Court Strikes Down Trump's Replacement Tariffs; A Minor, Temporary Setback, With Sec 301 Tariffs Coming

Dr. Oz Demands States Take Action On Medicaid Fraud Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) demanded that states across the nation take action to crack down on fraud in Medicaid, one of the federal government’s health insurance programs. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks during an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” in Washington on Jan. 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times In letters to state Medicaid directors, CMS Administrator...

Democrats In Illinois Just Lost Hundreds Of Violent Criminals Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In yet another glaring example of failed “criminal justice reform” in blue cities, Cook County, Illinois officials have admitted that 243 dangerous criminals have gone completely AWOL from the county’s pretrial electronic monitoring program. These include individuals charged with murder, attempted murder, and sexual assault — all supposed to be tracked by ankle monitors while awaiting trial instead of sitting in jail. The revelation comes straight from Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach II’s new transparency dashboard, which shows...

Burnham Is Facing The Same Dilemma That Has Trapped British Politics Over The Past Decade By Stefan Koopman, senior macro strategist at Rabobank To Govern Is To Choose  Today, Andy Burnham will formally be confirmed as Labour leader. Barring any last-minute surprises, he will become prime minister on Monday. The UK will then have had seven prime ministers in a decade, with five taking office without a general election: May in 2016, Johnson in 2019, Truss and Sunak in 2022, and now Burnham in 2026.  We have often used these mid-term transfers to...