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Anna Griffin / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump's Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.  —  A federal judge appointed by President Trump issued a temporary restraining order, siding for now with Oregon and Portland lawyers who called federalizing the guard a presidential overreach.
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CNN:
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland  —  A federal judge in Oregon has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard into Portland after the president announced he would send in troops to protect what he calls a “war-ravaged” city.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Federal judge halts Trump administration's call-up of National Guard in Portland … “These incidents are inexcusable, but they are nowhere near the type of incidents that cannot be handled by regular law enforcement forces,” Immergut wrote.  —  “President Trump exercised his lawful authority …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Authorizes Sending National Guard to Illinois  —  Judge temporarily blocks president from deploying National Guard in Oregon  —  CHICAGO—President Trump plans to mobilize 300 members of the National Guard in Illinois, the latest development in a long-simmering confrontation between …
Discussion: Axios, CBS News and ABC7
CBS News:
Oregon judge temporarily blocks deployment of the National Guard to Portland  —  A federal judge in Oregon has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from sending the National Guard to Portland after the president said he would send troops to the city to handle “domestic terrorists.”
Thomas Peipert / Associated Press:
Trump says he'll send National Guard to Chicago, but details remain unclear
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker says
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Kavanaugh's attempted assassin to be sentenced Friday  —  The individual who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022 will be sentenced Friday.  —  Federal prosecutors are seeking up to life imprisonment as the defendant, Sophie Roske, pushes for just eight years.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
California resident gets over 8 years in prison for attempt to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh
Tom Schuba / Chicago Sun Times:
Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours  —  U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday on the Southwest Side, marking the second shooting involving federal agents in Chicago since President Donald Trump's administration launched an aggressive immigration …
Discussion: The TRiiBE
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Gabriel Castillo / The Hill:
Woman shot after allegedly attempting to hit ICE agents with car
Gosia Wozniacka / Oregonian:
Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest  —  An elderly couple says they were charged and knocked down by federal agents as they p eacefully protested on Saturday in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, just blocks from their home.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Julius Washington / Congressman Hakeem Jeffries:
Dear Colleague: Update on the Republican Healthcare Crisis and Donald Trump's Shutdown  —  Dear Colleague:  —  I write in connection with the ongoing Republican healthcare crisis and Donald Trump's shutdown of the federal government.  Over the past four days, Republicans have made it clear …
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Daniel Hampton / Raw Story:
‘Digs us a deeper hole!’ GOP senator warns White House may ‘destroy’ their credibility
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans threaten return to Musk's chainsaw strategy to government
Bloomberg:
Vance Emerges as White House Frontman in US Shutdown Fight
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CNN:
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments  —  Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Team Hones a New Message Pledging Economic Gains Next Year  —  Advisers work to ease voter anxiety about weak jobs growth and stubborn inflation  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's advisers are counseling him to refine his economic message with a pitch to voters aimed at easing …
Washington Post:
Trump plan will limit disability benefits for older Americans  —  Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder …
Joshua McElwee / Reuters:
Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants  —  Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Send Witkoff, Kushner to Middle East to Seal Hostage Release Deal  —  Palestinians continued to report explosions and deaths in Gaza, adding to uncertainty around President Trump's peace plan  —  President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Egypt …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive — Trump on Gaza deal push: “I said, ‘Bibi, this is your chance for victory’”
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will be forced to grapple with Trump in new term  —  After months of emergency rulings, the justices will be asked to render final verdicts on economic and immigration policies at the core of Trump's presidency.  —  Just now  —  The Supreme Court and President Donald Trump are headed for a reckoning.
Chris Hippensteel / New York Times:
Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown.  Here's What to Know.  —  Some underground attractions are closed, and many outdoor sites have reduced their services.  —  As the government shutdown enters its first full week, travelers planning visits to national parks and other tourist sites run …
Claire Berlinski / The Cosmopolitan Globalist:
The Wisdom of SecDef Douchenozzle  —  The military reviews Pete Hegseth's Quantico speech … Robert McTague  —  Hegseth comes across as a bit of a car salesman (or, as The Bulwark opined, like Tom Cruise's motivational speaker character in Magnolia), but I don't have that big of an issue with that.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
He Drops Trump Jr.'s Name in Pursuit of Billion-Dollar Deals.  It's Getting Awkward.  —  Gentry Beach, a college friend of the president's firstborn, has left a trail of confusion abroad as he courts foreign officials and business leaders to lock up investments in mining, oil pipelines and real estate
NBC News:
Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the offer is a “strictly voluntary option to return home to their families.”  —  The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children 14 …
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show: The NFL 'Sucks and We'll Win and God Will Bless Us' … “I have the responsibility for making sure that everybody [who] goes to the Super Bowl has the opportunity to enjoy it and to leave.  And that's what America is about,” she said.
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House GOP leaders urge unity in shutdown canceled-votes strategy  —  House Republican leaders urged unity in their shutdown fight against Democrats on a call with GOP members Saturday morning, with members on the call backing up Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) move to cancel previously-scheduled votes next week …
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David McAfee / Raw Story:
Stephen Miller accused of ‘incitement to violence against judges’ with new ‘purge’ comment
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Coral Murphy Marcos / The Guardian:
Arkansas man, arrested over perfume bottle police mistook for ‘opium’, seeks to restore visa
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Time is short for an ACA premium fix in the shutdown fight, says GOP insurance leader
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
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