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Can ICE arrest US citizens? Explaining agents’ legal authority

Questions surrounding ICE's arrest powers resurfaced after an agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026.

Viral image – Video purportedly showing Donald Trump announcing visa ban for Nigerians is altered

Video shows “Donald Trump just announced that America will no longer give visas to Nigerians.”

Donald Trump – Trump faults DEI hiring in plane crash and falsely describes FAA policies under Obama, Biden

“I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.”

Threads posts – ICE tip line not paused because of reports about Musk, claim started as satire

“ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.”

Threads posts – No, the bishop who urged President Donald Trump to have ‘mercy’ hasn’t been pushed out

“The Episcopal Archdiocese of Washington has removed” Bishop Mariann Budde “from the National Cathedral.”

Karoline Leavitt – Karoline Leavitt blames Biden for egg shortage, but killing infected birds was Trump’s policy, too

The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”

Adam Schiff – Does California give more than it gets on federal disaster aid? Fact-checking Sen. Adam Schiff

“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”

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