Minnesota Gov. Walz gives update on fatal ICE-involved shooting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz also posted on X that he has seen video of the incident, saying, "don't believe this propaganda machine."

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AdvertisementTricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer began firing after a “violent rioter” attempted to run over ICE officers. I am aware of a shooting involving an ICE agent at 34th Street & Portland. The presence of federal immigration enforcement agents is causing chaos in our city. During “Operation Midway Blitz,” Trump’s immigration enforcement surge in Chicago last fall, ICE agents shot and killed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican national in a Chicago suburb. In December, ICE agents fired at a van carrying two men they were targeting for arrest, leaving one with bullet wounds.

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Why Trump Is Fixated on Venezuelan OilVenezuela has roughly 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, but it produces only about 1 percent of the crude oil the world is using. Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott explains. By Rebecca F. Elliott, Melanie Bencosme, Nikolay Nikolov, Sutton Raphael, James Surdam and Lazaro GamioJanuary 7, 2026

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“I didn’t know much about him, other than the fact that he had heavy connections to powerful men,” Christopher Anderson wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. The email was addressed to Amanda Thirsk, the private secretary of former Prince Andrew, who now goes by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. “When Epstein arrived, his eyes sized me up like someone always looking for the angles,” Anderson said. “It was all the money in the world to me at the time,” Anderson wrote. AdvertisementThe photographer made headlines in December after portraits of Trump’s inner circle were brutally dragged online.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGMS NOW host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday launched into an unbridled rant about “absolutely insane” President Donald Trump and his proposal to acquire Greenland by military force. He also slammed the unnamed billionaires apparently endorsing this “stupid shit.”“It’s insanity,” Scarborough told his “Morning Joe” co-host Jonathan Lemire. AdvertisementScarborough on Wednesday said people are “idiots” for believing Trump’s rhetoric that foreign trade partners have turned the U.S. into “suckers,” and warned that invading Greenland would “shatter the international order” that has “benefited America” all along. “These billionaires running around saying stupid shit like this, these are the same billionaires that are billionaires because of the world order that we created in this country post-1945,” he said. “That world order begins to crumble, piece by piece by piece, when you start undermining the NATO alliance — by talking about invading a NATO ally.”Advertisement

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And to us and on the drug side of things, the Trump administration has been talking about drug trafficking. I don’t think that’s possible. I want you to talk about what went on in the first Trump administration when you were involved in the policy. I don’t think Venezuela resembles Iraq in any kind of exact way. What do you think people inside the Trump administration think.

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The H-1B nonimmigrant category [1] has been a target of extreme scrutiny under the current administration. [3]It is essential to note that the H-1B Proclamation is currently subject to several ongoing lawsuits; however, the Proclamation’s payment and associated process remain in effect to date. Who is subject to the H-1B Proclamation? Rulemakings from the H-1B ProclamationThe H-1B Proclamation announced the following two prospective rulemakings. We will also need to monitor the impact of ongoing H-1B litigation and the potential extension of the H-1B Proclamation in September 2026.

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Hayes has launched a pop-up, Sparhawk Tavern, in the former Garrison space on Bridge Street. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)Christian Hayes, former chef-owner of The Garrison and Thoroughfare, recently launched a pub food pop-up restaurant on Bridge Street. Sparhawk Tavern held a soft opening Wednesday at 81 Bridge St., the space in the Sparhawk Mill that previously hosted Hayes’ highly regarded restaurant, The Garrison, for five years. Open Wednesday through Saturday from 4-8 p.m., Sparhawk Tavern is currently only offering takeout service, but the website says they’ll open the dining room and bar later in January. “We’ve leaned into the seasonality of @dandelioncatering and are very excited to feed you all with this project (Sparhawk Tavern),” Hayes’ post states.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) condemned comments made by President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Stephen Miller about Greenland on Wednesday, calling them “stupid,” “amateurish” and “absurd.”“Some people around here call me cranky. Stupid,” Tillis said in a fiery speech on the Senate floor. “What makes me cranky is when people don’t do their homework.”Advertisement“I’m sick of stupid,” he added. “Nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” Miller told the outlet, sparking alarms in Denmark. “Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told CNN.

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The only big money available to newcomers is in management, where the odds of success are long. This is the story of music today, there’s tons of bluster how big acts are, but their reach/popularity is very narrow. The audience is looking for someone who can sing and write…well. The penumbra comes later, and if you can say no to the penumbra, the essence grows. Acts will continue to boast about setting records that are manipulated and ultimately not meaningful, aided by the weighted Luminate chart.

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Donald Trump embraced a new self-styled nickname on Tuesday, hailing himself as “Mr. Tariff” in a Truth Social post that left critics cringing. !” the president boasted, before crediting his controversial trade policies: “THANK YOU YOU MISTER TARIFF!! TARIFF!” the caption read, alongside the tagline: “There’s no trade like Mr. Tariff.” See the post here. via Associated PressEconomists had initially feared that Trump’s sweeping tariffs could rattle markets, drive up consumer prices and slow economic growth.

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The body of Johnathan Boley was found in a wooded area near his father’s Alabama home on Jan. 2, 2025. Court records did not specify the amount of methamphetamine that was found on the property or whether the children tested positive. Court records show that Boley was appointed a public defender and has formally requested preliminary hearings in both felony cases. A district judge granted those requests, and the hearings are scheduled for Jan. 20 at the Walker County Courthouse Annex, records show. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Walker County District Attorney’s Office, the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, the Jasper Police Department, and the FBI’s Birmingham Field Office for comment.

January 07, 2026 19:21 UTC

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