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Fox News coverage largely echoes federal account of Minneapolis shooting

Fox News hosts, reporters and guests largely promoted the Trump administration's account that Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse who was shot and killed by immigration agents at a Minneapolis protest, brought the violence upon himself, The New York Times reported. The Times said many other networks

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Mamdani leads storm response as city reports streets plowed twice

Mayor Zohran Mamdani guided New York City through a weekend snowstorm, using frequent public communications as the Sanitation Department said every city-controlled street had been plowed at least twice by Sunday evening. Crews began clearing roads at 8:30 a.m. when precipitation reached two inches; shortly after 7 p.

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EU verifies 1.29 million signatures for Stop Killing Games petition

Pcgamer reports Stop Killing Games volunteer Moritz Katzner shared an update on the initiative’s official subreddit saying the EU has verified 1,294,188 of the petition’s 1,448,270 signatures, comfortably clearing the one million minimum required to move forward in the process. Katzner said the team

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NDIS outsourced call centre staff say they must pose as public servants and set priorities

Outsourced call centre staff on the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) phone lines say they are required to pretend to be public servants and are responsible for deciding which funding requests are prioritised. Workers at Serco told Guardian Australia they have been issued government agency email addresses, making it hard

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AFL-CIO urges ICE to leave Minnesota after federal agent shot Alex Pretti

Businessinsider reports that the AFL-CIO, America's largest network of labor unions, called on ICE to leave Minnesota before "anyone else is hurt or killed" after a federal agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. The union called Pretti's death "

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Secret tapes show Cruz warned Trump tariffs could hurt markets as 100% Canada tariff looms

Beincrypto reports secret recordings allegedly capture Senator Ted Cruz privately warning that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plans could crash markets and cost Republicans control of Congress, as Trump threatens a 100% tariff on Canadian imports. The tapes, reportedly nearly 10 minutes drawn from two closed-door meetings in 2025

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Appeals Court Denies Justice Department Bid to Force Arrest Warrants for Don Lemon

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Justice Department’s request to compel a judge to issue arrest warrants for journalist Don Lemon and four others in connection with a church protest in the Minneapolis area last week. Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko had found probable cause to issue

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New York City schools to hold remote classes Monday as storm approaches

New York City school buildings will be closed on Monday and students will learn remotely, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Sunday as a major winter storm moves across the United States. The city is expected to receive as much as a foot of snow, and snow began to accumulate in

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Videos show Minneapolis ICU nurse held phone, not gun, when federal officers shot him

Witness footage appears to show ICU nurse Alex Pretti holding a phone, not a gun, when he was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, People reported. DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said at around 9 a.m. that officers were conducting a targeted operation against “an

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To Lam set to serve as both Vietnam party chief and president after congress

At its party congress in Hanoi, Vietnam’s Communist Party bolstered the power of To Lam, making him both party chief and, pending formal political steps, president of the nation, the New York Times reported. The twice-a-decade congress ended two days ahead of schedule with a new Politburo list that

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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost punched at Sundance Film Festival in Park City

Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Democrat of Florida, said he was punched in the face by a man at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, over the weekend. Mr. Frost said the attacker told him he would be deported before striking him. Park City police said they responded just

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Morris Katz, 26, aims to build more Democratic brands after Mamdani win

Morris Katz, a 26-year-old media strategist who helped craft Zohran Mamdani’s successful mayoral campaign in New York City, is now working to shape and promote a slate of Democratic candidates around the country. Described in the piece as part casting director and part media guru, Mr. Katz has applied

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Bessemer Residents Oppose $14.5 Billion A.I. Data Center Planned in Woodland

Residents and local activists are opposing a proposed $14.5 billion artificial intelligence data center slated for woodland outside Bessemer, Ala., saying the project would replace pristine forest and nearby habitat. The planned facility has been described as the size of 18 Walmarts and would sit on about 675 acres

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More than 1,000 rally in Manhattan to denounce ICE after Alex Jeffrey Pretti's killing

More than a thousand demonstrators rallied on short notice at Union Square in Manhattan late Saturday afternoon to protest the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after the death of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a registered nurse who was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis earlier on

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Border Patrol chief’s greatcoat sparks comparisons and online debate

The long Army-green greatcoat worn by Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official leading operations in Minneapolis, has become a flashpoint in online debate over ICE’s role in recent deportation actions. The coat — a long, double-breasted Army-green greatcoat with wide lapels, big metallic buttons, epaulets and arm insignia — stood out

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Texas Senate Democrats urge accountability for ICE agents

In a debate outside Austin on Jan. 24, 2026, the top two Democrats seeking the U.S. Senate nomination in Texas — U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett and state Representative James Talarico — differed on political style but converged in calling for accountability for aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The debate

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Witness filings dispute federal account of Alex Pretti killing in Minneapolis

Sworn court filings from witnesses have raised questions about the federal government’s account of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis, according to documents filed in a lawsuit challenging federal agents’ actions. One redacted filing, from a doctor who said they live near the scene and described

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Gun-rights figures reject claim that pistol justified killing of Minneapolis protester

High-profile gun rights activists and groups pushed back on Saturday at government officials’ statements that federal agents may have been justified in killing a Minneapolis man during a protest because he was carrying a pistol. A Los Angeles federal prosecutor, Bill Essayli, wrote on social media, “If you approach law

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Trump vows 100% tariff on Canadian imports if Canada strikes deal with China

Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada makes a trade deal with China, the US president said on Saturday. He also announced that the US had taken oil from recently seized Venezuelan tankers. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that

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Judge blocks end of deportation protections for about 3,670 Burmese nationals

On Jan. 23, 2026, a federal judge in Illinois blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for about 3,670 Burmese nationals living in the United States, a setback to President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and effort to curtail Temporary Protected Status. Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the

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A Year of Trump Reshaped Britain’s Political Debate

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stood firm over Greenland, but President Trump’s interventions over the past year have buffeted Britain’s centre-left government and the country as a whole, culminating in a tense confrontation that has prompted questions about how much Mr. Trump has changed British politics. Mr. Trump

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U.S. and European officials see no Chinese or Russian military threat to Greenland

U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of intelligence showing China or Russia is endangering Greenland, which falls under the NATO security umbrella, even as President Trump has repeatedly cited security as his reason for wanting to acquire the island. Chinese activity in the Arctic drew attention after

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LA housing manager charged over alleged $10 million misuse of homeless funds

According to Businessinsider, Alexander Soofer, manager of Los Angeles-based housing organization Abundant Blessing, has been charged with wire fraud after investigators say he pocketed at least $10 million in public funds meant for homelessness programs. The FBI alleges a "years-long scheme to defraud" the City and County of

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House rejects resolution to bar Trump from deploying troops to Venezuela

The US House rejected a Democratic-backed war powers resolution that would have stopped President Donald Trump from sending US military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote fell short of the majority needed for passage. Republican leaders held the vote open for more than 20 minutes while Republican congressman Wesley

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California proposal would levy one-time 5% tax on billionaires' wealth

A proposed California ballot initiative backed by a health care worker union would impose a one-time 5 percent tax on any resident worth more than $1 billion, participants in a New York Times Opinion roundtable said. The measure has split Democrats: Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes it, while Representative Ro Khanna