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1:55 P.M. -- politics -- Is Mamdani Ready for NYC to Get Buried in Snow? -- Nia Prater -- The new mayor is making the TV-news rounds and mobilizing city agencies as he prepares for the first major snowstorm of his tenure.

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1:18 P.M. -- minneapolis -- Vance's 'Softer Tone' in Minneapolis Was Just More Trolling -- Margaret Hartmann -- The VP took no concrete steps to "turn down the temperature," and he laughed at ICE protesters, saying they just love "sex-offender criminal aliens."

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11:26 A.M. -- brick & mortar -- The Pokémon Heist on West 13th Street -- Clio Chang -- An armed robbery at the new Poké Court is the latest sign of a collectors' market that's gone off the rails.

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9:15 A.M. -- politics -- White House Posts AI-Altered Photo of Arrested Protester -- Nia Prater -- The federal government loves to share fake, disturbing images.

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5:00 A.M. -- minneapolis -- Your Friendly Neighborhood Resistance -- Kerry Howley -- On the ground in Minneapolis, watching out for ICE at every corner, crosswalk, church, and school.

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1/22/2026 -- early and often -- Trump Only Accepts Polls That Proclaim His Greatness -- Ed Kilgore -- In a series of tirades on Truth Social, the unpopular president expressed his rage at an ungrateful public by lashing out at pollsters.

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1/22/2026 -- poll position -- Trump Is Losing the Swing Voters He Won in 2024 -- Ed Kilgore -- New polling shows once again that the young and non-white voters that helped Trump return to power are as unhappy with him as they were with Biden.

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1/22/2026 -- today in eric adams -- New York City Is Suing Dr. Phil's Son Over Cop Reality Show -- Matt Stieb -- The Mamdani administration is trying to prevent "extremely problematic" footage of NYPD officers from airing on TV.

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1/22/2026 -- tremendous content -- Barely Anyone Wants to Join Trump's 'Board of Peace' -- Margaret Hartmann -- More than 50 nations were invited to Trump's MAGA-fied U.N. Only a handful of small authoritarian-leaning nations showed up to the launch.

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1/22/2026 -- politics -- Is New York City About to Lose Its Only Republican in Congress? -- Nia Prater -- A judge's decision means that yet more redistricting chaos may be in store for the city this year.

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1/22/2026 -- tremendous content -- 'TACO' Trump?: Greenland Deal Revives Nickname Trump Loathes -- Margaret Hartmann -- The acronym for "Trump Always Chickens Out" was originally about "Liberation Day" tariffs. Now it's morphed into a broader Trump insult.

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1/22/2026 -- games -- Who to Root for in the Extra-Wacky NFL Playoffs -- Will Leitch -- Here are the pros and cons of climbing aboard the four remaining bandwagons.

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1/22/2026 -- american affairs -- Trump Is Barely Trying With His New Health-care Plan -- Ross Barkan -- The president simply doesn't care that much about fixing this issue. So why is he bothering to pretend?

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1/21/2026 -- early and often -- Trump DOJ Misses Epstein Files Deadline, GOP Shrugs -- Ed Kilgore -- Republicans helped pass a law demanding the full release of the files. Now they've lost interest in seeing it enforced.

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1/21/2026 -- early and often -- Why Trump Wants Greenland and How He Can Take It -- Margaret Hartmann -- Trump announced he's worked out the "framework" of a Greenland deal with NATO. He didn't say if that means the U.S. will own the island.

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1/21/2026 -- early and often -- Should Democrats Try to Abolish ICE or Radically Change It? -- Ed Kilgore -- Being seen as abandoning immigration enforcement could once agan come at a high political cost. Reform may prove to be a wiser path.

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1/21/2026 -- early and often -- The 12 Stupidest Moments From Trump's Davos Speech -- Margaret Hartmann -- Trump saying he "won't use force" to take Greenland, calling it "Iceland," and rambling about windmills is what passes for reassuring these days.

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1/21/2026 -- politics -- Lindsey Halligan Flames Out in Spectacular Fashion -- Nia Prater -- Trump's pick to prosecute James Comey was excoriated by a federal judge on her way out the door.

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1/21/2026 -- the city politic -- It Will Take Years to Fully Grasp Eric Adams's Corruption -- Errol Louis -- New York has turned the page, but more evidence of the ex-mayor's venality keeps turning up.

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1/21/2026 -- screen time -- The AI Shopping Wars Are Here -- John Herrman -- Big tech has big plans for bots that will do all your buying for you.

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1/20/2026 -- early and often -- Trump Leaks World Leaders' Private Texts in Greenland Bullying Fit -- Margaret Hartmann -- Humiliating foes by sharing their private messages is a common Trump tactic, but Emmanuel Macron is the first world leader to get this treatment.

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All the Terms You Need to Know for the Big Winter Storm

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How the Clintons Could Soon Become Criminal Defendants

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weather -- NYC Braces for Heavy Snow from Weekend Winter Storm -- Nia Prater -- The city is hunkering down as forecasts are predicting that New Yorkers could see six or more inches of snow over the weekend.

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12:00 p.m. the approval matrix - The Approval Matrix: Snow and ICE Everywhere - Our guide to what's highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.

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