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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 ...
Venezuela says it’s releasing a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’

By MATIAS DELACROIX
Jan 08, 2026 4:30 pm - Venezuela is releasing a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners from its prisons in a decision that the head of the country’s legislature described Thursday as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York.
Trump seeks deal with antagonist Gustavo Petro as relations thaw

By Oscar Medina
Jan 08, 2026 3:59 pm - Donald Trump is seeking common ground with one of his main ideological foes in the Americas, Colombian leader Gustavo Petro, days after calling him a “sick” cocaine trafficker, and threatening military strikes on his country.
Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget sends military contractor shares higher

Jan 08, 2026 3:55 pm - President Donald Trump caused some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week. First, Trump criticized the companies for taking too long to produce military equipment and also failing to maintain it while at the same time paying out billions in dividends and stock buybacks to investors. But then the president proposed a $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027, a big jump from the $901 billion provisioned for 2026.
Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

By STEPHEN GROVES and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Jan 08, 2026 11:06 am - The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

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