https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-webpage-january-6-attack/

A new webpage under the official whitehouse.gov domain, rolled out five years after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, rewrites the history of the attack on the Capitol that took place as Congress was affirming Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.

The website expresses views long promoted by President Trump that the Jan. 6 attack was a "peaceful march," blames Capitol Police for "escalating tensions," and repeats Mr. Trump's false claim that the 2020 election was stolen.

"The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as 'insurrectionists' and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government," the new webpage says.

White House spokesperson Steven Cheung posted a link to it on social media and wrote "Want to know the TRUTH? Get all the facts here." The White House's official X account also posted a link to it, writing "Now see the REAL Jan. 6 story."

Thousands of Trump supporters descended on the Capitol that day and breached the building after smashing through windows on the first floor. They vandalized the Capitol, forced the evacuation of lawmakers and their staff and assaulted police officers on site with flagpoles, bear spray and other objects. More than 150 officers were injured. Five police officers who served at the Capitol died in the days and weeks afterward.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-federal-agent-involved-minneapolis-shooting-during-immigration-surge-city-2026-01-07/

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the latest violent incident during President Donald Trump's nationwide crackdown on migrants.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey adamantly rejected the Trump administration's claim that the agent fired in self-defense, saying he has seen video of the shooting that directly contradicts what he called the government's "garbage narrative."

"They're already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense," he said at a press conference. "Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly - that is bullshit."
A visibly angry Frey said federal immigration agents were responsible for sowing chaos in the city, telling ICE: "Get the fuck out of Minneapolis." But he also urged residents to remain calm.
The shooting drew protesters into the streets near the scene, some of whom were met by heavily armed federal agents wearing gas masks who fired chemical irritants at the demonstrators.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hilton-removes-minneapolis-hotel-that-cancelled-reservation-immigration-agents-2026-01-06/
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT.N) has removed from its system a Minneapolis hotel that has refused to accept the bookings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the hotel operator said on Tuesday.
A Hampton Inn hotel, a Hilton brand, outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, refused to accommodate ICE agents, the Department of Homeland Security said in a post on social media platform X on Monday.
The Trump administration has increased the number of officers in the area after allegations of fraud involving Somali immigrants.
"We are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems. Hilton is - and has always been - a welcoming place for all," the company said on X.
Amid mixed reactions online from consumers, with some calling for a boycott and others vowing to support Hilton, the hotel operator is the latest U.S. company after Cracker Barrel to distance itself from moves that were criticized by the Trump administration and its base.
Hilton made its comments after a video was posted on X on Tuesday which suggested ICE agents were still being refused rooms at the Hampton Inn in Lakeview, after Hilton and the independent operator of the hotel apologized for an initial incident.
"A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values," Hilton said. In a previous statement, Hilton said the property was independently owned and operated.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the department welcomed Tuesday's move by Hilton.
"Discriminatory business practices targeting DHS and deliberately undermining federal law enforcement are unAmerican and have real business consequences,” she said in a statement on X.

https://apnews.com/article/childhood-vaccine-schedule-trump-rfk-hhs-9b8df9e2767c1261aaac4e2331e77fa3

The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of cutting the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — a move that leading medical groups said would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.

The change is effective immediately, meaning that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will now recommend that all children get vaccinated against 11 diseases. What’s no longer broadly recommended is protection against flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis or RSV. Instead, protections against those diseases are only recommended for certain groups deemed high risk, or when doctors recommend them in what’s called “shared decision-making.”

Trump administration officials said the overhaul, a move long sought by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., won’t result in families who want the vaccines losing access to them, and said insurance will continue to pay. But medical experts said the decision creates confusion for parents and could increase preventable diseases.

States, not the federal government, have the authority to require vaccinations for schoolchildren. While CDC requirements often influence those state regulations, some states have begun creating their own alliances to counter the Trump administration’s guidance on vaccines.

The change comes as U.S. vaccination rates have been slipping and the share of children with exemptions has reached an all-time high, according to federal data. At the same time, rates of diseases that can be protected against with vaccines, such as measles and whooping cough, are rising across the country.

Review came at the request of President Trump

A frightening recession indicator is flashing red — and Americans can see it all over Main Street.

Experts told the Daily Mail that a sudden surge in bankruptcies and store closures — hitting mom-and-pop shops, small restaurants, and local retailers — is an early warning sign that the economy is starting to crack.

'The little guys are going to start falling first,' Joe Barsalona, a Delaware-based bankruptcy lawyer at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, said.

'A recession is coming. I agree with economists that the increase in small business bankruptcies is a canary in a coal mine.'

Despite last-ditch efforts from owners, Subchapter V bankruptcies, a restructuring program created for small businesses, are on the rise. By the start of December, 2,221 US businesses had filed for Subchapter V bankruptcy, according to new analysis from economists at The Kobeissi Letter.

That was already more small business bankruptcies than the 2,211 filings through all of 2024, even with weeks still left on the calendar.

The filings still represent a small fraction of America's roughly 33 million small businesses, but economists say the acceleration — not the raw number — is what's raising alarms.

And the trend has gotten worse in the back half of 2025. 'US small business bankruptcies are surging as if there is a recession,' analysts at The Kobeissi Letter wrote in a December 6 post on X.

But, he warns that the increase is a worrying sign for the broader economy.

'This is going to lead to a further increase in large-size bankruptcies and distress in the economy,' Barsalona said. 'We're just seeing the start of this.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15427659/mom-pop-bankruptcy-recession-main-street.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/trump-venezuela-oil.html
President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States.

Trump, in a social media post, said the oil will be sold at its market price, “and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!”
“I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately,” Trump wrote. “It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States.”

Trump said that the oil being turned over the U.S. was “high quality” and “sanctioned.”

The announcement came three days after U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, and his wife in Caracas, and took them to New York, where they are charged in a federal drug-trafficking conspiracy indictment.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Trump plans to meet with representatives from the major U.S. oil companies Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Exxon Mobil, along with other domestic producers, at the White House on Friday “to discuss making significant investments in Venezuela’s oil sector.”

Trump has said that U.S. oil companies would end up investing billions of dollars to rehabilitate Venezuela’s aging oil production capabilities.

Chevron currently operates in Venezuela, the only U.S. oil company to do so. The assets of ConocoPhillips and Exxon were nationalized by Venezuela’s then-President Hugo Chávez in the mid-2000s.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-freezes-some-child-care-funds-five-states-2026-01-07/
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is freezing more than $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said, citing what it called concerns about fraud and misuse.
The Trump administration has threatened federal funding cuts to organizations and states over a number of issues since taking office - ranging from alleged fraud in programs in states governed by Democrats to diversity initiatives and pro-Palestinian university protests against U.S. ally Israel's assault on Gaza.
On Tuesday, HHS said it notified the five states, all with Democratic governors, that its freeze applied to the "Child Care and Development Fund" worth $2.4 billion, the "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families" worth $7.35 billion, and the "Social Services Block Grant" worth $869 million.
In a statement, the department said the states' access to those funds would be restricted pending further review.
Democrats condemned the plan.
"Our kids should not be political pawns in a fight that Donald Trump seems to have with blue state (Democratic states) governors," New York Governor Kathy Hochul said, adding the step was "vindictive" and "cruel." Illinois Governor JB Pritzker also called the step "wrong and cruel."
California Governor Gavin Newsom's office said that since taking office, Newsom has blocked over $125 billion in fraud.
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has singled out Minnesota, alleging rampant fraud is being committed by immigrants in the welfare system and in social service programs.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/06/trump-january-6-remarks-00712597
President Donald Trump continued to deny responsibility for the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on the fifth anniversary of the riot, launching a White House webpage trying to reframe history and giving a speech to House Republicans blaming his political opponents and the media for the attack.

Trump’s actions Tuesday — which came during a broader address during House Republicans’ daylong retreat in Washington — are part of a yearslong pattern of the president downplaying his supporters’ attempt to stop the certification of his 2020 election loss.

Trump on Tuesday accused then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of being at fault for much of the fallout and said that the media hadn’t accurately reported statements he made before Congress voted to ultimately certify his 2020 election loss.

“Do you know that the news never reported the words walk or march peacefully and patriotically to the Capitol?” the president said. “Do you know that they never reported it? It’s a scandal.”

Also on Tuesday, the White House launched a website that accused Democrats of going after “innocent Americans,” silencing opponents and distracting “from their own role in undermining Democracy.” Pelosi’s face is emblazoned at the top of the site, along with members of the House Jan. 6 committee, including Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney.

Trump’s opponents, the website claimed, had “masterfully reversed reality after January 6.”

“In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters, all while Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos they later exploited to seize and consolidate power,” the White House wrote.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyg1jg8xkmo
US President Donald Trump has been discussing "a range of options" to acquire Greenland, including use of the military, the White House said.

The White House told the BBC that acquiring Greenland - a semi-autonomous region of fellow Nato member Denmark – was a "national security priority".

The statement came hours after European leaders issued a joint statement rallying behind Denmark, which has been pushing back against Trump's ambitions for the Arctic island.

Trump repeated over the weekend that the US "needed" Greenland for security reasons, prompting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to warn that any attack by the US would spell the end of Nato.

The White House said on Tuesday: "The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the Commander-in-Chief's disposal."

Nato is a trans-Atlantic military group where allies are expected to go to each other's aid in case of external attacks.

On Tuesday, six European allies expressed support for Denmark.

"Greenland belongs to its people, and only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations," the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Denmark said in a joint statement.

Stressing they were as keen as the US in Arctic security, the European signatories of the joint statement said this must be achieved by Nato allies, including the US "collectively".

They also called for "upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders".

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen welcomed the statement and called for "respectful dialogue".

"The dialogue must take place with respect for the fact that Greenland's status is rooted in international law and the principle of territorial integrity," Nielsen said.

Kennedy fixed the food pyramid that was causing people to get fat off excess carbs
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5676613-new-dietary-guidelines-kennedy/
RFK Jr. unveils new ‘upside down’ food pyramid

The White House on Wednesday unveiled new dietary guidelines, with officials calling it the “most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history.”

The new guidelines were represented with an upside-down pyramid placing vegetables, fruits, proteins, dairy and healthy fats at the top and whole grains at the bottom.

“The new guidelines recognize that whole, nutrient-dense food is the most effective path to better health and lower health care costs,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“The new framework centers on protein and healthy fats, vegetables, fruits and whole grains. It’s upside down, a lot of people say. It was actually upside down before,” he added.

The initial food pyramid was introduced in the 1990s, showing a small amount of sugars at the top, recommending 2-4 servings of dairy, meat, fruit and vegetables in the middle, and 8-11 servings of bread, rice, pasta and other grains at the bottom. It was updated to “My Plate” under the Obama administration.

The new guidelines are laid out on a new website realfood.gov.