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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high — Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence … On Wednesday morning, Jan. 7, an agent of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shot and killed a 37-year-old mother, Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Trump Shooting Fiasco Worsens as Dems Find Fresh Line of Attack on ICE — As the scandal around ICE's killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis gets worse, two leading Democrats—Representatives Eric Swalwell and Daniel Goldman—are set to introduce a new bill reining in ICE.
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Vox, Los Angeles Times, Townhall and Blaze Media
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Top Democrats decline to say if they would push to rein in ICE funding after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would push to rein in ICE funding after Minnesota shooting
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
ICE is not the victim — MAGA lies can't hide the real damage done to people like Renee Nicole Good
New York Post:
Renee Nicole Good was Minneapolis ‘ICE Watch’ ‘warrior’ who trained to resist feds before shooting
Renee Nicole Good was Minneapolis ‘ICE Watch’ ‘warrior’ who trained to resist feds before shooting
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Jacob Frey / New York Times:
I'm the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
I'm the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
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Raw Story and Scripps News
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
2 shot by federal immigration agents in Portland — Portland police said Thursday that federal agents shot and injured two people in east Portland, prompting strong condemnation from the mayor. — “We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts,” Mayor Keith Wilson said in a statement.
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KATU-TV:
US Border agents shoot two people in Portland, city officials say — Police vehicle blocks off a Southeast Portland street after federal agents shot two people on January 8, 2026. (KATU image)
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Law Dork, Oregonian, RedState, twitchy.com, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and Blaze Media
Portland.gov:
Two Shot and Injured by Federal Agents in Hazelwood Neighborhood — Two people are in the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents. — at 2:18 p.m., Portland Police Officers responded to the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street on a report of a shooting.
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Claire Rush / Associated Press:
Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say
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Jamie Parfitt / KGW-TV:
Border Patrol agents shot 2 people in East Portland during ‘targeted traffic stop,’ DHS says
Border Patrol agents shot 2 people in East Portland during ‘targeted traffic stop,’ DHS says
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Oregonian, CBS News, Portland.gov, Associated Press, UPI, WZZM-TV, VINnews, CNBC and KARE-TV
Washington Post:
House passes bill extending health care subsidies, bucking GOP leaders — Prospects for passage in the Senate are unclear. The enhanced subsidies expired at the end of 2025, driving costs up for millions. — More than a dozen House Republicans joined every Democrat on Thursday to pass …
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Politico, NBC News, ACA Signups, The Hill, NPR, Alabama Political Reporter, Axios, Washington Examiner and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: GOP pushes back on Trump
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Senate unanimously approves installing Jan. 6, 2021 plaque
Senate unanimously approves installing Jan. 6, 2021 plaque
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NBC News:
House fails to override Trump's vetoes of two Republican bills
House fails to override Trump's vetoes of two Republican bills
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Politico:
Donald Trump can't count on Congress to have his back any more
Donald Trump can't count on Congress to have his back any more
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Alabama Political Reporter, CBS News, Los Angeles Times and Bangor Daily News
Associated Press:
House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders
House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders
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Peter Sullivan / Axios:
House votes to revive Affordable Care Act subsidies
House votes to revive Affordable Care Act subsidies
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Politico, The Hill, CNBC, The Contrarian, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Daily Signal and Bloomberg
Wired:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony — Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
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The Guardian:
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery — Editing function to be limited to paying subscribers after X threatened with fines and regulatory action — Grok, Elon Musk's AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority …
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UPI, Breitbart, Fortune, Canary, Associated Press, Joe.My.God. and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »
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Katie Herchenroeder / Mother Jones:
Grok Deepfaked Renee Nicole Good's Body Into a Bikini — Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk's chatbot was undressing her. — Grok, the AI chatbot launched by Elon Musk after his takeover of X, unhesitatingly fulfilled a user's request on Wednesday to generate …
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Spitfire News, LGBTQ Nation, Politico, Slate, Variety, HuffPost, Deadline and CyberScoop, more at Techmeme »
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Elon Musk's xAI under fire for failing to rein in ‘digital undressing’
Elon Musk's xAI under fire for failing to rein in ‘digital undressing’
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The Guardian, The Verge, Reuters, TechCrunch, Telegraph, The Register, Gizmodo and France 24, more at Techmeme »
Myles McCormick / Financial Times:
Shale chiefs warn Trump that Venezuelan oil will hobble US drillers — President's effort to drive down crude prices will hit sector struggling to sustain output growth — US shale bosses have warned President Donald Trump that his mission to seize Venezuela's oil sector and drive …
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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Venezuela live updates as Trump calls off “second wave of attacks,” meets with oil executives at White House
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Politico:
Lots of companies are eager to spend in Venezuela — except the ones Trump most needs
Lots of companies are eager to spend in Venezuela — except the ones Trump most needs
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Bloomberg, Reuters, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Washington Times
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
About That Stephen Miller Interview...
About That Stephen Miller Interview...
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Raw Story
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump says he will meet Machado — and would accept Nobel Peace Prize from her — Speaking to Fox News, Trump said it “would be a great honor” if the Venezuelan opposition leader decided to share her Nobel Peace Price with him. — President Donald Trump said he will meet …
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Lynsey Chutel / New York Times:
After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Forces Board Fifth Tanker in Campaign to Track Down Venezuelan Oil — Coast Guard targets sanctioned vessel Olina in waters near Venezuela — The U.S. Coast Guard boarded a fifth oil tanker early Friday morning and continued to eye other vessels trying to evade the U.S. blockade …
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Justin Papp / CNBC:
Trump suggests U.S. military will hit cartels on ‘land’ in Mexico … President Donald Trump suggested in a new interview that aired Thursday that the U.S. military could begin land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico. — “We've knocked out 97% of the drugs coming in by water.
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Babak Dehghanpisheh / NBC News:
Iranian government shuts down internet as violent crackdown continues — Authorities have struggled to contain the protests after 12 days, and top officials have given conflicting messages about how to deal with the unrest. — Add NBC News to Google — Protests broke out in several …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Shadow Over ‘60’ … Earlier this week, on Tuesday, members of the “60 Minutes” team gathered for a meeting to discuss the future of Sharyn Alfonsi's delayed piece on migrants deported by Donald Trump's administration to a notorious El Salvadorian prison.
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New York Times:
Trump Addresses Venezuela, Greenland and Presidential Power in New York Times Interview … President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability …
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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
The right-wing dehumanization machine is speeding up — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — Subscribe to PN — For the first time in the era of high-profile police killings caught on film, a federal agent under the direction of Donald Trump's authoritarian …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. payrolls rose 50,000 in December, less than expected; unemployment rate falls to 4.4% — The U.S. labor market ended 2025 on a soft note, with job creation in December less than expected, according to a report Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Scripps News, The Daily Caller and MS NOW
Gram Slattery / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US — U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
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