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“Have you noticed that I kept looking back, and I have been looking and seeing if there are any cars following us?” We’re in Minnesota, where Fernanda is trying to reach pregnant women hiding from ICE. “Because the last thing that I heard is that ICE is targeting people that are dropping off food.” Fernanda works as a midwife, but on her days off, she volunteers to bring food and baby supplies to expecting moms like Ana, an undocumented single mother of two from Mexico. Out of fear of being targeted, Ana asked not to be identified. Health providers across…

A sign in front of the entrance of the Social Security Administration’s main campus on March 19, 2025, in Woodlawn, Md. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images For much of the last year, staffers who were initially part of the Department of Government Efficiency effort improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data on millions of Americans. The Trump administration hasn’t been able to answer how much data is at risk, what it was used for or why its unprecedented efforts to consolidate data are needed. Those questions deepened last week, when the Social Security Administration said…

Vice President Vance gives remarks while standing in front of ICE agents following a roundtable discussion with local leaders and community members amid a surge of federal immigration authorities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Minneapolis has quickly become the center of massive political unrest after Renee Macklin Good was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer more than two weeks ago. Legal battles and protests have sprung up around a surge in federal law enforcement on the streets. Good’s death may have ignited the crisis in the city, but…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration’s focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China. The 34-page document, the first since 2022, was highly political for a military blueprint, criticizing partners from Europe to Asia for relying on previous U.S. administrations to subsidize their defense. It called for “a sharp…

Politics / January 22, 2026 The proposed restriction on protests outside houses of worship is rooted in anti-Palestinian bias and would give Israeli apartheid a free pass. Mamdani should reject it. Ad Policy Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.(Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images) In the first week of January, Israeli authorities issued a tender to construct over 3,400 new illegal settlements in the “E1 corridor” of the West Bank, a parcel of land that connects the ring of settlements surrounding occupied East Jerusalem with the major…

A makeshift memorial for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer on Jan. 7, is seen on Jan. 20, in Minneapolis. Angelina Katsanis/AP hide caption toggle caption Angelina Katsanis/AP The death of Renee Macklin Good, a Minnesota mother who was shot by an immigration enforcement agent in South Minneapolis earlier this month, has raised questions about the Department of Homeland Security’s use-of-force policy. But among federal leaders, the questions appear only to be coming from Democrats. The lack of widespread inquiry over policies that may have factored into a high-profile death involving a federal agent has drawn…

Authoritarian Watch / January 23, 2026 President Donald Trump has turned his back on the liberal world order—and Europe is unlikely to follow. Ad Policy President Donald Trump walks toward Marine One after arriving at Zurich Airport before attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 21, 2026, in Zurich, Switzerland.(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) One year into Trump 2.0, a predatory, imperialist, and increasingly deranged President Trump, has, with his demands that Denmark cede Greenland to the United States, precipitated the most serious rupture of the Western Alliance since the Suez crisis in 1956, when the United States…

The Memorial for Denmark’s international efforts after 1948 at Kastellet in Copenhagen includes commemoration for fallen Danish soldiers. Members of a U.S. congressional delegation laid a wreath there on Jan. 17, after a visit to voice support for Denmark and Greenland. Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images COPENHAGEN, Denmark — On a recent chilly afternoon in Copenhagen, sitting outside a cafe with blinking heat lamps, Company Sergeant Major Henrik Bager shared a Danish expression. “You have a cup. When it’s filled, you need to empty it so you…

Politics / January 23, 2026 Smith performed honorably, but no one person or investigation can protect America from Trump. Ad Policy Former US special counsel Jack Smith is sworn in before he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump.(Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images) The New York Times said he appeared “wan and tired” on Thursday. I wouldn’t have described former special counsel Jack Smith that way; maybe “depressed.” But maybe that’s projection. Smith has been defiantly asking House Republicans to let him testify publicly about his investigations and indictments of Donald Trump.…

President Trump speaks during a reception for business leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — It was among the most volatile weeks for trans-Atlantic relations in recent history, marked by a series of disruptive statements from President Trump that unsettled global markets and strained relations with some of America’s closest allies — on topics that ranged from Greenland to Gaza. The diplomatic whiplash was on full display in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where the annual World Economic Forum unfolded against the…