News And Current Events

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-ice-legislatures-democrats-trump-9984b67b048c4c8610ab03f16d209c0e

Federal authorities say a group of people carried out an ambush attack on law enforcement at an immigration detention facility in North Texas. Over the weekend a police officer was shot in the neck outside the prairieland detention center in Alvarado.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-ice-detention-center-attack-alvarado

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-crackdown-minnesota-renee-good-337c778dc7667e765697ea2173220fe1

https://apnews.com/article/ice-protests-shootings-minneapolis-portland-3f9db36657dda5bfebf9c240b6011ee5

https://apnews.com/article/college-student-thanksgiving-deportation-government-apology-1ebeee3f3ddc4cf04448d31bcd71b09b

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-protests-trump-01-14-26

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/politics/trump-venezuela-war-powers-senate

https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-khamenei-trial-execution-trump-6004d94d5a1685b7b9096ea7a04dac6f

(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll027.xml

Age UK has urged older people not to cut back on heating this winter, warning that cold homes can pose a serious risk to health.

The charity says heating is often the single biggest annual bill for pensioners, leaving many tempted to turn it down or switch it off altogether despite freezing conditions in recent weeks.

Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, warned that millions of older people are already living in poverty, with 1.9 million affected and numbers expected to rise further.

Speaking to GB News, Ms Abrahams said: "Of course, in winter you have to run your heating and that’s an enormous cost. It’s probably the biggest bill most older people face each year.

Britain is withdrawing some personnel from an airbase in Qatar, following the lead from the US.

Military personnel are being withdrawn from the al-Udeid airbase, where the RAF is stationed alongside American forces, reports The i.

According to reports, an RAF tanker departed the Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus headed to al-Udeid airbase, although flight data appeared to show it then headed back toward Europe.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman told GB News: "We do not comment on details of basing and deployments due to operational security.

"The UK always puts precautionary measures in place to ensure the security and safety of our personnel, including where necessary withdrawing personnel."

Al Udeid is the Middle East's largest US base, housing around 10,000 troops.

One diplomat told reporters: "It's a posture change and not an ordered evacuation", adding he was not aware that a specific reason had been given for the posture change.

Another diplomat added: "All the signals are that a US attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes. Unpredictability is part of the strategy.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/us-tanker-tracker-military-fuel-jets-heading-to-iran-from-pearl-harbor-base-what-we-know-101768429529843.html

Somalia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Thailand among nations affected by indefinite pause starting Jan. 21

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-freezes-all-visa-processing-75-countries-including-somalia-russia-iran

https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/trump-insists-us-needs-greenland-and-anything-less-is-unacceptable-ahead-of-high-stakes-talks/

A mass funeral organized by the Iranian government was held for some 100 people on Wednesday, including security force members killed in during demonstrations.

https://apnews.com/live/iran-protests-updates-1-14-2026

https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/trump-admin-reveals-that-multiple-americans-detained-in-venezuela-have-been-released/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/14/greenland-venezuela-iran-us-china-power-struggle-rare-earths-critical-minerals-energy.html

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-renee-good-suffered-internal-bleeding-after-encounter-officials-claim/

https://apnews.com/article/ice-minneapolis-tribal-citizens-immigration-detention-29ac43de85569b80bd64875388097ab6

https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/secret-service-agent-assigned-to-vice-president-jd-vance-placed-on-leave-after-alleged-security-leak/

It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of classified disclosures, for federal agents to search a reporter’s home.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/fbi-washington-post-journalist.html