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ICE agent kills legal observer and mother of three in Minneapolis as nationwide protests escalate; House to subpoena Epstein associate Les Wexner

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ICE agent kills Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis. The Trump administration baselessly accuses the killed woman, who was acting as a legal observer, of “terrorism” and “rioting.” Venezuelan communes mobilize against the U.S. in Caracas, according to reporting from Drop Site’s Andreína Chávez live from the rally. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello estimates 100 people were killed by last week’s U.S. operation. The U.S. is working “directly in cooperation” to sell seized Venezuela oil, says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims U.S. intervention in Venezuela “isn’t going to cost us any money.” Israeli bombing in al-Tuffah kills three. Yasser Abu Shabab’s militia claims it killed two Hamas operatives in Gaza. The Palestinian town of Kafr Manda town declares a general strike. President Donald Trump suspends U.S. funding of UN entities and other international organizations. U.S. State Department halts aid to Somalia. The Transportation Department cuts California’s funding because it delayed revoking immigrants’ driver’s licenses. House votes to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein associate Les Wexner. Saudi-led coalition strikes in Yemen kill at least four people. Drone strikes continue in Sudan, with attacks reported across the country. A plot to kill Burkina Faso’s military leader, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, is thwarted. U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro speak over the phone about U.S. escalation in the region.

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Protesters gather in Minneapolis after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minnesota, United States on January 8, 2026 (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Venezuela

  • Communes rally against the U.S. in Caracas: Venezuela’s worker communes—a key part of the Chavista movement—marched through Caracas, with protestors carrying signs denouncing President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Venezuelan protestors charged U.S. leaders of kidnapping and murder, and they demanded the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. Drop Site contributor Andreína Chávez was in attendance and filed video reports from the scene:

    • “We are here to demand that the North Americans who took our president and our first lady return them,” said Orangel Vera, 18. “All the youth are backing our president. We are in the streets.” Vera is a member of the Juana de Ávila South Communal Circuit in Zulia state.

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