Today’s Lead News Stories

Carrie Elizabeth Romney was seen ‘pacing’ by witnesses atop a parking lot before taking her own life

Judge shelves inquiry into use of Israeli-made software to target ministers’ phones citing chronic lack of cooperation

A vast network of labor unions, progressive organizations and clergy has been asking Minnesotans to stay away from work, school and stores Friday to protest against immigration enforcement in the state

Moscow repeats call for Ukraine to leave Donbas before first trilateral talks since start of invasion in February 2022

Some international leaders worry Trump’s new organization may attempt to supplant the United Nations – key US politics stories from 22 January at a glance

A woman who was shot and wounded by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration stop in Portland, Oregon, has been sentenced for illegally entering the U.S. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras pleaded guilty to the charge during a federal court hearing Thursday and was sentenced to a year…

Vote on legislation falls just short of number needed for passage, showing Mike Johnson’s tenuous hold on majority

The federal government says temporary rules imposed after last year's collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter to improve the safety of the crowded airspace around Washington, D.C., are being made permanent

The Trump administration is misrepresenting the arrest of civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church