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Police arrest protesters at airport as Minnesota gears up for anti-immigration enforcement protest

“Roughly 100 clergy” were arrested, according to Trevor Cochlin of Faith in Minnesota, one of the groups organizing the protest at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

By The Associated Press●

House approves final spending bills as Democrats denounce ICE funding

Republicans were able to overcome the Democratic objections and muscle the Homeland Security bill to passage in a 220-207 vote

By The Associated Press●

Trump administration tells agencies to compile data on money sent to Democratic states

The order comes a week after Trump said he intended to cut off federal funding that goes to states that are home to “sanctuary cities” that resist his immigration policies. He said that would start Feb. 1, but hasn’t unveiled further details

By The Associated Press●

Smith defends his Trump investigations at a public hearing, saying, ‘No one should be above the law’

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a congressional hearing in which he insisted that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought

By The Associated Press●

Prices ticked up in November as Americans keep spending, a key inflation measure shows

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated, while consumers spent at a healthy pace

By The Associated Press●