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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the congressionally created nonprofit that has long supported NPR, PBS and more than 1,500 local radio and television stations across the United States, is officially shutting down following sweeping federal funding cuts approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump. CPB announced Monday, January 5, 2026,…
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A deadly shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis has ignited renewed legal debate over whether a U.S. state—or its cities—can lawfully remove or bar ICE from operating within their territory. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivered a blunt and emotional rebuke of the federal agency on Tuesday, January 7, 2026, declaring…
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, during an expanded federal immigration enforcement operation. The incident has triggered multiple investigations and already intensifying legal tensions between the Trump administration and local officials in Minnesota. The shooting occurred during a traffic stop in a residential…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has urged Congress to immediately investigate President Donald Trump’s health, arguing that the White House has failed to provide sufficient transparency about the president’s physical and mental condition as required for effective governance. Speaking in a recent interview, the New York Democrat said the matter should not be postponed until…
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A Hilton-branded hotel in the Minneapolis area has sparked a legal and political controversy after allegedly canceling room reservations made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a social media post on Monday, January 5, 2025. The incident comes amid heightened federal immigration enforcement activity…
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In a dramatic escalation following the surprise capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. military forces, Venezuelan authorities have issued a sweeping decree ordering a nationwide manhunt for anyone suspected of supporting the U.S. operation, raising serious legal and human rights concerns. Under a state of “external commotion” decree, first signed by Maduro and…
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U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Republican lawmakers that failing to retain control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections could expose him to another impeachment, underscoring the legal and constitutional stakes of the 2026 electoral cycle. Speaking at a House Republican retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Trump told GOP members that a…
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The Trump administration has frozen all federal child care payments to states and announced sweeping changes to the rules governing the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), one of the largest federal programs supporting affordable child care for low-income families. The move, announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday,…
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The United States Senate is set to vote next week on a bipartisan war powers resolution aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from continuing military action against Venezuela, a move that has taken on new legal and constitutional urgency following the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces over the weekend. The privileged…
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The most striking moment of Nicolás Maduro’s arraignment in a U.S. federal court on Monday, January 5, 2026, was not the heavy security or the list of sweeping criminal charges read into the record—it was the direct, tense dialogue between the judge and the deposed Venezuelan leader. Escorted from detention in handcuffs by armed U.S.…
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