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Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review?

At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious ego

It had about as much drama and suspense as reading a dictionary or watching election results come in from North Korea.

To the surprise of no one, Donald Trump won the inaugural Fifa peace prize on Friday at a cheesy, gaudy and gauche World Cup draw expertly designed to flatter the world’s most precious ego.

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Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.

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President Trump at the White House last month. The National Security Strategy his administration released describes a world in which American interests are far narrower than how prior administrations — even in his first term — had portrayed them.
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The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In

The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.

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A map of Texas’ congressional districts during a hearing in Austin in August.
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As Bongino Celebrates Arrest in Pipe Bomb Case, Others on the Right Remain Skeptical

Some activists have lashed out, in a reprise of the backlash over the unsuccessful effort by Trump appointees to shut down the Epstein investigation.

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Dan Bongino, the F.B.I.’s deputy director, has alienated some inside the White House with his confrontational, self-promotional approach.
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Judge Approves Release of Epstein Grand Jury Documents in Florida Case

A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of previously sealed testimony, after legislation passed last month authorizing the disclosure.

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The law passed by Congress gave the Justice Department 30 days to release the files related to the Epstein investigation in its possession.
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The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland

These deadly US boat strikes are the latest example of a president corrupting both the law and morality

The Trump administration looks ever more like a criminal enterprise – and now it seems to have added war crimes to its repertoire. Though even that may be too generous a description.

On Thursday, word came that the US military had launched yet another deadly strike on a small boat moving through international waters. This time the attack killed four people, bringing to at least 87 the number of people the US has killed in a series of 22 such strikes on what it says are drug boats – vessels carrying illicit narcotics in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific.

Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist

Guardian newsroom: Year One of Trumpism: Is Britain Emulating the US?
On Wednesday 21 January 2026, join Jonathan Freedland, Tania Branigan and Nick Lowles as they reflect on the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency – and to ask if Britain could be set on the same path.
Book tickets here or at guardian.live

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Post-Trump, What Happens to His War Chest? Utah Offers One Clue.

A Trump-aligned political group is quietly spending millions to help state Republicans have a friendlier House map in 2028 — not in 2026, as with all of his other redistricting efforts.

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A Trump-aligned nonprofit group has put $4.35 million toward supporting a proposed ballot measure that would repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law, potentially giving Republicans an extra House seat in 2028.
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At the National Archives, a Deep Dive Into the American Story

A new $40-million exhibit, opening nine months after President Trump fired the chief archivist, uses technology to explore the 13 billion-plus items in its vaults.

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The opening gallery of “The American Story,” which features the 1823 copperplate engraving of the Declaration of Independence in one case and, beyond it, a handwritten copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Democrats call for Pete Hegseth’s resignation amid scrutiny over deadly boat strikes and Signalgate: ‘a disgrace to the office he holds’ – live

The largest House Democrat ideological caucus has called for the defense secretary to ‘resign immediately before his actions cost American lives’

Lauren Gambino and Melody Schreiber

After a delay and an unusually contentious meeting, a federal vaccine advisory panel is expected to vote today whether to change the longstanding recommendation that all newborns be immunized against hepatitis B.

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