January 15, 2026: ICE Agents Have Absolute Immunity. True or False? PLUS State Dept. Suspends Visa Issuances, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Probe, Trump Announces Health Plan, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Judges React to Arguments in Transgender Athlete Cases; What Their Reactions Tell Us About a Potential Ruling (0:38)

2. State Dept. Suspends Visa Issuances for Nationals from 75 Countries (11:19)

3. Minneapolis Updates: Do ICE Agents Have Absolute Immunity? Who Has Jurisdiction Over the Investigation? FBI or State Law Enforcement? What Role Did Renee Good Play in ICE Monitoring Efforts? DHS Claims Agent Suffered Internal Bleeding (~17:24)

4. Clintons Refuse to Testify in Congressional Epstein Probe (~29:16)

5. Trump Unveils New Health Plan, Calls on Congress to Act (~37:00)

6. Quick Hitters: Trump Signs Bill Allowing Whole Milk in Schools, Secret Service Agent Put on Leave After Revealing Sensitive Info to Undercover Journalist, ACLU Sues ICE and CBP, Mortgage Rates Hit Low, Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act (~44:04)

7. Rumor Has It: Did Trump Refer to Himself as Acting President of Venezuela? Did Vance Say ICE Would Go Door-to-Door? Did the FBI Search the Home of a Washington Post Reporter? (~48:21)

8. Critical Thinking Segment (~51:32)

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Judges React to Arguments in Transgender Athlete Cases; What Their Reactions Tell Us About a Potential Ruling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPb17La10FI 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/little-v-hecox/ 

https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/west-virginia-v-b-p-j-2-2/ 

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/HTML/R48448.html

State Dept. Suspends Visa Issuances for Nationals from 75 Countries

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html 

https://x.com/StateDept/status/2011478657680757214

Minneapolis Updates

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/10/nx-s1-5673229/ice-protests-minneapolis-portland-renee-good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n9FLmdEMPk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXhTfltxJM4

https://reason.com/2026/01/13/no-ice-agents-do-not-have-absolute-immunity-from-state-prosecution/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/politics/ice-immunity-jd-vance-minneapolis

https://legal-resources.uslegalforms.com/a/absolute-immunity

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/qualified_immunity

https://weartv.com/news/nation-world/doj-sees-no-basis-for-criminal-civil-rights-investigation-in-deadly-minnesota-shooting-renee-good-minneapolis-justice-department

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artVI-C2-1/ALDE_00013395/

https://dps.mn.gov/news/bca/bca-statement-regarding-investigation-ice-fatal-shooting-minneapolis

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/civil-rights

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5687963-doj-not-investigating-renee-good-shooting/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html

https://www.justice.gov/doj/federal-bureau-investigation

https://www.justice.gov/crt/criminal-section

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/us/renee-good-minneapolis-ice-monitoring-school-invs 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-agent-struck-renee-goods-vehicle-suffered-internal-bleeding-torso-dhs-says

Clintons Refuse to Testify in Congressional Epstein Probe

https://apnews.com/article/bill-hillary-clinton-epstein-congress-contempt-ad1f880ed716665f210025d8e57ff112 

https://x.com/BillClinton/status/2011098958236697021/photo/1

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/19/trump-world-takes-shots-at-favorite-boogeyman-bill-clinton-in-epstein-file-dump-00701780

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein/story?id=127629827

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/clintons-refuse-to-testify-in-house-epstein-investigation

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-republicans-hold-hillary-clinton-contempt-congress-epstein/story?id=129202858

https://camden.rutgers.edu/news/criminal-contempt-congress-explained

Trump Unveils New Health Plan, Calls on Congress to Act

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-calls-on-congress-to-enact-the-great-healthcare-plan/ 

Quick Hitters

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/health/whole-milk-healthy-kids-act

https://x.com/OKeefeMedia/status/2011157920013078552 

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-sues-federal-government-to-end-ice-cbps-practice-of-suspicionless-stops-warrantless-arrests-and-racial-profiling-of-minnesotans

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mortgage-rates-fall-to-lowest-level-in-over-3-years-as-home-buying-activity-picks-up-5603be91?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcpx4dd_7ZWkn-C69bqAAynOAcK4iMdzgyl_UNLIXWzarLakGWx7K4dTffU2g%3D%3D&gaa_ts=69693b42&gaa_sig=J0x9ycu3mHH0IiYI4YH7vdfMC54OFc0IachwI4uVTfhWEP70uvtCgz4THWQkU4kIz15OiYn7Eaf7R-YYGADc7w%3D%3D

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/hhs-terminates-grants-substance-use-mental-health-00729433

Rumor Has It

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-acting-president-venezuela/ 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vance-door-to-door-ice/ 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/fbi-washington-post-search-00727375