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.
BREAKING: New video, apparently from the cellphone of the ICE officer who shot Renee Good, shows a different angle of the deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting. The video was obtained by Alpha News and was shared on social media by Vice President JD Vance and reposted by the White House.
— MS NOW (@ms.now) January 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Anger and outrage spill onto streets of Portland and Minneapolis after ICE shootings. Follow AP's live updates.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Russia launched its nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile against Ukraine for only the second time, in a significant escalation of its aerial campaign.
— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) January 9, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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The United States has seized another tanker, two U.S. officials say, as it works to control the flow of oil to and from Venezuela.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Trump claims he canceled 2nd wave of strikes against Venezuela
— Politico (@politico.com) January 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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The Virginia man accused of planting two bombs in Washington, DC, five years ago has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of transporting and attempting to use explosives. https://cnn.it/3YB5pkS
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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NEW: The U.S. economy added 50,000 jobs in December and unemployment fell to 4.4%, a mixed report capping off a year of uncertainty.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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While it seems like a small tweak, the new rule raises major questions for legal and administrative systems that rely on postmarks to indicate when something was mailed. https://to.pbs.org/4qiBkTa
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) January 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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A Post investigation found that the Office of Refugee Resettlement, or ORR, has locked some teenage migrant boys inside Abraxas Academy, a secure juvenile prison with a long and publicly documented history of staff physically and sexually abusing offenders in its care. https://wapo.st/4py8KML
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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US officials are building a case that ongoing measles outbreaks in South Carolina and other states are unrelated to last year's major outbreak in Texas, as it tries to retain its status of having eliminated the disease: https://cnn.it/4svX4g7
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Grok, the AI chatbot on X, says it is now limiting image generation and editing capabilities to paying subscribers, amid a backlash from officials and users after the tool was used to create sexualized images of people without their consent.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) January 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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🚨 BREAKING: France will delay this year’s Group of 7 summit to avoid a conflict with the mixed martial arts event planned at the White House on Donald Trump’s birthday. Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/fran…
— POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) January 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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