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Trump administration to send hundreds of federal agents to Minnesota after ICE shooting

Independent.co reports the Trump administration is sending “hundreds” more federal law enforcement agents to Minnesota to protect ICE and Border Patrol, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, adding: “We’re sending more officers today and tomorrow. They’ll arrive, there’ll be hundreds more.” The deployment comes as Minneapolis

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Noem pledges hundreds more federal agents to Minneapolis after ICE shooting

Time reports Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed on Sunday to send "hundreds more" federal agents to Minneapolis as thousands continue to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer last week. Noem said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures that the reinforcements

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Guantánamo prison marks 25th year with 15 wartime detainees remaining

The Guantánamo prison entered its 25th year on Sunday, holding the last 15 detainees from the war against terrorism at the U.S. base in southeast Cuba. The base, more than 100 years old and home to about 4,200 residents, opened its detention operation on Jan. 11, 2002, with

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Mississippi credits phonics, testing and coaching for reading gains

Mississippi has moved from a low-ranked education system in 2013 to a top-10 state for fourth-grade reading and is now regarded as one of the best places for a poor child to get an education, a turnaround some have called the "Mississippi miracle." State officials changed reading instruction

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Noem declines to explain how administration will ensure fair probe after ICE shooting

Independent.co reports CNN host Jake Tapper pressed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to explain how the administration would guarantee a fair investigation into Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent seen on video shooting Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis last week. The footage shows Ross calling Good a "f***ing b*

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Peter Thiel donates $3 million to committee opposing California wealth tax

Peter Thiel donated $3 million on Dec. 29 to Californians Against Higher Taxes, a committee run by the California Business Roundtable that is opposing a proposed California wealth tax, according to a new disclosure. The contribution is the first seven-figure political donation publicly reported so far to fight the so‑

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Federal crackdown targets Somali community in Minneapolis

Federal immigration operations in Minneapolis have put the city’s Somali community under intense scrutiny, with Somali-owned businesses around Karmel Mall reporting sharp declines in foot traffic and sales after recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol activity. Residents described armed agents detaining neighbors in the street and surrounding

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Netanyahu aide Tzachi Braverman detained in probe of leaked military document

Israeli police detained Tzachi Braverman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, on Sunday for questioning on suspicion of obstructing an investigation into the leak of a classified military document. Police said Mr. Braverman was interviewed by a unit that investigates major national crimes and corruption; investigators searched his

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Trump Briefed on Military Options Against Iran Amid Ongoing Protests

President Trump has been briefed in recent days on new options for military strikes in Iran as he weighs acting in response to the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The officials said Mr. Trump has not made a

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Mississippi’s gains on reading tests highlight Hazlehurst Elementary’s improvement

Mississippi has climbed national reading rankings since 2013, and Hazlehurst Elementary School, outside Jackson, has posted measurable gains: the share of students reading on grade level rose from about 12 percent a decade ago to roughly 35 percent today, the New York Times reports. The state’s strategy includes sending

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Bradford law graduate dines with Reform voter at Romaldkirk pub

Fraz, a 22-year-old law graduate from Bradford training to be a commercial solicitor, met Pete, a 48-year-old software engineering manager from Barnard Castle who most recently voted for Reform, for a meal at the Rose & Crown in Romaldkirk, County Durham. Fraz said he was born in Pakistan and that

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Analysis: Trump appellate picks voted 133-12 to allow his policies in 2025

A New York Times analysis found that appellate judges President Trump appointed in his first term voted 133 times to allow his administration’s policies to take effect and 12 times against them in 2025, a record the paper said represented 92 percent of their total votes. The Times tracked

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Supreme Court to decide whether Louisiana coastal suits belong in federal court

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday over whether more than 40 lawsuits brought by Louisiana officials against oil and gas companies should remain in state court or be moved to federal court. The companies, led by Chevron and Exxon Mobil, argue the cases fall under the

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More than one million households eligible for DWP cold weather payments amid Storm Goretti

Independent.co reports that over one million households across 802 postcode areas are now estimated to be eligible for a Department for Work and Pensions cold weather payment as Storm Goretti brings sub-zero conditions to parts of the UK for the period 30 December 2025 to 9 January 2026. The

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HMRC assigned NI number to deceased stranger, blocking pension top-up

A person from County Clare, Ireland has told the Guardian that HM Revenue and Customs allocated their national insurance (NI) number to a stranger who later died, and HMRC now insists the claimant is deceased and will not process a pension top‑up request. The individual said they had used

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Trump proposes one-year 10% cap on credit card interest but offers no details

President Trump on Friday called for a one-year cap limiting credit card interest rates to 10 percent but offered no details on how he would enact such a policy, which would typically require congressional or regulatory action. The proposal revives a campaign pledge Mr. Trump made in September 2024, but

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Federal judge halts end of family-reunification parole program for 14 days

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Saturday paused the Trump administration’s decision to cancel a family‑reunification parole program that allowed migrants from some Central and South American countries to reunite with relatives in the United States while awaiting visas. In a five‑page order, Judge Indira Talwani of

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Trump says administration may strip naturalized citizens, targets Minnesota Somali community

Time reports President Donald Trump said his administration is looking into stripping some naturalized U.S. citizens of their citizenship, focusing criticism on Minnesota’s Somali community amid investigations into fraud schemes; in an interview with the New York Times conducted Wednesday night he said, “I would do it in

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Senate to vote next week on market structure bill

The Senate will vote next week on a market structure bill, with lawmakers set to take the long-awaited procedural step. The measure concerns market structure and is moving to a floor vote after a period of buildup; lawmakers have said the vote will occur next week. Beyond the timing, the

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2,400 remain jailed under abolished IPP sentences

Independent.co reports that about 2,400 people remain in overcrowded prisons serving indefinite sentences under the abolished imprisonment for public protection (IPP) regime, having originally been jailed for crimes such as theft. The IPP sentence was introduced by the last Labour government and intended by David Blunkett to be

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Anti-ICE demonstrations spread after fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman

Time reports protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis, Portland and other cities on Saturday as more than 1,000 anti-ICE demonstrations were planned across the United States following the killing of Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good by an immigration agent. Demonstrations and vigils began in Minneapolis almost immediately after

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Greenland parties reject U.S. takeover bid, insist islanders decide their future

Time reports Greenland’s five political parties issued a joint statement on Friday rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempts to acquire the island, saying, “We do not want to be Americans, we do not want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,” and that “the future of Greenland must

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Expert warns Trump’s Venezuela push and Maduro capture risk uncontrollable fallout

Time reports that Dominic Tierney, a scholar of war and regime change, warned that President Donald Trump’s push into Venezuela — including the capture of Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro and repeated talk of the country’s oil — could produce unpredictable consequences. Tierney said the use of force is hard to

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Federal and local law enforcement ties strain after ICE shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

Cooperation between federal, state and local law enforcement is fraying after a series of shootings involving immigration agents, including an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis and a separate incident in Portland that wounded two people. State investigators said federal authorities excluded them

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Trump mixes softer rhetoric for some immigrants with threats to citizenship, he told The New York Times

In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump said his administration was examining criteria for stripping some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, defended an ICE agent who killed a woman in Minneapolis and offered no regrets about aggressive enforcement tactics, while at times adopting a softer tone toward