But what’s abundantly clear is that the administration is scared of the politics of ICE and its immigration enforcement operations right now. Meanwhile, the White House and Republicans seem to be preparing to make significant legislative concessions on immigration enforcement to prevent a government shutdown. The funding bill in WashingtonPerhaps most striking have been the machinations in Washington, where the White House and Republicans appear unusually amenable to making concessions to Democrats. None of it means the White House and Republicans are going to give Democrats all the policy changes they want. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conduct immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis on January 28.

January 29, 2026 22:41 UTC

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January 29, 2026 22:27 UTC

How seriously should we take this saber-rattling, and what would be the end goal of U.S. military action against Iran? Questions I want to put to Sima Shine, who focused on Iran back when she ran research and analysis for the Mossad. How do we know what's happening in Iran? KELLY: So the impact of the digital blackout on the ability of the rest of the world's intelligence services to know what is happening inside Iran - do we know how great it is? KELLY: So it will require some kind of external force or change to force change inside Iran?

January 29, 2026 22:22 UTC

Trump urges families to sign up for 'Trump accounts' ABC News' senior White House correspondent Selina Wang has the details on how they work and how to sign up.

January 29, 2026 22:21 UTC

Winter storm causes largest disruption in American Airlines’ 100-year history Brian Kelly, founder of The Points Guy, joins ABC News Live to share tips on how to travel and handle cancellations amid the disruption.

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James scored eight points with two rebounds, an assist and a steal. "I was just excited to go out there and play," James said. With the Lakers trailing by 20 by the third quarter, the chants for James started early. "He handles all of it so well," said guard Gabe Vincent, who called Bronny "a light" in the Lakers' otherwise forgettable blowout. Gloria James waited in the hallway outside the Lakers locker room to take photos with her son and then her grandson.

January 29, 2026 22:17 UTC

Giant computer data centers that power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are popping up around California, as are fights with communities that don’t want to live near them. The contests promise to become increasingly common as local governments question whether the economic benefits of new development outweigh concerns about environmental impacts, including enormous water and energy use. But the city of Imperial has gone to court to try to force a full environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA.) He said that the data center — to be used by a major tech company he can’t yet identify — would be the largest in California. “I think it would be great for the state to be able to say, ‘Look, we can do things too.

January 29, 2026 22:17 UTC

It is indeed mothers who, throughout the Twin Cities, form the vanguard of community organizing to keep their kids’ classmates and educators safe. The parents are also screening people who want to join secure neighborhood online communications channels to try to stop federal agents from identifying and following people delivering supplies. “We’ve seen [federal] agents posing as parents to try to infiltrate some of these safety patrols that are happening,” says a mother with two elementary school pupils in Minneapolis. The skeleton of an infrastructure, then, already existed when heavily armed federal agents poured into residential neighborhoods — haunting their schools — over the course of the last month. “We’ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, but that’s hardly the actual cost to our city,” said another mother with three children in high-poverty Minneapolis schools.

January 29, 2026 22:00 UTC

CLEVELAND — Luka Doncic grabbed at his left leg. He was hopping on one foot after releasing the shot and hopped off the platform, grabbing immediately for his left leg. He didn't have any additional braces or wraps on his left leg, but he said he didn't feel 100%. But when asked if there was a way he could bring the latest problem up with the league, Doncic demurred. "I don't know," Doncic said, "don't involve me in that."

January 29, 2026 21:58 UTC

But the Republican president’s ambitions have expanded to envisioning the board as a mediator of worldwide conflicts, a not very subtle attempt to eclipse the Security Council, which is charged with ensuring international peace and security. “In my opinion, the basic responsibility for international peace and security lies with U.N., lies with the Security Council,” Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. “Countries that wanted to sign on to help Gaza saw the board turning into a Trump fan club. “No single country should dictate terms based on its power, and a winner-takes-all approach is unacceptable,” China’s U.N. ambassador, Fu Cong, said at a Security Council meeting Monday. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates made no mention of Trump’s global peacemaking plan.

January 29, 2026 21:43 UTC

First Lady Melania Trump at the New York Stock Exchange boardroom, where she promoted her upcoming documentary, before ringing the opening bell Wednesday. When Melania Trump showed up on movie screens in 2001, it was a joke. She is center stage as star and executive producer in the documentary “Melania” hitting theaters Friday. AdvertisementPresident Trump kisses his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, during the presidential inauguration in 2025. During both of Trump’s terms in the White House, his wife has been described as mysterious and sphinx-like.

January 29, 2026 21:30 UTC

This week’s headlines were dominated by high-stakes political drama — from a last-minute deal to stave off a government shutdown to mounting backlash over federal immigration agents shooting a man in Minneapolis. Test your recall of the week’s stories.

January 29, 2026 21:22 UTC

I know he knows and believe he’s found that.”No one is more invested in that than USC’s head coach. But by 2021, while Patterson’s TCU defense had largely remained strong, the luster of his long tenure in Fort Worth had faded. Informed that he wouldn’t be back the following season, Patterson instead resigned with four games left. Now he returns not as a head coach, but as a coordinator, a step down that Patterson seemed just fine with when asked Wednesday. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times)“My job is defense,” Patterson said.

January 29, 2026 21:22 UTC

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January 29, 2026 21:19 UTC

He and other senior officials have long argued they would not be targeting immigrants in communities in Democratic-led cities if local officials allowed federal immigration officers access to their jails. On Saturday, the day federal immigration agents shot Pretti, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz saying he could “bring an end to the chaos” in his state by, among other things, repealing sanctuary city policies and allowing federal agents into local jails. Pretti was the second U.S. citizen fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in recent weeks. More than 3,000 federal immigration agents have been working in Minnesota under the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement, Operation Metro Surge.

January 29, 2026 21:09 UTC