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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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 17.01.2026.
It displays 149 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
17.01.2026 ⇢ The Greenland Tariff Escalation Day
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Morning editorial focus remained on the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement. This domestic conflict evolved as a federal judge issued an order restricting ICE from using tear gas or detaining peaceful protesters in Minneapolis, a move framed by liberal outlets as a check on federal overreach and by conservative sources as judicial interference. By mid-afternoon, the narrative shifted abruptly toward international trade. President Trump announced a 10% to 25% tariff on eight European allies, including Denmark and the UK, explicitly as leverage to force the sale of Greenland. This move dominated the evening cycle, with editors highlighting the resulting breakdown in NATO and EU relations. Simultaneously, reports emerged of a National Guard uniform change in response to anti-ICE unrest, while domestic tension remained high following the death of detainee Renee Good.
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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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05:21⇢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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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
LATEST UPDATES: Rick Caruso Steps Back, Newsom Ticks Off GOP, Nancy Mace Investigation, MORE…
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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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With Atlanticism fraying, Nazi thinker Carl Schmitt is being reread in Germany as a theorist of a world divided into power blocs, a reading that Donald Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” is helping to underscore.
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New York Post
An American heiress has dropped a bombshell $12 billion lawsuit on some of the world’s biggest banks – accusing them of helping her late father loot her trust fund and stash dirty money offshore for an international rogues’ gallery that…
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08:56⇢The Federal Gavel Hits Minnesota
⌨The Justice Department's criminal probe into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey dominates the editorial landscape (NYTimes, Washington Post, CBS, ABC News). While liberal outlets view the investigation as a retaliatory expansion of federal power against dissent (The Intercept, Slate), conservative media highlights Michael Cohen’s claims of coercion by New York prosecutors as evidence of a broader 'set up' against the President (Newsmax, Breitbart, Daily Wire).
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A small but meaningful split among Republicans is emerging.
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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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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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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 Daily Beast
“Mr. Tariff” has just upgraded himself to royal status.
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The FBI was briefed during the Biden administration on suspicions about an array of companies operated by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s hubby Tim Mynett and a business partner – before one of their firms rocketed in value from zero to up to $25 million in…
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The Atlantic
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
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The Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for obstructing federal law enforcement, according to news reports.
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Centrist Democratic leaders like Hakeem Jeffries have taken to calling socialists “Team Gentrification.” Strange, since those same establishment Democrats take real estate cash while socialist candidates like Zohran Mamdani fight for affordable housing.
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As the president prepares to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, he's made no secret of his goal for lower interest rates — but there are a few political roadblocks in the way.
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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 streets.
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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 streets.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent his first year in office radically transforming the intersection of government and healthcare.
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The Washington Post
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11:09⇢The Federal Noose Tightens on Minnesota
⌨The media is fixated on the Justice Department's escalating criminal inquiry into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement (NYTimes, WP, CBS, Breitbart). Conservative outlets emphasize the legitimacy of the probe and recent claims of prosecutorial coercion (Daily Wire, Newsmax), while liberal sources interpret the DOJ’s 'rampage' and ICE’s tactics as the arrival of a federal police state (Slate, MSNBC, The Atlantic).
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More than one million Chinese with U.S. citizenship who grew up in communist China will soon start voting in American elections, Peter Schweizer reveals in his new book, “The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon.”
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One America News
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has claimed that prosecutors from both the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the New York Attorney General’s Office “pressured and coerced” him into testifying against the president.
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The Washington Post
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Associated Press
The Associated Press has learned that Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, has been on the radar of the U.S.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press has learned that Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, has surfaced in nearly a dozen DEA investigations, several of which remain ongoing.
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Mr. Trump previously threatened to impose tariffs against countries that do not support his plans to acquire the territory.
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Norristown, Pennsylvania, is a majority-renter town with deep industrial roots. New councilmember David McMahon explains why the suburbs aren’t a monolith — and why suburbs like his are fertile ground for socialist organizing.
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NBC News
The president said the new duties would increase to 25% if a deal is not reached by June 1.
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President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday: "Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
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Los Angeles Times
Jim Newell
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The president said the duties on Denmark and others would increase on June 1 to 25% if a deal is not reached by then to purchase the island territory.
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Trump said Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland will have a 10% tariff on all goods.
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‘The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries that have put so much at risk,’ Trump wrote.
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The Daily Beast
The president went on a rant about world peace and Greenland in his announcement of new tariffs on eight countries.
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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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12:50⇢Tariff Walls for Greenland's Tundra
⌨Editors have pivoted to President Trump’s sudden imposition of 10% to 25% tariffs on eight European allies—including Denmark, Germany, and the UK—as leverage to force a Greenland purchase (The Hill, NBC News, Fox News, USA Today, Newsmax). Simultaneously, the DOJ's criminal investigation into Minnesota’s Governor Walz and Mayor Frey intensifies, with conservative outlets framing it as an accountability measure for immigration obstruction while liberal critics describe it as a weaponization of federal authority (NYTimes, Slate, Washington Post, MSNBC).
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LATEST UPDATES: Trump Dubs Iran's Leader ‘Sick Man,’ S.C. Measles Update, Denmark Protests Over Trump Threats, MORE…
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The New York Times
President Trump escalated his drive to take charge of the Danish territory, targeting Denmark and seven other nations aligned with it.
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In the wake of protests over West Bank real estate, Toronto has ring-fenced public space around dozens of synagogues. This expansion of “bubble zones” has less to do with real danger than with political lawfare against critics of Israel.
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The Washington Post
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One America News
The Department of Justice is investigating Democrat leaders Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for obstructing federal law enforcement, sources familiar with the case said.
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The Washington Post
The move escalates tensions between the U.S. and longtime allies that have been sending the president a message that the territory of Denmark is not for sale.
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Thousands of people rallied in Copenhagen to push back on President Trump's rhetoric that the U.S. should acquire Greenland.
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The Daily Beast
The Justice Department claims Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie’s request for an independent monitor is an overreach.
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The Washington Post
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump says he’ll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
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The attack on Venezuela marks the arrival of the Sopranos stage of imperialism: the transformation of US hegemony into naked extortion. As with the Mafia, loyalty may ultimately buy nothing, and deals can be broken at gunpoint.
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The Washington Post
Abigail Spanberger is officially Virginia’s first female governor, setting the stage for a 180-degree turnover in a state where Democrats now will hold a political trifecta.
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LATEST UPDATES: Trump Dubs Iran's Leader ‘Sick Man,’ S.C. Measles Update, Denmark Protests Over Trump Threats, MORE…
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The Washington Post
President Trump said Saturday on social media that he would impose a 10% import tax on eight European countries until “a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump says he’ll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
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The Nickelodeon child star who was killed while crossing a Brooklyn street, cops and police sources said Saturday.
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One America News
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers reportedly arrested three workers at a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota, hours after they ate lunch there.
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'There's no Soros Foundation kind of master genius strategically dispensing money' to left-wing groups, says former top DOJ domestic terrorism official.
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14:35⇢The Tariff Price of Greenland
⌨Editors are prioritizing President Trump’s sudden escalation of economic pressure on European allies, specifically targeting eight nations with 10% to 25% tariffs to coerce the sale of Greenland (NYTimes, AP News, CNN, Washington Post, NBC News). While conservative outlets present this as a negotiation tactic (Newsmax, Fox News), liberal sources highlight massive Danish protests and frame the move as extortionate 'Sopranos imperialism' (NPR, Jacobin, HuffPost).
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The Administration for a Healthy America is RFK Jr.'s plan to tackle chronic disease, addiction and other persistent problems. But so far it's not being set up like previous new agencies.
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Under recent Supreme Court decisions, lawsuits alleging federal ICE agents committed abuse have a narrow pathway to get into court.
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The Daily Beast
The president has photographed in a gleeful exchange with the MAGA-friendly outlet.
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Under recent Supreme Court decisions, lawsuits alleging federal ICE agents committed abuse have a narrow pathway to get into court.
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One America News
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has been sworn in as the 75th governor of Virginia, making her the first ever female to hold the position in over 250 years.
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President Trump escalated his drive to take charge of the Danish territory, targeting eight countries with tariffs.
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President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday: "Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
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The James Webb Space Telescope captured infrared light from a black hole and gave scientists unprecedented insights into the object's structure.
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One America News
President Donald Trump announced his plans to sue JPMorgan Chase for allegedly “debanking” him after the rowdy January 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
Jake Lang had promised to burn a Quran on the steps of Minneapolis City Hall but ultimately didn’t follow through – and instead was left dodging aggressors.
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18:20⇢A Tariff Wall for Greenland
⌨The media's focus has consolidated on President Trump's escalating trade war with Europe, specifically his threat of 10% to 25% tariffs on eight allies to coerce the sale of Greenland (NYTimes, ABC News, Newsmax). Liberal outlets highlight the breakdown of NATO and EU trade relations (MSNBC, Washington Examiner, WP), while conservative sources emphasize the ultimatum's timeframe and the specific targeting of countries opposing the acquisition (Newsmax, Fox News, CBS).
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The Atlantic
The new entity has a global remit and a steep price for a permanent seat.
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The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.
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Trump names gold medalist hockey players and ice skaters as US delegates to the Milan-Cortina Olympics opening ceremony.
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The viral "2026 is the new 2016" trend has people posting throwback pictures from a decade ago in honor of the new year.
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The massive nurses strike hitting three major New York City hospital systems now has a body count.
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The Daily Beast
The president is hoping to cash in on panties.
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LATEST UPDATES: W.H. CBS News Threat, RFK Jr. Wild Speculation On 'Screwed Up' Voice, Trump Rages At JP Morgan Chase, MORE…
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New York Post
The massive nurses strike hitting three major New York City hospital systems now has a body count.
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He might have won Saturday’s game, but unfortunately his season is over.
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President Trump announced changes that will affect two federal holidays in 2026. What they mean, what you need to know in Mississippi
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European and American lawmakers blasted a plan to hit eight countries with a 10% duty until a deal is reached for the U.S. to buy the island.
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