his probe is intended to discern whether the mail-order abortion ban and/or Kentucky's consumer protection laws are being violated by these groups. 
"Out-of-state activist groups who are targeting the vulnerable here should be on notice: Keep your illegal pills out of our Commonwealth or face the full weight of the attorney general’s office," Coleman said, issuing subpoenas to the various fuel stations as well.
"These deadly and unlawful pills cannot be allowed to continue flooding into Kentucky through the mail, and we will thoroughly pursue every lead to hold bad actors accountable," he continued, adding the ads may also violate Frankfort’s consumer-protection laws.
TRUMP URGES GOP TO BE ‘FLEXIBLE’ ON HYDE AMENDMENT, IGNITING BACKLASH FROM PRO-LIFE ALLIES
Coleman said that any resident who sees such ads should report them to his agency’s consumer-protection office.
Liv Raisner, executive director of Mayday, told Fox News Digital in response that "it turns out [Coleman] doesn't like free speech as much as he says," adding Mayday similarly advertised at South Dakota gas …

(What’s Left of) Our Economy: As Trump Tariffs Came on, U.S. Manufacturing Reversed a Production Decline
This affects the entire country.

If you’re bored with good news, then you’ll find today’s Federal Reserve report on after-inflation U.S. manufacturing output awfully boring.  Because the new data come on top of a group of recent excellent official American economy releases that has included overall economic growth, labor productivity, initial jobless claims, consumer inflation, wholesale inflation, and trade flows.  And even though the last jobs report was more mixed, it still recorded that the overall unemployment rate edged lower from a downwardly revised (and already pretty low) 4.5 percent to 4.4 percent.

According to the new Fed release, real U.S.-based manufacturing output rose by 0.20 percent on- month in December.  Moreover, revisions were a net positive.  November’s initially reported 0.03 percent growth figure was upgraded to 0.36 percent expansion – offsetting October’s downgrade from a 0.37 percent sequential slump to one of 0.55 percent.

Further, these December results show that in inflation-adjusted terms, U.S. manufacturers have turned a corner during this year of major Trump tariffs.  Between February (the first full month of President Trump’s second term) through December, domestic industry raised its production by 1.26 percent.  During the same pre-Trump tariff period of 2024, constant dollar manufacturing output fell by 0.83 percent.

Another way to look at this progress:  As of December 2024, since its all-time peak at the end of 2007, American manufacturing output had dropped by 9.81 percent after inflation.  The decline as of the end of last year?  Down 7.91 percent.

The biggest monthly after-inflation December manufacturing output winners among the major manufacturing sub-categories tracked by the Fed were:

>the heavily tariffed primary metals sector, which boosted its monthly constant dollar production by 2.40 percent in December.  That was its best such result since June’s 2.98 percent and represented the first sequential advance in three months.  That December growth does follow a November result that was revised way down to a 0.27 percent dip to a decrease of 2.14 percent.  But under Trump 2.0, steel and aluminum and other metals companies have increased their price-adjusted production by a robust 3.82 percent;

>petroleum and coal products manufacturers increased their inflation-adjusted monthly output by 1.78 percent in December – an especially impressive performance following a blazing 3.45 percent November monthly gain;

>the electrical equipment, appliance, and components category saw its after inflation production climb for the second consecutive month, and the 1.66 percent advance was its best since August’s 2.19 percent; and

>aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment producers, whose real output rose by 1.55 percent month-to-month in December.  November’s results were significantly downgraded from an initially reported 1.11 increase to a 1.32 percent decrease.  But between February and December, these companies’ constant dollar production soared by 9.64 percent.

The biggest production losers in December among those big sub-categories monitored by the Fed were:

>wood product manufacturing, where inflation …

ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs
Who's accountable for the results?

ProPublica on Friday published never-before-released data connecting generic drugs to the factories that manufactured them. The data powers Rx Inspector, our groundbreaking tool that allows you to find the factories where your generic drugs were made and their Food and Drug Administration inspection track records.

The data, which ProPublica created by linking several FDA datasets, has never been made available by the agency before. It will allow anyone to connect prescriptions to the facilities they were manufactured in by linking National Drug Code numbers to FDA Establishment Identifiers of drug manufacturing facilities.

You can access the data on Github here.

Academic researchers said the data would contribute significantly to research evaluating the quality and supply of generic drugs.

“This bypasses an incredibly time-consuming barrier for people who want to study drugs and anything to do with manufacturing,” said John Gray, a professor at the Ohio State University.

Gray and his team are working to assign generic drugs quality scores based on risk. The goal is to help government purchasers, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, buy medications based on quality, not just cost.

The data also provides some basic information about each facility, like the country it’s in and the name of the company that registered it.

The methods we used to link the FDA’s drug and facility identifiers are complex, and are laid out in our full methodology. To obtain some of the data, ProPublica had to sue the agency.

We know that much of what is represented here is likely incomplete. It is possible the FDA’s information is not up-to-date because, for example, one company acquired another or moved its manufacturing to a different location. However, we believe this is an important first step in shedding light on a process that the agency and drugmakers have sought to keep secret from consumers.

We are releasing this data under a Creative Commons license, meaning you may use it for noncommercial purposes as long as you attribute ProPublica and link back to Rx Inspector.

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GOP talk of Rubio 2028 heats up in wake of Venezuela op
What's the endgame here?

Donald Trump has handed Marco Rubio the keys to Venezuela. It could make or break the secretary of State should he run for president in 2028.

Rubio has quickly emerged as the administration’s point person on Venezuela, the man standing behind the president as he declared “we’re going to run the country.” Rubio plastered his face across the Sunday news shows to explain the operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, then went on in the days after to defend it in briefings to Congress.

Photoshopped memes are now circulating of Rubio sporting a sash with the national colors of Venezuela, like those the country’s presidents wear. Rubio is in on the joke, taking to X on Thursday to humorously knock down “rumors” that he was “a candidate for the currently vacant HC and GM positions with the Miami Dolphins.”

But it’s the American presidency that could be at stake.

“Venezuela could make him president — or ensure that he never is,” said Mark McKinnon, a longtime political adviser and former aide to President George W. Bush.

POLITICO reported in November that Rubio privately had said that he’d back JD Vance for president if he runs in 2028, which Rubio publicly confirmed to Vanity Fair.

“If JD Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him,” Rubio told Vanity Fair, a line his aides pointed POLITICO to when asked for comment for this story.

Few political strategists, however, are buying that line, and Rubio has changed his mind on not running for office before.

“He’s quietly stacking internal GOP capital, from what I hear from people in my circles within the Republican Party,” said Buzz Jacobs, senior adviser on Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign. “As of today, could Marco Rubio enter the presidential race and be very competitive, even against the vice president? I think the answer is undeniably yes.”

Rubio has spent much of his career railing against Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship, a close ally of the regime in Cuba, his parents’ homeland.

“Their experience with the evils of socialism and communism is in his DNA,” said Cesar Conda, Rubio’s first Senate chief of staff. “It guides his world view.”

Rubio ran against Trump for the presidency in 2016; he called Trump a “con artist.” But since Trump won and effectively commandeered the Republican Party, Rubio has adjusted many of his policy positions and his rhetoric. He has surrounded himself with America First staffers and advisers who help push forward the Trump administration's muscular foreign policy.

Trump shortlisted him for the vice presidency in 2024, but Rubio ended up at the State Department instead. To the surprise of many political observers, Rubio fell into lockstep with Trump on issues many thought would be a …