CNN anchor Erin Burnett gave Renee Good’s former father-in-law an opportunity to question or even condemn the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot his daughter after she struck him with her vehicle. Timmy Macklin, father of Good’s late ex-husband and grandfather to her six-year-old son, joined the host of “Erin Burnett Out Front” to discuss the situation — and despite prompts from Burnett, he made it clear that he did not hold any ill will toward the agent who fired the shot. WATCH: Last night on CNN, Rebecca Good’s father appeared for his first interview to discuss Renee’s death. The host repeatedly probed for answers that would condemn President Trump, but his answer even took the host back. “I don’t blame ICE, I don’t blame Rebecca, I don’t blame Renee.… pic.twitter.com/yuq30CY3Wo — Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) January 14, 2026 Burnett began by noting that the Justice Department was not planning to investigate the actions taken by the ICE agent at the scene, but that some comments had been made about investigating the actions taken by Renee — and by her partner, Rebecca Good — that led up to the fatal confrontation. “How do you feel about all that?” Burnett asked. “Well, you know, I’m not blaming anybody. I mean, it’s a hard situation all the way around,” Macklin said. “It’s hard for everybody involved. I mean, the ICE agent — you know, at first I didn‘t see the footage where … he was actually being rammed. I mean, I‘ve seen the bump of the car hitting his legs. And so in a flash like that, it‘s hard to say how you would react.” “From my understanding, he had been through that before, maybe dragged or something,” Macklin continued, referring to a previous incident in which the ICE agent had been dragged down the road. Like I said, it’s just a hard situation for everybody.” Macklin said that he didn’t have “any enemies” and had no issue with Renee or Rebecca, but also said that he had none with the ICE agents involved either. “That’s what the bible tells us, to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.” He went on to say that some “bad choices” had been made, adding, “The Word says ‘the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience.'” “I don’t blame ICE, I don’t blame Rebecca, I don’t blame Renee. I just, you know, I just wish that, you know, if — if we’re walking the spirit of God, I don’t think she would have been there. That’s the way I look at it,” he said.

The White House’s meeting with Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday did not change any minds on President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said. Rasmussen spoke at a press conference alongside Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Denmark oversees Greenland’s defense while the territory is largely self-governing. In recent weeks, Trump has ramped up his push to make Greenland a territory of the United States for national security purposes. The meeting on Wednesday was “frank and constructive,” but ultimately the sides agreed to disagree, with Denmark sticking firm to its “red lines,” according to Rasmussen. “We, the Kingdom of Denmark, continue to believe that also the long-term security of Greenland can be ensured inside the current framework, the 1951 agreement on the defense of Greenland as well as the NATO treaty,” he said. “For us, ideas that would not respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenlandic people are, of course, totally unacceptable.” “We therefore still have a fundamental disagreement, but we also agree to disagree,” Rasmussen added. Motzfeldt said that it remains important for Greenland to “strengthen our cooperation with the United States, but that doesn’t mean that we want to be owned by the United States.” Denmark and Greenland agreed to continue the discussions to see “if we can find a common way forward,” the Danish foreign minister said. The discussions are expected to continue in the coming weeks. Rasmussen said he agreed with the Trump administration’s concerns about the security situation in the Arctic, but added that he does not see China and Russia representing an “instant threat.” “There’s no Chinese presence in Greenland, but there’s a concern: would that be the case in 10 or 20 years from now?” Rasmussen asked. “It will not because our Greenlandic friends have introduced investments … and Denmark is, by all means, on the right side of history.” Trump disagrees and has argued that if the United States doesn’t take control of Greenland, “Russia or China will.” “The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building. NATO should be leading the way for us to get it,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Wednesday morning. Trump argued that NATO would also be safer if the United States made a move on Greenland. “NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES. Anything less than that is unacceptable,” Trump said. As Denmark and Greenland met with the White House, multiple NATO countries said that they would expand their military presence around Greenland.

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers continue to turn up the pressure on the Trump administration to crack down on the widespread mailing of abortion drugs across the country.  Senate and House Republicans repeated calls for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse Biden-era regulations allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be sent through the mail. The calls come as data shows that abortions have only increased after Roe v. Wade was overturned, largely fueled by mail-order drugs.  The first call to action came during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee Wednesday morning, which focused on the dangers of the abortion pill. The committee hearing was packed with both pro-abortion and pro-life activists.  “I urge Secretary Kennedy and Commissioner Makary to complete the safety review of mifepristone that they both promised us during their confirmation hearings. Republican members of this committee and many other senators expect an answer.
At an absolute minimum, the previous in-person safeguards should be restored, and it should be done immediately,” said Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the chair of the HELP Committee.  During Cassidy’s hearing, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill testified Wednesday that abortions have been rising in her state.  “Indeed, abortions have tragically increased in Louisiana and other pro-life states since Dobbs because of the Biden administration’s actions,” she said. “Shield laws in some states protect providers from liability and effectively nullify laws in our states. Their purpose is to make it more difficult to sue or prosecute individuals in those states where abortion drugs are prohibited.”  After the hearing, Murrill told reporters that she had briefly flagged the issue for Makary, but that there had been no further developments. She said she would like to see quick action on the issue. During the hearing, Democrat Senator Patty Murray, who called the hearing a “sham,” cited the recent approval of another generic form of the abortion pill in September by the FDA. That approval shocked pro-life advocates and lawmakers, prompting Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) to say he had completely lost faith in the agency.  Murray later cut off Dr. Monique Wubbenhorst, another witness, as she spoke about the women delivering fully developed dead babies after taking the abortion pill. Medication abortions, which are the most common abortion method, are facilitated by a woman taking mifepristone and misoprostol. After a pregnant woman takes mifepristone, the unborn child is cut off from the nutrients it needs to survive and is effectively starved to death. Calls to reverse the mail regulations were echoed Wednesday afternoon as Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of President Donald Trump’s closest supporters, led a press conference demanding that the mail-order abortion pill regulations be scrapped. “The pro-life community is not asking too much of Republican administrations in Congress to repeal the Biden policy. I think that’s why we got elected,” Graham said. “A Biden policy that undercuts the state’s rights approach because the Biden policy allowed the abortion pill to be sent through the mail, regardless of what the state of law is, effectively destroying every pro-life law in the country at the state level.” Appealing directly to the president, Graham said it was “time to deal with this issue.”  The Family Research Council just kicked off a press conference led by Senator Lindsey Graham urging the Trump admin to crackdown on the mailing of abortion drugs into red states. pic.twitter.com/ABakoDfBJN — Leif Le Mahieu (@leif_lemahieu) January 14, 2026 The conference, organized by Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, was attended by Cassidy, Hawley, Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN).  “There are more abortions committed today in the United States than when Roe was the law of the land,” Hawley said. “Do the American people have any right to protect life in their states, in their localities, nationally?” Pro-life groups have grown increasingly impatient with the Trump administration’s action toward the abortion pill. Some groups have called for Makary to be ousted from the FDA, while others have accused him of slow-walking a study on the safety of the drug.  Perkins said Wednesday that there would be a “political problem” for those who “sold out the pro-life movement.”  “This policy could be changed overnight, and it should be.
Politics aside, this is an issue of the sanctity of human life, it is an issue of the promises made to protect the unborn,” he said. “The states took the initiative, they took the action, and they’ve been denied the right to see those walls effectively put into place through the undermining of the FDA policy.” Those sentiments were shared by several pro-life leaders who watched the abortion pill hearing.  “Mailing the abortion pill is illegal, immoral, and deadly. And I’m calling on President Trump and Secretary Kennedy to reverse the Biden administration’s policies and return to requiring an in-person doctor’s visit for anyone being prescribed mifepristone,” Doug Truax, the CEO of Restoration of America, told The Daily Wire.  Shawn Carney,  the president and CEO of 40 Days for Life, said it was time “for the government to intervene and to finally protect women and their unborn children from a dangerous, predatory industry.” Live Action President Lila Rose said that the abortion drug should be pulled from the market altogether.  “This hearing must be a turning point. The Trump administration should immediately restore in-person safeguards, fully investigate the mounting evidence of harm, and act decisively to protect women and children,” she said. “But more than that, the FDA must reverse its reckless approval of mifepristone and pull this dangerous drug from the market altogether.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a slew of illegal immigrants in Minneapolis Tuesday, including several convicted of sexual assault and drug trafficking. The arrests were part of Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s effort to arrest illegal aliens in the Twin Cities, which began in December. Among those arrested Tuesday were Teng Houa Vang, a Vietnamese national with a domestic assault conviction — as well as guilty pleas for terror threats and breaking a “protection order,” The Daily Wire has learned. He is also facing charges for “arson, peeping tom, obstructing police, trespassing, assault, drug possession, and property damage.” Mugshot of Teng Houa Vang (Department of Homeland Security) “Another day another scourge of sexual predators, violent assailants, domestic abusers and drug traffickers arrested from the streets of Minnesota by our law enforcement,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Wednesday. “We are in Minnesota to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. Governor Walz and Mayor Frey refuse to let us into their jails and instead choose to release criminal illegal aliens back into Minnesota neighborhoods to victimize more Americans. Despite violence against them and a lack of cooperation from sanctuary politicians, our law enforcement will not stop their efforts to get criminals out of [the] country,” she continued. Salvadoran national Francisco Salazar-Solorzano was arrested on DUI, domestic violence, and assault charges. Mexican national Victor Javier Bahena-Sandoval has previous arrests for domestic violence, in addition to past convictions for “disorderly conduct” and for coming back into the country illegally. Mexican national Santiago Antunes Mendiola faces charges for battery. Spanish national Lorenzo Armillas Llaurado has a prior conviction for “felony distribution of a controlled substance.” Nigerian national Michael Opeoluwa Egbele has a prior conviction for impersonation fraud. Mugshot of Michael Opeoluwa Egbele (Department of Homeland Security) Operation Metro Surge has triggered protests and backlash from Democratic leaders, especially following the confrontation in which Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer. She reportedly hit him with her vehicle in Minneapolis, as DHS says the agent involved suffered internal bleeding afterward. “Get the f**k out of Minneapolis,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said at a press conference last week following the Good incident. “We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite,” he continued, saying, “people are being hurt.” The Daily Wire reached out to both Walz and the City of Minneapolis for comment, but they were not immediately available for a response. As of December 19, there have been 622,000 deportations since President Donald Trump took office, along with an estimated 1.9 million people who opted to self-deport, as the federal government is offering incentives to do so.

In a 7-2 decision that had resounding import for election integrity, the Supreme Court reversed the lower court ruling that Congressman Michael Bost and two other candidates lacked standing to challenge the Illinois law that allows election officials to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day if they are received within 14 days thereafter. Bost and the two other plaintiffs argued that the process of an “extended” counting period violates federal statutes (2 U.S.C. §7 and 3 U.S.C. §1), which establish a single “Election Day” as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The District Court and the Seventh Circuit dismissed the case, concluding that the petitioners lacked standing under Article III because they could not prove the rule would cause them to lose or significantly harm their campaigns. But the Supreme Court held that a candidate for office has standing to challenge the rules governing their own election based on their unique status and interest in the process. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion, which invoked a standing rule for candidates, emphasizing that they are not “mere bystanders” in the electoral process. The Court argued that while voters have a general interest in election integrity, a candidate’s interest is “different in kind.” Candidates spend vast resources seeking to represent the people and have a concrete stake in ensuring the results accurately reflect the people’s will. Roberts noted that rules undermining election integrity also undermine the winner’s political legitimacy. For an elected official, a loss of public confidence — even if they win — is a “reputational harm” which constitutes a classic Article III injury. The Court refused to require candidates to prove they would likely lose in order to gain standing. Roberts argued that forcing candidates to wait until an election is close or finished to sue would lead to “late-breaking, court-ordered rule changes” that cause voter confusion and undermine democratic stability. The Court warned that requiring proof of a “substantial risk of loss” would turn judges into “political prognosticators,” a role outside their judicial expertise.

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