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9:40 PM ET, January 26, 2025

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Associated Press:
Trump orders tariffs on Colombia over rejection of US military deportation flights  —  Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to a similar order announced hours earlier by President Donald Trump.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's Colombia tariffs threaten surge in coffee prices … - Coffee futures are up 45% in the last six months.  — Bloomberg reported last week that wholesale prices recently eclipsed all-time highs set in the late 1970s, and that it was only a matter of days to a few weeks until retail prices followed suit.
Discussion: New York Post and Bloomberg
New York Times:
Trump Hits Colombia With Tariffs in Feud Over Military Deportation Flights  —  Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.  —  Colombia refused to accept military …
CNN:
Trump issuing ‘emergency 25% tariffs’ against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday announced retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president said he blocked US military deportation flights, the first instance of Trump using economic pressure …
Reuters:
Colombia's Petro will not allow US planes to return migrants  —  President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after the South American country turned away two U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported …
Reuters:
Trump says US will impose sanctions against Colombia over repatriation flights
Discussion: The Hill and Must Read Alaska
Conor Dougherty / New York Times:   Trump Wants to Impose 25% Tariffs on Colombia. Here's What Could Cost More.
Elvia Limon / The Hill:
Colombian president orders increase of import tariffs on US goods after Trump order
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump places tariffs, travel ban on Colombia after not accepting deportation flights
Washington Post:
Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests  —  The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.
Discussion: The Texas Tribune and The Guardian
Rachel Ramirez / CNN:
Trump's gutting of federal DEI programs will hit rural poor communities  —  Just hours after his swearing-in this week, as a raft of executive orders was presented and signed at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump authorized action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.”
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Associated Press:
In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution  —  For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often …
Discussion: Inside Climate News
CNN:
Trump wiped January 6 convicts' records clean.  Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters' crimes from the internet  —  As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters' attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges …
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Maya C. Miller / New York Times:
Lindsey Graham Says Trump Was Wrong to Pardon Violent Jan. 6 Rioters
Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory  —  US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel  —  Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Floats Forced Relocation of Gazans: ‘Clean Out That Whole Thing’
Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Elon Musk's call for Germany to ‘move beyond’ Nazi guilt is dangerous, Holocaust memorial chair says  —  Musk made a virtual appearance at a campaign event for Germany's far-right AfD party, saying “children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents.”
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Musk tells far-right Germany party “past guilt” gets too much focus
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump ‘broke the law’ by firing 18 inspectors general  —  In an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” the California Democrat blasted Trump for firing 18 of the federal agency watchdogs over the weekend.  —  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Sunday blasted President Donald …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Children of the 1960s watch in pain as the story of our lifetime is erased  —  My almost pathological obsession with what historians now call “the Long Sixties” — especially the years between JFK's assassination in 1963 and Richard Nixon's Watergate downfall in 1974 — includes …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Begins Immigration Arrests in Chicago  —  The number of arrests was uncertain.  Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.  —  The Justice Department announced Sunday it had begun a multiagency immigration enforcement operation in Chicago …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Vice President JD Vance on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Jan. 26, 2025  —  The following is the full transcript of an interview with Vice President JD Vance on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Jan. 26, 2025.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: Mr. Vice President, if you're ready, we'll dive right in.
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Wall Street Journal:
Why RFK Jr. Is Dangerous to Public Health  —  He's made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers, and he advocates mass tort litigation that would ruin the vaccine industry.  —  President Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary in return for his presidential endorsement.
Discussion: Hollywood Life
CBS News:
Perplexity AI proposes TikTok merger with 50% U.S. government ownership stake  —  Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok's parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok's U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.
 
 
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Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Bill Gates Rips Musk for His Right-Wing Pivot: ‘Insane S***’
Discussion: Benzinga and Deadline
Jacob Sanchez / Fort Worth Report:
Fort Worth ISD launches investigation into substitute teacher's posts inviting ICE to North Side High School
Discussion: New York Post
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Ratcliffe says Trump wants ‘politics out of the intelligence community’
Discussion: Fox News
David Friend / Vanity Fair:
Who Really Took the Famous “Napalm Girl” Photograph?
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Associated Press:
Trump says inflation isn't his No. 1 issue. So what will happen to consumer prices?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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WBD adds Anton Levy, former co-president of PE firm General Atlantic, to its board, a source says due to pressure from activist shareholder Sessa Capital

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC says its content spend will fall by £150M to £2.5B in the next 12 months as it faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge”

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo hires Josh Line, who was most recently Paramount Global's chief brand officer, as its CMO to revive its brand as “one of the OGs of the internet”

 
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