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U.S. revokes visas of two members of Haiti's ruling presidential council, cites gang ties

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Two members of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council have had their U.S. visas revoked, the Trump administration said Sunday, just days after the ruling panel moved to oust the country’s prime minister amid deepening political turmoil.

In a statement on Sunday, the State Department said it was imposing visa restrictions on two members ...Read more

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Department of Justice renews push for voter, welfare data amid Minnesota ICE crackdown

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota to share its voter rolls and data on Medicaid and food stamp recipients with the federal government, a move Minnesota’s top elections official criticized as an “apparent ransom” to end the ICE crackdown in the state.

In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz dated Jan. 24, the same day as the second...Read more

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Zelenskyy looks for compromises all around to reach peace deal

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said progress had been made during talks aimed at ironing out the possible parameters for ending Russia’s full-scale invasion, although such a deal still requires compromises from all sides.

Zelenskyy spoke in Lithuania after delegations, including military officials, from Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. ...Read more

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NRA, local gun rights advocates reject Trump officials blaming Alex Pretti for being armed

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Gun rights advocates in Minnesota and the nation are pushing back on the contention from Trump administration officials that federal agents killing Alex Pretti on Saturday, Jan. 24, was justified because, among other factors, he had a gun and ammunition with him.

Border Patrol Cmndr. Greg Bovino told CNN one day after the shooting, “We ...Read more

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Barack and Michelle Obama blast Trump and ICE conduct: "This has to stop"

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Former President Obama and Michelle Obama called on Americans to recognize the dangers of the increasingly violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement crack-downs in the wake of the deadly shooting of an ICU nurse in Minneapolis.

"The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy," the Obamas wrote in a lengthy statement posted on social ...Read more

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State and federal officials clash over shooting investigation

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The killing of a Minneapolis man by federal agents is escalating a standoff between state and federal officials over the Trump administration’s massive deportation operation in Minnesota, prompting tense and urgent debates over federal jurisdiction and the rule of law.

In the wake of Alex Pretti’s killing on Saturday, Minnesota leaders ...Read more

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Minnesota CEOs break silence on ICE surge, killings

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The chief executives of Minnesota’s largest businesses banded together Sunday to pen an open letter calling for an “immediate deescalation” of the violence in the state.

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce released the letter signed by leaders of more than 60 companies — including the CEOs of Target, General Mills, UnitedHealth Group and ...Read more

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Gov. Josh Shapiro: Trump's goal, from Minneapolis to Venezuela, is to 'dictate' in a 'facade of strength'

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Gov. Josh Shapiro revealed new details of what he described as childhood trauma, weighed in on President Donald Trump’s “facade of strength” in U.S. and foreign policy, and promised to work to “bring down the temperature” of political violence in a wide-ranging interview with CBS Sunday Morning .

Shapiro told CBS News’ Norah O’...Read more

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Winter Storm Fern's snow turns to sleet and ice across KY. Here's what to expect

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Winter Storm Fern entered its second day Sunday, bringing more ice, snow and confirmed power outages across Kentucky.

Much of what the state can expect as far as accumulation Jan. 25 will fall as sleet, though there may be a brief period of snow this afternoon, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service.

This situation ...Read more

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Salmonella recall of an organic food product sold by Whole Foods and Amazon

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Organic chia seeds sold at Whole Foods Market and on Amazon.com have been pulled by the manufacturer because they might have salmonella contamination.

Navitas Organics’ recall notice, posted to the FDA website, said it yanked eight lots of Organic Chia Seeds “as a precautionary measure following a recall initiated by the company’s chia ...Read more

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Killing of man in Minneapolis by federal agent fuels Seattle protests

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Hundreds gathered Saturday in Seattle to protest the killing of a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis by a federal immigration agent and send a message of resistance to the Trump administration.

“They think that they can exhaust us,” Jonathan Toledo, a member of Seattle Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, told a large crowd outside...Read more

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Tensions rise in Pa. over ICE tactics, as trainings and protests draw crowds

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On Tuesday, as hundreds poured into Shadyside Presbyterian Church in the bitter cold to attend training on how to document immigration arrests in the area, a white Sprinter van idled across the street with its lights off.

Two men in matching tan camouflage and military-style vests sat in the van, eyeing the church as a pair of women walked by. ...Read more

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Power outages cascade as big winter storm reaches US East Coast

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A massive winter storm reached the U.S. Atlantic Coast on Sunday, bringing heavy snow and ice, straining electric grids and grounding thousands of flights at levels not seen since the pandemic.

Temperatures plunged on the storm’s eastward path. Parts of Texas and the Mid-South were coated in freezing rain — and a layer of ice thick enough ...Read more

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Federal judge orders ICE, DHS not to destroy or alter evidence in Minneapolis shooting

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A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order brought by Attorney General Keith Ellison against the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, preventing them from altering or destroying evidence related to the fatal shooting Saturday of Alex Pretti by DHS agents in Minneapolis.

U.S. District Court Judge Eric C. ...Read more

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After latest Minneapolis shooting: Exhaustion, resilience and deepening fear

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Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Minneapolis on Jan. 23, in a peaceful, often buoyant show of resistance against the federal surge in immigration enforcement across the state.

Less than a day later, a violent confrontation sent the city reeling once again: Federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-...Read more

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Fearing ICE, parents make plans for their children's care

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Brian Todd was watching football on Jan. 11 when federal immigration officers pulled into his driveway, walked over to his neighbor’s house on the east side of St. Paul, detained the adults and left behind two children under 15 years old.

Todd, who has children about the same age, took them in. For days afterward, he tried to track down ...Read more

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Trump's playbook falters in crisis response to Minneapolis shooting

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The Trump administration has blamed the death of an American citizen at the hands of immigration agents in Minnesota on the victim within hours of their killing for the second time this month, calling the late Alex Jeffrey Pretti an "assassin" and "domestic terrorist" without opening an independent investigation.

The crisis response from ...Read more

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NYC schools to close Monday due to snowstorm, shift to remote learning

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New York City’s public schools will close tomorrow and shift to remote learning, officials announced Sunday morning as the city braced for hours of heavy snowfall from a major storm heading into the school week.

“As snowfall begins to blanket our city and conditions become hazardous, closing school buildings is a necessary step to keep New ...Read more

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Power outages cascade as big winter storm reaches US East Coast

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A massive winter storm reached the U.S. Atlantic Coast on Sunday, bringing heavy snow and ice, straining power grids and grounding thousands of flights at levels not seen since the pandemic.

Temperatures plunged on the storm’s eastward path. Parts of Texas and the Mid-South were coated in freezing rain — and a layer of ice thick enough to ...Read more

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GOP wavers on Trump immigration crackdown after latest killing

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Congressional Republicans showed signs of wavering on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in the wake of another shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minnesota.

While the weakening resolve was far from a full break with Trump, it signals growing unease with the administration’s aggressive actions as Democrats threaten another government...Read more