🗞️Less than 1% of Epstein files released so far

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January 6th, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The Department of Justice has released less than 1% of its Jeffrey Epstein files, with over 2 million documents still under review for victim redactions, after missing the December 19th, 2025 deadline from the Epstein Files Transparency Act

• President Trump and his team are discussing options to acquire Greenland, including potential military force…read more here

• The Trump administration is freezing over $10 billion in federal social services funding, including $7 billion for TANF, $2.4 billion for child care, and $870 million in child grants, to five states which are Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois, and Colorado, citing widespread fraud in these programs

• President Trump wants U.S. oil companies to invest billions to rebuild Venezuela’s crippled oil infrastructure, saying they could be “reimbursed” either by the U.S. government or from future oil revenues and that production could be restored in under 18 months

• Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) who has been representing Northern California in Congress since 2013 has passed away suddenly, he was 65 years old

• A Hampton Inn by Hilton in Lakeville, Minnesota, canceled DHS and ICE agent reservations after spotting government emails, with staff emails confirming a policy against hosting immigration personnel, sparking DHS accusations of discrimination and obstruction during Minneapolis operations…Hilton and owner Everpeak apologized and pledged accommodations, but after undercover video showed the ban ongoing, Hilton terminated the franchise and removed the property from its system…read more here

• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board has voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 58 years, following Congress’s decision to eliminate federal funding…CPB’s shutdown ends its role as the primary conduit of federal support for PBS, NPR, and roughly 1,500 local public radio and TV stations, leaving those outlets to rely more heavily on donations, philanthropy, and other revenue sources

• Meta is delaying the international rollout of its Ray-Ban Display AI glasses to the U.K., France, Italy and Canada, citing “unprecedented” U.S. demand and limited inventory that has created waitlists stretching into 2026

• Hyundai Motor Group plans to mass-produce about 30,000 Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robots per year by 2028 at its Georgia plant initially using them for safer, lower-risk factory tasks like parts sequencing before moving into more complex assembly work by 2030

• DOW up .99% / S&P up .62%

• The S&P 500 hit a new record high today

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