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GOP Races to Avert Shutdown Over ICE Furor

Democrats say they'll block spending deal over DHS bill as Friday deadline nears, tension grows

(Newser) - Republicans are racing against the clock to keep parts of the federal government open as a political firestorm over immigration enforcement in Minneapolis threatens to derail a key spending deal. Funding for the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies runs out on Saturday, and Senate Democrats say they'...

Trump Meets With Noem for 2 Hours in Oval Office

It's part of the fast pivot on Minneapolis after the shooting of Alex Pretti

(Newser) - Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem met with President Trump in the Oval Office for two hours Monday evening, reports the New York Times . It's seen as the latest sign of Trump's quick pivot on Minneapolis after a bipartisan backlash over the shooting of protester Alex Pretti . Noem's...

Talk Surfaces of Boycotting World Cup Over Trump Policies

Greenland dispute, travel bans are among the issues

(Newser) - Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter expressed support Monday for the notion of a fan boycott of this year's World Cup matches in the US because of the policies of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. Blatter was the latest international soccer figure to call into question...

Trump Moves to Hike South Korea Tariffs to 25%

He says country's legislature hasn't passed trade deal

(Newser) - President Trump said Monday he is hiking tariffs on imports from South Korea to 25% from 15%, citing what he called Seoul's failure to approve a "Historic Trade Agreement." In a post on Truth Social , Trump said the move would hit autos, lumber, pharmaceuticals, and other products,...

Canada's Carney: Trump Threats Part of Negotiating

US president raised the prospect of 100% tariff

(Newser) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday some of President Trump's threats should be viewed as prepositioning ahead of negotiations to renew the free trade pact between the two large trading partners, per the AP . Carney noted they are entering a review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement this year and...

Trump Shifts Tone on Walz After 'Very Good Call'

President also sends border czar Tom Homan to oversee ICE operations in Minnesota

(Newser) - It appears that President Trump is looking to lower the temperature on tensions in Minnesota . In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump said he had a "very good call" with Gov. Tim Walz, adding that, "we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength." As the...

Trump: We Used Secret 'Discombobulator' Weapon During Maduro Raid

POTUS says he's not allowed to talk about it

(Newser) - President Trump said the US used a secret weapon he called "The Discombobulator" to disable Venezuelan equipment when the US captured Nicolás Maduro, the AP reports. Trump also renewed his threat to conduct military strikes on land against drug cartels, including in Mexico. He made the comments in...

Trump's Greenland Moves Cost Him With Europe's Far Right

President broke 'a fundamental campaign promise,' AfD co-leader says

(Newser) - Tensions over President Trump's goal of taking control of Greenland have driven a wedge in the once-solid link between MAGA and Europe's far right. The rift seems to signal that ideological alignment alone may not be enough to temper worries among European nationalists over Trump's interventionism abroad,...

New Tehran Mural Is a Warning
New Tehran Mural Is a Warning
Jan 25, 2026 12:31 PM CST

New Tehran Mural Is a Warning

Image in public square threatens retaliation if US strikes

(Newser) - Iranian authorities unveiled a new mural on a giant billboard in a central Tehran square on Sunday with a direct warning to the US to not attempt a military strike on the country, as American warships head to the region. The image shows a bird's-eye view of an aircraft...

Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing
Videos Undercut DHS Version
of Minneapolis Killing
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Jan 24, 2026 5:00 PM CST

Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing

Trump blames local officials, who tell the administration to get agents out of Minnesota

(Newser) - Videos showing the killing by federal agents Saturday of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse protesting ICE's actions in Minneapolis, appear to contradict Homeland Security officials' account of the confrontation. Federal officials said Pretti was approaching Border Patrol agents with a handgun and intended to "massacre"...

After Outcry, Trump Praises UK Troops

Statement doesn't include the apology Starmer suggested

(Newser) - President Trump heaped praise Saturday on British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan, in a post on social media that represented a partial reversal of disparaging comments he made this week that drew a cascade of criticism in the UK, particularly from families of those killed and seriously injured in the...

Trump: I'll Sock Canada With 100% Tariffs Over China Deal

US president threatens retaliation after PM Mark Carney's announcement of trade agreement

(Newser) - President Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor goes ahead with its China trade deal. Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a...

Renee Fleming Drops Out of 2 Kennedy Center Concerts
Kennedy Center
Loses an Opera Star
Jan 24, 2026 7:30 AM CST

Kennedy Center Loses an Opera Star

Institution says soprano Renee Fleming is nixing 2 concerts in May due to 'scheduling conflict'

(Newser) - Renee Fleming has quietly disappeared from two upcoming concerts at Washington's Kennedy Center, though the venue isn't saying much on why. The renowned soprano is no longer listed as a soloist for a pair of National Symphony Orchestra performances in May, the center's website shows. The reason...

Analysts Suggest Europe Learned a Lesson on Trump

'Pushing back works,' is how one writer puts it, echoing a theme

(Newser) - The Davos summit is over, with the big news centering on President Trump's speech rejecting the idea of using military force to take Greenland. He also called off his threat to impose tariffs on nations that oppose his push to assume control of the territory. In the aftermath, a...

Podcaster: US Is 'Fantastic Place.' James Cameron: 'Is It?'

Avatar director talks about his permanent relocation to New Zealand, where he says people are 'sane'

(Newser) - James Cameron isn't mincing words about why he's moved Down Under. In an appearance on the In Depth With Graham Bensinger podcast, the Avatar director praised New Zealand's pandemic response and vaccination uptake, while knocking the United States for what he sees as a broad rejection of...

There's a Reason Minn. National Guard Now Wears Neon Vests

Reflective vests aim to distinguish Guard from militarized federal officers for ICE, other agencies

(Newser) - Minnesota's citizen-soldiers may soon look less like troops and more like school crossing guards, at least the way Fast Company is framing it. State officials now say that, if the Minnesota National Guard is officially activated around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, members will don bright reflective vests so residents...

NPS Pulls Slavery Exhibit at Washington's Philly Residence

Order follows Trump administration directive to revise supposedly divisive historical interpretations

(Newser) - Visitors to the place where George Washington lived as president will no longer see a National Park Service exhibit detailing the enslaved people who worked there, and the city of Philadelphia is suing over it. NPS staff on Thursday removed interpretive panels on slavery at the President's House Site...

US Says It Has Finalized Withdrawal From WHO

'It's the most ruinous presidential decision in my Iifetime,' public health expert says

(Newser) - The US says it has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday. But it's hardly a clean break, the AP reports. The US owes more than $130 million to the global health...

Trump Pulls Canada's Board of Peace Invite

Move comes after Carney pushed back against criticism

(Newser) - President Trump has rescinded his invitation for Canada to join the "Board of Peace" he unveiled Thursda y at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In a Truth Social post addressed to Prime Minister Mark Carney Thursday evening, Trump said: "Please let this Letter serve to represent that...

215-215 Tie Defeats Attempt to Limit US Force in Venezuela

Measure requiring congressional approval for military action ends in shouting, late-arriving voter

(Newser) - The House narrowly blocked an effort Thursday to restrict President Trump's authority to use military force in Venezuela, with the measure failing on a 215-215 tie. The Democratic-led war powers resolution would have required the president to withdraw US armed forces from Venezuela unless Congress explicitly authorized military action....

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