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.
Bovino claims Border Patrol agents are ‘the victims’ in deadly Minneapolis shooting
— Politico (@politico.com) January 25, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/…
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 24, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from destroying or altering evidence related to the Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 25, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 25, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to let the federal government access state voter rolls and welfare data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a man was shot and killed by immigration agents.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Federal immigration officers have shot 12 people since September as the DHS has ramped up deportation operations around the country. In the majority of the shootings, officers have fired into cars — a tactic that authorities and policing experts have been trying to curtail. nbcnews.to/49TLGSx
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Russian strikes left much of Kyiv without heat, water and power during freezing temperature, even as Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. held talks on ending the nearly four-year war.
— NPR (@npr.org) January 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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President Donald Trump said the US used a weapon he referred to as a "discombobulator" to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this month, but a senior US official said he's likely conflating tools used by the US military. https://cnn.it/4jZkjer
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Iraq ’s dominant political bloc announced that it had nominated former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate for prime minister.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) January 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that Prime Minister Mark Carney did an “about-face” by striking a deal with China to lower some trade barriers..
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) January 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Flight cancellations today top 9,900 amid winter storm — most in a single day since COVID pandemic
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) January 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: In secret recordings, Sen. Ted Cruz trashes Trump, Vance "You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
— Axios (@axios.com) January 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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