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By Sallee Ann Harrison

January 25, 2026

By Sallee Ann Harrison

January 25, 2026

 
 

Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, European leaders learn to say “no” to U.S. President Donald Trump; a massive U.S. winter storm continues to bring cold and dangerous conditions; and the last 2 pandas in Japan are leaving for China as ties are strained.

 

But first, protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after an ICU nurse is shot and killed.

 

Plus: Get ready for the Winter Games by signing up for our free pop-up newsletter, Postcards from Milan Cortina.

 

UP FIRST

A sign for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer earlier in the day, is displayed during a vigil in Minneapolis on Saturday. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

A sign for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer earlier in the day, is displayed during a vigil in Minneapolis on Saturday. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man is shot and killed during crackdown

Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier. Read more.

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TOP STORIES

Getting to 'no': Europe's leaders find a way to speak with one voice against Trump

No more fawning praise. No more polite workarounds and old-style diplomacy. And no one is calling Donald Trump “daddy” now. European leaders who scrambled for a year to figure out how to deal with an emboldened American president in his second term edged closer to saying “no,” or something diplomatically like it, to his disregard for international law and his demands for their territory. Trump’s vow to take over Greenland and punish any country that resists, seems to have been the crucible. Read more.

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  • Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney
  • Trump stirs talk of 'new world order' as leaders signal shifting global alliances
  • How Macron's Davos sunglasses spoke to the politics of friction with Trump
  • Trump heaps praise on UK troops following furor over Afghanistan comments

Massive winter storm across the US brings frigid temperatures and widespread power outages

A massive winter storm continued Sunday morning, dumping snow, sleet and freezing rain across the South and up through New England, bringing frigid temperatures, widespread power outages and treacherous road conditions. The storm was expected to continue through Monday in a large part of the country, followed by very low temperatures, causing ice and “dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts” to linger for several days, the National Weather Service said. Read more.

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