Minnesota sues ICE; Supreme Court hears trans athletes case; decluttering tips; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
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Tuesday, January 13. The seven stories you need to know today.
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| 0:00.0 | New questions are being asked about a U.S. strike in the Caribbean. |
| 0:07.1 | Minnesota is pushing back against immigration authorities. |
| 0:11.4 | And I'll share some tips from pros about how to declutter your life. |
| 0:16.7 | That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 from the Washington Post. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm Hannah Jewell. |
| 0:22.0 | It's Tuesday, January 13th. |
| 0:24.6 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:30.5 | Number one. |
| 0:32.4 | The U.S. used a secretive military aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in a September |
| 0:39.1 | boat strike. Officials confirmed this new detail to the post yesterday. It concerns the Trump |
| 0:46.4 | administration's first deadly strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean. 11 people |
| 0:53.5 | were killed in that attack, including two who survived the initial attack, |
| 0:58.2 | but died in a controversial follow-on strike. |
| 1:02.1 | The use of the plane has added to questions about the legality of that attack. |
| 1:08.0 | According to legal experts, feigning civilian status and then carrying out an offensive |
| 1:13.2 | attack with explicit intent to kill or wound the target is a war crime. The Trump administration |
| 1:19.9 | has claimed that its lethal strikes on alleged drugboats in the waters around Latin America |
| 1:25.4 | are lawful because President Donald Trump has determined |
| 1:28.9 | the U.S. is in an armed conflict with drug cartels. That contention is widely disputed by legal experts. |
| 1:42.6 | The Trump administration's investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sparked backlash. |
| 1:50.2 | That's number two. |
| 1:52.2 | The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell. |
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