NBC News reports: Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S. defense officials and a third person familiar with the situation. Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, the …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Banks are getting ready to sell billions of dollars in debt borrowed by Elon Musk’s X, bringing Wall Street a step closer to exiting the nerve-racking deal that financed the social-media company’s buyout. Morgan Stanley bankers have reached out to investors ahead of a planned sale next week of up to $3 billion of debt …

“Lisa Murkowski’s state in Alaska. They have something called rank choice voting there, which is this deeply confusing model of voting that is intended to actually sabotage Republican and populist candidates by mudding the water. “Lisa Murkowski is a nepo baby. She’s probably IQ of 50. She’s a vengeful witch. She’s a nasty person like most low IQ people are. …

Florida Politics reports: In front of a national stage at the March for Life rally, Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has framed himself as a champion for the pro-life movement, was inconsistent on his own history regarding abortion legislation. DeSantis told the crowd he ran for re-election on the Heartbeat Protection Act and was proof that Republicans could get elected after …

The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma. The justices said they would review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state board’s approval of an application by the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to …

CNBC reports: Target on Friday said it’s rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs — including some that aim to make its workforce and merchandise better reflect its customers. In a memo sent to its employees, the Minneapolis-based retailer said it will end its three-year DEI goals, stop reports to external diversity-focused groups like the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality …

NBC News reports: Trump’s administration is testing a new capability that would allow officials to email the entire federal government workforce from a single email address, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said in a statement Friday. The new capability could allow Trump to communicate directly with millions of federal workers across dozens of agencies simultaneously, with a single click …

“We are going to order 40 Coast Guard — big ice breakers, big ones, and all of a sudden Canada wants a piece of the deal. I said why are we doing that? I like doing that if they are a state, but I don’t like doing that if they are a nation. “And they’re very nasty to us on …

The Independent reports: The State Department on Friday froze new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue. The sweeping order threatened a quick halt to countless projects globally aiding health, education, development, job training and other efforts by the United States, the largest provider …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the “weaponization” of law enforcement. Justice Department chief of staff Chad Mizelle said in a memo that prosecutions and civil actions under the Freedom of Access to Clinic …

Semafor reports: US President Donald Trump had a “fiery” and contentious phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen last week, during which Trump insisted he was serious about taking over Greenland, European officials told the Financial Times. The officials, who were not identified by the FT, said the conversation had gone very badly, with one describing it as “horrendous.” …

The Chattanooga Free Press reports: The Tennessee Federation of Republican Women is coming under fire for providing parents a reading list for children that cites Adolf Hitler as an example of leadership. “Hitler and all intelligent leaders throughout history have understood that the way to change a country was through the training of its youth, to get them while they …

Bloomberg News reports: Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, detailed his wealth and influence across hundreds of firms and left open the possibility of his adult children buying his holdings if he wins confirmation. Lutnick, chief executive officer of Wall Street investment bank and brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald LP, confirmed he’ll divest his interests in the three core …

Fox News reports: Americans around the United States are heading to grocery stores and noticing that many egg shelves are nearly empty or empty, period. “You can’t get eggs anywhere, I mean anywhere,” Fox News host Jesse Watters said on Primetime. “The national egg supply has been strained due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — also known as HPAI or …

GOP Rep. Josh Brecheen writes for Fox News: On January 21st, 2025, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended the Service of Prayer for the Nation at the National Cathedral. As a believer, I attended the service for the purpose of praying for our nation, President Trump, the president’s family, and the success of his administration. I purposely …

San Francisco’s NBC affiliate reports: The impact of Trump’s promise of mass deportation is already starting to show. The California Farm Bureau says fears in the Central Valley have led to migrant farmworkers not showing up for work, which has virtually halted the area’s citrus harvest. Agriculture leaders in the Bay Area are worried about something similar happening locally and …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN. It was pulled on Thursday night. Given he continues to face ongoing threats due to his public-facing role during the Covid-19 pandemic, Fauci has now hired his …

Oklahoma City’s NBC affiliate reports: The Cleveland County District Attorney’s office has charged a former pastor who’s accused of sending an unsolicited nude photo of himself to a Kansas teenager. Court documents allege McMillan added the victim on Snapchat in 2023. The victim told police at the time McMillan would have had to use his son’s phone, her former classmate, …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of FEMA” as he visited hurricane-battered North Carolina on Friday during the first trip of his second term. The comment, made during a briefing on the monthslong recovery from Hurricane Helene, was the latest signal of how Trump is planning sweeping changes to the federal government’s role …

The Christian Post reports: New York Yankees Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, have been accused in a lawsuit of covering up the sexual abuse of a minor in their home and at a 2018 summer camp affiliated with an Assemblies of God church they founded in 2009 known as the Refugio De Esperanza (the Refuge …