EXCLUSIVE: The “Big Four News Apps”  (Apple News, Google News, MSN and Yahoo News) quickly aligned to blame the Trump administration for the Minneapolis ICE shooting that resulted in the death of an anti-Trump activist who was blocking a road. Apple News, Google News, MSN and Yahoo News flooded their websites with elitist, anti-ICE coverage after a federal agent shot Renee Nicole Good, who authorities said hit the agent with her car. The heavy promotion of left-leaning outlets came despite conflicting accounts of what occurred in the moments leading up to the fatal shooting. For two days following the shooting (Jan. 8 through Jan. 9) the Big Four News Apps provided 30 total articles addressing the shooting, 20 from left-leaning outlets and three from right-leaning outlets. Among the prominently featured 20 left-leaning news articles on the shooting were stories from elitist outlets like CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times, as well as radical outlets like Salon and The New Republic. The right-of-center stories that the Big Four News Apps featured came from only two outlets: Fox News and National Review. The impact of those editorial choices is significant. The Big Four News Apps largely determine which stories and outlets Americans see first when they open a pre-installed news app, check their email or do a search. Left-leaning coverage overwhelmingly framed the shooting as ICE or the Trump administration’s fault, even though opposing accounts of the event existed. The White House repeatedly asserted that video evidence showed Good driving at, and hitting, a federal officer. Democrats and the elitist media disputed that claim, arguing that other angles of the footage showed the agent was not in immediate danger. Google News, MSN and Yahoo News all highlighted the Minneapolis shooting as their number one story on Jan. 8, while Google News pushed the story to the top of its site a second time on Jan. 9.  The Big Four News Apps didn’t just push the narrative through pride of place, biased headlines and radical outlets, however. On Jan. 8-9, both Apple News and Google News featured stories that included images of a memorial to the protester, placing articles with these images at the top of their pages, while MSN did the same on Jan. 8.  Yahoo News Promoting nine left-leaning articles on the shooting, Yahoo News distinguished itself by promoting horrific headlines from the radical Salon, such as “America reaches its breaking point” and “‘Propaganda Machine’: Trump and DHS embrace conspiracy theories tied to ICE killing.” The Big Four News App doubled down with coverage from the leftist outlet The New Republic, including a story about Vice President JD Vance’s “Chilling Warning” and “MAGA Blames Minnesota ICE Shooting on Victim for Unhinged Reason.” Yahoo provided zero right-of-center articles on this story, while highlighting a number of their own articles on the shooting.  Google News Google News pushed seven left-leaning stories on the shooting, making sure users didn’t miss the story. It put the story first, second, third and fourth both days, picking elitist media such as CNN, Politico, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.  In other words, Google News devoted the entirety of the top of its featured stories to the shooting in Minneapolis. However, Google did supply one Fox News article. MSN On Jan. 8, MSN led off with an NBC headline announcing, “Woman fatally shot by ICE officer remembered as 'one of the kindest people.’” NBC went 11 paragraphs without mentioning why the protester was shot or even attracted the attention of ICE agents, providing a list of supportive quotes for Good, including a statement that she was out “caring for her neighbors.”  NBC, ABC and CBS also placed great emphasis on this story during the evenings prior to MSN’s morning results. All three made the Minneapolis shooting their top story in their evening news coverage on Jan. 7 and Jan. 8.  MSN also pushed the left’s narrative by highlighting an absurd claim from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), adding an article from The Hill, headlined: “Warren: ‘No indication’ woman shot by ICE was protester.” MSN supplied two right-of-center articles, one from Fox News and the other from National Review.  Apple News  Apple News chose to feature leftist publications like the Minneapolis Star Tribune, also including an article from The Washington Post that claimed the ICE agent fired “at least two of his three shots from the side.”  Methodology: During the time period Jan. 8, 2025 - Jan. 9, 2026, MRC researchers examined the top 20 of AllSides-rated news stories featured on Apple News (the app) and web versions of Google News, MSN and Yahoo! News each day at approximately 10:00 AM EST. MRC researchers used the AllSides media bias ratings, which categorize an outlet as “left,” “lean left,” “center,” “lean right” or “right” to determine the overall bias presented by Apple News and analyzed the results. Conservatives are under attack! Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable. 

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and Comedy Central’s Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, tried to claim there was some sort of logical disconnect between the Trump administration’s response to the Minneapolis shooting involving Renee Good and ICE agent Jonathan Ross on one hand and its threats towards Iran as the regime shoots protestors on the other. Before he got to Iran, Kimmel had a take so hot, it could’ve melted all the Minneapolis snow, “The head of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, she doubled down again, she said Renee Good was a domestic terrorist. This is what they want us to believe, they need to paint anyone who protests as violent and dangerous, even a mom in a Honda. They need Antifa to be real to call in the military and cancel elections and declare martial law.”     Moving on to Iran, Kimmel added, “Ironically, while the White House is trying to squash protests here, the Lie-atollah is said to be mulling over a military strike on Iran to support the protesters there. From atop his golden toilet, he posted, ‘Iran is looking at freedom perhaps like never before, the USA stands ready to help.’” Kimmel then offered up his suggestion, “I have an idea: send all the guys from ICE out of Minneapolis to Iran. They can help.” Over at The Daily Show, Stewart also saw double standards at play, “And the most confusing thing about his reason for intervening in Iran is his reason.” Stewart then played a clip of CNN’s Pamela Brown recalling, “President Trump has warned of striking Iran if the regime kills protesters,” followed by another of Trump on Air Force One stating that, “There seem to be some people killed that aren't supposed to be killed.” Earlier in the show, Stewart mocked Trump for reading aloud a note that Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed him during a meeting with oil executives on Venezuela and now called back to that moment, “We may have to bomb Iran to prevent Iran's government from shooting protestors. Look directly into camera with an expression of half bewilderment and despair. P.S. Jon, don't read this part.” Kimmel’s hysteria about cancelled elections aside, there is a world of difference between an ICE agent with a history of being a victim of someone using their car as a weapon reacting in the heat of the moment to someone—intentionally or not—driving their car at him and a regime cracking down on its own people who have had enough of its authoritarianism and the economic imbecility that has resulted from an ideologically driven, anti-Semitic, and anti-American foreign policy. Here are transcripts for the January 12 shows: ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1/13/2026 12:12 AM ET JIMMY KIMMEL: The head of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, she doubled down again, she said Renee Good was a domestic terrorist. This is what they want us to believe, they need to paint anyone who protests as violent and dangerous, even a mom in a Honda. They need Antifa to be real to call in the military and cancel elections and declare martial law and ironically while the White House is trying to squash protests here, the Lie-atollah is said to be mulling over a military strike on Iran to support the protesters there. From atop his golden toilet, he posted, “Iran is looking at freedom perhaps like never before, the USA stands ready to help.” I have an idea: send all the guys from ICE out of Minneapolis to Iran. They can help. *** Comedy Central The Daily Show 1/13/2026 11:06 PM ET JON STEWART: And the most confusing thing about his reason for intervening in Iran is his reason. PAMELA BROWN: President Trump has warned of striking Iran if the regime kills protesters. DONALD TRUMP: There seem to be some people killed that aren't supposed to be killed. STEWART: We may have to bomb Iran to prevent Iran's government from shooting protestors. Look directly into camera with an expression of half bewilderment and despair. P.S. Jon, don't read this part.

Washington Post fashion reporter Ashley Fetters Maloy naturally pleases the paper's liberal readership by injecting liberal politics into the stories about clothes. The latest was about Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk, who is apparently dressing too glamorously as she takes over her assassinated husband's job of running Turning Points USA. The headline: Erika Kirk is walking a fine line in a glittering pantsuit Her recent outfits are making a statement: Take her seriously, but don’t take her for a career woman. The Robin Givhan energy is there -- grade the fashion on which political side they're taking. Maloy started with a talk Erika gave at the Young Women's Leadership Conference in Texas:  Feminists want you on antidepressants, she warned; they want you to feel anxious about your career. Aiding Kirk in hammering home this femininity-over-feminism theme: her pink-and-white minidress, which featured a large-format floral print and rhinestones and a pussy bow and puffy lantern sleeves and a shoulder ruffle and a scalloped hem. A dress that, in other words, could not have been more perfectly 21st-century girly-chic if it tried. Maloy thinks it's more common for political women to dress in a bland pantsuit like Hillary or Kamala. But Erika Kirk isn't running for office. She's leading a youth movement. Maloy's also hinting at hypocrisy -- as she dresses to distinguish herself from the feminists, the widow is leaving her babies behind like a feminist.  Column: Erika Kirk, a mother to two toddlers, continues to take on public-facing leadership duties while promoting traditional ideas about prioritizing marriage and motherhood. Here’s how her clothes are attempting to walk the same line: https://t.co/v2ToX0lwor pic.twitter.com/hPX0R1ndhd — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 10, 2026 As Kirk’s face has appeared on more and more screens — on CBS, on Fox, on podcasts and panels — two common refrains have emerged among observers: While you’re on this publicity tour, who’s parenting your kids? and Why is that suit so sparkly? They’re not unrelated, those two inquiries. Kirk, a mother to two toddlers, continues to take on public-facing leadership duties while promoting traditional ideas about prioritizing marriage and motherhood, and her clothes are attempting to walk the same high wire. Maloy finished by quoting the New Testament and throwing in The Handmaid's Tale, like your garden-variety leftist hack:  Perhaps the most telling look of Kirk’s winter press tour came at a New York Times event at Lincoln Center in December. Speaking onstage, Kirk wore a long, ribbed charcoal sweaterdress with a matching turtleneck capelet. Her long blond hair was draped thick and straight over her shoulders, evoking the 1 Corinthians 11:15 look popular in certain circles of Christianity (“If a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering”). The comparisons to the sinister and cape-clad Commanders’ wives on the Hulu show The Handmaid’s Tale arrived swiftly. PS: Last October, Maloy boosted the Portland anti-ICE radicals with the story “How inflatable frog suits became the protest fashion statement of the year.” If an officer were to harass a peaceful protester in a wiener-dog costume or a unicorn suit, though, “It just makes the violence really kind of clear, who’s doing it,” [Brooks] Brown says. “Like, you’re trying to call the Insurrection Act on Barney the Dinosaur and SpongeBob?” So late last week, Brown and a few of his colleagues and friends created Operation Inflation, an organization providing puff-up costumes, like Thanksgiving Day parade balloons in miniature, to those protesting the crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Inflation held steady at nearly half the Biden Administration’s rate in December, Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show. Not only was the 12-month CPI increase of 2.7% unchanged from November’s 2.7% year-to-year rate, it was also cooler than economists had expected. Likewise, the “core” rate of inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, remained at 2.6% - the lowest 12-month increase in almost four years (since March of 2021). Reacting to the new report, the Trump Administration took to social media to note that current inflation remains well below the level it inherited when President Donald Trump entered the White House last January: “Brand new data confirms inflation remains LOW and UNDER CONTROL. “Since President Trump took office, headline inflation has been running at 2.4% (much lower than 3% inherited from Biden) and core inflation has been running at 2.4% (much lower than 3.3% inherited from Biden).” Indeed, December’s 2.7% rate is nearly half the 5.0% average monthly inflation rate during the Biden Administration (February 2021-January 2025). Compared to November, CPI was up a seasonally-adjusted 0.3%. The October-to-November change is unmeasurable due to the 43-day federal government shutdown that began in October, which prevented the BLS from collecting data. The index for shelter rose 0.4% from the previous month in December and was the largest factor in the all-items monthly increase. The food index increased 0.7% over the month, as did both the food at home index and the food away from home index. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 3.9% from year-ago, but decreased 0.2% month-to-month, as the index for eggs tumbled a seasonally-adjusted 8.2% from November. Compared to year-ago, the price of eggs was down 20.9%. The index for energy rose 0.3% from November and 2.3% from December a year earlier. In contrast, the price of gasoline decreased 0.5% from November and was 3.4% lower than it was in December of 2024. The cost of unleaded regular gasoline was also down 0.5% from November, but was 3.8% lower than year-ago. Electricity costs declined 0.1% in December but remained 6.7% higher than in December of 2024. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cheered the news in a statement, noting the Pres. Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on goods from countries charging the U.S. exorbitant rates has not caused inflation to surge, as economists had predicted: “Yet another report confirms that President Trump has defeated the inflation crisis inherited from the Biden Administration, while so-called ‘experts’ continue to be proven wrong month after month. “President Trump’s powerful tariffs, massive tax cuts for working families, and sweeping deregulatory agenda have positioned our economy for a boom in 2026. Americans are already seeing the results: workers’ wages are rising rapidly, trillions in investments are flowing into the country to create good-paying jobs, and economic growth is accelerating.” …. “Core inflation came in below economists’ expectations. It’s ‘a more confident signal of cooling price growth after shutdown-related distortions’ and a ‘convincing sign that inflation is on a downward path,’ according to Bloomberg.”

MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.  Top Stories: Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke The View: Whoopi Claims All ICE Agents Are 'Violent Criminals' Crickets from MS NOW Hosts As Squad's Ayanna Pressley 3 Times Accuses ICE Of 'Murder' Jake Tapper Tries to Trip Sen. Mullin on Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Gets SCHOOLED Media Mangle Facts with 'De-Escalating' SUV Mom NPR Critic: 2026 Media Scene Looks 'Ominous' If Trump Isn't Thrashed   Townhall Opinion: Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke (by Tim Graham, Executive Editor, NewsBusters) Wokeness Enables Fraud and Shields It from Scrutiny: Minnesota Democrats' extreme "anti-racism" ideology—viewing issues through a lens of oppressive "white privilege"—has enabled billions in federal fraud by Somali American communities, then quickly brands any exposure or calls for deportation as "white supremacy," prioritizing identity politics over enforcing laws and protecting taxpayer funds. Enabling Fraud and Dismissing Accountability as Racism: Under the banner of "anti-racism," leaders like Gov. Tim Walz have allied with Somali American communities involved in billions of dollars in federal fraud, quickly labeling any criticism or calls for deportation as "white supremacy," which undermines law enforcement and prioritizes identity politics over fiscal integrity. Electoral Risks of Pushing 'Woke' Extremes: By aligning with radical anti-ICE resisters and pandering through gestures like Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's hijab-wearing solidarity video, Democrats like Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey are testing the limits of voter tolerance, contributing to narrow wins (e.g., Kamala Harris in 2024) and vulnerabilities in upcoming races that could flip seats to conservatives.           2. The View: Whoopi Claims All ICE Agents Are 'Violent Criminals' The inciting rhetoric against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continued unabated during Monday’s episode of The View. Amid their gaslighting about the ICE-involved shooting in Minnesota last week, ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg proclaimed her confusion as to how anyone could see the situation differently from her and that all ICE agents were “violent criminals.” She would go on to claim that’s not what she said, but was rather “speaking nuance.”          3. Crickets from MS NOW Hosts As Squad's Ayanna Pressley 3 Times Accuses ICE Of 'Murder' On Sunday morning's edition of The Weekend, MS NOW's double standard on the shooting of Renee Good was on dazzling display. The hosts and guest Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat congresswoman from Massachusetts and a Squad member, were highly critical of the Trump administration for characterizing Good. They singled out Tom Homan for saying that Good had committed a "crime." But when Pressley -- three times -- accused ICE of Good's "murder," tossing in a "brazen killing" for bad measure -- the silence from The Weekend hosts was deafening.         4. Jake Tapper Tries to Trip Sen. Mullin on Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Gets SCHOOLED A great deal of media coverage of the events in Minneapolis is marred by a bad-faith framing of the events that ultimately seek to blame the ICE agent and ICE policy for the unfortunate death of Renee Nicole Good. Case in point, Jake Tapper’s interview of Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) on an extended State of the Union.         5. Media Mangle Facts with 'De-Escalating' SUV Mom The Transformation of Defiance into "De-escalation" There is a profound disconnect between the physical evidence of the encounter and the media’s portrayal of it. While footage shows a driver putting a vehicle in gear and striking an officer, certain media analysts are rebranding this resistance as "classic de-escalation behavior." By framing a dangerous confrontation as a peaceful retreat, the narrative shifts the blame from the individual who refused a lawful order to the law enforcement officer performing their duty. Selective Reporting and the Erosion of Fact-Based Inquiry Major news anchors are increasingly substituting comprehensive video evidence with "cherry-picked" still images and unchallenged partisan statements. When public figures claim a driver was "sitting peacefully" while simultaneously discussing a "moving car," hosts often fail to press for clarity. This selective use of facts suggests that the media is more interested in maintaining a specific narrative about "authoritarianism" than in providing a full, objective account of the physical evidence. The Use of Satire to Validate Political Extremism Mainstream journalism is increasingly treating late-night comedy as a reliable barometer for "the feeling in society." By citing partisan comedians who use inflammatory rhetoric—such as describing law enforcement actions as an "obey or die" ultimatum—news outlets are validating a radical worldview. This transition from objective reporting to the promotion of satirical commentary allows the media to avoid the complicated legal facts of a case in favor of a more emotionally charged, "anti-dictatorship" storyline. More MRC Content on Minnesota ICE shooting         6. NPR Critic: 2026 Media Scene Looks 'Ominous' If Trump Isn't Thrashed Liberal media sees relentless anti-Trump attacks as the only standard for “fair” journalism Pundits warn of an “ominous” 2026 media future if Trump isn’t decisively defeated, treating aggressive opposition to him—and outrage over his rhetoric—as essential reporting, while viewing any move toward balance or corporate accountability as a dangerous agenda. Ending federal funding for NPR and PBS is framed as a loss of “neutral” journalism—but it’s really about ending taxpayer support for one-sided bias Claims that public media ensures every American funds work that respects all viewpoints are misleading; these outlets have long shown deep hostility toward conservatives, and defunding simply stops forcing ideological opponents to subsidize their perspective. Audience power can push back against biased media—but only by rejecting liberal narratives outright Calls for viewers to get more involved in 2026 to defend “freedom and ethical behavior” are really demands for stronger liberalism; true audience influence comes from turning away from outlets that peddle misinformation, corporate control, and unrelenting hostility toward Trump.