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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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Video Shows Federal Agents Shooting Man in Minneapolis

7 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)

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