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Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to cut Homeland Security funding from states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement

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Controversial '60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy leaks online

A controversial "60 Minutes" segment on El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center has been leaked online

The Independent UK

Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra released from detention, advocates say

A prominent Colorado immigration and labor activist has been released after spending nine months in immigration detention

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Ben Sasse, ex-Republican senator, says he has terminal pancreatic cancer

Sasse, who is 53 and voted to impeach Trump, says he has ‘metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer’

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Vegas churchgoers report religious ‘miracle’ appearing during mass

Parishioners at St. Thomas More Catholic church took out their phones and captured the face-like figure on a fabric celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Alleged shoplifter pulls a gun during questioning. Then a Walmart employee goes into full action hero mode

Potential shoplifting charges escalated into something much worse.

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Oklahoma removes instructor who gave failing grade to college student’s essay and sparked conservative outrage

It comes after the junior claimed she received zero points out of 25 ‘for my beliefs and using freedom of speech, and especially for my religious beliefs’

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Libel Suit by Ex-Candidate Against Rival over Alleged Actions Towards Rival's Campaign Volunteer Can Go Forward

From Thursday's N.Y. Appellate Division decision in Irizarry v. Zelaya (Judges Troy Webber, Ellen Gesmer, Lizbeth González, and John Higgitt)… The post Libel Suit by Ex-Candidate Against Rival over Alleged Actions Towards Rival's Campaign Volunteer Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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‘Many more’ trips on Epstein’s plane and Mar-a-Lago: Trump appears throughout latest file dump from DOJ

Justice Department releases thousands more files in connection with Epstein and Maxwell investigations

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Mauritanian immigrants in Ohio face deportations home, where abuses persist

A growing group has found community around Cincinnati. Trump’s ICE crackdown threatens to send them back to Mauritania, rife with human rights problems

The Guardian - US

Parent's Claim Over School Board Meeting Attendance Ban Can Go Forward

The matter stems from a controversy over books with sexual content in the school library, and the parent's shouting that school board members "should be arrested."

Reason

‘Gunboat diplomacy on steroids’: US signs security deals across Latin America

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro warns Trump administration may ‘destabilise the entire region’ amid rising tensions

The Guardian - UK

Russian attacks kill three and cut power to freezing Ukrainian regions

Four-year-old child among those killed in drone and missile assault targeting energy infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Newly released Epstein files include references to Donald Trump

Files also include details about Epstein’s relationship with Larry Summers and apparently fake letter to Larry Nassar

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Brickbats: January 2026

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world

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Colombia has a new weapon in its war against record cocaine production

Petro's administration became more aggressive on the issue of coca crops this year

The Guardian - UK

Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty video game series, dies aged 55

Game developer, who was also involved in Medal of Honor and Titanfall, was killed in a car crash

The Independent UK

Workers organized by a key union rally in Bolivia against scrapping fuel subsidies

Bolivian miners have marched in downtown La Paz, the country’s capital, and union-organized protesters took to the streets elsewhere on the first day of a strike over the government’s scrapping of fuel subsidies that have been blamed for contributing to dollar shortages and economic turmoil

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Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro

Trump again called for Venezuela’s president to leave power and said the US would keep or sell the oil it had seized

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Russian forces attack Odesa twice in one day

Emergency crews at work after port facilities and ship damaged, governor says, while Donald Trump says peace talks going ‘OK’. What we know on day 1,399

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In-form Aussie outclassed in monster half from Boston

Boston Celtics have overcome a 20-point second-half deficit to beat Indiana, with Australian Johnny Furphy failing to have a big impact off the bench.

The Guardian - UK

‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches

Church leaders and members detained as government tightens controls on underground Christian gatherings

The Guardian - US

Trump administration plans to promote loyal diplomats after recall of 30 ambassadors, sources say

Move comes as union representing US diplomats said it was ‘deeply concerned’ by the process, which could ‘politicise’ foreign service

The Guardian - US

Trump announces plans for new navy warships to be known as ‘Trump-class’

President says the ships will be bigger, faster and a hundred times more powerful than any previous US-built warship

The Independent UK

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

Florida's Catholic bishops have appealed to President Donald Trump to pause immigration enforcement during the Christmas holidays

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