YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Jane Onyanga-Omara
Audience Editor
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Morning! Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here's what's breaking this morning: |
Jane Onyanga-Omara here, bringing you the news to know on Friday, from a monster winter storm to ICE's latest operation in Maine and what to know ahead of the NFL Playoffs. |
When will the huge winter storm hit? |
More than 130 million people were under weather alerts for snow, sleet and freezing rain Thursday, while 106 million are under alerts for cold temperatures. |
"This will be a large and potentially historic storm, with major impacts over a very large area (more than 2 dozen states)," AccuWeather meteorologist Bob Larson said in an email to USA TODAY. |
| • | ICE launches in Maine. The Department of Homeland Security did not say how many immigration enforcement agents were sent to Maine, where the operations would be focused or how long the mission would last. | | • | What is the "Board of Peace"? Trump says his new initiative has the potential to be "one of the most consequential bodies," though it wasn't clear what specific function the board will have or under whose authority it might act. | | • | Her kids and her parents were an ocean apart. Tej Pillai, 55, is among immigrant sandwich generation caregivers tending to both parents and kids at once — from two different countries. They say it can feel physically impossible. | |
Vance defends ICE detainment of 5-year-old in Minnesota |
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended the detainment of a 5-year-old boy by federal agents and said the Trump administration does not believe the Insurrection Act is needed amid unrest over immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Vance's comments come as outrage swelled over ICE agents taking into custody four students under the age of 18 in Minneapolis. School officials said Liam Conejo Ramos, a preschooler, and his father were detained in their driveway after school Tuesday. | A photo showing 5-year-old Liam Ramos being detained by a federal immigration agent in Minnesota. Columbia Heights Public School District |
The NFL playoff bracket thins |
Four teams and only three games remain in the 2025 NFL season. On Sunday, the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots will get the conference championship weekend started with an AFC title game clash to begin the day. Later that evening, the Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams to determine the NFC's representative for the Super Bowl. Here's what to know about all that has transpired in this year's playoffs. |
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