President Trump has urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin to meet as soon as possible to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more. Source

No one could imagine why Kevin Jiang, 26, was the target of a shooting. But for months, someone Jiang never met had a secret plan to kill him. Source

The judge who blocked President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship has put a 14-day restraining order in place while the Justice Department has vowed to “vigorously defend President Trump’s [executive order.]” CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Source

President Trump on Friday will survey the damage from Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina, before traveling to California to tour areas scorched by the Los Angeles-area wildfires. CBS News political reporter Aaron Navarro has more. Source

The 663-foot Manitoulin became stuck in ice that was rapidly forming in sub-zero temperatures off the Buffalo shoreline. Source

Hundreds of “illegal immigrant criminals” in the U.S. were arrested and hundreds more flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Trump’s promised mass deportation operation got underway, the White House said. Source

Met Éireann, the Republic of Ireland’s national meteorological service, said that the country had faced wind gusts of 114mph in County Galway– the highest recorded wind speeds ever recorded on the island. Source

Thousands of protesters took to the streets, demanding justice for two boys shot and killed in a city shaken by Sinaloa cartel infighting. Source

Republican Rep. Tim Burchett said that an admiral told him of an unidentified craft moving at incredible speeds in the sea. Source

Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation vote to be defense secretary is expected to take place Friday night. Source