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Video Shows Federal Agents Shooting Man in Minneapolis

(Huff Post) A man was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, according to eyewitnesses. Video shows at least six masked agents wrestling a man to the ground before shooting him multiple times. It’s unclear what started the confrontation. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports the man was transported to the hospital in unknown condition. The video was taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts where an employee confirmed the shooting happened.

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RNC clears the way for "midterm convention" later this year

12h Santa Barbara, California — The Republican National Committee on Friday voted to amend its bylaws to clear the way for a GOP "midterm convention" ahead of November's elections. Party conventions are typically only held in presidential election years, but President Trump and his senior advisers have been pushing for such a gathering to highlight the party's agenda heading into a challenging midterm election environment. Friday's vote, at the RNC's winter meeting in sunny Santa B ...

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Vance pledges anti-abortion policies after White House deemed soft

Posted January 23, 2026 at 4:10pm Thousands of marchers descended on the National Mall Friday as some of the nation’s most powerful politicians pledged to take the next steps to ending abortion. The annual March for Life rally serves as a key jumping point for abortion-related policy announcements from conservatives. But anti-abortion advocates had warned that the Trump administration has not done enough to advance their cause and that could have political ramifications. On Friday, the White ...

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House Democrats request prison visit where Maxwell is held

01/23/26 3:34 PM ET The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees have requested a visit to the prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held, alleging preferential treatment toward Maxwell and a cover-up of sexual abuse at the facility. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) made the demands in a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, which was shared by The New York Times. Maxwell, the long-time co-conspirator and fo ...

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Judge rules Trump admin must turn over video footage and other requested discovery from controversial ICE facility

Jan 23rd, 2026, 3:39 pm The Trump administration must turn over documents and video footage from an Illinois detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a federal judge ruled this week. The underlying litigation was filed on Oct. 30, 2025, premised on alleged violations of the Fifth Amendment due to confinement conditions at the ICE facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview. The lawsuit also alleges First Amendment violations over access to counsel, as well as var ...

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US lawmakers say TikTok joint venture deal needs scrutiny from Congress

January 23, 2026 5:08 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Some U.S. lawmakers on Friday said a deal by TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to establish a majority American-owned joint venture to avoid a U.S. ban on the social media app needs scrutiny from Congress. Representative Jack Moolenaar, the Republican chair of the House select committee on China, said the committee would conduct oversight of the deal finalized Thursday, adding China "cannot be allowed to weap ...

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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional

Jan. 23, 2026, 11:51 a.m. ET Offering a startlingly candid view into the philosophy guiding vaccine recommendations under the Trump administration, the leader of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional, offered only in consultation with a clinician. Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who is chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said that he did have “concerns” tha ...

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Vance's message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, JULIE CARR SMYTH and STEVE PEOPLES Updated 5:27 PM CST, January 22, 2026 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Insisting that he was in Minnesota to calm tensions, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed “far-left people” and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that has unfolded during the White House’s aggressive deportation campaign. The Republican vice president said, “We’re doing everything that we can to lower the temperature,” adding that Minnesota leaders shoul ...

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Trump administration weighs naval blockade to halt Cuban oil imports

01/23/2026 02:12 PM EST Updated: 01/23/2026 02:31 PM EST The Trump administration is weighing new tactics to drive regime change in Cuba, including imposing a total blockade on oil imports to the Caribbean country, three people familiar with the plan said Thursday. That escalation has been sought by some critics of the Cuban government in the administration and backed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to two of the three people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive d ...

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FEMA halts disaster worker cuts as massive winter storm threatens millions of Americans

by ALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS Fri, January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM Updated Fri, January 23, 2026 at 9:46 AM WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) informed staff on Thursday that disaster worker terminations would be halted due to the massive impending winter storm set to impact at least 160 million Americans. FEMA said in the email obtained by CNN that it would "cease offboarding" for disaster workers whose employment contracts are set to expire in the comin ...

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Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown has died, hospital record shows

53 min ago - A 51-year-old man who was shot Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press shows. The person was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Minnesota Gov. ... (AP)

Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on Canada if it makes deal with China

1 hr ago - 01/24/26 10:04 AM ET President Trump on Saturday threatened 100 percent tariffs on Canada if it decides to make a trade deal with China, less than a week after previously saying “it would be a good thing” that Prime Minister Mark Carney str ... (The Hill)

Court records raise doubts that ICE is detaining the 'worst of the worst' in Maine

1 hr ago - Updated 12:26 AM EST, January 24, 2026 PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has highlighted the detention of people whom it called some of Maine’s most dangerous criminals during operations this past week, but court re ... (AP)

Video Shows Federal Agents Shooting Man in Minneapolis

2 hrs ago - Jan 24, 2026, 11:01 AM EST A man was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, according to eyewitnesses. Video shows at least six masked agents wrestling a man to the ground before shooting him multiple times. It’s unclear what ... (Huffpost)

Trump reveals to The Post secret 'discombobulator' weapon was crucial to Venezuelan raid on Maduro

2 hrs ago - By Steven Nelson, Emily Goodin and Marisa Schultz Published Jan. 24, 2026, 8:08 a.m. ET WASHINGTON —............. Trump boasted that the mysterious weapon “made [enemy] equipment not work” when US helicopters swooped into Caracas on Ja ... (The Post)

'We are coming after you:' AG Pam Bondi doubles down on threats to charge ex-CNN anchor

2 hrs ago - January 23, 2026 10:47PM ET Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to back down Friday after a federal magistrate judge declined to sign off on criminal charges against former CNN anchor Don Lemon, whom she accused of “terrorizing” parishioners ... (Raw Story)

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison accuses White House of "politics and retribution"

3 hrs ago - Updated on: January 23, 2026 / 10:41 PM EST / CBS News St. Paul, Minnesota — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison accused the Trump administration of turning immigration enforcement into "politics and retribution," describing what he called ... (CBS News)

Pentagon shifts focus away from China in new defense strategy

3 hrs ago - Jan. 23, 2026, 10:36 PM EST WASHINGTON — The Defense Department said in an influential strategy document published Friday that the U.S. military's top focus is no longer on China but instead the homeland and Western Hemisphere. The priorities l ... (NBC News)

California Joins WHO-Coordinated Outbreak Response Network Following U.S. Exit

4 hrs ago - 10 hours ago California is joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) less than 24 hours after the Trump administration declared the U.S. had “completely withdrawn” from the international ... (Los Angeles Magazine)

Woman In AI-Altered Image Posted By White House Says FBI Agent Told Her the Photo Wouldn't Be Posted On Social Media

4 hrs ago - Jan 23rd, 2026, 9:29 pm The woman whose photograph was digitally altered by the White House said she was told by the FBI agent recording her that the footage would not be used on social media. Nekima Levy Armstrong joined CNN host Erin Burnett to d ... (MEDIAite)

Thousands march through downtown Minneapolis protesting against ICE as state workers hold general strike

5 hrs ago - Updated on: January 23, 2026 / 9:13 PM CST / CBS Minnesota Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities were closed Friday to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, as thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of dow ... (CBS News)

Over 8,000 flights canceled as major winter storm bears down across much of the US

5 hrs ago - By EMILIE MEGNIEN, JEFF AMY and JAMIE STENGLE Updated 12:32 AM CST, January 24, 2026 Leer en español DALLAS (AP) — More than 8,000 flights across the U.S. set to take off over the weekend have been canceled as a major storm expected to w ... (AP)

'Disheartening': US justice department slashes funding to programs combating child sex trafficking

5 hrs ago - Sat 24 Jan 2026 07.00 EST Last modified on Sat 24 Jan 2026 07.02 EST The US Department of Justice has slashed funding and training resources for law enforcement working on investigations and prosecutions of sex crimes against children under the Trump ... (The Guardian)

Trump's bid to rewrite key Biden policy smacked down: 'Simply not how things are done'

6 hrs ago - January 23, 2026 7:19PM ET A federal judge in Washington State blocked President Donald Trump's ability to rewrite one of former President Joe Biden's signature policies on Friday. U.S. District Judge Tana Lin, a Biden appointee, ruled that Trump vio ... (Raw Story)

Joint Chiefs chairman to convene rare meeting of all Western Hemisphere military leaders

6 hrs ago - January 23, 2026, 7:17 PM As the U.S. military continues its campaign targeting alleged drug cartel boats, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is convening a rare meeting of all of the top military leaders from the 34 countries ... (ABC News)

'Terrifying abuses of power': Judge hears arguments over leadership arrangement at New Jersey prosecutor's office

7 hrs ago - 01/23/2026 07:16 PM EST NEWARK, New Jersey — A federal judge spent three hours on Friday hearing arguments about whether the Trump administration is illegally running the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office. After Trump loyalist Alina Habba s ... (Politico)

Minnesota Activist Releases Video Of Arrest After Manipulated White House Version

7 hrs ago - Jan 23, 2026, 05:58 PM EST MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church released her own video of her arrest Friday after the White House posted a manipulated image o ... (Huff Post/AP)

California challenges federal takeover of two oil pipelines

7 hrs ago - Updated Jan. 23, 2026, 5:46 p.m. ET California is challenging an agency under the Department of Transportation for giving the “green light” to a company to restart pumping oil through pipelines officials said have been federalized. Against ... (USA Today)

Trump administration pushes out official whose unit banned Chinese vehicles, sources say

8 hrs ago - 12h Jan 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has pushed out a Commerce Department official whose office effectively barred nearly all Chinese cars from the U.S. market for national security reasons, according to people familiar with ... (msn/Reuters)

US lawmakers say TikTok joint venture deal needs scrutiny from Congress

8 hrs ago - January 23, 2026 5:08 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Some U.S. lawmakers on Friday said a deal by TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to establish a majority American-owned joint venture to avoid a U.S. ban on the social medi ... (Reuters)