America is a dangerous place for children these days.
A family here legally and waiting for their asylum hearing took their 7-year-old to a Portland emergency room last week. ICE detained them anyway, the girl grew more sick, and the entire family is in detention in Texas.
In Minnesota, a toddler was separated from her mother, and four children, as young as five years old, were taken into custody. The administration tried freezing child care subsidies affecting 1.3 million kids until a judge issued an order today for them to comply. And the new chair of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel spent this week calling school immunization requirements “authoritarian” and questioning whether we even need polio and measles vaccines. The worst measles outbreaks in decades have spread across America since Trump returned to office.
Minnesota didn’t wait for permission. Thousands marched, hundreds of businesses closed, and a toddler got her mother back.
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U.S. formally completes withdrawal from World Health Organization one year after Trump initiated process; Rubio and Kennedy say WHO refuses to return American flag over unpaid dues.
Today’s GovBrief News
British government says Trump "wrong" to claim NATO allies avoided Afghanistan front lines; 457 British troops died in the war, second only to the U.S.
Source: BBC
January 23, 2026
Treasury sanctions nine Iranian "shadow fleet" oil ships as Trump announces U.S. "armada" heading toward Iran following regime's killing of 5,000 protesters.
Source: UPI
January 23, 2026
California becomes first state to join WHO disease surveillance network one day after Trump completed U.S. withdrawal from the organization.
Source: KCRA Sacramento
January 23, 2026
CDC vaccine panel chair questions need for polio vaccines, calls school immunization requirements "authoritarian," says individual autonomy comes before public health.
Source: The Hill
January 23, 2026
Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit demanding Georgia voter rolls, ruling the department filed in the wrong court; DOJ has sued more than a dozen states for voter data.
Source: 11 Alive Atlanta
January 23, 2026
U.S. carries out 35th strike on alleged drug boat since September, killing two, one day after House defeated war powers resolution on Venezuela.
Source: CBS News
January 23, 2026
FBI agent resigns after facing pressure to stop investigating ICE officer who killed Renee Good; six federal prosecutors also quit over DOJ push to investigate the widow.
Source: The Hill
January 23, 2026
California sues to block restart of pipeline that caused 2015 Refugio oil spill after federal agency reclassified it as "interstate" to bypass state control.
Source: USA Today
January 23, 2026
Judge blocks Trump administration from ending deportation protections for 4,000 Myanmar nationals, ruling decision lacked "genuine basis" and ignored country conditions.
Source: Reuters
January 23, 2026
Judge extends order requiring Trump administration to keep funding child care subsidies in five states after HHS cited fraud concerns based on right-wing influencer video.
Source: The Associated Press
January 23, 2026
Family with active asylum case detained while taking 7-year-old to Portland emergency room; entered legally through CBP One, now held in Texas.
Source: KGW Portland
January 23, 2026
HUD threatens sanctions against public housing authorities that do not verify tenants' immigration status within 30 days, claiming audit found 6,000 "ineligible" tenants.
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
January 23, 2026
ICE staff reported Cuban detainee's death as suicide on 911 calls, but medical examiner ruled it homicide while detainee was being restrained by guards.
Source: The Washington Post
January 23, 2026
DHS halts terminations of FEMA disaster workers as massive winter storm approaches, hours after staff were escorted out during Noem's tour of headquarters.
Source: CNN
January 23, 2026
GAO reports Social Security at risk of "losing many staff in the near term" after telework ban dropped remote work from 42% to 13% of hours.
Source: Government Executive
January 23, 2026
Soprano Renée Fleming cancels National Symphony Orchestra concert at Kennedy Center, the latest artist to withdraw after board added Trump's name to venue built to honor JFK.
Source: Deadline
January 23, 2026
Watchdog files complaint alleging Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche violated conflict-of-interest law by ending crypto investigations while owning $159,000 in digital assets.
Source: ProPublica
January 23, 2026
Thousands march in Minneapolis as hundreds of Minnesota businesses close for "ICE Out" statewide shutdown protesting federal deportation operation now in its eighth week.
Source: The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 23, 2026
Philadelphia sues National Park Service to restore slavery exhibits removed from President's House, where George Washington brought enslaved people while serving as president.
Source: NBC News
January 23, 2026