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Takaichi’s Bold Start: Japan’s Lurch Right Risks Debt, Inflation and Social Strain
Sanae Takaichi’s elevation to prime minister follows a decisive LDP electoral victory and ushers in a policy mix of aggressive, debt‑funded fiscal expansion targeted at defence and high‑tech industries. Critics warn this approach risks worsening Japan’s already massive public debt burden, accelerating yen depreciation and stoking inflation and social division, while political scandals and intra‑party factionalism threaten the government’s stability.
Partisan Fight Over Immigration Forces U.S. Homeland Security Into Shutdown, Risking Travel and Emergency Services
A partisan standoff over federal immigration enforcement has left the Department of Homeland Security without a full appropriation as Congress goes into recess, creating the first DHS shutdown. Essential staff will keep working unpaid, but prolonged funding gaps could disrupt TSA screening, FEMA response, the Coast Guard and Secret Service duties, and revive memories of last year’s debilitating federal shutdown.
Deadlock Over Immigration Sends Homeland Security Into Temporary Shutdown, Exposes Wider Risks
A partisan dispute over aggressive federal immigration enforcement has left the U.S. Department of Homeland Security without new funding as Congress adjourned, forcing essential employees to work without pay. While an extended shutdown would hamper agencies such as TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard, analysts expect a short-term compromise; the political battle over immigration policy, however, is unlikely to abate.
White House Pulls Back About 700 Federal Agents from Minnesota — Tactical De‑escalation, Not Policy Reversal
The White House said it will withdraw about 700 federal immigration and border officers from Minnesota and pivot to less visible, “smarter” enforcement while preserving its larger deportation objectives. The move is presented as a tactical de‑escalation; its success depends on local cooperation and may shift disputes from the streets to courts and jails.
Fatal ICE Shootings in Minneapolis Amplify Partisan Fight Over Funding — Could Washington Slip Back Into Shutdown?
Two recent fatal shootings by immigration-enforcement officers in Minneapolis have generated large protests and an unusual joint plea from more than 60 Minnesota corporations to de-escalate. With Senate Democrats vowing to block a funding bill that includes DHS appropriations, the episode raises the real prospect of another federal shutdown when stopgap funding expires on January 30.
Federal Judge Curbs Tactics in Minneapolis Immigration Raids as Washington Defends Operations
A Minnesota federal judge barred federal immigration officers from arresting or using chemical agents against peaceful protesters during a large Minneapolis operation, prompting federal officials to defend their tactics and consider appeal. Acting ICE leadership says deployments have shifted toward protecting arrest teams after recent clashes, while reporting contains a likely misidentification of a top DHS official.