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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.
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Tim Walz Calls for Mass Resistance Against ICE in Minnesota
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“Good To Get Back To That” | Josh Doan After 5-2 Win Over Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres forward Josh Doan spoke to...
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“I Felt Mentally Good” | Rasmus Dahlin After Two-Goal Night In Win Over Flyers | Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres captain, Rasmus Dahlin spoke to...
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Instagram posts – Videos on social media show LA firefighters using professional gear, not ‘women’s handbags’
“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”
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Instagram posts – Is Trump giving Staten Island to New Jersey? He didn’t say that, despite what social media posts say
Says President-elect Donald Trump posted on X that he will “be giving Staten Island to New Jersey.”
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Did Joe Biden keep these 99 promises? We reviewed his presidential record
PolitiFact tracked 99 of President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign promises. Our analysis shows he kept 33, but struggled to achieve loftier goals amid a divided government.
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Live: Fact-checking claims on Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings
The U.S. Senate will hold hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the aim of confirming their positions directly after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
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Instagram posts – Video shows family, not looters, retrieving items from their wildfire-damaged California home
Video shows people in Los Angeles looting from homes during wildfires.
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Threads posts – If wildfires leave blue items unburned, does it prove directed-energy weapons were involved? No
“Blue items that survive” California wildfires are “indicative of DEW's (Directed Energy Weapons)”
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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.
Video
Tim Walz Calls for Mass Resistance Against ICE in Minnesota
https://www.youtube.com/embed/y2Z3ZUbL2e0
Sports
“Good To Get Back To That” | Josh Doan After 5-2 Win Over Philadelphia Flyers | Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres forward Josh Doan spoke to...
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“I Felt Mentally Good” | Rasmus Dahlin After Two-Goal Night In Win Over Flyers | Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres captain, Rasmus Dahlin spoke to...
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Explaining Trump’s Claim That Venezuela ‘Stole’ U.S. Oil
President Donald Trump said one reason that the U.S....
