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FBI director Kash Patel on January 23, 2026.

MAGA Is Proving How Little It Actually Cares About Gun Rights MAGA Is Proving How Little It Actually Cares About Gun Rights

The ability to kill dissidents at will is more important to Trump and his supporters than the Second Amendment.

Jan 26, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Eulogy

Eulogy Eulogy

By Alex Pretti.

Jan 26, 2026 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead a day earlier by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 2026.

Alex Pretti Was a Good Man at a Time of Great Evil Alex Pretti Was a Good Man at a Time of Great Evil

The 37-year-old ICU nurse was killed helping another ICE victim. We must honor his sacrifice.

Jan 25, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Protesters clash with law enforcement in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026, after federal agents shot and killed a man—the second time one has shot dead a Minnesotan this month.

Minneapolis Is an “Insurrection” of Trump’s Own Making Minneapolis Is an “Insurrection” of Trump’s Own Making

The city has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it.

Jan 25, 2026 / Alyssa Oursler

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey demands an end to ICE’s siege.

Minneapolis’s Mayor Rips “Mass Militarized Force” After a Second Minnesotan Is Gunned Down Minneapolis’s Mayor Rips “Mass Militarized Force” After a Second Minnesotan Is Gunned Down

A powerful statement from Jacob Frey pleads with Trump to pull ICE forces out of Minneapolis before more people are killed.

Jan 24, 2026 / John Nichols

Chicken Caesar

Chicken Caesar Chicken Caesar

Liam.

Jan 23, 2026 / Steve Brodner

“I Wouldn’t Trust ICE to Shovel Snow!”

“I Wouldn’t Trust ICE to Shovel Snow!” “I Wouldn’t Trust ICE to Shovel Snow!”

In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent reminds us why government matters—and why ICE has nothing to do with actual government.

Jan 23, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Former US special counsel Jack Smith is sworn in before he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump.

Jack Smith Will Not Save Us Jack Smith Will Not Save Us

Smith performed honorably, but no one person or investigation can protect America from Trump.

Jan 23, 2026 / Joan Walsh

A woman held a sign outside the Supreme Court as it heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook.

The Supreme Court Shows It’s Willing to Thwart Trump—When Money Is on the Line The Supreme Court Shows It’s Willing to Thwart Trump—When Money Is on the Line

The court’s conservatives appear likely to block Trump from firing Lisa Cook—not because they care about principle but because they care about the Fed.

Jan 22, 2026 / Elie Mystal

The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas during her sermon at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City on January 19, 2026.

Refusing Despair in a Despairing Time Refusing Despair in a Despairing Time

A Martin Luther King Jr. Day sermon by the Rev. Canon Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas.

Jan 21, 2026 / Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas

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