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Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino drew fresh backlash Sunday after blaming Democrats for unrest following the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti—then turning his fire on Republican lawmakers who dared question the agency’s conduct. Video shows officers pepper-spraying, beating, and killing the 37-year-old, sparking bipartisan outrage and calls for accountability. Rather than de-escalate, Bovino lashed out on social media at Rep. Thomas Massie for defending Pretti’s lawful gun ownership and at Sen. Bill Cassidy for calling the incident “incredibly disturbing” and urging an investigation, dismissing concerns while casting doubt on Minnesota officials’ ability to probe the case.

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A public health expert is sounding the alarm after a Trump administration appointee openly questioned the need for measles and polio vaccines — and suggested letting outbreaks spread to observe the consequences. Kirk Milhoan, the newly installed chair of a key federal vaccine advisory panel, argued on a podcast that modern sanitation and medical care might reduce the risks of once-deadly diseases, even proposing a “real-world experience” to see how measles affects unvaccinated people today. The comments stunned medical professionals, with Harvard professor Joseph Allen calling the idea “insane” and warning it amounts to experimenting on children as measles cases surge to levels not seen in decades.

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Plans for Donald Trump to hit the campaign trail weeks ahead of schedule have drawn mockery from Democratic strategists, who see the move as a sign of panic inside the White House as his poll numbers slide. After Politico reported Trump would begin campaigning weekly to shore up sagging support, former Trump aide Sarah Matthews said his presence may actually hurt GOP candidates heading into the 2026 midterms, since his policies — not his personality — will be on the ballot and they remain deeply unpopular. Swing Left strategist Yasmin Radjy went further, welcoming Trump to swing districts and laughing that his early roadshow is “great for Democrats,” reinforcing the view that Republicans know they’re in trouble.

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As a major winter storm swept across much of the United States, Donald Trump seized on the cold snap to attack climate science, posting a confused rant on Truth Social mocking what he called “environmental insurrectionists” and questioning global warming. The president, who has repeatedly dismissed climate change as a hoax, has used his second term to roll back environmental regulations, boost fossil fuel production, and withdraw from international climate agreements. Scientists, however, have long warned that extreme cold events do not contradict global warming, noting that rising global temperatures can destabilize atmospheric patterns — even as NASA confirms 2024 was the hottest year on record.

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Newly unsealed court documents reveal that the Trump administration justified the arrest and attempted deportation of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk almost entirely based on an op-ed she co-authored criticizing Israel. DHS officials labeled her commentary as “anti-Israel activism” and claimed it violated Trump-era executive orders on antisemitism, despite her valid student visa. Öztürk spent weeks in detention before being released by a federal judge, and her case highlights a broader pattern of legal migrants and students being targeted for political speech critical of the Israeli government under the Trump administration.

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ICE agents in Minneapolis sparked outrage after detaining 2-year-old Chloe Renata Tipan Villacis and her father, Elvis Joel Tipan Echeverria, during a traffic stop, raising fresh concerns over the agency’s practice of targeting children. The arrest drew bystander protests, chemical irritants, and widespread criticism, even as DHS claimed the father committed felony reentry and that the child was safely cared for. A judge later ordered the child’s release, but immigration experts warned the case highlights a troubling pattern of children being used as leverage in aggressive ICE operations, fueling national condemnation of the agency’s tactics.

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A Republican lawmaker appeared caught off guard during former special counsel Jack Smith’s first public testimony when his attempt to downplay Donald Trump’s threats instead prompted a blunt fact-check from the prosecutor. Questioned by Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) about the gag order sought against Trump, Smith calmly detailed how courts found statements from the president posed real dangers to witnesses, court staff, and the judicial process itself. As Cline struggled to reframe the exchange, Smith stressed that prosecutors are not required to wait for violence before acting and made clear that both the district court and appeals court agreed Trump’s rhetoric crossed legal lines, underscoring the seriousness of conduct that repeatedly tested the limits of the First Amendment.

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Donald Trump returned from Davos empty-handed on his push for Greenland, a public rebuke his niece Mary Trump described as a devastating humiliation rooted in fear, decline, and loss of control. Writing on Substack, Mary Trump said her uncle’s nearly 90-minute World Economic Forum speech — packed with threats and grievances — underscored what she called worsening psychological, cognitive, and physical deterioration, leaving him increasingly unable to manage either himself or the narrative around him. She argued that being seen as a “loser” is Trump’s greatest fear and blamed his allies and enablers for their silence, warning that their continued loyalty to what she described as a destabilizing figure amounts to complicity at a moment of growing domestic and international risk.

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Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman says Donald Trump emerged from his Davos speech looking far less formidable than he likely intended, arguing the president’s attempt to bully Europe with insults and tariff threats collapsed in real time. Writing on Substack, Krugman said Trump arrived determined to demean U.S. allies and extract concessions, only to retreat after Europeans refused to cower and instead unified in resistance. Trump dropped his tariff threats for a hollow “framework,” Krugman noted, while European leaders openly mocked his rhetoric and prepared retaliatory measures. The episode, Krugman argued, exposed the limits of Trump’s strongman posture — and showed that standing up to him works far better than appeasement.

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Donald Trump has quietly reached out to top Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer to discuss the affordability crisis, a move Politico described as a striking and unexpected shift for a president with a long record of scorched-earth politics. According to Democratic lawmakers and White House officials, the conversations touched on housing costs, drug prices, and even Warren’s long-pushed plan to cap credit card interest rates — signaling a possible populist turn ahead of the midterms. While aides suggested there may be overlapping ground between Democrats and a GOP base increasingly at odds with party orthodoxy, analysts cautioned that Trump’s toxic history with congressional Democrats raises serious doubts about whether this outreach will translate into real policy change.

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Donald Trump sparked fresh alarm after firing off nearly 100 Truth Social posts in a middle-of-the-night binge that included jabs at NATO, a personal attack on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and self-congratulatory boasts about “saving TikTok.” Over five hours, the president churned out 85 posts — many reposts of right-wing clips featuring Elon Musk, Pete Hegseth and Newsmax screenshots — while floating the idea of invoking NATO’s Article 5 to police the U.S. southern border. Trump also praised China’s President Xi for approving the TikTok deal and railed against Newsom in a profanity-laced rant, underscoring critics’ concerns that the president’s erratic social media behavior is increasingly colliding with U.S. foreign policy and domestic governance.

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President Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, drew ridicule on Wednesday after claiming on Fox News that Trump’s World Economic Forum speech in Davos earned “rave reviews.” Observers widely disagreed, noting the speech was filled with false or misleading claims, as fact-checked by The New York Times. Critics quickly mocked Leavitt online, highlighting the disconnect between her statement and the overwhelmingly negative reception of the president’s remarks.

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At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, anonymous European and other global diplomats told Politico that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and policy stances — from talks of Greenland to his handling of Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. foreign policy more broadly — have left many allies questioning the future of trans‑Atlantic relations, with one EU official bluntly declaring “Our American Dream is dead” at Trump’s hands. Critics warn that fractured trust, rising tariff threats and Washington’s unpredictability are contributing to what some see as a rupture in the post‑war world order and renewed calls within Europe for greater strategic autonomy. Reports from Davos show European leaders emphasizing the need for unity and strength in a shifting global landscape shaped by “great power politics,” even as Trump’s presence dominates discussions and sparks sharp rebukes from both European capitals and allied voices.

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