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ICE Minneapolis shooting: Noem to deploy hundreds more federal agents to city

Published Sun, Jan 11 2026 11:59 AM EST Updated An Hour Ago Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said the federal government will surge more law enforcement to Minneapolis after a U.S. citizen was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday. “We’re sending more officers today and tomorrow; they’ll arrive, there’ll be hundreds more, in order to allow our ICE and our Border Patrol individuals that are working in Minneapolis to do so safely,” Noem sai ...

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Live: Son of ousted shah says 'prepared to return to Iran' at first opportunity

The US-based son of Iran's ousted shah Reza Pahlavi said Sunday he is prepared to return to the country and lead a transition to a democratic government. As new protests took place in Iran overnight from Saturday to Sunday, a new report from the NGO Iran Human Rights puts the death toll at least 192. ...

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Iran protests continue with 538 people killed, activists say

The death toll from mass protests in Iran has risen to 538, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) on Sunday. The group says it has confirmed the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 members of security forces. 10,600 people also are recorded as having been arrested, according to HRANA. ... Video footage shot by locals and posted to social media appeared to show thousands of people protesting in Tehran's Punak Square on Saturday night despite report ...

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Donald Trump Threatens Cuba With Oil Ultimatum

Published Jan 11, 2026 at 07:58 AM EST updated Jan 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM EST President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Cuba on Sunday, declaring that it will receive “zero” oil or money from Venezuela and urging its leaders to “make a deal before it’s too late,” in a Truth Social post that signaled a sharp escalation in U.S. rhetoric toward the island nation. "Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela," the president wrote in an early Sunday ...

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'I Will Not Answer Any More of These Questions!' Tom Homan Bristles at Kristen Welker Confronting Him About Alleged $50K

Payoff Border Czar Tom Homan quickly grew impatient with Kristen Welker questioning him about reports that he allegedly accepted a $50,000 payoff from undercover FBI agents. In a tense exchange on Meet the Press, Welker — who devoted most of her questioning to Wednesday’s fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis — took the opportunity to press the border czar about a topic on which he’s subjected himself to very little scrutiny in confrontational interviews. “As you know, in an underco ...

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US Department of State Tells Americans Leave Venezuela 'Immediately'

Published Jan 10, 2026 at 06:20 PM EST updated Jan 10, 2026 at 06:23 PM EST The U.S. State Department ordered American citizens and lawful permanent residents on Saturday to leave Venezuela "immediately," citing an increasingly dangerous security environment and specific threats to U.S. nationals. The warning came in a post on X as the U.S. Embassy responsible for Venezuela relayed reports of armed militias targeting travelers for evidence of American citizenship amid mounting civil ...

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'See What Happens!' ICE Boss Dares Philly Sheriff to Arrest Agents After Saying They 'Don't Want This Smoke'

Jan 10th, 2026, 8:46 pm Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons dared Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal to follow through on her threat to arrest immigration agents who come to her city and “commit a crime” while appearing on The Big Weekend Show on Fox News on Saturday. Bilal made her brash comments on Thursday, one day after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Good blocked traffic and appeared to hit the officer with her SUV before she was shot multiple times ...

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Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

Updated 3:00 PM EST, January 10, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine might receive a long-anticipated tribute from his adopted country. A Paine memorial in Washington, D.C., authorized by a 2022 law, awaits approval from the U.S. Department of Interior. It would be the first landmark in the nation’s capital to be dedicated to one of the American Revolution’s most stirring, popular and quotable advocates ...

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Loeffler says SBA will relocate Minneapolis district office amid 'local hostility' toward ICE

01/10/26 6:35 PM ET Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Saturday that the agency’s Minneapolis office is being relocated, citing “overwhelming local hostility” toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in recent days. “Since Day One, I have been clear that SBA will not continue to surge resources to communities that refuse to protect their small business owners by impeding this Administration’s efforts to deport and detain criminal illegal aliens,” Loe ...

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Grenell says X account hacked after sharing Washington Opera exit from Kennedy Center

12h Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell on Saturday said his X account was hacked, resulting in the removal of several posts related to the Washington National Opera’s (WNO) exit from the performance venue. “I have alerted @x that someone hacked my account last night – and deleted my content on our Opera announcement and media corrections,” Grenell wrote in the Saturday post on X. “X will find the hacker and deal with him/her. I will re-post the statements from last night once they are ...

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Democratic rep calls for limits on 'military authority' of ICE

4 min ago - 01/11/26 4:22 PM ET Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said Sunday that Congress should rein in the authority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of an officer from the agency fatally shooting a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis. ... (The Hill)

Wanda Sykes Is Protesting ICE at the Golden Globes with a 'Be Good' Pin: 'Just Awful What They're Doing to People'

1 hr ago - Wanda Sykes and Mark Ruffalo were both seen wearing pins in support of Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed in Minneapolis by an ICE agent on Jan. 7 By Tommy McArdle Published on January 11, 2026 07:12PM EST Wanda Sykes and other celebrities at th ... (people)

Nikki Glaser Savages CBS News, Justice Department in Scorching Golden Globes Monologue

5 hrs ago - Nikki Glaser kicked off the Golden Globes with rhetorical guns blazing, saying the the “Golden Globe for best editing goes to the Justice Department” and the “award for most editing goes to CBS News — yes, CBS News, America’s ... (MovieMaker)

'The streets are full of blood': Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks down

6 hrs ago - Crowds of thousands have marched across the country each night, chanting “death to the dictator”, a reference to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and for the return of the Pahlavi dynasty, which ruled Iran before the 1979 ... (The Guardian)

U-Haul drives into crowd during anti-Iranian regime rally in Westwood, LAPD says

6 hrs ago - As AIR7 arrived at the scene shortly before 3:30 p.m., a large group of people was seen surrounding the U-Haul. Some protesters were seen smashing windows, with tensions quickly escalating. Eventually, law enforcement at the scene pulled a man from t ... (ABC7 local TV (Los Angeles))

Former New Jersey acting governor Richard Codey dies at 79

7 hrs ago - Updated 2:48 PM EST, January 11, 2026 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Richard “Dick” Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state’s history, died Sunday. He was 79. Codey’s wife, Mary Jo ... (AP)

Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell

7 hrs ago - Jan. 11, 2026, 7:04 p.m. ET The U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, over the central bank's renovation of its Washington headquarters and whether Mr. ... (New York Times)

Omar on Minnesota ICE shooting: 'Let the investigation take place'

8 hrs ago - 01/11/26 2:48 PM ET Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Sunday pushed back on Trump administration attacks on Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer last week in Minneapolis. “It ... (The Hill)

Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election

8 hrs ago - President Trump said during an interview with The New York Times that he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after his loss in the 2020 election, even though he doubted whether the Guard was “sophis ... (NYT)

Celebrities wear pins protesting ICE on the Golden Globes red carpet

8 hrs ago - Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis. The black-and-white pins displayed slogans l ... (Independent)

Germany rejects RFK Jr claims about Covid vaccine exemption prosecutions

8 hrs ago - Sun 11 Jan 2026 12.05 EST Last modified on Sun 11 Jan 2026 12.30 EST The German government has sharply rejected claims by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, that doctors in Germany have faced legal action for issuing vaccine and mask exemp ... (The Guardian)

The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration

9 hrs ago - Leadership > Leadership Strategies The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration By Stuart Anderson,Senior Contributor. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. Jan 11, 2026, 09:22am EST White Ho ... (Forbes)

Democrat says Trump is 'stealing' from taxpayers and could be impeached if Republicans lose control of Congress

9 hrs ago - Sunday 11 January 2026 14:20 EST Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said on Sunday that Donald Trump had so far in his second term committed “10 times” the number of impeachable offenses as he’d committed in his first term and appeared to di ... (The Independent)

Sen. Chris Murphy Says Venezuela Takeover Was 'About What's Best For Trump's Mar-A-Lago Oil Industry Buddies'

10 hrs ago - Jan 11, 2026, 01:00 PM EST Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) says President Trump’s takeover of Venezuela was “not about American national security interests,” but “about what’s best for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago oil industry buddies ... (Huff Post)

ICE Minneapolis shooting: Noem to deploy hundreds more federal agents to city

10 hrs ago - Published Sun, Jan 11 2026 11:59 AM EST Updated An Hour Ago Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said the federal government will surge more law enforcement to Minneapolis after a U.S. citizen was shot and killed by an Immigration and Cu ... (CNBC)

Nordics reject Trump's claim of Chinese and Russian ships around Greenland, FT reports

11 hrs ago - January 11, 2026 7:50 AM EST Updated 8 hours ago Jan 11 (Reuters) - Nordic diplomats rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claims of Russian and Chinese vessels operating near Greenland, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. There have been no si ... (Reuters)

States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting

11 hrs ago - 01/11/2026 07:00 AM EST Blue state lawmakers have had it with ICE. State legislatures across the country are accelerating efforts to shape immigration enforcement policy after the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman by a federal agent, raising tens ... (Politico)

'I Will Not Answer Any More of These Questions!' Tom Homan Bristles at Kristen Welker Confronting Him About Alleged $50K

11 hrs ago - Payoff Border Czar Tom Homan quickly grew impatient with Kristen Welker questioning him about reports that he allegedly accepted a $50,000 payoff from undercover FBI agents. In a tense exchange on Meet the Press, Welker — who devoted most of her ... (Mediaite)

Live: Son of ousted shah says 'prepared to return to Iran' at first opportunity

11 hrs ago - The US-based son of Iran's ousted shah Reza Pahlavi said Sunday he is prepared to return to the country and lead a transition to a democratic government. As new protests took place in Iran overnight from Saturday to Sunday, a new report from the NGO ... (France 24)

Minneapolis mayor says there's a 'deep mistrust' of federal investigation into ICE shooting

12 hrs ago - Jan. 11, 2026, 9:47 AM EST Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Sunday called for the federal government to allow state agencies to help investigate an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a woman in his city last week, citing a “deep mistrust” ... (NBC News)