White House shares video of Minneapolis shooting from ICE officer's perspective  —  The White House on Friday shared a new video that appears to show the perspective of the ICE officer who shot and killed a Minneapolis woman during an altercation over her vehicle earlier this week.

John Thune and Donald Trump had a ‘spirited’ conversation over Senate war powers vote  —  McALLEN, Texas — Shortly after five Republican senators broke with Donald Trump and voted Thursday to advance a measure constraining his military options in Venezuela, the president lashed out and called for them to lose their seats.

Renee Macklin Good's wife releases statement about ICE shooting  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent.  Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.","type":"text" …

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.

Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center  —  The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned by declines in attendance and donations during President Trump's second term.  —  The Washington National Opera decided on Friday to move its performances …

‘Highly problematic’: Trump admin faces internal doubts over ICE shooting response … “Do I think it's domestic terrorism?  Yeah, I do,” said a person close to the White House, who, like others in the story, was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the sensitive situation and ongoing investigation.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 282. 1/9/26  —  ... The cover-up by DHS of the killing of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross is well underway, with Kristi Noem declaring him innocent before any investigation has been conducted while refusing to cooperate with state and local investigators.

2025 was the worst year for hiring since 2020, December jobs report shows  —  The U.S. added 50,000 jobs last month, a mixed report capping off a difficult year for the labor market.  —  The U.S. economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, capping off the worst year for hiring since 2020 …

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 …

Gov. Jared Polis considers clemency for Tina Peters as he begins final year in office in Colorado  —  Gov. Jared Polis says he has an ambitious agenda for his final year in office.  —  He's been full throttle since he was elected governor seven years ago, leading the state through COVID-19 …

Transcript: Can Trump's Thugs Be Reined In?  These Dems Have an Idea.  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards  —  X's deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines.  Why won't Apple and Google pull it? … Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable …

Revealed: ICE shooter has an IMMIGRANT Filipina wife and is an Iraq veteran as father comes to his defense  —  The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good is unmasked for the first time by the Daily Mail - as his shaken father defends his decision to shoot dead the 37-year-old mother.

Mike Johnson says Minneapolis shooting appears to be ‘self-defense’  —  Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Friday there needs to be “a full investigation” into the shooting death of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent while asserting that the officer was “operating in self-defense.”

Kristi Noem impeachment goes mainstream among House Democrats  —  Democrats who wanted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were on the fringes.  Then the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland happened. … Now that sentiment is thawing, and impeachment is going mainstream.

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.

Jim Jordan commits to public hearing for Jack Smith  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said in an interview Friday he will invite former special counsel Jack Smith to testify in an open hearing as soon as this month in what would be a politically high-stakes event for members of both parties and the White House.

Scoop: White House contacted Secret Service about MTG, sources say  —  The relationship between President Trump and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene grew so poisonous that the White House told the Secret Service that Greene may have tipped off Code Pink protesters about his surprise visit …

Dr. Oz claims there's no data to support reducing alcohol consumption.  That's not true.  —  How much alcohol should you drink?  The US government now vaguely, in effect, says just don't drink too much.  And what qualifies as too much?  Well, that's up to you.

The Poison Always Drips Through  —  Sometimes, history seems to be commenting on itself.  That's what it felt like when I learned that Renee Good was murdered roughly a mile away from the spot where, five and a half years earlier, Derek Chauvin choked George Floyd to death.

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.

Massive iceberg could be days away from ‘complete disintegration’: NASA  —  (NewsNation) — A massive iceberg is “sopping with blue meltwater and on the verge of complete disintegration,” NASA announced Thursday.  —  In a news release, NASA revealed that iceberg A-23A …

House Oversight GOP threatens to hold Clintons in contempt  —  The Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is threatening to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear …

Leading conservative group pulls support for GOP Obamacare defectors  —  The conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity says it's pulling support for Republicans who vote in favor of reviving the expired Obamacare subsidies, adding new strain on the GOP as it scrambles to preserve …

Maduro in Minneapolis  —  The shadow of Maduro hangs over Minneapolis.  —  On January 3rd, the American military extracted the murderous dictator Nicolás Maduro from Caracas.  On January 7th, ICE killed a mother in her car in Minnesota.  These are two glimpses of a larger story about death and lies.

E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People  —  The agreement represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States' turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries.  —  The European Union, overcoming deep dissension among its members …