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3+ min ago   (1805+ words) What are Donald Trump's goals for 2026? They're all over the place. The president was asked about his goals in regard to getting his agenda through Congress ahead of the midterms, and he gave a meandering answer about his own executive…...

3+ min ago   (1821+ words) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faced a tough crowd at the World Economic Forum in Davos'and was heckled by a surprising, but familiar, former U.S. vice president. During an official dinner Tuesday night, Lutnick reportedly launched into a tirade criticizing Europe, inviting…...

3+ min ago   (202+ words) You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.The Trump administration has laid siege to colleges, cutting their funding and launching ridiculous investigations. But the administration took…...

4+ min ago   (566+ words) US envoy Witkoff to meet Putin on Thursday, the Kremlin confirms, as the signing of an $800bn Ukraine deal is put on hold. Envoys for United States President Donald Trump and Russian President "Vladimir Putin have met at the World Economic…...

6+ min ago   (1272+ words) Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers was a member of an advisory board at Telefonica, a cell phone service provider operating largely in Latin America which admitted in 2022 to collaborating with the Venezuelan government " then led by the now-deposed Nicolas Maduro…...

8+ min ago   (1095+ words) We must look past the headlines and evaluate the Trump administration's trajectory against the historical markers. The debate over fascism has become more pervasive following the killing of Renee Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross in…...

9+ min ago   (400+ words) An economic blackout on January 23 could be the first general strike in Minnesota since in nearly 100 years. There is a general strike on the horizon in Minneapolis. More than 50 Minnesota labor unions, nonprofits, and other community organizations have signed onto…...

10+ min ago   (357+ words) The US president used his speech at Davos to call for talks over his demands to annex Greenland. United States President Donald Trump has ruled out using force to take control of Greenland, but called for talks on his demands…...

12+ min ago   (255+ words) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt faced backlash after she insisted that President Donald Trump did not confuse Iceland with Greenland during his speech to the World Economic Forum. In a Wednesday post on X, NewsNation correspondent Libbey Dean noted…...

16+ min ago   (295+ words) President Donald Trump's obsession with annexing Greenland for the U.S. is reaching an unusual level of "pettiness," one political science expert told The New Republic, and it's "beyond anything" else that has happened in recent history. "Considering your Country decided not…...