Live updates: Officials urge calm after ICE shooting; House passes ACA credits extension
Jan 08, 2026
What to KnowFrom New York to Los Angeles, people are taking to the streets to express their outrage at federal immigration efforts after an agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis yesterday.Vice President JD Vance spoke today about the woman who was shot and killed, calling her death a ‘tragedy
of her own making.’ Local officials have contradicted federal authorities’ account of events, with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz telling people not to believe what he described as a “propaganda machine.” The House voted today to revive expired Obamacare funds for three years, after a group of Republicans rebelled against their party leaders and teamed up with Democrats to force the vote.The Senate passed a bipartisan resolution this morning to require congressional authorization for military force against Venezuela. Trump has threatened a “second wave” of attacks on the Venezuela and said the U.S. would run the country after the extradition of its president, Nicolás Maduro.
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