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What Happened Today – January 9, 2026

NASA diagram of International Space Station configuration from December 8, 2025, showing seven docked spacecraft including Crew-11 Dragon

Dec. 8, 2025: International Space Station configuration showing the Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft, now returning early in NASA's first-ever medical evacuation. (NASA)

He got away with Venezuela. Now he’s coming for Greenland. One week ago, Trump bombed Caracas and kidnapped a sitting president. Maduro and his wife are in a Brooklyn jail and not due back in court for two months. NATO, the UN, and Congress condemned the attack, but no one did anything. Now Trump says … Read more