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Chronological file / page 11
A sprawling winter storm continued to snarl daily life across the United States, driving widespread school closures, major flight cancellations, and ongoing power outages while dangerous cold and ice lingered over large parts of the country.
↗The Trump administration is backing USA Rare Earth with a funding package and an equity stake, aiming to expand domestic mining and magnet production and reduce reliance on China for critical materials.
↗The Super Bowl matchup is locked in for February 8, 2026, with the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks advancing to a championship rematch that recalls their dramatic 2015 meeting.
↗SpaceX prepared for a late-night Falcon 9 mission carrying a GPS satellite, a flight that follows a launch-provider switch from ULA’s Vulcan rocket and highlights ongoing reshuffling in U.S. national-security and civil space logistics.
↗Venezuela freed dozens of political prisoners as international attention remained focused on human-rights conditions and the country’s governance crisis, according to reporting carried in international news briefs.
↗Shares of Booz Allen jumped after a quarterly earnings beat, while other firms moved sharply in premarket-style reactions to results that either exceeded or missed forecasts.
↗Demonstrations in Minneapolis grew after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti during an immigration protest, with pressure building on federal authorities to change tactics and review operations.
↗CDC announced a revised framework for the childhood immunization schedule, organizing recommendations into three categories while stating that vaccines currently recommended by CDC remain covered by insurance without cost sharing.
↗First Nations communities and allies planned ceremonies, festivals and protest marches across Australia for January 26, while Sydney adjusted restrictions to allow a major demonstration to proceed.
↗The week’s televised sports slate includes NBA games, major college basketball matchups, NHL action, golf, and late-night tennis as the Australian Open heads deeper into the tournament.
↗Markets finished Friday with the Dow lower and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slightly higher, while all three major indexes logged weekly declines amid a steady stream of fourth-quarter results.
↗After the Minneapolis ICE killing, the attorney general demanded access to Minnesota voter rolls and welfare records, while congressional Democrats threatened funding blocks and floated impeachment pressure on DHS leadership.
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