Day: January 13, 2026

Former Trump lawyer Halligan defends US prosecutor status in wake of Comey, James dismissals

11:45 pm January 13, 2026

FIRST ON FOX: Former Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan argued in a new court filing Tuesday that a judge’s November ruling dismissing two criminal cases does not undermine her authority to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia or to represent the federal government in ongoing cases. The new filing, previewed exclusively to […]

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Minnesota lawsuit over Trump’s ICE ‘invasion’ won’t succeed: Legal expert

11:38 pm January 13, 2026

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said state legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdowns lack legal standing and amount to “political diatribes masquerading as lawsuits.” The state of Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, filed lawsuits against the Trump administration over what they described as […]

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Homan says NYC Mayor Mamdani ‘made it clear he’s not going to work with ICE’ on immigration

11:35 pm January 13, 2026

Trump border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday he has had no communication with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, accusing the newly inaugurated democratic socialist of refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. “He’s made it clear he’s not going to work with ICE,” Homan told “America’s Newsroom.” “When Mayor Adams was here… we had […]

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US commander says Russia and China’s Arctic patrols are ‘not for peaceful purposes’

11:30 pm January 13, 2026

Russia and China are expanding their presence in the Arctic for strategic — not scientific — reasons, according to a senior U.S. commander.  “It’s not for peaceful reasons,” said Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the supreme allied commander Europe, at a conference in Sweden Sunday.   “They’re not studying the seals and the polar bears,” he went on. […]

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Johnson warns of ‘unintended consequences’ in Trump’s credit card rate cap idea

11:19 pm January 13, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pushed back on a proposal from President Donald Trump to cap the interest that credit card companies can charge borrowers. “I talked with him about it briefly yesterday,” Johnson said at a press conference Tuesday. “The president is the ideas guy, and he’s laser-focused on the same thing that we are. […]

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