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January 23, 2026 15:12 UTC

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January 23, 2026 15:08 UTC

This was heightened by the fact US forces had chosen the riskiest landing spot – right at Maduro’s compound. With the element of surprise now gone, the extraction force navigated an intense firefight between US attack helicopters and Venezuelan forces. Next, what appears to be retaliatory anti-aircraft fire blazes through the night as the attack helicopters continue firing. US attack helicopters provide covering fire to transport aircraft as they leave Fort Tiuna. Experts told CNN those aircraft may have been protecting the route taken by Maduro’s helicopter as it left the scene.

January 23, 2026 15:02 UTC

NationalICE agent: ‘We’re gonna come back for your whole family’January 23, 2026 | 2:55 PM GMTThe Department of Homeland Security announced Jan. 21 that immigration agents had launched “Operation Catch of the Day” in Maine, the latest state to be targeted as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping deportation push. Federal officials launch ICE operation in Maine and begin arrests Related

January 23, 2026 15:01 UTC

As the political landscape changes in Bangladesh, American diplomats there have signaled they are open to working with the resurgent Islamist movement. India views the party as being allied with Pakistan, he said, and a threat to its regional security strategy. In the decades since, Dhaka has endured military coups, dictatorships and turbulent civilian rule by entrenched political parties, namely Hasina’s Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). India has not extradited her to Dhaka to face her sentence despite a request from Bangladesh’s interim government. Tarique Rahman, the party chairman who returned to Dhaka on Dec. 25 after years of exile in London, would be likely to become prime minister if the party prevails.

January 23, 2026 14:59 UTC





Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is questioned on an email from Department of Justice Deputy Chief John Keller as he testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 22, in Washington, DC. They do reveal phone numbers for incoming and outgoing calls, the time of the calls, and the duration of the calls, among other things. Here’s how Smith explained toll records during his closed-door deposition last month: “Toll records were sought for historical telephone routing information, collected after calls had taken place, identifying the incoming and outgoing call numbers, the time of the calls and their duration. Toll records do not include the content of calls. Smith said last month in his private deposition that this was a “false and misleading” narrative.

January 23, 2026 14:55 UTC

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January 23, 2026 14:43 UTC

This paper presents a case for why ditching six decades of U.S. Cuba policy failure is the best path forward. The United States hoped to distance Cuba from the Soviet Union and weaken the Cuban state’s ability to function. RecommendationsAlthough foreign policy is frequently treated as the president’s prerogative, U.S. policy with Cuba is unique. Finally, the United States should officially drop regime change as the overall objective of its Cuba policy. While the benefits of reform are limited, they still exceed whatever deliverables the United States is receiving with today’s outdated policy.

January 23, 2026 13:51 UTC

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January 23, 2026 13:44 UTC

New text messages between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively raising eyebrows The text messages released by a judge as part of Blake Lively’s lawsuit against her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni are giving rare insight into the stars friendship.

January 23, 2026 13:42 UTC

My hand — I clipped it on the table, so I put a little, what do they call it, cream on it, but I clipped it. I would say take aspirin if you like your heart, but don’t take aspirin if you don’t want to have a little bruising. You know, if you take the big — I take the big aspirin. And when you take the big aspirin, they tell you, you’re bruised. But that’s one of the side effects of taking aspirin.

January 23, 2026 13:35 UTC

“European leaders cannot act as though the last few weeks did not happen,” said Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank. “This was the most serious crisis in transatlantic relations in a long time, but with Trump in the White House, it will not be the last.”

January 23, 2026 13:04 UTC

I go back and forth between "I'm very confident, but think we could lose if everything goes wrong." and "I'm mostly confident, as long as we play a clean game." Oh..... and then we get to the part about their starting QB being out of the game. Obviously we have a good team, but I do think it was elevated into the upper echelon record wise through a combo of Drake Maye's elite level QB play and the favorable schedule. Maye isn't playing at an elite level lately with his ball security so that gives me pause.

January 23, 2026 13:03 UTC

The Weather Service also issued a cold weather advisory through 10 a.m. Saturday, as wind chills are expected to dive as low as minus-10 degrees ahead of the storm. 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday: Mix of sleet and freezing rain; more sleet north and west, more freezing rain south and east. This storm ranks as a Category 4 out of 5, or “severe,” on Capital Weather Gang’s winter storm impact scale. The prospect of power outages in areas that receive heavy freezing rain amid this cold weather could turn into a dangerous, life-threatening situation. The Weather Service has also rated this a storm a level 4 out of 5 or “major” on its Winter Storm Severity Index.

January 23, 2026 12:31 UTC

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January 23, 2026 12:25 UTC