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US Department of State Tells Americans Leave Venezuela 'Immediately'

Published Jan 10, 2026 at 06:20 PM EST updated Jan 10, 2026 at 06:23 PM EST The U.S. State Department ordered American citizens and lawful permanent residents on Saturday to leave Venezuela "immediately," citing an increasingly dangerous security environment and specific threats to U.S. nationals. The warning came in a post on X as the U.S. Embassy responsible for Venezuela relayed reports of armed militias targeting travelers for evidence of American citizenship amid mounting civil ...

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'See What Happens!' ICE Boss Dares Philly Sheriff to Arrest Agents After Saying They 'Don't Want This Smoke'

Jan 10th, 2026, 8:46 pm Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons dared Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal to follow through on her threat to arrest immigration agents who come to her city and “commit a crime” while appearing on The Big Weekend Show on Fox News on Saturday. Bilal made her brash comments on Thursday, one day after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Good blocked traffic and appeared to hit the officer with her SUV before she was shot multiple times ...

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Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

Updated 3:00 PM EST, January 10, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine might receive a long-anticipated tribute from his adopted country. A Paine memorial in Washington, D.C., authorized by a 2022 law, awaits approval from the U.S. Department of Interior. It would be the first landmark in the nation’s capital to be dedicated to one of the American Revolution’s most stirring, popular and quotable advocates ...

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Loeffler says SBA will relocate Minneapolis district office amid 'local hostility' toward ICE

01/10/26 6:35 PM ET Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Saturday that the agency’s Minneapolis office is being relocated, citing “overwhelming local hostility” toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in recent days. “Since Day One, I have been clear that SBA will not continue to surge resources to communities that refuse to protect their small business owners by impeding this Administration’s efforts to deport and detain criminal illegal aliens,” Loe ...

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Grenell says X account hacked after sharing Washington Opera exit from Kennedy Center

12h Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell on Saturday said his X account was hacked, resulting in the removal of several posts related to the Washington National Opera’s (WNO) exit from the performance venue. “I have alerted @x that someone hacked my account last night – and deleted my content on our Opera announcement and media corrections,” Grenell wrote in the Saturday post on X. “X will find the hacker and deal with him/her. I will re-post the statements from last night once they are ...

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Hundreds of Anti-ICE Protesters Storm Minneapolis Hilton Hotel

Published Jan 10, 2026 at 04:43 AM EST updated Jan 10, 2026 at 04:44 AM EST Hundreds of protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stormed a Hilton hotel in Minneapolis after a woman was fatally shot by one of the agency’s officers this week. Newsweek contacted Hilton Hotels and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) via email for comment outside of regular business hours. Why It Matters Renee Nicole Good's killing by an ICE officer has ignited widespread protests in Mi ...

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Trump's Married Labor Boss Accused of Booze-Filled Fling With Staffer

Updated Jan. 10 2026 1:23PM EST Published Jan. 10 2026 7:38AM EST Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is facing an internal investigation after a complaint alleged she has been “abusing her position” by pursuing a relationship with a subordinate and drinking on the job. According to a report from The New York Post, a complaint filed last week with the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General alleged that Chavez-DeRemer hosted a subordinate at her Washington D.C. apartment three ...

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Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait

January 10, 2026 at 5:26 p.m. EST Visitors view an updated portrait of President Donald Trump, with abridged text adjoining it, on Saturday at the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post) The National Portrait Gallery removed a swath of text that mentioned President Donald Trump's two impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection as it swapped out a prominent photo of him this week. Trump and the White House posted on social media Frid ...

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Bill Pulte says White House moving away from 50-year mortgage plan

01/10/26 2:09 PM ET Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte indicated Friday that the Trump administration may be moving away from a 50-year mortgage proposal floated as a way to lower costs for homebuyers. "I think we have other priorities," Pulte told reporters when asked if the White House was still considering the idea. His comments came just days after President Trump, who successfully campaigned on tackling the affordability crisis, called for a ban on "large i ...

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Leaders alarmed about fairness of FBI inquiry into Minneapolis ICE shooting

Sat 10 Jan 2026 07.00 EST Last modified on Sat 10 Jan 2026 10.00 EST State and local leaders say they do not believe that the FBI investigation of the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good will be fair and impartial, and are sounding alarms about the impact of federal officials holding onto evidence in a potential prosecution of the ICE agent who killed her. Minnesota’s lead investigative agency, the bureau of criminal apprehension, initially began investigating the shooting in conjunction with ...

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Iran Threatens US and Israel as Protests Enter Third Week

1 hr ago - 1h (Bloomberg) -- Tehran warned the US and Israel against any intervention over nationwide protests in Iran while it sought to placate its citizens, as demonstrations entered their third week and fatalities mounted. Saturday marked the third night o ... (Bloomberg)

'I don't know how we recover from this': White House insiders alarmed after Noem's quick response to Renee Good shooting

1 hr ago - Sunday 11 January 2026 01:18 EST Some White House insiders are stunned by the Trump administration’s rapid response to the deadly Minneapolis shooting and are concerned that it could undermine confidence in the investigation, according to a new ... (The Independent)

Protesters from Minneapolis to Los Angeles decry ICE shooting

2 hrs ago - Updated Jan. 10, 2026, 9:36 p.m. ET Protests against President Donald Trump and his waves of immigration enforcement actions in cities across the United States unfolded Saturday after a woman was killed and two people were injured in separate shootin ... (USA Today)

'See What Happens!' ICE Boss Dares Philly Sheriff to Arrest Agents After Saying They 'Don't Want This Smoke'

3 hrs ago - Jan 10th, 2026, 8:46 pm Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons dared Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal to follow through on her threat to arrest immigration agents who come to her city and “commit a crime” while appearing on The Big Weekend Show ... (MEDIAite)

Loeffler says SBA will relocate Minneapolis district office amid 'local hostility' toward ICE

4 hrs ago - 01/10/26 6:35 PM ET Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Saturday that the agency’s Minneapolis office is being relocated, citing “overwhelming local hostility” toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) o ... (The Hill)

US Department of State Tells Americans Leave Venezuela 'Immediately'

4 hrs ago - Published Jan 10, 2026 at 06:20 PM EST updated Jan 10, 2026 at 06:23 PM EST The U.S. State Department ordered American citizens and lawful permanent residents on Saturday to leave Venezuela "immediately," citing an increasingly dangerous security env ... (Newsweek)

Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking immigration parole

5 hrs ago - 01/10/2026 06:03 PM EST A federal judge has frozen a Trump administration plan to strip more than 10,000 immigrants of their legal status next week. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary restraining order Saturday that extends the  ... (Politico)

Grenell says X account hacked after sharing Washington Opera exit from Kennedy Center

6 hrs ago - 12h Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell on Saturday said his X account was hacked, resulting in the removal of several posts related to the Washington National Opera’s (WNO) exit from the performance venue. “I have alerted @x that som ... (msn/The Hill)

Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

7 hrs ago - Updated 3:00 PM EST, January 10, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine might receive a long-anticipated tribute from his adopted country. A Paine m ... (AP)

US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush

13 hrs ago - US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush The Associated Press January 10, 2026, 5:09 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following la ... (Associated Press, via WTOP)

The World's Oceans Soaked Up Record-Breaking Heat for the 9th Straight Year

13 hrs ago - Published January 10, 2026 It would take roughly 365 million Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs to release the amount of energy the world’s oceans absorbed as additional heat in 2025. This figure stems from the latest report on the global ocean heat ... (Gizmodo)

First Amendment group savages Mar-a-Lago judge for 'incorrect' ruling over Jack Smith report

13 hrs ago - Jan 10th, 2026, 11:20 am A federal court of appeals should quickly overturn a ruling issued by a district court judge that severely limited who will be allowed to offer legal arguments about the fate of the second volume of former special counsel Ja ... (Law & Crime)

Ilhan Omar, other Dems blocked from ICE visit after Minneapolis shooting

14 hrs ago - 8h Three Minnesota congressional Democrats — including Rep. Ilhan Omar — were denied access to an ICE detention facility just outside Minneapolis on Saturday morning. Why it matters: The incident outside the Whipple Federal Building in St. ... (msn/Axios)

Greenland's party leaders firmly reject Trump's push for U.S. takeover of island

14 hrs ago - Jan 10, 2026 12:46 PM EST NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland's party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump's repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland's future must be decided by its people. "We don't ... (PBS News/AP)

Congress Is Reversing Trump's Steep Budget Cuts to Science

14 hrs ago - Jan. 10, 2026 Updated 10:47 a.m. ET Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that President Trump called for last year when planning the government's current budget. If enacted, the president's bid for an overall cut ... (New York Times)

Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Dead at 78

15 hrs ago - Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has died. Weir played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for the entirety of the Grateful Dead's 30-year tenure. He also founded and played in several bands during and after his time with the Dead, including Kin ... (Pitchfork)

Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing

15 hrs ago - Updated 9:05 AM EST, January 10, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive res ... (AP)

Nobel Institute says Peace Prize cannot be transferred after Machado suggestion

15 hrs ago - January 10, 20261:00 PM EST Updated 3 hours ago PALM BEACH, Florida, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Norwegian Nobel Institute said the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked, following remarks by Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina ... (Reuters)

Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait

16 hrs ago - January 10, 2026 at 5:26 p.m. EST Visitors view an updated portrait of President Donald Trump, with abridged text adjoining it, on Saturday at the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post) The National Portrait Gallery re ... (Washington Post)

Trump's Married Labor Boss Accused of Booze-Filled Fling With Staffer

16 hrs ago - Updated Jan. 10 2026 1:23PM EST Published Jan. 10 2026 7:38AM EST Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is facing an internal investigation after a complaint alleged she has been “abusing her position” by pursuing a relationship with a s ... (Daily Beast)

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