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What Happened Today – January 12, 2026

Mark Kelly in Space Shuttle Endeavour cockpit during STS-108 mission December 2001

Sen. Mark Kelly (right) when he was a Navy pilot at the controls of Space Shuttle Endeavour during International Space Station docking operations, December 7, 2001. (NASA photo)

They stopped pretending. The DHS Secretary stood behind a podium last Thursday that read “One of ours, all of yours.” That’s collective punishment on a government podium. This week they began criminally investigating the Fed chair, sent 1,000 more officers to Minnesota, and attacked boats with military aircraft disguised as civilian planes – potentially a … Read more