Federal immigration officer shoots 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

A federal immigration officer shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.

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After delays, the missing Jan. 6 plaque will be displayed at the Capitol

The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson who has said the commemorative memorial does not comply with the law.

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Venezuela releases some journalists and activists from prison as a gesture to 'seek peace'

Venezuela released citizens and foreigners from its prisons on Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to "seek peace" less than a week after former President Nicolas Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York.

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House rebukes GOP leaders with passage of Obamacare subsidies extension

House Democrats on Thursday secured an unlikely win with the passage of a bill to re-up their COVID-era expansion of Obamacare subsidies for three years.

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Vice President Vance calls killing of Minneapolis woman by ICE officer 'a tragedy of her own making'

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed a federal immigration officer's fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on "a left-wing network," Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed as protests related to her death expanded to cities across the country.

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Vance says he is heavily involved in Venezuela planning

Vice President J. D. Vance on Thursday rejected media reports that Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was shut out of planning for the raid on Nicolas Maduro because of her past opposition to military intervention in Venezuela.

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Pope indicates new governing style for Catholic Church with regular, annual cardinal meetings

Pope Leo XIV said Thursday he intended to bring the world's Catholic cardinals together annually, indicating a new governing style for the church that involves consulting its top leaders regularly and as a group.

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Austin Peay State University to reinstate professor fired for post after Charlie Kirk's death

Austin Peay State University in Tennessee will reinstate and pay a $500,000 settlement to a professor it had fired over a social media post he made after conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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U.S. ready for more superpower moves in its hemisphere as plans are made for Venezuela's oil

Oil company executives are scheduled to meet with President Trump at the White House on Friday to discuss plans for stabilizing and boosting Venezuela's oil production after the ouster of strongman Nicholas Maduro.

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Trump administration creates new position to crack down on state fraud

The Trump administration is creating a new assistant attorney general position to investigate alleged fraud across states such as the level of fraud seen in Minnesota's social services.

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The House was his home: Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer announces retirement after 44 years

Maryland Democratic Rep. Steny H. Hoyer announced his retirement Thursday, preparing to leave the House after 44 years as the current longest-serving Democrat in the lower chamber.

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M23 rebel group holds a symbolic funeral for victims of drone strike in eastern Congo

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on Thursday held a symbolic burial for 22 people killed in a drone strike earlier this month in the North Kivu province in eastern Congo.

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Judge rules fifth federal prosecutor unlawfully appointed by Pam Bondi

The top federal prosecutor in upstate New York is serving in the position unlawfully, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

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Lebanon's financial recovery will rest on security and political reforms, economy minister says

Lebanon's moves to remove weapons from all non-state groups and assert full state control are as important as financial reforms if the economy is to recover after years of crisis, the economy minister said Thursday.

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DeepSeek's AI gains traction in developing nations, Microsoft report says

DeepSeek, the Chinese tech startup that rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT, has been gaining ground in many developing nations in a trend that could narrow the gap of artificial intelligence adoption with advanced economies, a new report suggested.

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Early birds can begin filing their taxes on Jan. 26 this year

Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filing deadline.

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Saudi Arabia alleges UAE smuggled wanted Yemen separatist leader out of the country

Saudi Arabia said Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi.

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China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again

They're at it again.

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Quantum computing company D-Wave acquires new tech in major merger

Quantum computing company D-Wave has acquired Quantum Circuits, a Connecticut firm known for developing scalable quantum computer systems and superconducting technology.

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Zelenskyy reshapes Ukraine's power structure with Budanov appointment

For most of the war, 40-year-old Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov has operated in a realm deliberately removed from Ukraine's public political life. As head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, the GUR, he oversaw a service whose successes are at times hard to quantify, with their full extent often discovered long after the fact -- if ever.

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