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Speed Read

Monday, January 12

🚨NATION

  • Around 1,000 more immigration officers headed to Minneapolis, sources say, as tensions flare after fatal ICE shooting (CNN)

  • Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals (NBC)

  • Donald Trump threatens to veto Obamacare subsidies bill (NEWSWEEK)

  • 3 inmates dead, 12 hurt after “major fights” at Georgia prison, authorities say (CBS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Trump’s move to pull U.S. from key UN climate treaty may be illegal, experts say (GUARDIAN)

  • China says US shouldn’t use other countries as ‘pretext’ to pursue its interests (ABC)

  • Five severed heads found hanging on Ecuador beach amid escalating gang clashes (FOX)

  • Hong Kong court hears arguments on sentencing of former publisher Jimmy Lai; no decision yet (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images (AP)

  • Credit card stocks sink after Trump proposes interest rate cap (AXIOS)

  • Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as president and vice chairman (CBS)

  • Apple teams up with Google Gemini for AI-powered Siri (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • 49ers down defending champion Eagles in NFC wild-card game (ESPN)

  • Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion (AP)

  • Box office: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ continues winning streak with $21M (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

  • US bobsled driver Kris Horn survives scary ride in World Cup race as teammates fail to get into sled (USA TODAY)


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