Politics

• Rare earth stocks jump after Trump launches $12 billion critical minerals stockpile - The moves come shortly after President Donald Trump announced the establishment of a U.S. critical mineral reserve.
• House hardliners complicate ending government shutdown as Speaker Johnson moves ahead - The U.S. government partially shut down Saturday morning after Congress failed to pass legislation to keep it funded.
• Trump says DOJ should continue Fed Chair Powell probe 'to the end' - Sen. Thom Tillis said he would oppose any new Fed nominees until the Powell probe is resolved, the same day Trump announced Kevin Warsh as his Fed chair pick.
• Palantir beats fourth-quarter estimates on the strength of AI and defense demand - Palantir topped Wall Street's fourth-quarter estimates as more businesses and the U.S. government race to buy its artificial intelligence tools.
• New York AG issues warning around prediction markets ahead of Super Bowl - New York Attorney General Letitia James is cautioning all New Yorkers about placing trades on prediction markets ahead of the Super Bowl.
• Trump says U.S. and India reached trade deal, will lower tariffs immediately - The U.S. and India have reached a trade deal, President Donald Trump announced.
• United Arab Emirates' 'Spy Sheikh' bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ - “This is corruption, plain and simple," said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.
• Epstein files: Ro Khanna says DOJ's latest release is 'not good enough' - The congressional Democrat said that Friday's Epstein disclosure was "significant," but it is only about half of the files that have been collected.
• Speaker Johnson: 'Confident' government shutdown will end by Tuesday - The government shut down on Saturday after Senate Democrats demanded changes to a spending package following the killings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota.
• Federal judge denies bid to end ICE Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota - The crackdown "has had, and will likely continue to have, profound and even heartbreaking, consequences," U.S. District Judge Menendez said in the ruling.