CNN

SpaceX counters Russia’s ‘unauthorized’ use of Starlink to guide drones in Ukraine

Efforts to halt Russia’s use of the Starlink internet system to guide its drones for attacks on Ukraine have produced “real results,” Ukraine’s defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Sunday.
CNN

Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks

These recent WhatsApp messages of a Venezuelan family – who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals – underscore the caution civilians are taking in their daily conversations, on social media ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
CNN

Trump is using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open. It could increase your bill

A Michigan power plant that has consumed coal in a roaring furnace to generate electricity since the early 1960s was supposed to retire last year. Instead, it’s been kept running for months, on the ...
CNN

Federal agents must limit tear gas for now at protests outside ICE building in Portland, Oregon, judge says

A federal judge in Oregon on Tuesday temporarily restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, just days after agents ...
CNN

Calls for accountability over feds’ deadly use of force in Minneapolis have not relented. Here’s why that’s complicated

The killings of anti-ICE protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti prompted outrage in Minneapolis, both for their deaths and the immediate response of federal officials to call both terrorists. The ...
CNN

Here’s how brands leverage your motivation to market their products around the new year

New Year’s resolutions rarely last. Various stats — fewer than 10% of resolutions stick long term, and 80% don’t even last a month — float around the internet. The second Friday in January, ...
CNN

Another Minnesota shooting turns immigration crackdown into a national reckoning

Another fatal shooting in Minnesota by federal agents shows President Donald Trump’s crackdown has gone far beyond undocumented immigrants. The surge of federal force to Minneapolis is testing ...
The New York Times

Minnesota Updates: Thousands Protest in Minneapolis and Across the Nation

The demonstrations, expected to continue through the weekend, came as the Justice Department said it would conduct a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti. Elizabeth Williamson ...
CNN

Tracking the impact of Trump’s tariff policy

President Donald Trump has raised tariffs to the highest level in nearly a century. They have brought in record amounts of revenue for the government. But they’ve come at a cost: Consumers are paying ...