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Economy / January 19, 2026 New York City is suing a delivery app for stealing workers’ pay—signaling that under Mamdani, gig companies can no longer break the law with impunity. Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, steps up to a podium during a news conference in Brooklyn borough of New York on January 15, 2026.(Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Inside the office of the nonprofit Worker’s Justice Project in Brooklyn, Gustavo Ajche pulled up a screenshot on his phone. It showed the delivery app Motoclick had paid him $6.75 for three hours of work in…

“Hey, hey. Back up, back up. Do not impede me. Do not impede me. Do not impede me. That’s assault.” This is the moment anti-ICE protesters clashed with a prominent right-wing activist here in Minneapolis on Saturday, less than two weeks after a surge of federal agents deployed to the city as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “Exactly 80 million Trump supporters voted for our president and for the agenda to sweep our nation of these migrants.” Jake Lang, who spent four years in prison for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,…

FILE – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City, Nov. 7, 2025. Marco Ugarte/AP hide caption toggle caption Marco Ugarte/AP MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum quelled concerns on Monday about two recent movements of the U.S. military in the vicinity of Mexico that have the country on edge since the attack on Venezuela. On Friday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration urged U.S. aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing “military activities.” The president said her administration waited a…

Politics / January 19, 2026 Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche makes clear that the Department of Justice won’t look into the death of Renee Good—but that won’t stop Minnesota from investigating. Ad Policy Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche attends a news conference on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) It’s hard to be shocked by anything the Trump administration does. But when Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News Sunday that the Department of Justice will not investigate the actions of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good on January 7, I’ll admit…

President Donald Trump greets Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, upon his arrival at the White House, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump says his controversial push for U.S. control of Greenland comes after he failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize last year, adding he no longer feels obliged to think only of peace. In a message to Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Sunday night, Trump criticized the European country for not giving him the prize. “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace…

Jon Wiener: From the Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the show: 20 minutes without Trump — a TV series about how capitalism came to Communist China, by the great Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai. John Powers will comment. But first: from Minneapolis to Caracas, Harold Meyerson has our political update — in a minute.[BREAK]JW: Harold Meyerson is editor at large of the American Prospect. Harold, welcome back. Harold Meyerson: Always good to be here, Jon. JW: We’ve said for a long time that, as Trump’s support collapsed, as his approval ratings crashed,…

President Trump takes questions from members of the press aboard Air Force One. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images President Trump once insisted he had “nothing to do with Project 2025,” the right-wing policy plan that became a key flashpoint during the presidential campaign. The Democrats tried to turn the 900-page Heritage Foundation-led blueprint to remake the government into a political boogeyman, and succeeded to some degree, but it wasn’t enough to win the election. A year later, many of the policies have been implemented, from cracking down on immigration to dismantling the Department of Education.…

Politics / January 14, 2026 If the Trump administration were truly concerned with fraud in social services spending, it wouldn’t start with childcare, and it wouldn’t start with Minnesota. Ad Policy Parents, teachers, childcare workers and community members hold up handmade signs defending local childcare programs during a press conference at a daycare center Minneapolis, Minn. (Alex Kormann / The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images) The allegations surfaced over a decade ago: A handful of childcare centers in Minnesota had defrauded the state and federal government by billing for children who weren’t actually being cared for. Then, during the…

Logan Sudeith, 25, estimates he clocks about 100 hours a week on prediction markets. Evan Frost for NPR hide caption toggle caption Evan Frost for NPR Ask Logan Sudeith how many bets he places in a week and he’ll laugh. It’s a comical line of questioning for the 25-year-old former financial risk analyst, who estimates he clocks about 100 hours a week on prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket. After a while, understandably, some of the bets blur together. What are his net profits, though? That’s a number he’s got at the ready. “Last month, I made $100,000,” said Sudeith, who…

Society / January 14, 2026 The tech oligarch sets a new low—for now—in the degeneration of online discourse. Ad Policy A Grok-generated image of a bikini-clad Elon Musk.(Leon Neal / Getty Images) In the last month, Grok, the AI chatbot anchoring Elon Musk’s X social media platform, has become the Internet’s leading maker of nonconsensual sexualized imagery, especially of young girls. There are other apps allowing users to “nudify” images, but none has the capabilities or the social media–enhanced reach of Grok—or the support of the richest man in the world. According to one researcher, Grok has been producing more…