News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday was Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota. https://to.pbs.org/4510jSA
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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President Donald Trump doubled down on the Department of Homeland Security's explanation of the events in Minneapolis, where a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent, saying the agent appeared to have fired in self-defense. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/450mHeX
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 8, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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NEW: FBI freezes out Minnesota investigators from probing a fatal ICE shooting, state officials say.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tells Tom Llamas that he stands by his condemnation of the ICE-involved shooting that killed a woman in his city. Frey calls the agents’ actions “reckless.”
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Blackout in Ukraine leaves 1mn without power in freezing weather ft.trib.al/ri8x1rV
— Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) January 8, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Breaking News: In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, President Trump said he expected the U.S. would be running Venezuela for years.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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The Senate advanced a largely symbolic bipartisan measure intended to block the Trump administration from conducting further military action in Venezuela, foreshadowing a rare assertion of Congress’s role in using lethal force.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) January 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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House passes three-bill spending package with weeks left to avoid a shutdown
— Politico (@politico.com) January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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US weekly jobless claims rise marginally; third-quarter worker productivity accelerates reut.rs/4jtVSFL
— Reuters (@reuters.com) January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Judge says Trump's acting US Attorney John Sarcone, who has been investigating New York Attorney General Letitia James, is serving unlawfully https://cnn.it/4js46OE
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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BREAKING: Internet access and telephone lines cut out in Iran after demonstrators joined protests called by the exiled crown prince.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) January 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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BREAKING: VP Vance says the Trump administration is creating an assistant attorney general position to investigate fraud.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) January 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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