Governor Report Shorts (Jan. 8, 2026)
Minnesota Governor. DFL Gov. Tim Walz announced he will not seek re-election. He was already trying to buck history by trying to secure a third term, but news snowballed against him when a YouTuber highlighted allegations of significant fraud in the state’s childcare system and Somali community. Now, all eyes are on DFL Sen. Amy […]
Ex-reality star Spencer Pratt announces run for Los Angeles mayor
Former reality television star Spencer Pratt has announced he’s running for Los Angeles’ next mayor. It comes a year after his home was gutted by the Pacific Palisades fire. Pratt said the city’s painfully slow rebuilding process prompted him to act. He and his wife, fellow former reality star Heidi Montag, rose to fame on reality shows including “The Hills,” ” I’m a Celebrity…Get Me […]
Trump, Petro move from threats to planned White House meeting
After days of sharp rhetoric and military posturing, Washington and Bogotá appear to be stepping back from the brink. U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro spoke by phone for the first time and agreed to pursue a future White House meeting, marking a sudden diplomatic thaw after a week of escalating tensions. […]
Senate advances measure to rein in Trump in Venezuela
The Senate voted 52-47 Thursday to take up a resolution that could prevent President Donald Trump from launching further military actions in Venezuela without congressional approval. The vote — a response to a special forces operation last weekend in which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were taken into U.S. custody — allows for […]
Avelo Airlines is getting out of the deportation business
Avelo Airlines has announced that it will no longer fly deportation flights for the U.S. government, citing public backlash. The airline began flying deportees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, despite protests from lawmakers in New York and Connecticut. CEO Andrew Levy announced the pivot in policy in an email to staff, […]
‘They are hunting journalists’: Nicaragua’s covert repression tactics strike fear beyond borders
An estimated 268 Nicaraguan journalists have fled the Central American country for exile, many settling in the neighboring Costa Rica, to escape what CPJ’s research has documented to be a government-backed system of political repression and judicial harassment against media outlets that often prevents journalists, fearing for their families, from reporting the truth. Yet for […]
New Coast Guard video shows pursuit of sanctioned oil tanker Bella 1
Newly released U.S. Coast Guard video shows American forces shadowing the tanker formerly known as the Bella 1 across the North Atlantic before seizing it under a federal warrant. The footage adds new detail to a weeks-long pursuit that U.S. officials said underscores how aggressively the administration is enforcing its embargo on Venezuelan oil. The […]
ICE shooting fuels protests in Minnesota; Two dead in Utah church attack
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed a woman while she was behind the wheel of an SUV, and protests quickly followed. Now, two very different accounts of the incident are colliding. Plus, a memorial in Salt Lake City becomes a crime scene. Two individuals are dead, at least six others wounded […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene has left Congress, will she also leave the GOP?
Marjorie Taylor Greene has left Congress and is now openly questioning whether the Republican Party still has a place for her. For one of President Donald Trump’s most visible allies, it marks a sharp and public rupture with the movement she once embodied. In her first interview since resigning from the House on Monday, Greene told […]
