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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging, by Evan Gorelick

Democrats Reach Spending Deal With Trump, Seeking to Rein In ICE, by Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse

Twix Is OK but Granola Isn’t as States Deploy New Food Stamp Rules, by Julie Creswell and Linda Qiu

No More Zoom for French Officials: France to Use Local Alternative to U.S. Tech, by Ségolène Le Stradic

Genes May Control Your Longevity, However Healthily You Live, by Gina Kolata

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Plus, Amazon's big "Melania" push. 

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Democrats Demand Unmasked Agents, New Limits to Fund D.H.S., by Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson

Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown, by Carl Hulse

Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders, by Alan Feuer

Judge Orders Release of Minnesota Refugees Targeted in ICE Crackdown, by Miriam Jordan

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive Armada’ and Presses a Set of Demands, by David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager and Farnaz Fassihi

Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget to White House, by Michael Crowley

Move to Seize Ballots Thrusts F.B.I. Into Trump’s Election Conspiracy Claim, by Devlin Barrett, Richard Fausset and Nick Corasaniti

Silver Prices Are Surging Even Faster Than Gold, by Kailyn Rhone

Amazon’s Promotion of ‘Melania’ Has Critics Questioning Its Motives, by Nicole Sperling and Brooks Barnes

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Plus, the woman who helped make GPS possible.Here’s what we’re covering:

• Representative Ilhan Omar Is Attacked at Town Hall in Minneapolis, by Reis Thebault, Lauren McCarthy and Ashley Ahn
• Democrats Push to Impeach and Investigate Noem, by Michael Gold
• U.S. Population Growth Slows Sharply as Immigration Numbers Plunge, by Jeff Adelson and Sabrina Tavernise
• Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work., by Andrew Duehren
• Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 2 Million, Study Finds, by Helene Cooper
• Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, Dies at 95, by Michael S. Rosenwald

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Plus, Mamdani’s snowstorm recommendation. 

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Crackdown Chief to Leave Minneapolis as White House Distances Trump From Uproar, by Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger

Border Patrol Official Gregory Bovino Is Set to Leave Minnesota, by Hamed Aleaziz

They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway., by Miriam Jordan and Hamed Aleaziz

Israel Recovers Remains of Last Captive in Gaza, Closing a Chapter, by David M. Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner

Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety, by Cecilia Kang

After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge, by Liam Stack

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Plus, High January is the new Dry January.

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How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting, by Tyler Pager and Hamed Aleaziz

Timeline: A Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti, by Bora Erden, Devon Lum, Helmuth Rosales, Elena Shao, Haley Willis and Ashley Wu

Storm Dumps a Foot of Snow in at Least 17 U.S. States, by Andy Newman

Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science,’ by Mike McIntire

High January Is the New Dry January, by Julie Creswell

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TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga, by David McCabe and Emmett Lindner

‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE, by Pooja Salhotra and Jazmine Ulloa

3 People Arrested Over Protest of Minnesota Pastor Linked to ICE, by Jacey Fortin and Lauren McCarthy

Voters Are Split on Deportations but Disapprove of ICE, Poll Finds, by Jennifer Medina and Ruth Igielnik

More Than 160 Million People Are in the Path of the Storm Set to Sweep the U.S., by Amy Graff

What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure., by Shaila Dewan and Lazaro Gamio

Oscar Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Breaks Record With 16, by Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

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Plus, how A.I. is judging your résumé. 

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Trump Says He Has Framework for Greenland Deal as NATO Mulls Idea of U.S. Sovereignty Over Bases, by Lara Jakes, Jim Tankersley and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Would Have Global Scope but One Man in Charge, by Anton Troianovski

Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds, by Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker

Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine, by Hamed Aleaziz

House Panel Votes to Hold Clintons in Contempt in Epstein Inquiry, by Annie Karni

Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says, by Pranav Baskar

Job Applicants Sue to Open ‘Black Box’ of A.I. Hiring Decisions, by Stacy Cowley

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Plus, what’s the point of learning cursive? 

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Trump Heads to Davos Amid Deep Worries About U.S.-European Alliance, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Canada’s Prime Minister Says There Has Been a ‘Rupture’ in the World Order, by Ian Austen

Minnesota Police Leaders Criticize Federal Tactics in ICE Surge, by Mitch Smith and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry, by Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett

Cuban Immigrant Was Killed in ICE Custody, Family Says in Legal Filing, by Pooja Salhotra

Australia Passes Tighter Gun Control Laws, Weeks After Bondi Massacre, by Laura Chung

Cursive Makes a Comeback in New Jersey Schools, by Sarah Maslin Nir

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Plus, the struggle to finish a major Olympic arena.

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How Trump Is Remaking America, State by State, by The New York Times

Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize, by Jeffrey Gettleman and Henrik Pryser Libell

Powell Will Attend Supreme Court Arguments on Trump’s Effort to Fire Fed Official, by Colby Smith

‘Like an Earthquake’: How 40 People Died in a Spanish Train Crash, by Jason Horowitz, José Bautista and Samuel Granados

Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore., by John Branch

How Italy Is Racing to Finish an Ice Rink Before the Olympics, by Motoko Rich and Josephine de La Bruyère

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Plus, chimney sweeps are making a comeback. 

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European Union Officials Lean Toward Negotiating, Not Retaliating, Over Trump Tariff Threat, by Jeanna Smialek and Anushka Patil

In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters, by Stephanie Saul

$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, by Isabel Kershner

China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949, by Alexandra Stevenson

Why London’s Chimney Sweeps Are Enjoying a Resurgence, by Stephen Castle

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Trump Threatens to Invoke the Insurrection Act and Send Troops to Minnesota, by Shawn McCreesh

Calling Trump ‘Authoritarian,’ Judge Seeks to Restrict Student Deportations, by Zach Montague

U.S. Says It Erred in Deporting Student Traveling for Thanksgiving, by Adam Sella

Machado Presents Trump With Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal, by Max Bearak and Henrik Pryser Libell

Despite Trump’s Claims, Grocery Prices Are Rising, by Kevin Draper and Julie Creswell

A.I. Has Arrived in Gmail. Here’s What to Know., by Brian X. Chen

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