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Recognizing the physical and psychological tells is half the battle, says author Emma Gannon
Feel your feelings and reconnect with past passions: how to recover from burnout
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January 23, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Blueprint presented by Jared Kushner shows unified Gaza run by Palestinians, with Rafah crossing to open next week
Trump’s Gaza plan is a rebuff to Israeli extremists, but will soon be put to test
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January 23, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The US president unveiled the board with a gold logo whose resemblance to the UN emblem sparked European criticism
Davos onlookers notice Trump’s ‘board of peace’ logo resembles UN emblem
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January 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment
‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum
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January 22, 2026 at 11:31 PM
President again disparages allies and tells Fox News he is ‘not sure’ Nato would come to US’s defence
Trump claims Nato troops ‘stayed a little off the frontlines’ in Afghanistan
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January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Vice-president urged protesters to take grievances to ballot box instead of hindering immigration enforcement efforts
JD Vance blames local officials ‘not cooperating’ with ICE for Minneapolis violence
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January 22, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Minnesota residents share the fundamental ways their lives have changed since federal troops arrived in their state
Terror, tension and unity in Minnesota amid Trump’s ICE surge: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’
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January 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
One of the largest labor unions in the US is pushing to expand Friday’s economic blackout over the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota.
‘We have to stand together’: Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide
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January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Marineland seeks approval to sell belugas to the United States after its China export proposal was rejected
Canada aquarium that threatened to kill its whales wants to sell them to US
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January 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM
While Donald Trump has dropped his threats to annex Greenland, for now, emergency EU meeting will go ahead to discuss volatile situation
EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss ‘new reality’ of relations with US
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January 22, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by attorney general Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found.
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
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January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Sheldon Whitehouse adds auto giant to investigation after US president claimed CEO requests changes to regulations
Senators urge Ford to disclose suspected lobbying over Trump’s climate rollbacks
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January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The first Sundance without founder Robert Redford and the last to take place in Park City, Utah, will see new films starring Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke and Courtney Love
Sundance 2026: the 10 films not to miss at this year’s festival
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January 22, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Liam Ramos, a preschooler, is just one of a number of kids caught up in dystopian ICE surges in Minnesota and beyond
What images of a detained five-year-old boy reveal about Trump’s draconian ICE crackdown
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January 22, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
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January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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“We’re just encouraging everybody in Minnesota, and I understand now it’s gotten national and international traction, to stand in solidarity on the 23rd that what is happening here is unconstitutional and is dangerous.”

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‘We have to stand together’: Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide
Minnesotans urged not to work, shop or go to school as part of protests against ICE and the death of Renee Nicole Good
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January 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Audrey Denney is trying to win a House seat twice – first in a special election, and then again after the district is redrawn
Rural California is seeing it’s craziest election in years. Can a progressive win it?
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January 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
From food stalls to revitalised downtowns, Venezuelans have shaped midwestern towns, but new US policy threatens their future
Venezuelan immigrants enliven midwest food and culture – now DHS wants to send them home
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January 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Federal immigration authorities allowed a suspect in a $100m jewelry heist believed to be the largest in US history to deport himself to South America in December, a move that stunned and upset prosecutors who were planning to try the case and send him to prison.
Prosecutors stunned as ICE lets suspect in $100m jewelry heist leave US
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January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
US president says his qualms over the opinion poll would be added to existing defamation lawsuit against the paper
Trump says he’s expanding defamation suit against the New York Times after unfavorable poll
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January 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Refusal to approve charges against Lemon in connection with Minnesota protest reportedly ‘enraged’ Pam Bondi
Judge declines to sign off on charges against former CNN anchor Don Lemon
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January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Storm expected to hit from south Rockies and plains into mid-south on Friday before spreading east
Powerful winter storm to bring heavy snow across much of US this weekend
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January 22, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Former special counsel defends indictments in first public testimony, saying evidence met criminal standard
Jack Smith testifies evidence showed Trump crimes in 2020 election effort
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January 22, 2026 at 6:12 PM
US president alleges JPMorgan stopped offering him banking services in wake of January 6 Capitol riot
Trump reportedly sues JPMorgan Chase and Jamie Dimon for at least $5bn
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January 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has led some people to take drastic measures to ensure their safety
‘It’s like they’re hunting’: US citizens and legal residents report increase in racial profiling by ICE
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January 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM