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Environment / January 15, 2026 Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism. Ad Policy Homes burn as powerful winds drive the Eaton Fire on January 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California.(David McNew / Getty Images) This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story. “Let’s be realistic.” That’s the advice coming from a growing number of voices in climate circles in the United States. In October, billionaire Bill Gates argued that a global temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius is unavoidable and not a “super…

In this Nov. 30, 2021, photo, syringes and vials of Naloxone are shown during the media tour of the supervised drug injection site OnPoint, in New York. Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images A Trump administration official has confirmed to NPR that sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. Letters terminating funding went out late Tuesday night, sending shockwaves through the country’s public health system. Letters will be sent soon restoring that funding. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the Department of Health and Human…

Politics / January 14, 2026 Mamdani names Midori Valdivia as taxi commissioner as the drivers who powered his rise press him to finish the fight against medallion debt. Ad Policy New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press briefing to Nominate Midori Valdivia for chair and commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission at LaGuardia Airport Queens, New York City, on January 13, 2026.(Kyle Mazza / Anadolu via Getty Images) Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood with the city’s yellow cab and Uber drivers at LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday night to announce Midori Valdivia as his choice to oversee the Taxi…

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks to reporters as he heads to a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Hawley reversed his initial support for a Venezuela war powers resolution and voted to block the legislation after receiving assurances from the White House. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Republicans in the Senate have blocked a war powers resolution that would have required President Trump to secure authorization from Congress before launching any further military operations in Venezuela. The resolution’s defeat came less than a week after five Republicans broke ranks with their party and joined…

Politics / January 14, 2026 It’s the protesters on the streets in Minneapolis fighting ICE, DOJ lawyers who’ve resigned over the investigation into Renee and Becca Good—and many more opposing Trump’s abuses. Ad Policy Demonstrators during a protest in Minneapolis on January 8, 2026. An ICE officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city(Ben Brewer / Bloomberg via Getty Images) It’s not just the awe-inspiring neighbors of Minneapolis, who have continued to come out in epic numbers to defend citizens and noncitizens alike from the violence…

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost — seen here with President Trump — has the legal standing to challenge a state law about mail ballots. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that political candidates have the legal standing to challenge election laws before voting or counting starts. The case before the court was brought by Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Bost and other candidates, who wanted to challenge a state law that allows election officials to count mail ballots that arrive up to…

Comment / January 14, 2026 An egregious tax-evasion loophole is inflaming the displacement crisis in Puerto Rico. Ad Policy Puerto Rican rapper and singer-songwriter Bad Bunny has some warnings.(Valerie Macon / Getty) This article appears in the February 2026 issue, with the headline “Abolish Act 22.” Two of the biggest names of 2025—Bad Bunny and Zohran Mamdani—have more in common than a music career. The day after he won his historic race for mayor of New York, Mamdani flew to the city’s sixth borough (Puerto Rico) and proclaimed before the energized crowd at Somos, an annual political conference on the…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump delivered a speech yesterday at the Detroit Economic Club. He touched on the U.S. economy but also meandered into other topics. The president has started traveling around the U.S., addressing a top concern for voters: affordability. The economy is expected to be one of the main issues in this year’s midterm elections. President Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan.…

Society / StudentNation / January 13, 2026 The “Big, Beautiful Bill” added additional taxes on a small set of universities. Now budget cuts have hit campuses across the Ivy League and elsewhere. Ad Policy Banners hanging from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.(Sophie Park / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student…

People walk along a street in downtown of Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption toggle caption Evgeniy Maloletka/AP NUUK, Greenland — Along the narrow, snow-covered main street in Greenland’s capital, international journalists and camera crews stop passersby every few meters (feet) asking them for their thoughts on a crisis which Denmark’s prime minister has warned could potentially trigger the end of NATO. Greenland is at the center of a geopolitical storm as U.S. President Donald Trump is insisting he wants to own the island — and the residents of its capital Nuuk say it is…