Trump interview to air during Super Bowl pregame show
Trump is expected to sit for an interview with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier, which will air Sunday in the 3 p.m. ET hour during the Fox Super Bowl LIX pregame show.
The interview will be taped at Mar-a-Lago, according to a release, and "will focus on the changes the Trump administration has enacted since the Inauguration and the first 100 days of his presidency."
Additional portions of the interview will air Feb. 10, during Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Ontario to remove U.S. alcohol from shelves over Trump tariffs
Ontario will pull all American alcohol from its government-run liquor shelves beginning tomorrow in response to Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports.
Outlets of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario will also take U.S. products out of its catalog so other retailers can’t order or restock those items, Premier Doug Ford said in a statement yesterday.
“Every year, LCBO sells nearly $1 billion worth of American wine, beer, spirits and seltzers. Not anymore,” Ford said. “There’s never been a better time to choose an amazing Ontario-made or Canadian-made product.”
Ford’s announcement came just hours after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slapped retaliatory tariffs of 25% against $155 billion of U.S. goods.
Gabbard defends her nomination and her answers about Edward Snowden
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s nominee for national intelligence director, pushed for her confirmation in an op-ed for Newsweek.
She also defended her answers to questions about whether she thinks Edward Snowden is a traitor. Gabbard said she does not “casually throw around that term,” pointing to treason being a capital offense punishable by death.
“It is essential to focus on the facts, not the label,” she said. “Snowden should have raised his concerns about illegal surveillance through authorized channels, such as the Inspector General or the Intelligence Committee, instead of leaking to the media.”
“If confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence, I would reiterate to all members of the intelligence community that I expect them to use authorized channels available to whistleblowers for any concerns,” she continued.
Michigan Dem representative confirms she's considering a Senate bid
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., told MSNBC's "Way Too Early" this morning that she is "taking a look" at running for the state's open Senate seat in 2026.
While praising Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who announced last week he would retire instead of running for re-election next year, Stevens kept the door open for a Senate bid.
"I'm taking a look at the big run," Stevens said. "I love passing federal legislation, I love helping people. Gary Peters announced his retirement, he's been a mentor and a partner certainly on these automotive, manufacturing tariff issues. So I'm taking a look at it."
The race to replace Peters could get crowded, with many politicians on both sides of the aisle eying open seat races for either Senate or governor.
Under Trump, conservatives reignite a battle over race and the Constitution
As part of President Donald Trump’s new war on diversity programs, conservatives are renewing a long-running legal battle over the meaning of the Constitution’s guarantee of “equal protection” that dates back to the post-Civil War era.
Trump, as previewed in one executive order purporting to target diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, is seeking in some instances to overturn decades-old policies aimed at protecting and empowering minority groups, both within the federal government and outside.
His administration is also likely to radically change the federal government’s enforcement priorities by using laws enacted during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and ’60s to target diversity programs.
Democratic senators say they have 'grave concerns' over RFK Jr.'s potential financial conflicts
Two Democratic senators on the committee that will get to decide whether to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination say his recent financial disclosure filing gave them “grave concern” about whether he should become the next health and human services secretary.
In a letter to Kennedy dated Sunday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said his recently amended ethics disclosure form only raised additional questions about the scope of his potential financial conflicts of interest.
“What is clear is that your involvement and financial interests in vaccine litigation are broad and extensive,” wrote Warren and Wyden, who are on the Finance Committee.
Agents ‘have started to pack up their desks’ as fear of FBI mass firings swirls
As fear of mass firings swirls through the FBI, acting Director Brian Driscoll, the head of the bureau’s New York field office, and an agents group reassured staffers and pushed back against Trump administration efforts to force out FBI officials.
The unease comes after President Donald Trump publicly praised the firings of eight top FBI career executives on Friday after pardoning nearly all the Jan. 6 rioters hours after he took office for his second term.
In a message to FBI staff members Saturday night, Driscoll, the acting director, said again that the Trump administration is seeking the names of every FBI agent who worked on the Jan. 6 investigations — a number he has said is in the thousands.
Elon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said today that he and Trump are in the process of shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy and defying the constitutional power of Congress to determine how money is spent.
Musk, the head of Trump’s government efficiency initiative, announced the shutdown in the middle of the night in an audio-only appearance on his social media site X.
Dow futures drop more than 650 points after Trump hits U.S. trading partners with tariffs
Stock futures tumbled early today to kick off a new trading month, as investors weighed new U.S. tariffs on goods from key trade partners and their potential impact on the economy and corporate profits.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 546 points, or 1.22%. S&P 500 futures dropped 1.4%, while Nasdaq-100 futures lost 1.7%.
Trump on Saturday slapped a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada. He also placed a 10% levy on imports from China. The U.S. does about $1.6 trillion in business with the three countries.
Mexican president to announce response to Trump's tariffs today
Mexico and the United States teeter on the brink of a trade war this morning, with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to announce how her country will proceed.
Following Trump’s decision to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican goods, Sheinbaum released statements over the weekend slamming the White House for its decision, calling its claims that the Mexican government has ties with organized crime “slanderous” and “irresponsible” and threatening to enact Mexico’s so-called Plan B, or a series of retaliatory steps against the United States.
After she directed her economic secretary to begin enacting Plan B, Sheinbaum released a video yesterday calling on Trump to put tariffs aside and work together, saying she would wait for his answer.
“Mexico does not want confrontation,” Sheinbaum said, though she added that the first retaliatory steps of Plan B will be announced today if Trump does not budge on tariffs.