Over 3,000 flights delayed or canceled as nation braces for snow storm

Friday, January 23, 2026

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Over 3,000 flights are already delayed or canceled as nation braces for snow storm, UK leaders blast Trump after he falsely states that NATO troops were not on the front lines of the Afghanistan war, and ICE detains a 2-year-old and her father in Minneapolis after outrage over 5-year-old's arrest.

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1 | Over 3,000 flights already delayed or canceled as nation braces for snow storm

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2 | UK leaders blast Trump after he falsely states that NATO troops were not on the front lines of the Afghanistan war

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3 | ICE detains 2-year-old and her father in Minneapolis after outrage over 5-year-old's arrest

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4 | Amanda Knox confronts prosecutor who sent her to prison in new documentary

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5 | Trump's New Gaza is first step to the end of any Palestine state, Gaza families warn

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The Big Question 

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents continued to use aggressive and sometimes violent methods to make arrests in its mass deportation campaign, including breaking down doors in Minneapolis homes, a bombshell report from the Associated Press on Jan. 21, 2026, said that an internal ICE memo – acquired via a whistleblower – asserted that immigration officers could enter a home without a judge's warrant.

That policy, the report said, constituted "a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches."

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STAT OF THE DAY

$16 million

Stephen Colbert took a pointed shot at his network's leadership Thursday night while also mocking Donald Trump over the so-called Board of Peace's billion-dollar membership fee, quipping that CBS paid "just $16 million" to "obey" the president.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"He's made things significantly worse."

Prominent anti-abortion activists have blasted President Donald Trump's "lack of action" one year into his presidency and claim he "fooled" the pro-life movement.

Pro-life campaigners have accused the president of making "things significantly worse," with grievances about his inaction on restricting abortion pills and approving a new generic version of mifepristone.

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