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News, analysis and opinion from the day’s top stories.


9h ago

Ahead of Davos, Trump displays one-track mind on Greenland

Trump sought to exert even more pressure on European leaders over Greenland the day before his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

9h ago

Congress still has a panel on ‘weaponization’ of government, if it dares to use it

If Jim Jordan and the GOP are genuinely interested in how the federal government is being weaponized, I can point them in a few directions.

9h ago

Justice Jackson lambastes ‘intolerable’ practice of penalizing indigent prisoners

In a solo dissent, the Biden appointee urged her colleagues to “err on the side of keeping our courthouse doors open.”

10h ago

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: ‘I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace’

In today’s newsletter, Joe discusses President Trump’s text exchange with the Norwegian prime minister, an ICE raid that mistakenly dragged a U.S. citizen out of his home and more.

10h ago

Warner Bros. and Netflix strike new all-cash deal

The media companies announced Tuesday they had amended Netflix’s $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. to an all-cash transaction.

10h ago

On multiple fronts, Team Trump tries to exert greater control over media outlets

The administration doesn’t just want to criticize parts of the media, it also wants to control parts of the media — even if that means exceeding legal limits.

10h ago

Musk gives $10 million to pro-Trump, anti-McConnell Kentucky Senate candidate

The massive amount was donated to a super PAC affiliated with GOP candidate Nate Morris, who is looking to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell.

10h ago

8 historians on Trump’s most consequential action during his first year

Eight experts on American history made their picks for his most consequential actions.

11h ago

Trump’s Get Out of Jail Free card for Jan. 6 rioters are becoming expensive for Americans

Although Trump campaigned on pardoning Jan. 6 offenders, even those close to him did not anticipate that Trump would go as far as he did.

11h ago

By threatening France with a tariff on wine, Trump gives away the game

Remember the pretense that the White House’s tariffs policy was the result of “emergency” conditions? That’s gone now.