Today’s Facts 01-01-2026

Higher health costs for millions of Americans start today.

The House Judiciary Committee released a transcript and video of a closed-door interview with former special counsel Jack Smith.

Smith told lawmakers the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol “does not happen” without Trump.

Trump cut Colorado transportation funds, moved Space Command, is threatening a climate research center, denied disaster aid, and has vetoed a clean-water pipeline.

Trump is angered by losses in Colorado and the jailing of election denier Tina Peters. Lauren Boebert also suggests it may be payback for her demanding the Epstein files release.

A Trump New Year’s Eve post to the Colorado governor and the prosecutor who convicted Tina Peters said they could “rot in hell.”

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the mayor of New York City.

Trump ended leases for three public golf courses in Washington, DC, including one overlooking the Potomac, one in Rock Creek Park, and another tied to Black golf history.

The Trump administration is postponing tariff increases on imported upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities by a year.

The US has rolled back Italian pasta tariffs.

A judge ruled revoking the US legal status of Hondurans, Nepalis, and Nicaraguans was unlawful and motivated by racial hostility.

A court has blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise passengers.

National Guard troops will leave Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland.

Several dozen people are dead and 100 others are injured in a New Year’s Eve fire at a Swiss resort.

The FBI’s Kash Patel did not admit to deleting 2.7 terabytes of Epstein evidence.

Erika Kirk does not appear in a new "South Park” episode.

The image Trump image with his hand on a young Black girl is fake; the original image is Ivanka.

Change your smoke alarm batteries and check your email spam folder.

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