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Republicans and Democrats switch jerseys on guns at protests after Minneapolis shooting

Anumber of Trump Administration officials, along with Democratic leaders and gun control groups, seemed to switch jerseys on the Second Amendment and whether it was okay to bring a firearm to a protest in the wake of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis this weekend. Pretti was shot by federal law enforcement in Minnesota shortly after being disarmed by one of the officers as the Border Patrol agents sought to restrain him on the ground during a chaotic scrum on Saturday.

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Prediction market traders place odds of government shutting down at 80%

Traders on prediction platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are betting that the federal government will shut down this weekend. According to Kalshi's market data, traders assign a 75% chance that the shutdown begins on Saturday, up 64 percentage points over the last two days. Trading volume, or the total dollar amount wagered on the market, stands at just over $8.6 million.

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Newsom to probe claims of Trump-critical censorship at TikTok

Gov. Gavin Newsom is reviewing whether social media platform TikTok is violating state law by censoring content critical of President Donald Trump, he announced Monday evening in an X post. "It's time to investigate," Newsom said.

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How We Determined That Minneapolis Videos Contradicted Federal Officials

The first viral video from Minneapolis last Saturday morning told only a partial story: Federal agents skirmish in the street with several civilians. Officers bring a man to the ground. Gunshots go off. What were the federal officers doing? What preceded the confrontation? What went on in the scuffle? Who fired? Who was the man? Was he alive or dead?

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At least 34 dead as winter storm brings ice, snow, extreme cold

At least 34 people have died amid a monster winter storm over the weekend that unleashed freezing temperatures and heavy snow across dozens of states, causing power outages and treacherous road conditions for emergency responders. Ice, freezing rain and snow began falling across parts of the South from Texas to Kansas beginning Friday, Jan. 23 and shifted eastward Sunday, Jan. 25, bringing a mix of wintry conditions from the Carolinas to New York.