News Summaries in January 2026
Note to readers: summaries may sometimes be posted in two places, at least for a time, when older stories are involved. They temporarily will be placed at the top to call attention to them but also placed in chronological order farther down. Summaries of older stories no longer will say “posted out of chronological order.” Thank you for your attention to this matter. “Letters From an American,” Heather Cox Richardson, Feb. 3, 2026 U.S. District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes Feb. 2 blocked the termination of temporary protected status for about 353,000 Haitians living in the United States. That status was scheduled to end Feb. 3 under a decision by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. At stake was not only the fate of Haitians facing deportation to their violence-torn homeland, but the “Trump administration officials' rejection of both facts and the rule of law on which the United States was ...