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Russia says it used new ballistic missile in major attack on Ukraine

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV
Jan 09, 2026 8:12 am - Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable by air defenses.
As Trump promises Venezuelan renaissance, locals struggle with crumbling economy

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MATT SEDENSKY
Jan 09, 2026 8:06 am - At the White House, President Donald Trump vows American intervention in Venezuela will pour billions of dollars into the country’s infrastructure, revive its once-thriving oil industry and eventually deliver a new age of prosperity to the Latin American nation.
Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though unemployment slips to 4.4%

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 09, 2026 7:58 am - Sluggish hiring last month closed out a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even as layoffs and unemployment have also been low.
Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

By CLAIRE RUSH
Jan 08, 2026 8:11 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an officer shot an...
In combative news conference, Vance defends Minneapolis ICE shooting

By Emily Davies
Jan 08, 2026 8:08 pm - Vice President JD Vance on Thursday combatively defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman a day earlier, declaring that the woman had intentionally sought to ram the officer and that he acted in self-defense by opening fire on her SUV.
Video shows ICE agent in Minneapolis fired at driver as vehicle veered past him

By Aaron C. Davis and Jonathan Baran
Jan 08, 2026 7:53 pm - A deadly encounter in Minneapolis on Wednesday between federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and a 37-year-old woman escalated in a matter of seconds.
Minneapolis protests remain peaceful after ICE officer fatally shoots woman

By Caroline O'Donovan, Maria Sacchetti, Jonathan Baran, Aaron C. Davis and Annie Gowen
Jan 08, 2026 7:40 pm - Protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis overnight after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a 37-year-old woman Wednesday, sparking outrage from residents and local officials already angered by the Trump administration’s massive enforcement effort in the city.
House GOP’s first 2026 priority: Trump’s changes to showerheads

By Dan Diamond and JM Rieger
Jan 08, 2026 4:59 pm - House Republicans on Thursday are hoping to deliver a win for President Donald Trump’s agenda — or at least his hair — by voting to codify his long-desired showerhead changes into law, their first legislative priority of the new session.
House passes bill extending health care subsidies, bucking GOP leaders

By Marianna Sotomayor, Theodoric Meyer and Paige Winfield Cunningham
Jan 08, 2026 4:47 pm - More than a dozen House Republicans joined every Democrat on Thursday to pass a bill to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years — the sharpest rejection by GOP members of the party’s leadership yet.
Senate pushes back on Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

By STEPHEN GROVES and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Jan 08, 2026 4:37 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of ...

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