By Ted Barrett, Lauren Fox, CNN

(CNN) — Senate Democrats and Republicans are weighing how to move forward on funding the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies after another deadly shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The options include potentially having the House return at the end of the week to approve a modified package of bills to avoid a partial government shutdown should it come to that. The House left Washington last week, expecting the Senate to pass the package of bills this week. Then, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti over the weekend — significantly changing postures on Capitol Hill.

Aides emphasized that the dynamics fundamentally shifted over the last 72 hours. On Friday, no one was anticipating a government shutdown. By Saturday night, it became clear that there may be little way to avoid one.

Republicans say they are exploring all options as it relates to Democratic demands to strip the DHS bill out of the House-passed six-bill appropriations package to fund the government. A top goal, they say, is to prevent a shutdown of what amounts to 75% of the government’s spending.

Republicans and the White House have reached out to Democrats but have not yet raised any realistic solutions, according to a Senate Democratic leadership aide.

For their part, Democrats are trying to coalesce around a single set of demands, but a source familiar with those talks said conversations about what kinds of reforms Democrats will seek as it pertains to DHS are still ongoing. Democratic leaders are still soliciting suggestions and ideas from their members.

A quick compromise between the parties on changes to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, however, would be difficult. Many Republicans would likely oppose the types of changes to ICE that Democrats are demanding.

Nothing is at all finalized and discussions on next steps are preliminary. Lawmakers face a January 30 deadline to fund the government.

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By Rachel Tashjian, CNN

Paris, France (CNN) — Fashion is not a dignified business. It is messy, constantly changing and prone to disposability — of ideas, trends and especially people.

So it was heartening to see a fashion house celebrate, with pitch-perfect dignity, the departure of one of its longtime designers at Paris Men’s Fashion Week on Saturday night. Véronique Nichanian, who for almost four decades oversaw men’s clothing at Hermès, marked her final outing with a show that provided a rare moment of elegance in a tumultuous fashion business, and a collection that underscored how this ultra lowkey designer has created a pragmatic lavishness that countless contemporaries have copied in vain.

Nichanian revealed in October that she would depart the French luxury house after 38 years. A respectful few days later, Hermès announced the 71-year-old’s successor: Grace Wales Bonner, the British millennial darling whose quiet intelligence has helped her build a small empire on sophisticated, self-assured clothes.

Such a seamless, peaceful transition of power is wincingly rare in fashion, and stands out against the wider industry mood. Over the past year and a half, in what some have called the “great fashion reset,” designers have been swapped, chopped, substituted for one another and dismissed with seemingly little humanity or under outrageous pressure. An unsettled air now hangs over fashion weeks and flagship stores, where there should be excitement about new ideas. If anyone can leave at any time, or brands change their identity at the drop of a CEO’s hat, how do you know what you’re buying into when you purchase a handbag or coat? What does it all stand for, aside from a ruthlessness that, while certainly glamorous, feels so ambivalent?

Rather than a romp through her greatest hits on Saturday, Nichanian instead focused on her mandate, just as she’s always done: making extraordinarily beautiful clothes for the man who seeks the best in life. Not the flashiest or most fashionable, but the most exquisitely made, the most precise.

Her final collection featured sweaters and scarves crafted from such pure and sweet wool that they bounced with each step; suits slimmed but were not cloyingly youthful. Slightly cropped trousers revealed the shaft of sublime flat boots. A leather suit was stitched with a whisper of chalky pinstripe. There were clothes for Travis Scott (like a crocodile suit), who was sat on the front row; for the man who loves great clothes but is skeptical of “fashion” (loose leather trousers); and for the one who’s feeling a little naughty (a brown coat with punch-pink lining).

The show demonstrated how Nichanian has pioneered a language that every brand, from The Row to Uniqlo, is now attempting to recreate in their quest for clothing that transcends trend and time. For too many designers and shoppers today, the pleasure and invention of clothes boils down to something simplistic: mere perfection. Fashion has been remade into the hunt for the “perfect” sweater, the “perfect” trouser or the “right” Oxford shoe. But of course, perfection isn’t human, and so we find ourselves searching for timelessness as a defense against a world that refuses to stop changing, for better or worse.

As Nichanian has shown, season after season, it is design, not perfection, that makes clothing peerless. Why else show nubby fleece trousers w

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN

(CNN) — Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said Monday that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second protester was killed by federal authorities.

“I cannot support the national Republicans’ stated retribution on the citizens of our state,” Madel said in a video message he posted on social media, “nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”

Madel, who has never held elected office, launched his candidacy in December as a political outsider and a fierce defender of law enforcement. He was one of nearly a dozen candidates in the Republican primary for governor.

He gained attention this month for providing legal representation to Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman, on January 7.

“Operation Metro Surge has expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threat,” Madel said in his message. “United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear. United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That’s wrong.”

The decision from Madel comes after federal agents killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center who was protesting immigration actions. A CNN video analysis appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him.

Madel’s blistering critique of the Trump administration’s actions are notable given his legal assistance for Ross. His comments come as some Republicans nationally are beginning to question the actions of federal agents.

The escalating tensions in Minnesota have roiled the state’s politics three weeks after Gov. Tim Walz ended his reelection bid in the wake of a deepening federal investigation into a scandal over social services programs in Minnesota.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar filed paperwork last week to form a campaign committee to run for governor. She delayed a formal announcement after Pretti’s killing, saying she was more focused on trying to get ICE agents out of Minnesota than launching a campaign.

Nearly a dozen GOP candidates are already engaged in a crowded primary for governor, including Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the Minnesota House, who is the highest-ranking Republican in the state. Madel appeared to be gaining ground, often finishing in the top share of Republican challengers in unofficial party straw polls.

No Republican candidate has won a statewide election in Minnesota since 2006 – a fact Madel noted in his video message.

“National Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota,” he said.

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Las fuerzas israelíes anunciaron el lunes que habían recuperado los restos del último rehén fallecido en Gaza cuyo cuerpo seguía en el enclave, lo que marca la primera vez desde 2014 que no hay rehenes israelíes en ese territorio.

Ran Gvili, un agente de policía israelí que murió el 7 de octubre de 2023 y cuyos restos fueron llevados a Gaza, era el último de los rehenes secuestrados en esa fecha cuyos restos aún se encontraban en Gaza.

“Tras un proceso de identificación llevado a cabo por el Centro Nacional de Medicina Forense, junto con la Policía de Israel y el Rabinato Militar, las autoridades notificaron a su familia que sus restos habían sido identificados y que serían entregados para su sepultura”, informaron las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel en un comunicado.

Israel había condicionado la apertura total del cruce de Rafah y el avance a la segunda fase del plan de paz para Gaza a la recuperación y el regreso de todos los rehenes, tanto vivos como fallecidos.

En respuesta a la noticia, el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, afirmó que el regreso de Gvili representa un “logro extraordinario para el Estado de Israel”.

“Prometimos traer a todos a casa, y los hemos traído a todos, hasta el último. Rani es un héroe, fue el primero en entrar y el último en salir, y ahora está de camino a casa”, declaró Netanyahu a los periodistas en la Knesset.

El Foro de Rehenes y Familias de Desaparecidos, que organizó manifestaciones en Tel Aviv y otras ciudades de Israel para exigir la liberación de los rehenes, describió a Gvili como un “verdadero amigo, querido por todos”.

“Ran sentía un gran orgullo de ser policía y de vestir el uniforme azul”, declaró el foro en un comunicado.

“A Ran, que tenía 24 años al momento de su muerte, le sobreviven sus padres, Talik e Itzik, su hermano Omri, su hermana Shira y una extensa familia”.

Como parte del acuerdo de alto el fuego alcanzado en octubre, Hamas acordó liberar a los 251 rehenes restantes, vivos y fallecidos, que secuestró el 7 de octubre de 2023.

Los últimos 20 rehenes vivos fueron liberados a mediados de octubre.

Hamas declaró que el regreso de Gvili demuestra el “compromiso total” del grupo con la primera fase del acuerdo de alto el fuego.

A cambio, Israel debe “completar la implementación de todos los términos del acuerdo de alto el fuego en su totalidad, sin ninguna reducción ni demora”, afirmó Hamas.

El domingo por la noche, la oficina de Netanyahu informó en un comunicado que el cruce de Rafah se abriría tras la conclusión de la búsqueda de los restos de Gvili. Sin embargo, la apertura sería solo para peatones, no para mercancías comerciales ni ayuda humanitaria. El cruce estaría “sujeto a un mecanismo de inspección israelí completo”, según el comunicado.

Se desconoce cuándo se abrirá el cruce.

Un funcionario israelí declaró a CNN que el cruce de Rafah será operado por funcionarios de la Unión Europea y fuerzas palestinas, con la supervisión del servicio de seguridad israelí Shin Bet. “Está claro que no se permitirá la entrada a todos los que quieran cruzar”, afirmó el funcionario.

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By Jack Guy, CNN

London (CNN) — Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is to join “The Great British Baking Show” as a judge, replacing the departing Prue Leith.

The move was announced Monday in a statement from Channel 4, which airs the TV baking competition in the United Kingdom.

It said it was “delighted to announce” Lawson’s arrival on the show, which is known as “The Great British Bake Off” in the UK.

“Nigella’s expertise, empathy and humour are the perfect ingredients for the Bake Off tent,” the statement reads.

Lawson said in the same statement that she is “bubbling with excitement” to take up the role, while acknowledging that it is “daunting to be following in the footsteps of Prue Leith and Mary Berry before her, great dames both.”

“The Great British Bake Off is more than a television programme, it’s a National Treasure – and it’s a huge honour to be entrusted with it,” she added.

Leith said she is “thrilled” that Lawson will take over her role as a judge.

“She’s sassy, fun and she knows her onions — and her croissants, cake and crumble,” she said in the statement.

Lawson, age 66, is herself something of a national treasure in the UK, where she is known to many simply as “Nigella” and credited with bringing new audiences to the world of cooking shows thanks to her flirtatious manner.

Born in London, she is the daughter of former Chancellor of the Exchequer — or finance minister — Nigel Lawson.

After studying at Oxford University, she began her career in publishing before moving into media, writing restaurant columns.

Lawson went on to contribute to various UK newspapers before writing books.

In 1998, she brought out “How to Eat,” in which she described how food was one of her earliest loves.

Lawson went on to release a string of other successful cookbooks as well as to host numerous cooking shows, such as “Nigella Bites.” She was also a judge on the ABC show “The Taste.”

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