Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, January 19, 2026

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

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Visit medcan.com slash moments to get started. Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, January 19th, 2026. Here's this happening today in America. Send in the troops, ISIS retaliation, attack on the Second Amendment in Virginia, and the national championships tonight. It's all coming up, and Bill is going to be here with your message of the day. But first, the Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota. This would be a part of the Insurrection Act, first issued by Thomas Jefferson in 1807. The soldiers that are told to get ready are assigned to two infantry battalions with the Army's 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska, which specializes in cold weather operations. Today, the high in Minneapolis is two.

The high is two. On Friday, Minneapolis has a high of negative seven. The mayor of Minneapolis said, I never thought a million years that we would be invaded by our own federal government. The Insurrection Act is used when local and state law enforcement is unable to keep the peace. However, in this case, the local Democrats don't want peace. So Trump may bring in the troops. May I remember last month, two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria by ISIS in an ambush attack. Well, this is our third retaliatory strike back on ISIS.

And in this attack, our military killed an al-Qaeda-affiliated leader with ties to that ISIS ambush. The commander of Sentcom, Admiral Brad Cooper, said the death of a attack. terrorist operatives linked to the deaths of those three Americans demonstrates our resolve in pursuing terrorists who attack our forces. There's no safe place for those who conduct plot or inspire attacks on American citizens and our warfighters. We will find you. Overall, this strike targeted more than 100 ISIS infrastructure and weapons site targets. Virginia Democrats who were elected last year are now sworn in, and one of the first orders of business for them is to go right after the Second Amendment. Many bills proposed. One

would introduce an 11% excise tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition. Another would broaden the state's red flag laws, mandatory five-day waiting period, storage requirements, mandating that a firearm and ammunitions are locked into a container, compartment, or cabinet that's inaccessible to any minor or prohibited person. $500 tax on suppressor sales and, quote-unquote, assault weapons ban. Democrats in Virginia zeroing in on Second Amendment laws, just like Colorado did successfully back in 2013. National Championships game, Tonight, Miami versus Indiana, in Miami, 730 Eastern kickoff. And in other football news, the president said he's going to sign an executive order protecting the Army Navy game from any football competition.

He said the second Saturday in December is an exclusive four-hour broadcast. No other game can violate this time slot. Please let the service notice to all television network stations and outlets. God bless our great Army Navy game. I'm Mike Slater from Politics by Faith. your message of the day. Next. Time now for the O'Reilly update, message of the day. Bill O'Reilly here, and I'm warming up. Stand by for the O'Reilly Update morning edition, but first. On this Monday, it is an interesting exercise to try to figure out how President Trump thinks. But since I've known him

for more than three decades, I got it down. And I am not a sycophant. I am not somebody who goes, yes, Mr. President, yes, sir, whatever you. you want. That is not me, as you know. But I understand the man. So let me give you a very vivid example. He goes to Asia and he gets a lot of good stuff in the USA. He comes back and the Trump haters, the Democratic Party, oh, no, no, no, no, trip wasn't very good. No, China got the better of him. It's all a bunch of bull. So in his first 10 months in office, President Trump did a hundred times more than Joe Biden did in four years. That's provable.

That is a fact. Some of the stuff hasn't worked. And Mr. Trump is certainly way too bellicose. But he goes to Asia and he told me directly and Mr. Trump has never lied to me that his deals will amount to $2 trillion in benefit for America. Now, I can't do the accounting. but again, the man does not lie to me. So why not give the president the benefit of the doubt?

Japan likes them, Malaysia likes them, Cambodia likes them, China, South Korea likes them. All that is a plus. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill o'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill o'Reilly.com.

Name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. Denise Rogers, Perth Jervis, New York, I don't think I would ever be able to accomplish their missions if they were solely responsible for de-escalating every situation. It doesn't have to be every situation, life or death situation. I'm telling you, Denise, they got to do it. You can't lose the folks on this one. Paul Newton, Crescent City, California, great column you wrote, Minnesota and Oregon should

be cut off from all federal funding. It's not going to happen. The courts would not allow that to happen. But we got to stay in the real world here. You can. Some block grants, absolutely, but across the board, courts are stepping like that. Raymond Adams of Vandalia, Ohio. Oh, let me say why.

I should say why. Congress is the budgetary body in this country, not the president. If Congress wanted to cut off funds to Minnesota, Oregon and any other state, it could, but not the president. Raymond Adams, Vandalia, Ohio. I must say your Thursday talking points last week was not only one of your best, but by far the best analysis of what led up to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis and the Biden Open Border Policy. With clarity and intelligence analysis bill, I only wish President Trump was so coherent. I don't know if that's fair, but he's busy. Let's put it that way.

Chantelle and Peter Anderson, Englewood, California. I grew up understanding the CIA operated in the shadows, cloak and dagger agency, where silence was the standard. Recently, however, it feels like the agency is issuing press releases about the conditions in real time. I haven't seen that. If you can steer me to that, the CIA is still pretty secretive. I haven't seen any public stuff at all.

But if you have, I want to know about it. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com, bill at bill o'Reilly.com. In a moment, something you might not know. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. It is officially Martin Luther King Day in America. Despite a national movement to honor the civil rights leader after his murder, it took Congress more than 15 years to pass the legislation. Here is the story behind the national holiday. The campaign to honor MLK's life and death began four years after his assassination on April 4th, 1968. But the effort to create a national holiday languish for years.

Some lawmakers believe the celebration of the civil rights leader would only inflame racial tension. In 1979, on the 50th anniversary of MLK, birth, a bill finally came before the House. Even with the support of President Jimmy Carter and testimonials from King's widow and children, the measure failed by five votes. The bill returned to the House four years later. Congressional leaders worked alongside musician Stevie Wonder to rally the American public. Fifteen years after Dr. King's murder, the House of Representatives representatives finally approved the legislation. After two days of debate, it cleared the Senate. In the White House, Ronald Reagan deferred to Congress. Initially, the president opposed the measure,

saying, quote, this whole thing is based on an image, not reality. Nevertheless, Reagan signed the bill on October 20, 1983, telling reporters, I would have preferred a non-holiday in King's honor, but since they seem bent on making it a national holiday, I believe the symbolism of that day is important enough that I will sign the legislation. And here's something else you might not know. Though a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Day, is observed in some rather strange ways throughout the country. In Alabama and Mississippi, the event is combined with Robert E. Lee Day. a celebration of the Confederate General, whose birthday is January 19th. To me, that is entirely

inappropriate. Martin Luther King Day should stand on its own. Back in a moment. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. No spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.