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Friday, January 16, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1861, Senate Republicans opposed to the expansion of slavery voted down the Crittenden Compromise, a last-ditch effort by Sen. John J. Crittenden to prevent civil war by extending the Missouri Compromise line and protecting slavery. The defeat marked the collapse of compromise and hastened the nation's slide into war.

The Land Report's new ranking is out, and it spotlights a bigger trend: billionaires are piling into land as a long-term store of value. Read our Takeoff story below to see who's now the biggest private landowner in the U.S.

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Trump Threatens Use of Insurrection Act

President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minneapolis if state officials don't stop protests against federal immigration enforcement.

The 1807 law, last used during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, allows the president to deploy troops domestically without congressional approval. Trump's threat came hours after an ICE agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during what the Department of Homeland Security described as an ambush with shovels and broom handles during a traffic stop.

The three men arrested for the attack were identified as illegal immigrants from Venezuela who entered the country under the Biden administration, with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem calling it an "attempted murder" of federal law enforcement.

Nearly 3,000 federal immigration agents have flooded the Twin Cities, outnumbering Minneapolis's 600-officer police force, while protesters vandalized vehicles with threatening messages declaring the "only good agent is a dead one" and calling for Noem to be hanged.

NATO Deploys Troops to Greenland

NATO members deployed small numbers of troops to Greenland this week for a joint military exercise after tense White House talks about President Trump's desire to annex the island.

Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway sent personnel totaling at least 34 troops for "Operation Arctic Endurance," including Germany deploying 13 reconnaissance personnel and France sending 15 mountain specialists.

The deployment followed a meeting between Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that ended in a "fundamental disagreement," though the sides agreed to establish a working group to discuss the island's future.

Senate Republicans are vowing to block any effort by Trump to seize Greenland by military force, with Sens. Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski traveling to Copenhagen to assure Danish leaders of congressional opposition.

Buying Greenland could cost the United States up to $700 billion, according to estimates by scholars and former officials involved in planning for a proposed acquisition.

Rams Owner Now America's Biggest Landowner

Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke is now America's largest private landowner after buying nearly 937,000 acres of New Mexico ranchland in December.

The purchase, the biggest single land deal in over a decade, vaulted Kroenke's total holdings to 2.7 million acres, larger than Yellowstone National Park, and pushed him past lumber magnate Red Emmerson and media moguls John Malone and Ted Turner on The Land Report's annual rankings.

Kroenke bought the property from the heirs of Teledyne founder Henry Singleton, who built one of the nation's largest cattle operations beginning in the 1980s. Over the past two decades, Kroenke has rapidly expanded his ranching empire, including his 2016 purchase of Texas' historic 530,000-acre Waggoner Ranch for $725 million.

Kroenke's acquisition came from the heirs of Teledyne founder Henry Singleton, who built one of the nation's largest cattle operations since the 1980s. The billionaire has rapidly expanded his ranching empire over the past two decades, including his 2016 purchase of Texas's historic 530,000-acre Waggoner Ranch for $725 million.

Farmland investing has surged among the ultra wealthy as a hedge against inflation, with values rising 5.8% annually from 2019 to 2024. Bill Gates remains the nation's largest private farmland owner, with about 275,000 acres producing crops that include potatoes for McDonald's french fries. See the ranking of top landowners here.

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➤ A bipartisan bill seeks to criminalize sharing identifying information about U.S. special forces. (Hear More)

➤ The Colombian navy intercepted a speedboat in the Pacific Ocean, seizing more than $95 million worth of cocaine. (Hear Episode)

➤ Israel will honor Charlie Kirk at a Jerusalem conference for his role in combating antisemitism. (Listen Now)

➤ The United States seized a sixth tanker in the Caribbean Thursday morning, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced, saying in a social media post that the vessel was taken without incident. (More)

➤ President Trump on Thursday unveiled a health care proposal aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, including a proposal to pay Americans directly rather than offering insurance subsidies. (More)

➤ Madison Sheahan, the deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is resigning from her role to run for Congress in Ohio. (More)

➤ Texas state Rep. James Talarico is leading U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett by nine points, 47% to 38%, in the Democrats' Senate primary race in Texas, according to polling released Thursday. The rival Democrats are racing to replace incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn. (More)

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➤ Twenty former and current college basketball players are among the 26 people charged in a point-shaving scheme to rig college basketball games for betting purposes. (See Details)

➤ The New York Giants are finalizing a deal to hire John Harbaugh as their head coach. He's expected to bring multiple members of his former Baltimore Ravens coaching staff to New York. (More)

➤ A high school basketball player from Arizona scored 100 points in just three quarters this week, shattering the previous state record of 75. His team ended up winning the game 109-25. (More)

Daily Market Report 01/15/2026

▲	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	23,530.02	0.25%
▲	SPX S&P 500	6,944.50	0.26%
▲	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	49,442.38	0.60%
▼	BTC Bitcoin	$95,177.48	-1.81%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$4,609.40	-0.37%
▲	SILVER Per Ounce	$91.77	0.99%
▼	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$58.83	-5.14%
▲	FIGR Figure Technology Solutions Inc.	$64.96	+16.37%

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➤ Verizon said it would issue $20 credits to nearly 200,000 customers affected by a widespread service outage on Wednesday, which it attributed to a "software issue." (More)

➤ Mortgage rates dropped to their lowest point in more than three years, according to Freddie Mac. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped 10 basis points since last week to 6.06%, and the 15-year rate decreased by eight basis points to 5.38%. (More)

➤ General Motors is recalling over 80,000 Chevy vehicles because their alert sound system is defective and not loud enough to be heard by pedestrians, federal regulators said. (See Details)

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➤ NASA astronauts returned to Earth safely on Thursday after their mission was cut short due to an undisclosed medical issue, marking the first time the agency ended a crewed mission ahead of schedule. (See Details)

➤ Tyrannosaurus rex took about 40 years to reach its maximum size of roughly 8 tons, according to a new study examining bone tissue in 17 fossil specimens. (See Details)

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