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Trump administration social posts amid Minnesota immigration tensions seen as appealing to far right 01/17/2026 12:39pm • As its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis intensifies, the Trump administration is leaning into messaging that borrows from phrases, images and music about national identity that have become popular among right-wing groups. On Jan. 9, two days after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design 01/17/2026 12:05pm • Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a ���racetrack��� akin to the city's famous Motor Speedway a few miles west. Originally two-way thoroughfares, Michigan and New York streets switc NFL will honor Martin Luther King Jr. with 'Choose Love' stenciled in end zone 01/17/2026 10:49am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying ���Choose Love��� in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend. ���Choose Love��� and ���It Takes All of Us��� will appear on opposite end zones at the Super Bowl next mont Sports on TV for Sunday, Jan. 18 01/17/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Jan. 18 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) Noon BTN ��� Penn St. at Maryland ESPNU ��� FAU at Temple 2 p.m. ESPNU ��� Wichita St. at South Florida 5 p.m. ESPN2 ��� North Texas at Tulane 6 p.m. ESPNU ��� UTSA at Memphis 6:30 p.m. ESPN Out-of-state speed camera violators might have to pay up under new bill being considered by Md. 01/17/2026 09:22am • Maryland lawmakers will consider new reciprocity agreements with other states around speed camera violations. Right now, out-of-state drivers might get tickets for speed cameras around the state of Maryland, but it���s often hard to get them to pay up. In fact, hundreds of thousands of people tic Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOP 01/17/2026 09:12am • RIPTON, Vermont (AP) ��� At a time when the Trump administration rolled back numerous environmental regulations while global temperatures and U.S. carbon pollution spiked, longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in something that didn't seem that strong on a recent single-digit-temperatur 'We kicked out the throne, now we are kicking out the turban': DC holds vigil for Iranian protesters 01/17/2026 08:50am • Lafayette Square was packed late Friday afternoon with Iranian Americans�� honoring the more than 3,000 demonstrators killed in the wake of Iran���s crackdown on political protests. People carried flags, pictures of protesters who were killed and signs with messages, all while chanting politi How abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidies 01/17/2026 08:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� There is broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year. But long-standing disagreements over abortion coverage are threatening to block any compromise and leave millions of Americans with high Here's where Trump's most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term 01/17/2026 08:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� From toppling Venezuela's leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and t Djokovic's new approach heading into the Australian Open: '24 is not a bad number' 01/17/2026 07:16am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Novak Djokovic can still crack a joke when discussing the Carlos Alcaraz-Jannik Sinner rivalry that for two years has prevented him from becoming the most decorated tennis player ever. "I lost three out of four Slams against either Sinner or Alcaraz,��� in 2025, he said 'The world will have a look': Rollout of NASA's Artemis II stack gets underway 01/17/2026 06:21am • Saturday marks a big day at the Kennedy Space Center as the Artemis II stack is scheduled to rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida. WTOP has a livestream below. Pivotal to NASA's rollout is its crawler-transporter, which will ensure that the stack remains leveled as it make Trump's protectionist trade policies allow China to swoop in 01/17/2026 06:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� America���s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump���s belligerent and unpredictable trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere. Canada broke with the United States Friday, slashing its 100% import tax on Chinese electric vehicles in return f What���s open, what���s closed: Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2026 01/17/2026 05:11am • The nation will honor a pivotal leader in the Civil Rights movement on Monday. Along with celebrations, Martin Luther King Jr. Day brings some closings and service disruptions to the D.C. region. Stores and business All post offices will be closed. The U.S. Postal Service is not delivering mail Fun-loving Kiwi Campbell Wright gives the US hope for its first biathlon Olympic medal 01/17/2026 05:10am • The U.S. has never won an Olympic medal in biathlon, the only winter sport where that's the case. The drought could come to an end next month at the Winter Olympics. The team brought on Campbell Wright, a rising star and dual citizen from New Zealand who combined fast skiing and precision shooting Analysis: Canada's leader leaves China pronouncing success, but Trump lurks in the background 01/17/2026 04:34am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Canadian leader Mark Carney met China's Xi Jinping this week. The two statesmen talked. Fractured relationships began to heal. And a third man, though he wasn't in the room, nevertheless made his presence clearly known: Donald Trump. The American president ��� his policies, his appr