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Nirvana, which uses real-time driving telematics to build insurance policies for truckers, raised a $100M Series D at a $1.5B valuation, up from $830M in March (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/insurance-platform-nirvana-val…

Exclusive: AI Insurance Startup Nirvana Nearly Doubles Valuation To $1.5B with $100M Series D
Nirvana Insurance, an AI-based commercial insurance platform for the trucking industry, has raised a $100 million Series D round at a $1.5 billion valuation, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. The raise comes just over nine months after the startup raised $80 million in a Series C round of funding at an $830 million valuation.

Trump’s approval rating slips on the economy and immigration:
#USpol

Trump’s approval rating slips on the economy and immigration - AP-NORC
Approval of Trump’s handling of the economy and immigration are down about 10 points since March. Border security remains Trump’s best issue with 50% approval.

NFL Week 16 injury report: Injuries for bettors to know include Patrick Mahomes and Marvin Harrison Jr.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-wee

Human Rights groups warn an immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss has reached a “breaking point”
Human rights experts are sounding the alarm about living conditions at the immigration detention camp that houses hundreds of people.
“Fort Bliss is a human and civil rights disaster,”
said Eunice Cho Senior Counsel for the American Civil Liberty Union’s prison program.
The ACLU and other organizations allege physical abuse,
unsanitary conditions and medical negle…

Human Rights groups warn immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss reaching “breaking point”
Human Rights groups are calling the immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss a human and civil rights disaster. They demand the federal government shut down the tent facility and warn living conditions are putting hundreds of people held there at risk.

"More than 97% of immigrants detained in the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago had no criminal conviction, according to federal court records.
The data, released on Friday and first reported by the Chicago Tribune, sharply contradicts the Trump administration’s portrayal of the immigration sweeps as an effort to fight crime" #Trump

Routine hearings turned into deportation trap for migrants | AP News https://apnews.com/article/immigration-courts-deportations-trump-administration-8b9fab5475c0da4c0f13f3381de91448

Routine hearings turned into deportation trap for migrants
The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump. He pledged to impose hardline immigration policies, an issue that was popular with his voters. In practice, the administration has resorted to unusually aggressive tactics, many of which have played out in immigration courts in the United States. Judges have churned out rulings in an assembly-line like fashion. For many immigrants, the courtrooms have also become deportation t…

Denmark 'substantially increases' Greenland troops as Trump won't rule out using force: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/19/denmark-substantially-increases-greenland-troops.html

NFL Week 12 injury report: Joe Burrow a full participant at Bengals practice, Steelers hold out Aaron Rodgers

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-12-injury-report-update-inju…

Russian attacks kill 5, injure 30 across Ukraine as Moscow again targets energy infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/russian-attacks-kill-injure-across.html

Ukrainian drones are becoming increasingly dangerous for Russia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/ukrainian-drones-are-becoming-increasingly.html