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Another Federal Agent Shooting, West Wing Remodel? & Golden Globes - Friday, January 9, 2026

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Friday, January 9, 2026!

We'll tell you about another shooting involving federal immigration officers—this time in Portland, Oregon—and how both incidents this week have sparked protests nationwide.

Also, what to know about escalating protests in Iran and the release of political prisoners in Venezuela.

Plus, it's not just the East Wing—it looks like the West Wing of the White House could get renovations too, where a winter storm is bringing snow, and what to watch for at the Golden Globes this weekend.

Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes! 

 

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0:00.0

Today is Friday, January 9th. We'll tell you about another shooting involving federal immigration

0:04.8

officers, this time in Portland, Oregon, and how both incidents this week have sparked protests

0:09.6

nationwide. Also, what to know about escalating protests in Iran and the release of political prisoners

0:14.9

in Venezuela. Plus, it's not just the east wing, looks like the west wing of the White House

0:19.8

could get a remodel, too,

0:21.4

where a winter storm is ringing snow and what to watch for at the Golden Globes this weekend.

0:26.6

Those stories and even more news to know coming up.

0:30.5

Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes.

0:34.9

I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this.

0:41.0

Protests erupted all around the U.S. a day after an American citizen was shot and killed by an

0:45.7

ICE agent. So far, those demonstrations have mostly been peaceful, but tense. People have been

0:50.8

rallying in every corner of the country, from New York City to Los Angeles, to Seattle, to Washington, D.C., to Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, and beyond.

0:58.9

And even more protests are being planned all over the U.S. this weekend. Of course, some of the most heated protests have been in Minnesota, where Renee Good was shot by an ice agent.

1:08.2

Last night in Minneapolis, hundreds of people marched in freezing rain

1:11.2

demanding federal immigration agents leave their city. But at this point, the opposite is happening.

1:16.5

The New York Times reports the federal government decided after the shooting to send more than

1:20.3

100 Border Patrol agents to Minnesota, and that's on top of the more than 2,000 ICE officers

1:25.4

who are already there. Remember, federal officials have said

1:28.3

Renee Good tried to use her car to run over law enforcement officers, and that's why an ICE agent

1:33.1

opened fire. State and local elected officials say, that's not true, that the ICE officer

1:38.2

fired recklessly into the car of someone who was just trying to drive away. Now the shooting

1:43.0

is under investigation.

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