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Hundreds of Anti-ICE Protesters Storm Minneapolis Hilton Hotel

Published Jan 10, 2026 at 04:43 AM EST updated Jan 10, 2026 at 04:44 AM EST Hundreds of protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stormed a Hilton hotel in Minneapolis after a woman was fatally shot by one of the agency’s officers this week. Newsweek contacted Hilton Hotels and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) via email for comment outside of regular business hours. Why It Matters Renee Nicole Good's killing by an ICE officer has ignited widespread protests in Mi ...

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Trump's Married Labor Boss Accused of Booze-Filled Fling With Staffer

Updated Jan. 10 2026 1:23PM EST Published Jan. 10 2026 7:38AM EST Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is facing an internal investigation after a complaint alleged she has been “abusing her position” by pursuing a relationship with a subordinate and drinking on the job. According to a report from The New York Post, a complaint filed last week with the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General alleged that Chavez-DeRemer hosted a subordinate at her Washington D.C. apartment three ...

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Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait

January 10, 2026 at 5:26 p.m. EST Visitors view an updated portrait of President Donald Trump, with abridged text adjoining it, on Saturday at the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post) The National Portrait Gallery removed a swath of text that mentioned President Donald Trump's two impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection as it swapped out a prominent photo of him this week. Trump and the White House posted on social media Frid ...

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Bill Pulte says White House moving away from 50-year mortgage plan

01/10/26 2:09 PM ET Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte indicated Friday that the Trump administration may be moving away from a 50-year mortgage proposal floated as a way to lower costs for homebuyers. "I think we have other priorities," Pulte told reporters when asked if the White House was still considering the idea. His comments came just days after President Trump, who successfully campaigned on tackling the affordability crisis, called for a ban on "large i ...

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Leaders alarmed about fairness of FBI inquiry into Minneapolis ICE shooting

Sat 10 Jan 2026 07.00 EST Last modified on Sat 10 Jan 2026 10.00 EST State and local leaders say they do not believe that the FBI investigation of the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good will be fair and impartial, and are sounding alarms about the impact of federal officials holding onto evidence in a potential prosecution of the ICE agent who killed her. Minnesota’s lead investigative agency, the bureau of criminal apprehension, initially began investigating the shooting in conjunction with ...

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Democratic Gov. Says He's 'Considering' Clemency for Pro-Trump Official Convicted of Election Breach

Jan 9th, 2026, 6:16 pm Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) said that in his last stretch in office he is considering clemency for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk who was jailed over an unauthorized breach of voting systems when seeking to validate President Donald Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Peters, 70, was convicted last year on state charges after participating in the 2021 breach and is serving a nine-year sentence in a Pueblo women’s prison. In an interview with ...

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G7 rescheduled so Trump can attend White House cage match

11h France has reportedly postponed this year's G7 summit in the spa town of Evian-les-Bains in order not to conflict with US President Donald Trump's 80th birthday on June 14. The meeting of G7 leaders was originally scheduled for June 14-16. However, US magazine Politico reported that the event has been moved to June 15-17 in order to not disrupt the 47th US president's birthday celebrations. The US also marks Flag Day on June 14. The White House this year has plans to hold a mixed martia ...

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Trump says US will do something on Greenland 'whether they like it or not'

January 9, 2026, 6:28 PM President Donald Trump on Friday continued to press for U.S. control of Greenland, telling reporters: "We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not." "Because if we don't do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor," Trump said as he hosted oil executives at the White House to discuss investments in Venezuela. The president has repeatedly said he wants to take ...

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House Democrats launch probe into Trump officials and oil companies

Jan. 9, 2026, 4:45 PM EST House Democrats on Friday launched a probe into possible conflicts of interest following the U.S. military incursion into Venezuela last weekend, seeking to learn whether Trump administration officials or oil companies have or will benefit from the situation. Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee, led by ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., on Friday sent letters to the chief executives of four major oil companies — Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillip ...

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Vivek Ramaswamy 'alarmed' after family's bodyguard charged for drug trafficking

Fri 9 Jan 2026 16.57 EST Last modified on Fri 9 Jan 2026 17.22 EST Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed concern after his family’s bodyguard was arrested recently on federal drug-trafficking charges. Justin Salsburey, 43, and his wife, 38-year-old Ruthann Rankin, were each charged on 30 December with conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute large amounts of narcotics through the US mail. Authorities executing a search warrant allegedly discover ...

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

37 sec ago - 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 m ... (AP)

Trump signs executive order meant to protect the money from Venezuelan oil

2 hrs ago - By SEUNG MIN KIM Updated 2:20 PM CST, January 10, 2026 Leer en español WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new executive order on Venezuelan oil revenue is meant to ensure that the money remains protected from bein ... (AP)

US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush

6 hrs ago - US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush The Associated Press January 10, 2026, 5:09 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following la ... (Associated Press, via WTOP)

The World's Oceans Soaked Up Record-Breaking Heat for the 9th Straight Year

6 hrs ago - Published January 10, 2026 It would take roughly 365 million Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs to release the amount of energy the world’s oceans absorbed as additional heat in 2025. This figure stems from the latest report on the global ocean heat ... (Gizmodo)

First Amendment group savages Mar-a-Lago judge for 'incorrect' ruling over Jack Smith report

6 hrs ago - Jan 10th, 2026, 11:20 am A federal court of appeals should quickly overturn a ruling issued by a district court judge that severely limited who will be allowed to offer legal arguments about the fate of the second volume of former special counsel Ja ... (Law & Crime)

Ilhan Omar, other Dems blocked from ICE visit after Minneapolis shooting

7 hrs ago - 8h Three Minnesota congressional Democrats — including Rep. Ilhan Omar — were denied access to an ICE detention facility just outside Minneapolis on Saturday morning. Why it matters: The incident outside the Whipple Federal Building in St. ... (msn/Axios)

Greenland's party leaders firmly reject Trump's push for U.S. takeover of island

7 hrs ago - Jan 10, 2026 12:46 PM EST NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland's party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump's repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland's future must be decided by its people. "We don't ... (PBS News/AP)

Congress Is Reversing Trump's Steep Budget Cuts to Science

7 hrs ago - Jan. 10, 2026 Updated 10:47 a.m. ET Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that President Trump called for last year when planning the government's current budget. If enacted, the president's bid for an overall cut ... (New York Times)

Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Dead at 78

8 hrs ago - Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has died. Weir played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for the entirety of the Grateful Dead's 30-year tenure. He also founded and played in several bands during and after his time with the Dead, including Kin ... (Pitchfork)

Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing

8 hrs ago - Updated 9:05 AM EST, January 10, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive res ... (AP)

Nobel Institute says Peace Prize cannot be transferred after Machado suggestion

8 hrs ago - January 10, 20261:00 PM EST Updated 3 hours ago PALM BEACH, Florida, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Norwegian Nobel Institute said the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked, following remarks by Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina ... (Reuters)

Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait

9 hrs ago - January 10, 2026 at 5:26 p.m. EST Visitors view an updated portrait of President Donald Trump, with abridged text adjoining it, on Saturday at the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post) The National Portrait Gallery re ... (Washington Post)

Trump's Married Labor Boss Accused of Booze-Filled Fling With Staffer

9 hrs ago - Updated Jan. 10 2026 1:23PM EST Published Jan. 10 2026 7:38AM EST Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is facing an internal investigation after a complaint alleged she has been “abusing her position” by pursuing a relationship with a s ... (Daily Beast)

Bill Pulte says White House moving away from 50-year mortgage plan

10 hrs ago - 01/10/26 2:09 PM ET Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte indicated Friday that the Trump administration may be moving away from a 50-year mortgage proposal floated as a way to lower costs for homebuyers. "I think we have other prioritie ... (The Hill)

Six killed in Mississippi, suspect charged with murder

10 hrs ago - U.S. NEWS Six killed in Mississippi, suspect charged with murder Updated 2:57 PM EST, January 10, 2026 Leer en español https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-tiroteo-west-point-88e4dc94b572e0097d6c4125dd96a916 WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) — Au ... (Associated Press News)

Hundreds of Anti-ICE Protesters Storm Minneapolis Hilton Hotel

11 hrs ago - Published Jan 10, 2026 at 04:43 AM EST updated Jan 10, 2026 at 04:44 AM EST Hundreds of protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stormed a Hilton hotel in Minneapolis after a woman was fatally shot by one of the agency’s offi ... (Newsweek)

Leaders alarmed about fairness of FBI inquiry into Minneapolis ICE shooting

12 hrs ago - Sat 10 Jan 2026 07.00 EST Last modified on Sat 10 Jan 2026 10.00 EST State and local leaders say they do not believe that the FBI investigation of the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good will be fair and impartial, and are sounding alarms about the i ... (The Guardian)

Duran Duran Pays Tribute to Renee Good After Fatal ICE Shooting in Minnesota

13 hrs ago - Duran Duran paid tribute to the victim of a fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota during a recent concert. At its Friday (Jan. 9) concert at the Thunder Valley Casino in Sacramento, California, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame–inducted band dedicated ... (Billboard)

Trump signs order to firewall Venezuela oil revenue held in US

13 hrs ago - Sat, January 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM EST 1 min read (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump took another step toward controlling future sales of Venezuelan oil and its proceeds by declaring a national emergency and issuing a directive meant to block claim ... (Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg)

As protests rage, Iran pulls the plug on contact with the world

13 hrs ago - Thursday, Iran’s theocracy pulled the plug and disconnected the Islamic Republic’s 85 million people from the rest of the world. Following a playbook used both in demonstrations and in war, Iran severed the internet connections and telephon ... (Associated Press)

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