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On Monday, January 26, 2026, 22 Democratic Arizona state representatives spoke for nearly an hour on the House floor to condemn ICE violence following the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday and Renee Good earlier in January, while Republican lawmakers walked out during their speeches.

Venezuelan ex-political prisoner Víctor Borjas, a Popular Will party member detained since January 9, 2025, surprised his two daughters on Sunday by wearing a teddy bear costume after his release from Tocorón prison, where he was held alongside 863 other political prisoners as of end-2025, with 266 confirmed releases following Jorge Rodríguez's January 8, 2026 announcement.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's daughter Hope Walz criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday, labeling the agency as a 'horrible Gestapo' that 'cannot be funded' following the shooting death of Alex Pretti, 37, by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis during a targeted operation against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault.

On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates, a 37-year-old mother from Clear Lake City, Texas, waited for her NASA engineer husband Rusty to leave for work before methodically drowning all five of her children - Noah (7), John (5), Paul (3), Luke (2), and Mary (6 months) - in the bathtub, believing she was saving them from eternal damnation.

A woman named Amy hired a plasterer through recommendations to re-plaster her kitchen, but after three days and only completing half the work, he abandoned the job and sent explicit text messages propositioning her for sexual favors in exchange for finishing the work, which she shared on the Girlsmouth Facebook group.

Chinese spies targeted mobile phones of close aides to former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak between 2021 and 2024 in an ongoing operation codenamed 'Salt Typhoon', potentially compromising senior government officials' private communications.

Pakistani national Sheraz Malik, 28, was convicted of two counts of rape by a Birmingham Crown Court jury on Monday after attacking an 18-year-old girl in Sutton-in-Ashfield park, with Judge Nirmal Shant imposing a reporting restriction to hide his asylum seeker status until after the trial.

Organized criminal gangs are making up to £100,000 per week through illegal waste dumping operations in Worcestershire, with John Bruce, a previously convicted bankrupt, running multiple sites including Stone Arrow Farm where police recently found £60,000 in cash during raids that seized £97,000 total.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon's use of an intellectual disability slur in a social media post about knitting reflects a nationwide resurgence of the term, with usage on X increasing 2,000% since 2020 and spiking over 200% after President Donald Trump used it to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Beijing this week to thaw UK-China relations despite security concerns including past incidents where Theresa May's team was advised to dress under bed covers to avoid hidden cameras, and faces domestic political risks while being away from Westminster during a leadership challenge.

Colin Howell's children Lauren, Daniel, and Jon spent 18 years believing their mother Lesley Howell died in a suicide pact in May 1991 before discovering in 2008 that their father and his lover Hazel Stewart had murdered her and police officer Trevor Buchanan in Castlerock, County Londonderry.

Suella Braverman defected to Reform UK on Monday with an attack on the Tories after the Conservative Party retracted a statement claiming they 'did all we could to look after Suella's mental health' following backlash from mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness.

Holiday photos of notorious East End gangster brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray from summer 1965 at the Essex holiday park, along with Reggie's prison watercolor paintings, Bible, DVD copy of 'The Krays' film, and prison release applications, are being sold at auction by Henry Aldridge & Son of Devizes, Wiltshire on Saturday for hundreds of pounds.

More than 50 Labour MPs signed a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer protesting his decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26, 2024, with one MP calling for Starmer to 'consider his position' and Nigel Farage saying Reform UK's chances have 'improved massively' as a result.

The Gorton and Denton by-election on February 26, 2026, becomes a three-way marginal between Reform UK, Greens, and Labour after Andy Burnham was blocked from standing, with Reform unveiling a candidate today amid rumors Zia Yusuf may stand and Nigel Farage claiming his candidate has a 'serious shout'.

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, pledged on January 26, 2026 to protect Special Forces troops facing investigations over actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, offering pardons for soldiers prosecuted under 'dubious codes' and accusing Keir Starmer's government of pursuing an agenda against the SAS.

A 2018 Second Amendment post by slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has gone viral again following the deadly Minneapolis shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, drawing sharp reactions online and among critics of the MAGA movement.

The United States plans to 'imminently' remove Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera's Georgian captain Avtandil Kalandadze and first officer from UK waters near Moray Firth after seizing the vessel on January 7, 2024, for alleged sanctions violations involving Venezuela, Russia, and Iran oil shipments.

The U.S. government faces a partial shutdown starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday over a $1.2 trillion spending package as Democrats demand removal of DHS funding after the Saturday killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota, while Republicans led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune want to pass the six-bill package unchanged.

NYU law professor Ryan Goodman and Just Security senior fellow Tom Joscelyn argue in a Monday article that the Trump administration's labeling of slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti as a 'domestic terrorist' by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Customs and Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino is part of a larger scheme outlined in National Security Presidential Memorandum NSPM-7 to weaponize federal powers against political opponents.