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ICE Agent Kills Woman During Minneapolis Immigration Action
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city.
Bloomberg Politics - Wednesday, January 7, 2026
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Law Professor Discusses Legality of US Ship Seizure In Atlantic
Cleveland State University's Chaired Professor Milena Sterio discusses the debates among experts about the legality of seizing ships in international waters. Sterio also talks about the capture of Venezuela's Maduro and called the action "blatantly illegal". She joined the conversation on "Bloomberg Markets" with Scarlet Fu. (Source: Bloomberg)
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US Seizes More Tankers, Keeps Pressure On after Maduro Capture
Wayne Sanders, senior defense research analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, breaks down what happens when the US military seizes an oil tanker and the potential geopolitical calculus involved as the US targets a ship escorted by a Russian submarine. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Trump Won't Let Defense Companies Issue Dividends and Buy Back Stock
President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t allow defense companies to issue dividends or buy back their own stock until they invest more in production and research, comments that triggered a selloff across the sector. Stocks for contractors took a hit during the session on Wednesday. (Source: Bloomberg)
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US Says It Will Control Venezuela Oil Exports Indefinitely
The Trump administration plans to control future sales of Venezuelan oil and hold the proceeds in US accounts, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, making the clearest statement yet on Washington’s strategy to bring the impoverished nation’s crude to market and control its most valuable resource.
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ICE Agent Kills Woman in Confrontation in Minneapolis
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking anger from local officials over the presence of ICE agents in the city. It happened during an illegal immigration crackdown. The Department of Homeland Security says the woman drove her vehicle toward officers and they responded. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Denmark Pins Hopes on Rubio Meeting to Ease Greenland Spat
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will meet with Danish officials about Greenland after President Donald Trump rattled Europe with fresh comments about taking control of the vast Arctic territory.
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New Poll Shows Only a Third of Americans Support Maduro's Removal
Cliff Young, chair of public affairs at Ipsos, says that Americans are concerned that action in Venezuela will lead the US down the path to another forever war, with only a third of Americans telling the polling outfit that they support the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Support is also split by political part — 65% of Republicans backing the action, compared to only 11% of Democrats (Source: Bloomberg)
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Trump Demands Defense Companies Stop Buybacks and Dividends
President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t allow defense companies to issue dividends or buy back their own stock until they invest more in production and research, comments that triggered a selloff across the sector.
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Trump Hits at Institutional Investors in Single-Family Homes
President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, part of a push to address housing affordability ahead of this year’s midterm elections.