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The month's top story

Inside Trump’s Deportation Machine

A man inside Iran spoke with CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio after weeks of trying to get through the government's internet blackout. He described surviving a protest crackdown in which he believes more than a thousand people were killed.

CBS · 5 sources

Also covering this FOXTed Cruz urges US to arm Iranian protesters as militias threaten ‘total war’ against Amer… WSJOpinion | Trump Let Down the Iranian Protesters NYTTrump Says Iran Is Stopping Its Killings of Protesters as U.S. Moves Troops
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What dominated January

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    ICE Agents Bring Military-Grade Weapons to Minnesota Doorsteps

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Immigration arrests and tense confrontations in Minneapolis, in photos

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    Opinion | Notable & Quotable: Fire

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 206 stories

  1. Opinion | Mr. Trump, Thank Mitch McConnell

    ABC · 5 outlets

    The United States will allow Venezuela to sell oil that's currently under American sanctions and use the proceeds to pay for basic government services

  2. House Rejects Measure to Bar Military Force in Venezuela

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. Opinion | A Big Social-Media Shakedown

    FOX · 5 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. Opinion | Sanctuary Cities Can Be Deadly

    ABC · 5 outlets

  2. Olympic champion Jim Hartung dead at 65

    ABC · 5 outlets

  3. Opinion | Mr. Trump and the Davos Divide

    NYT · 5 outlets

  4. 1/28: The Takeout with Major Garrett

    CBS · 3 outlets

  5. Operation Metro Surge: What We Know About the Minnesota Immigration Action

    WSJ · 5 outlets

  6. Trump Returns to a Familiar Role: Sowing Trade Chaos

    CBS · 3 outlets

  7. ‘Dolly Plowton’ Debuts in Snowy Nashville

    WSJ · 4 outlets

  8. ICE Agents Bring Military-Grade Weapons to Minnesota Doorsteps

    NYT · 5 outlets

Business 408 stories

  1. How to buy gold from Costco

    WSJ · 4 outlets

    Gold prices swing, hitting new highs before tumbling

  2. Oil Rises Amid Iran Tensions

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  3. What Trump Was Really Like at Davos

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. How Banks Can Appease Trump on Credit-Card Rates

    WSJ · 3 outlets

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  1. Are Megabanks Next in Trump’s Crackdown on Stock Buybacks?

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  3. Consumers Love Cheap Gas, but the Oil Patch Will Pay the Price

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Settle Mixed

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  5. Singapore Dollar Consolidates as Traders Assess U.S. CPI Data

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  6. Gold Climbs to Fresh High Amid Negative Sentiment Toward USD

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  7. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Abel’s Salary Set at $25 Million, Topping Buffett

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  8. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Snap Losing Streak

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  9. Former Neiman Marcus Chief Is Picked to Lead Saks Through Bankruptcy

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  10. What the Big Oil executives told Trump about investing in Venezuela

    MKTW · 3 outlets

Sports 173 stories

  1. Welsh, longtime SUNY Potsdam coach, dies at 89

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Sources: Giants hire Wilson as Harbaugh's DC

    PFT · 4 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. NFL Playoffs QB Rankings: Who Do You Trust Most?

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. Packers release Trevon Diggs

    PFT · 4 outlets

  3. Indiana's CFP National Championship: A Historic Run By the Numbers

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  4. 🏈 Connelly's top 100 games of 2025 CFB season

    ESPN · 4 outlets

  5. UFC 324 grades: First fight card of the year sets a high bar

    CBS · 2 outlets

  6. AP Top 25 poll reaction: South Carolina slips

    CBS · 3 outlets

Technology 299 stories

  1. Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, January 24 (game #1461)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

    Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

  2. Apple releases iPadOS 26.3 beta 2 for iPad

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  3. iOS 26 added four new features I’ve been using almost every day

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. 9to5Mac Daily: January 26, 2026 – John Ternus expands his role, more

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  2. INC ransomware opsec fail allowed data recovery for 12 US orgs

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  3. There's a sneaky way to watch UFC 324 for FREE

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  4. CES 2026 robots were wild, silly, and sometimes disappointing but there was one that restored my faith in robotics

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  5. Intel in 2025: Year in review

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  6. Have your say: are you hyped for the Samsung Galaxy S26 series, or is it a load of meh?

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

  7. Initial access hackers switch to Tsundere Bot for ransomware attacks

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  8. New Windows updates replace expiring Secure Boot certificates

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  9. HP Omen Max 16 review: a powerhouse gaming laptop at a compelling price

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

Entertainment 311 stories

  1. Will Melissa Gilbert Be at Husband Timothy Busfield’s Future Court Hearings?

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore’s Friendship Timeline Through the Years

    USMag · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Everything Wayne Brady Has Said About Coming Out as Pansexual

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. Mel Brooks’ Son Says Dad Was ‘Volatile' and Too ‘Broke’ to Afford Therapy

    USMag · 1 outlets

  3. Victoria Jones’ Family Speaks Out Following Her Death at Age 34

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Influencer Kristy Scott Teases 'New Beginnings' Amid Desmond Scott Divorce

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. How Do Bringing Up Bates’ Katie Bates and Husband Travis Clark Make Money?

    USMag · 1 outlets

  6. 16 Dark Stories About Up-And-Coming Actors Who Died In Their 20s

    USMag · 2 outlets

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