Luke Vargas

All right.

So the arrival of the U.S.

delegation making for some good dinner theater, it sounds like.

And yet we learned a lot this week, did we not, about America's role in the world and how other countries are positioning themselves in relation to it?

Emma, what about any signs of hedging away from the U.S.?

China, for instance, really tried to use Davos this year to pitch themselves as the consensus builder in the room.

I'm curious what those same CEOs made about the other big thing we heard from Trump this week at Davos, his affordability push going after institutional homebuyers, trying to cap credit card interest rates and and pushing the defense sector to scale back its stock buybacks.

Emma Tucker is The Wall Street Journal's editor-in-chief.

Emma, thanks so much.

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immigration agents are using a new legal tactic to enter people's homes without a warrant signed by a judge.

The change wasn't announced publicly and was detailed in a secret memo over the summer by ICE and Homeland Security lawyers.

According to officials, administrative warrants showing that the government has probable cause to believe someone is in the country illegally serve as enough of a basis to force entry.

For decades, immigration officials haven't had the authority to search a person's home without a judicial warrant on the theory that such a move would violate the immigrants' Fourth Amendment right to protection against unreasonable search and seizure.

A DHS spokeswoman said people targeted under the new policy have, quote, had a full due process and a final order of removal from an immigration judge.

Immigration judges are Justice Department employees who must follow the orders of political appointees.

At the same time, ICE is ramping up operations in Maine, setting up a familiar dynamic, pitting Democratic elected officials against federal agents.