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WSJ Minute Briefing

Trump Is Sending Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Israel recovers the body of the last hostage in Gaza. And Nvidia invests $2 billion in CoreWeave to build AI factories. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

DC politicians want to enact harmful credit card mandates that could take away your cash back and rewards points.

0:08.0

Perks that stretch your budget and make life a little easier.

0:12.1

Losing these benefits means less money for your family's everyday essentials like gas and groceries.

0:18.0

The perks you rely on could disappear, leaving you with higher costs and fewer

0:22.1

options. Tell Congress to guard your card and oppose the Durban Marshall Credit Card mandates.

0:28.4

Paid for by Electronic Payments Coalition.

0:34.7

Here's your midday brief for Monday, January 26th. I'm Pierre Bienname for the Wall Street Journal.

0:41.0

President Trump announced that he's sending White House Borders-R Tom Homan to Minnesota,

0:45.6

and that Homan will report directly to him. Some of Trump's advisors have privately expressed

0:50.4

concerns that the volatile situation in Minneapolis is becoming a political liability for

0:54.8

the White House. And in federal court this morning, lawyers for the state of Minnesota asked a judge

0:59.8

to issue a temporary restraining order immediately ending the federal immigration enforcement surge

1:04.5

in the Twin Cities. The Israeli military says it has recovered the body of the last hostage held

1:10.4

in Gaza, Ron Gavili, an Israeli military police serge has recovered the body of the last hostage held in Gaza.

1:11.4

Ron Gavili, an Israeli military police sergeant.

1:14.3

Israel says it will now reopen the Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt.

1:18.5

The recovery of his body and the Rafe reopening are key requirements of President Trump's peace plan and could pave the way for the next phase.

1:25.7

That part of the plan involves disarming Hamas and pulling Israeli troops out of most of Gaza.

1:30.8

Hamas has resisted disarming.

1:33.2

And NVIDIA is investing in additional $2 billion in Corweave, a move the companies say will help build artificial intelligence factories.

1:41.6

NVIDIA already owned a 6.6% stake in Corweave, and its latest investment is a vote

1:46.7

of confidence in the AI Data Center company.

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