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| Good morning. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 21, and a Beckham family feud has sent shock waves across the pond. Our colleagues explained all you need to know. Now let’s get to the news. | |
 | President Donald Trump will speak today at a gathering of global elites. | | |
 | Trump delivered a rambling monologue in the White House briefing room. | - Why? To mark one year back in office. Speaking uninterrupted for about 80 minutes, he veered between various grievances and boasts, including a riff about the Hell’s Angels.
- What do voters think? Most Americans don’t like what Trump has done. He has always been a uniquely unpopular president, and he is as unpopular as ever, these polls show.
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 | Jan. 6 rioters won refunds from the government after being pardoned by Trump. | - Last January: Trump pardoned almost 1,600 people convicted in connection with the 2021 Capitol attack. That has emboldened some to demand payback from the government.
- More legal news: Lindsey Halligan, a Trump administration lawyer, left her post at the Justice Department yesterday after a pair of extraordinary moves by two federal judges.
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 | The Trump administration admitted DOGE staffers accessed Social Security data. | - In a court filing: Officials acknowledged a DOGE employee agreed to share sensitive data, allegedly as part of a secret agreement aimed at overturning some election results.
- Why it matters: Privacy experts said the new details raise serious concerns about DOGE workers’ compliance with a federal law restricting government workers’ access to data.
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 | ICE has targeted off-duty police officers in the Twin Cities, officials said. | - What’s happening? Immigration agents in the Minneapolis area are stopping people based on their race, including officers and other citizens, according to local officials.
- Zooming out: Trump’s immigration enforcement effort has upended life for non-White residents in Minneapolis. The Post documented one day of the ICE operation in the city.
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 | A whopper winter storm is forecast for the weekend. | | | The storm could lead to dangerous travel conditions, downed trees and power lines, as well as the potential for long-lasting power outages and dangerous cold. (Ben Noll/The Washington Post; Data source: ECMWF/AIFS) | - Get your snow shovels ready: A 2,000-mile stretch of the U.S. could be buried in heavy snow and ice, with frigid air and dangerous conditions. See a day-by-day forecast here.
- In the D.C. area: Predictions for snowfall range from 0 to 15-plus inches — it’s too soon to tell but not too soon to prepare. Follow these seven tips to protect your home.
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 | This Harvard brain expert shared six daily habits to slow brain aging. | | | Long before “brain health” became a buzzword, Rudolph E. Tanzi was rewriting the science behind it. (Illustration by Zachary Balcoff/The Washington Post; Courtesy of Massachusetts General Hospital; iStock) | - Meet Rudolph E. Tanzi: He is the architect of the SHIELD plan — sleep, handling stress, interaction with others, exercise, eating well and learning. Find all his advice here.
- Some more health inspiration: A new study found that you can get stronger even with gentle weight training. Almost any kind of lifting can lead to an increase in muscle.
Before you go … do you struggle to part with “aspirational clutter”? Here’s how to deal with it. Plus: How numbers can help you organize your home. One more good read: Republicans took control of education.
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