News for January 21, 2026

A New York judge ruled that the state’s only GOP-held congressional district was drawn unconstitutionally and ordered the New York Independent Redistricting Commission to make a new map.

ICE has adopted a memo that lets officers enter homes with only an administrative warrant in some cases, raising new legal questions and criticism.

The Justice Department ordered prosecutors to drop and stop pursuing criminal cases over diesel emissions cheating, a move linked to a new legal theory backed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump signed the charter for his Board of Peace, a Gaza-focused body he says could also take on wider global roles with the United Nations.

The Washington Post is asking a court to force federal authorities to return a reporter’s seized devices after an FBI search tied to a classified-documents investigation.

David Sacks called California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax an “asset seizure” and warned it could lead to more taxes if voters approve it.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said sending 37 cartel members to the United States was a sovereign decision made by her government after a U.S. request.

Business leaders reacted to President Donald Trump’s Davos speech, with Citadel saying his message on Europe and Greenland raised big economic and security questions.

EU lawmakers voted to delay a major trade deal with Mercosur by sending it to the EU’s top court over legal concerns.

The Justice Department said members of DOGE working with the Social Security Administration may have misused Social Security data and shared it in ways that broke agency rules.