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Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Initially it sounded like a joke: Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. But now, like so many of his bizarre schemes, it’s become official U.S. policy. He is now demanding that Denmark, which oversees the semi-autonomou…

A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis , a sign that the Trump administration’s accounting of events may face bipartisan scrutiny. House Homeland Security Committee Chair Andrew Garbarino sought testimony from leaders at Immigration and Customs Enforcem…

Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well. By Dylan Baddour for Inside Climate News There is a sense of deja vu in the jungles of South America to the Trump Administration’s calls for private security contractors to protect the entrance of U.S. oil companies to Venezuela. Countries in the regi…

Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz is one of six people to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than three weeks into 2026. By Kate Morrissey for Capital & Main Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz began telling his family that he wasn’t feeling well a few days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement transferred him to a California facility, his daughter recalled. Originally from San Pedro Sula, Hon…

Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. President Donald Trump got completely owned by European leaders Wednesday, when he was convinced to backtrack on the punitive tariffs he threatened against NATO allies—even though it appears Trump got nothing in retur…

Local leaders and Democrats across the country demanded federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis and set off clashes with protesters in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier. The latest shooting has sparked a legal fight over control of the investigation amid the immigration surge that has swept across Minne…

Recent research suggests that the price of child care shapes fertility decisions like whether and when to have children, and how many to have. By Bryce Covert , The 74 , for The 19th The fertility rate for the United States has long been on a downward trend and is currently at a historic low. The price of child care, meanwhile, has been steadily rising; it grew 29% between 2020 and 2024, easily o…

New year, same threats against Greenland from President Donald Trump—creating tension between the United States and its NATO allies. And it’s all because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize . Here are some cartoons from the week highlighting Trump’s pathetic obsession with annexing Greenland. Feel free to share more of your favorites in the comments. Cartoon: Trumpisphere, by Clay Bennett Origina…