At least 15 dead across US after winter storm brings heavy snow and ice
More than 200m people from Texas to New England under cold alerts amid travel disruption and widespread power outages
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FBI supervisor resigns after trying to investigate agent who shot Rénee Good
Tracee Mergen reportedly came under pressure from bureau to discontinue inquiry into Ice officer Jonathan Ross
Minneapolis shooting: Most Fox News reporting supports official version
Fox anchors were laser focused on promoting the Trump administration’s narrative that the slain protester, Alex Pretti, had brought the violence upon himself
Minneapolis shooting: How the Trump administration rushed to judgment
Rush to blame Pretti and exonerate immigration agents deviates from the way law enforcement investigations are normally carried out
Minneapolis: Parents of Alex Pretti say Trump officials are telling ‘sickening lies’
Obamas say ‘heartbreaking tragedy’ shows many core values of US ‘are increasingly under assault’
Rock climber Alex Honnold scales Taiwan’s tallest building without ropes
Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd in Taiwan as he reached the top of the spire of the 508m (1,667ft) tower
Watch: Video shows moments around fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
Footage appears to contradict Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’
Keith Duggan: Minneapolis shooting deepens US immigration crisis as federal accounts are challenged
Video evidence, political rhetoric and competing narratives collide after the death of Alex Pretti
Trump is an anarchic toddler, constantly causing upheaval as the un-American president
The president has pulverised our national ideals, leaving the US seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats
Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs if it makes trade deal with China
China and Canada recently reached wide-ranging agreement to lower economic barriers and rebuild ties
‘Depravity’: US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl
Homeland Security detains toddler and her father and flies them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
Lesson EU leaders took from Davos is that they need to stop appeasing Trump
Irish Government will try to follow the rugby coaches’ advice and control the controllables
Taiwan is booming, but unease is creeping in amid Beijing threats and potential Trump abandonment
Despite Taipei’s bustling bars and a buoyant economy, thoughts of invasion are never far due to relentless Chinese military pressure and ‘cognitive warfare’
Workhorse by Caroline Palmer: Nastier and more sophisticated than The Devil Wears Prada
Set in 2001 at a Manhattan magazine, the novel’s length sees plots sag, losing their deviousness and dread
More than 100 clergy arrested at anti-Ice protest in Minnesota, protesters say
Demonstration at international airport took place on day of action that saw businesses close and workers take to streets
Ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin arrested in Mexico
Ryan Wedding described as ‘largest narco-trafficker in modern times’ by FBI director
Anxiety shifts to irritation in Denmark as details of US ‘deal’ on Greenland trickle out
Copenhagen insists it will not compromise on sovereign claim on island with fresh military order issued
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators meet in Abu Dhabi for talks aimed at ending war
Kyiv facing increasing pressure from US to reach peace deal but no signs of compromise showing over Donbas territory
Trump’s Board of Peace a ‘complete oxymoron’ due to Putin presence, says Harris
Simon Harris does not see any scenario in which Ireland would join Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace
How should the EU deal with Trump? Speak softly and carry a big stick
The US is clearly a more formidable power than the UK but the EU has some serious firepower at its disposal. With a wealthy population of 450 million it is the most attractive market on the globe
How US president Donald Trump is unravelling the global economic order
The US is no longer predictable nor bound by any fundamental principles of action
The former Greco-Roman wrestler using AI to make used-car pricing transparent
George Chaumon is CEO of US giant ACV Auctions, which is changing how cars are valued
Fundraiser for five-year-old Minnesota boy taken by Ice raises more than $125,000
Statement says father and son were ‘kidnapped and transported across the country without the ability to contact their family’
Trump has pronounced last rites on US leadership of the liberal democratic order
U-turn on Greenland spared the sovereignty of the island, but there was no taking back the significance of his attack on the global economic order
Former police officer who did not confront Texas school gunman found not guilty
Defence argued Adrian Gonzales was scapegoated over 2022 Uvalde shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers
Denmark welcomes Trump’s move to drop tariff threat over Greenland
EU leaders to meet in Brussels on Thursday to plan joint response to US president’s threats to take Arctic territory
US officials sought to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban ruling, says French judge
Trump administration advisers ‘were convinced it was a political trial’ to remove far-right leader from the presidential race
Pope evaluating invitation to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace as Netanyahu agrees to join
Board, originally envisioned as small group overseeing ceasefire plan for Palestinian enclave, has grown into sprawling concept
Ukraine ‘prosperity plan’ delayed by European opposition to Trump over Greenland and Gaza
‘No signing as of now’ for $800bn deal amid deep disagreements, officials say
US vice-president JD Vance and wife Usha Vance announce they’re expecting fourth child
The Vances, who met at Yale Law School and married in 2014, have two sons and one daughter
Carney tells Davos the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland
Canadian prime minister gives damning assessment of US president’s impact on global politics at World Economic Forum
US tactics on Greenland ‘tearing apart’ existing trade deal, Minister claims
Peter Burke is at the World Economic Forum in Davos to bang the drum for investment in Ireland
The worse Trump behaves, the more room there is for optimism
Are the scales of Maga delusion finally falling from the eyes of Trump voters?
Why Donald Trump always thanks you ‘for your attention to this matter’
How a simple catchphrase sums up the US president’s theory of executive power
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