
Confidence is growing for more significant snowfall and another ice event
CNN
An even more significant winter storm could hit the same area just glazed over with ice, which led to power outages, deadly car crashes, and record snowfall.
"The expansive dome of sub-freezing temperatures across the northern tier of the country has laid the foundation for winter storms to wreak havoc from coast-to-coast not only going into this weekend, but also into next week," the Weather Prediction Center warns. Many southern states will have to brace for crippling ice and snow this weekend.
The Supreme Court on Thursday seemed open to lifting a series of nationwide orders blocking President Donald Trump from enforcing his birthright citizenship policy even as several of the justices wrestled with the practical implications of allowing the government to deny citizenship to people born in the US.

Around 100 protesters gathered in front of the US federal building and court in downtown Milwaukee on Thursday morning, ahead of an arraignment hearing for a Wisconsin circuit judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegally evade immigration agents as they tried to detain him at her courthouse.

From free planes to crypto meme coins, Democrats seize on Trump’s deals to raise corruption concerns
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Beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was shot dead during a TikTok livestream from her salon in Zapopan, Mexico. The case is being investigated as a suspected femicide, according to local authorities. Just days earlier, another woman – a mayoral candidate in the state of Veracruz – was also shot dead during a livestream, alongside three other people.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday about President Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship and significantly limit the power of federal courts to slow his agenda – a case that has been rushed onto the high court’s docket less than four months after he returned to the White House.