Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (January 19-23, 2026)
Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (1/19-23) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:
Stories
- Trump at Davos / Greenland Strategy
- ICE Raids-Protests / Administrative Warrants
- Affordability / Financial Markets Activity
- Board of Peace
- SCOTUS Hears Lisa Cook Case
- Clintons-Contempt of Congress Charges / Epstein Files
- Jack Smith Testimony
- Iran Protests-Deaths
- Halligan Exits Justice Department
- Indiana Wins Football Championship / NFL Playoffs
People
- Donald Trump
- Mark Rutte
- Mette Frederiksen / Lars Løkke Rasmussen
- Gavin Newsom
- Vladimir Putin
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Lisa Cook
- Bill & Hillary Clinton
- Jack Smith
- Lindsey Halligan
To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.
everything while we worked on cleaning up. Working in the administration was the experience of a lifetime. I’ll have some announcements coming up but I’m taking a couple of days to spend with the family. A couple of things: Thank you for your interest in the show and its return date. We will have something for you soon. The Trump team is not kidding around. It’s an otherworldly experience from the other side. He’s determined and focused. And having been around quite a few Presidents, this one broke the mold.