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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 17.01.2026.
It displays 68 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
17.01.2026
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Nearly 3,000 immigration agents have been dispatched to Minneapolis, with federal officials saying the objective is to arrest people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally and probe allegations of fraud in Minnesota. Homeland Security has called this the largest operation in its history.
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The Trump administration's first sale of Venezuelan oil has already generated hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Associated Press
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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One America News
President Donald Trump attended a dedication ceremony on Friday at Mar-a-Lago to mark the renaming of a four-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard. The roadway, which connects Palm Beach International Airport to the Mar-a-Lago estate, has been officially designated "President Donald J. Trump Boulevard."
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The Daily Beast
The prize is “inseparably linked” to the recipient, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
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President Donald Trump has unveiled key members of the Board of Peace, an international body he will lead to guide the second phase of his peace plan in the Gaza Strip. The move marked a major step in the administration's push to stabilize the war-torn territory.
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One America News
According to multiple sources, the Department of Justice is launching an investigation into both Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of law enforcement efforts in their state.
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The New York Times
A federal judge ordered agents not to retaliate against peaceful demonstrators and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing” officers.
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The Department of Commerce announced Thursday that the United States will now allow Taiwan to construct semiconductor chips and chip factories on American soil. Taiwanese chip and technology companies will collectively invest at least $250 billion in production capacity in the United States, and the Taiwanese government will guarantee $250 billion in credit for these companies.
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The probe by the Justice Department stems from previous statements made by Walz and Frey about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
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The New York Times
President Trump issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
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Here are some popular restaurant chains that plan on closing locations in 2026.
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02:27⇢The Federal Probe into Minnesota
⌨The American media is fixated on the Justice Department's investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly conspiring to impede federal immigration enforcement (AP News, NY Post, ABC News, CBS, HuffPost). While conservative outlets frame the probe as a necessary check on obstruction (Breitbart, The Federalist), liberal sources characterize it as an extraordinary federal escalation against Democratic leaders during ongoing civil unrest (The Intercept, NBC News).
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The New York Times
A federal judge ordered agents not to retaliate against peaceful demonstrators and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing” officers.
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The order comes after local residents who were observing or protesting immigration raids said their constitutional rights were violated by federal agents in Minneapolis.
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Michael Cornell Jr., the 39-year-old Mayor of Riverview, Missouri — a small north St. Louis County city with about 2,300 residents — has been charged with nine felony sex crimes involving four alleged victims over a span of nearly 10 years.
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Associated Press
A Southern California college student who says he was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal officer during a protest says he no longer has depth perception and lost the ability to drive.
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The New York Times
President Trump issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey.
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“The Danes don’t see us as humans,” Petersen told The Post. “They think we’re too expensive, too small a population. But they take our land, our children, our lives and expect thanks.”
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The New York Times
A federal judge ordered agents not to retaliate against peaceful demonstrators and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing” officers.
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The Washington Post
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One America News
An Orange County man has been arrested on a criminal complaint after allegedly threatening to have planted pipe bombs at Disneyland ahead of Vice President JD Vance and his young family’s visit to the Happiest Place on Earth.
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The New York Times
President Trump issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
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The Boston Globe
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The New York Times
A federal judge ordered agents not to retaliate against peaceful demonstrators and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing” officers.
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The New York Times
President Trump issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
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The New York Times
A federal judge ordered agents not to retaliate against peaceful demonstrators and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing” officers.
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Michael Cohen, a former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, claimed that he was “coerced and pressured” by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James to flip on Trump as they launched investigations into him.
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The Daily Beast
Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are reportedly being investigated for possible obstruction of federal law enforcement.
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Work starts around sunrise for the federal officers carrying out the immigration crackdown in and around the Twin Cities, with people in tactical gear streaming from a bland office building.
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The Daily Beast
CBS Evening News’ Tony Dokoupil told Pittsburgh steelworkers that his job was “harder than it looks.”
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The Daily Beast
The president appeared to skirt around María Corina Machado’s name.
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The Epoch Times
As long as protestors are not obstructing the agents from performing their duties, they cannot be detained or tear gassed, the ruling states.
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Washington Free Beacon
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10:21⇢Minnesota Leaders Under Federal Gavel
⌨Editorial focus has consolidated around the Justice Department's investigation into Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement (NPR, CBS, Washington Examiner, ABC News, HuffPost, USA Today). While conservative outlets frame the probe as a legal necessity (Breitbart, The Daily Wire), a federal judge's new order restricting ICE's ability to arrest peaceful protesters in Minneapolis has shifted the narrative toward a constitutional clash (NYTimes, Washington Post, The Epoch Times, The Intercept).
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Associated Press
A U.S. judge has ruled federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents.
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Minneapolis is at the center of sweeping, evolving federal immigration push. It demonstrates how different immigration enforcement is under Trump's second administration - and raises questions about the lingering effects on local communities and law enforcement.
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Police have been banned from using a powerful, non-lethal weapon to control protests in an extraordinary federal court decision.
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“The Danes don’t see us as humans,” Petersen told The Post. “They think we’re too expensive, too small a population. But they take our land, our children, our lives and expect thanks.”
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Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.
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Los Angeles Times
Jim Newell
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The New York Times
The investigation into Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey is a major escalation in the state-federal battle over the conduct of immigration agents in Minneapolis.
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The Washington Post
The agency is targeting critics during a moment of crisis in which protesters are clashing with federal agents on icy city streets.
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The Washington Post
A federal judge ruled Friday that federal agents in Minnesota have been too harsh in dealing with anti-ICE protesters, and specifically forbade them from taking action against people who trail their vehicles as long as they keep a reasonable distance.
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No president has been so ubiquitous in American life. From military incursions to primetime sports, Trump has been impossible to miss.
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HuffPost
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NBC News
The country's supreme leader claimed "the Iranian nation has defeated America" as Trump appeared to back away from threats to intervene.
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President Donald Trump said Friday that "Radical Left people" involved in New York cases against him "should pay a big price," calling the prosecutions "a SET UP from the beginning," in a Truth Social post reacting to Michael Cohen's new claims. "I felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government’s desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump," Cohen wrote Friday night.
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The Atlantic
This year will decide whether gendered abuse in real life and online becomes the norm.
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ICE Agents Flouted DHS Policies That Could Have Prevented Renee Good's Death
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President Donald Trump has made lots of promises during the first year of his second term in the White House. Some ideas have come to fruition. Others have faded away.
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These DHS Policies Could Have Prevented Renee Good's Death
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