The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents to the Twin Cities area, officials tells CBS News.

31 illegal immigrants died in ICE custody in 2025, the highest in two decades.

The increase likely reflects the unprecedented number of migrants detained in ICE facilities.

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President Trump’s approval rating has risen to 42%, a three-month high and his strongest showing since October, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

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Republicans are more supportive than the rest of the country, but most Americans worry the U.S. is becoming too involved in Venezuela.

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The president of Venezuela was taken by American forces and transported to the U.S. Saturday to face federal drug charges.

The Trump administration has frozen federal child care funding in New York, California, and several other states, pending new verification and anti-fraud requirements.

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On New Year’s Eve, facing backlash over his op-ed attempting to redefine American identity as a faithless, raceless, and timeless civic concept, Vivek Ramaswamy deleted Instagram and X from his phone.

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Senator Eric Schmitt says he is working on legislation to denaturalize and remove those convicted of defrauding the US after naturalization.

Many of the Somalis in Minnesota are citizens, and, as a result, can only be removed if legislation is passed.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico credited the Trump administration for not using "democracy" or "human rights" as an excuse to invade Venezuela, "as the Biden administration or any previous administration would put it."

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RT @RepRileyMoore: ISIS recently issued a statement saying Christians of Nigeria must either convert or die.

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After a left-wing terror attack left much of Berlin without power and heat, German officials evacuated refugees and left the elderly and cancer patients in the cold.

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Industry sources say major U.S. oil firms had no talks with the White House on Venezuela, disputing Trump’s claim of consultation before and after Maduro’s removal.

Venezuela's Caracas Stock Exchange ends the day up 17% after the capture of Maduro.

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Seth Harp, an Austin-based author infamous for accusing US soldiers at Fort Bragg of murder and drug trafficking, doxxed Delta Force's "current commander" yesterday, asserting he led the raid on Maduro.

It is unclear whether this allegation is true.

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US Citizenship and Immigration Services has revised the naturalization test to include an understanding of "the privileges of citizenship" as well as "what it means to be an American."

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According to testimony from local residents, the gunfire and assemblage of military forces in Miraflores, Venezuela, were the result of a misunderstanding caused by a civilian drone.

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The gunfire appears to have stopped in Caracas.

The Venezuelan Army maintains that things are under control.

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Heavy anti-air activation in Caracas with a massive mobilization of Venezuelan forces.

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Diosdado Cabello is reportedly leading a coup to oust newly sworn-in president Delcy Rodríguez.

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