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Health experts are raising fresh concerns about Donald Trump’s cognitive health, citing worsening language problems and confusion in recent public appearances. Speaking to Slate, researcher Carolyn Aldwin said Trump’s frequent unfinished sentences and word substitutions may signal cognitive decline that can only be confirmed through testing. The scrutiny intensified after Trump bragged about acing a cognitive exam, which Dr. Vin Gupta noted is typically used when physicians are screening for age-related impairment or early dementia.

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Fallout from the Minneapolis deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti is now ricocheting through conservative media, with pundits and even Trump-aligned officials blasting DHS leadership for what they call a disastrous and dishonest response. Fox News reporter Bill Melugin revealed that agency officials are privately furious, saying the shooting of Pretti and the insistence he planned a “massacre” — contradicted by video evidence — has been “catastrophic” for morale, with some considering quitting outright. The criticism quickly spread, as conservative pundit Erick Erickson reported Trump’s growing displeasure, and conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg accused DHS and Stephen Miller’s camp of prioritizing “spectacle” over safety and credibility, and other conservative voices warned that Kristi Noem and Border Patrol leadership have torched the agency’s standing — all while Goldberg openly mocked Vice President JD Vance’s defense of the incident as yet another implausible narrative.

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President Donald Trump is quietly distancing himself from the Department of Homeland Security as scrutiny mounts over the execution-style killing of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti and officials’ combative response afterward. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump declined to back DHS claims that Pretti was solely at fault, saying only that the shooting is “under review,” even as he offered mixed signals about Pretti’s lawful gun possession. Behind the scenes, conservative pundit Erick Erickson reports that Trump is increasingly frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino for clinging to a discredited narrative that paints Pretti as the aggressor, fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks in the administration’s handling of the deadly incident.

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President Donald Trump’s recent late-night barrage of Truth Social posts has raised red flags for at least one medical expert, who says the behavior resembles a common post-stroke complication. Speaking on The Daily Beast Podcast, Dr. Bruce Davidson of Washington State University said Trump’s angry, sleepless social media tirade — which veered from attacking enemies to lamenting his lack of a Nobel Peace Prize — is consistent with “agitated depression,” a condition often seen in stroke patients. Davidson said the episode suggests Trump may need closer involvement from his medical team, warning that the president’s behavior reflects not just personal distress but a broader failure of medical oversight at the highest levels of government.

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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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