Officials urged calm after ICE shooting; House passes ACA credits extension
Jan 08, 2026
What to KnowFrom New York to Los Angeles, people took 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 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.” Portland police responded to a shooting where two people were shot and federal agents were involved. The two people shot are alive, though the extent of their injuries is unclear.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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