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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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Facebook posts – Fabricated CNN clip used to promote fake diabetes cure
Video shows CNN reporting that Pfizer representatives set Barbara O’Neill’s car on fire “for discovering an anti-diabetes method.”
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Instagram posts – X post promising a U.S. ban on GMOs was from a now-suspended RFK Jr. parody account
RFK Jr. posted on X that, “Effective January 20th, all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) will be BANNED in the United States.”
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Facebook posts – No, the NFL did not suspend the referees after the Steelers-Eagles game
“The referees in the (Dec. 15) game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers have been suspended after the match revealed that the officials overlooked numerous errors by the Eagles.”
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Kathy Hochul – Job growth on Kathy Hochul’s watch helped by pandemic recovery
We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor.
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A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year
A contentious presidential election, two devastating hurricanes, the Baltimore bridge collapse: It was a busy news year, and where news goes, misinformation follows. Here’s a look at claims that caught our attention each month in 2024.
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Sara Jacobs – Fact-check: Past government shutdowns cost the U.S. economy billions
Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
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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...
Sports
“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....
