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1. ICE officers can assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, internal memo says

   

   Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, as the Trump administration prepares to ramp up immigration enforcement in Maine.

2. Former Uvalde school police officer found not guilty of child endangerment in Texas school shooting

   

   A Texas jury has acquitted a former Uvalde school police officer on charges he failed in his duty to confront the gunman during the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting, which left 19 students and two adults dead.

3. Syria accuses Kurdish-led SDF of attacks on troops, breaking truce

   

   Syria's government accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of attacks it said killed 11 soldiers on Wednesday, but the SDF disputed key elements of the account, blaming at least one deadly blast on explosives being moved by Syrian troops.

4. Trump nixes tariff threat in push for U.S. control of Greenland

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump says he's cancelling his tariff threat on several European nations in his push for U.S. control of Greenland, after coming to terms with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on a "framework of a future deal" on Arctic security.

5. Iranian state TV says 3,117 people killed in recent protests, U.S.-based group projects higher toll

   

   Iranian state TV issued the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed. State television stated that 2,427 of the dead in the demonstrations that began Dec. 28 were civilians and security forces, but didn't elaborate on the rest. U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which relies on a network of activists inside the country to confirm reported fatalities, said the death toll was at least 4,560.