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Following today’s shooting in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announces that Senate Democrats will block the upcoming appropriations bill if it includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security, almost insuring another government shutdown at the end of January.
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Zach Duckworth, Republican member of the Minnesota State Senate, calls for a “tactical pause” following today’s shooting in Minneapolis by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Minnesota National Guard seen near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.
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Newly published footage of today’s shooting of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino, the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, has formally requested testimony from Todd Lyons, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Rodney S. Scott, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and Joseph Edlow, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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Members of the Minnesota National Guard and Minneapolis Police Department have secured routes of access and the site of today’s shooting involving agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old male shot and killed in today’s shooting by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, seen honoring a deceased veteran while working as an ICU Nurse with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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According to the latest data published by the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), as of Saturday January 24, the total number of confirmed deaths from the recent crackdown on anti-regime protests in Iran has reached 5,459, while the number of deaths currently under investigation stands at 17,031.
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Photos published by the Israel Defense Force from Saturday’s meeting between Adm. Brad Cooper, the Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, with discussions said to have included a potential future attack against Iran.
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400 hours… Iran has now been under a total nationwide internet blackout for over 400 hours, with almost all calls, texts, and other methods of outside communication having been entirely blocked by authorities since early January.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Islamic Republic of Iran has extended its Notice-to-Airmen (NOTAM) last year suspending all flights and general aviation operating via Visual Flight Rules (VFR), with the exception of medical, search-and-rescue, government, military, and the National Iranian Oil Company, which was set to expire January 30, 2026. Despite what some accounts have stated, this is not a new notice and has been in place for the entirety of Iranian Airspace since at least November 1, 2025, with this latest NOTAM just extending the notice till April 25, 2026. The NOTAM does not suggest any kind of imminent military action against or by Iran.
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Shmuel Zakai, the Director General of the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority, sent a letter Sunday to several international airlines warning that this weekend was the beginning of a “more sensitive period,” stating that air-defense systems remain fully deployed at high readiness and that Israeli Airspace could be closed at a moments notice like it was during the Twelve-Day War with Iran.
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China’s senior-most general, Zhang Youxia, the current Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, who the Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced yesterday was under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law,” has been accused of leaking core technical data on China’s nuclear weapons to the United States, people familiar with a high-level briefing on the allegations told The Wall Street Journal.
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The U.S. Air Force is preparing to launch a multi-day readiness exercise across the Middle East “to demonstrate the ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower” in the region, according to the Saudi state-owned news channel Al Arabiya.
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According to a summary of the meeting last night between the Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Adm. Brad Cooper, and Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, along with other senior officials, published by the Israeli right-wing media outlet Channel 14:

- No date for an attack on Iran

- The Americans will need time to build up significant force in the Middle East

- Prepared for an immediate strike if necessary

- The Americans want a clean, swift, and inexpensive operation

- The objective - focus on those who harmed civilians and protesters

- Ready to replace the regime in Iran
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The Governor of Vermont, Republican Phil Scott, in a statement about yesterday’s shooting by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, refers to recent federal immigration operations as a “deliberate federal intimidation and incitement of American citizens that's resulting in the murder of Americans.”
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