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By Amy Langfield

January 08, 2026

By Amy Langfield

January 08, 2026

 
 

Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, Minnesota investigators say they can’t access ICE shooting evidence after the FBI takes the case; the Senate rejects Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with its war powers vote; and China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again.

 

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A makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents is taped to a post near the site of the previous day's shooting, Thursday, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Live updates: State investigators say they can’t access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case

Minnesota’s investigations agency said Thursday that the U.S. attorney’s office has prevented it from taking part in the investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three. Asked about the development, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that Minnesota authorities “don’t have any jurisdiction in this investigation.” Read more.

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Senate rejects Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote. It has virtually no chance of becoming law because Trump would have to sign. Still, it was a significant gesture that showed unease among some Republicans. Read more.

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China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again

China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they still struggle to navigate — are freshly at each other’s rhetorical throats as 2026 begins. And it’s over the same sticking points that have kept them resentful and suspicious for many decades: Japan’s occupation of parts of China in the 20th century, the use of military power in East Asia, economics and politics — and, of course, pride. Read more.

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