Friday, January 23rd
⏳ THE SPEED READ
🚨NATION
Winter storm live updates: More than half of the U.S. braces for hazardous ice, heavy snow and brutal cold (NBC)
House Dems help GOP pass bills to fund ICE, avert shutdown (AXIOS)
Mass anti-immigration enforcement protests planned in Minnesota (THE HILL)
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty of circulating $10K bounty on life of top Border Patrol leader (FOX)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
Death toll in Iranian protests crackdown tops 5,000, activists say (NBC) as Trump warns U.S. ‘armada’ heading to Iran (MO NEWS)
Canada’s PM Mark Carney fires back at Trump after Davos speech (AP)
France seizes suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker (BBC)
UN expert urges world to reject Myanmar ‘sham’ election (AFP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
TikTok distances from U.S. entity, distances itself from China (MO NEWS)
Airlines cancel hundreds of flights as massive winter storm sweeps across U.S. (CNBC)
U.S. measles cases surpass 400 with infections in 14 states: CDC (ABC)
New research says more planets are deemed hospitable for aliens than originally thought (INDEPENDENT)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FCC targets TV talk shows amid Trump’s battles with Kimmel, others (USA TODAY)
Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cocaine kingpin in custody (GUARDIAN)
Stars and the public say a final goodbye to fashion icon Valentino at a Rome funeral (AP)
Director James Cameron leaves America and moves to New Zealand (VARIETY)