Venezuela’s María Corina Machado says she presented Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize • The U.S. is pressing Mexico to allow US forces to fight cartels
The Spin Thursday, January 15, 2026 | | |
| | | | | President Donald Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act in Minnesota to tamp down unrest and the pushback against ICE agents working in the state. | | | | | Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a meeting with him at the White House on Thursday, “as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.” | | | | | The United States is intensifying pressure on Mexico to allow U.S. military forces to conduct joint operations to dismantle fentanyl labs inside the country, according to U.S. officials. | | | | | Indiana Gov. Mike Braun addressed the Chicago Bears potentially moving to Northwest Indiana during his 2026 State of the State address, but kept any specifics close to the vest. | | | | | An amended welfare fraud bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday in a 9-3 vote, with one Democrat voting in favor of the bill because he’d like to continue working with the bill author on amendments. Senate Bill 1, authored by State Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, was filed to prevent fraud and contain […] | | | | | Former Vice President Kamala Harris will return to Chicago on Friday for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Breakfast, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced. | | | | | U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil. | | | | | Troops from several European countries continued to arrive in Greenland on Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as talks between representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. highlighted “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the Arctic island. | | | |