3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow  —  Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups.

You've Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting.  The Truth Is Far Worse.  I'm the Proof.  —  What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets?  We're all finding out.  —  The plan was never to become an ICE agent.

Whistleblower drops ‘largest ever’ ICE leak to unmask agents: ‘The last straw’  —  A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.

Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry  —  The couple escalated their battle with Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, who said he would move to hold them in contempt of Congress.  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton refused on Tuesday …

Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran protests, as video shows bodies lined up at morgue  —  Information trickling out of Iran on Tuesday suggests that a crackdown by authorities to end more than two weeks of widespread anti-government protests has likely been far more deadly than activists outside the country have reported.

Blowback Builds Over Criminal Investigation of Powell  —  Trump allies fear that the inquiry into the Fed chair could complicate the process of replacing him this year.  —  The investigation of Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, has prompted fierce blowback from Republicans …

Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says  — 7 min Click here to listen to this article  —  A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round …

‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss's Bumpy Revamp at CBS  —  Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.  —  Bari Weiss's message to the “CBS Evening News” team was blunt.

The Resistance Libs Were Right  —  For the last decade there's been a debate, among people who don't like Donald Trump, about whether he's a fascist.  —  The argument that he isn't often hinges on two things.  First, when Trump first came to power, he lacked a street-fighting force …

Majority Of Voters Think Fatal Shooting Of Minneapolis Woman By ICE Agent Was Not Justified, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 57% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Way ICE Is Enforcing Immigration Laws  — mail_outline  —  Days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …

Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error  —  A handful of police departments that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets and a large number of active police investigations around the country because they have failed …

Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome  —  Federal agencies US military National security  —  The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators …

UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration's demand for ‘lists of Jews’  —  Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights  —  Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump administration's efforts to obtain information …

President Trump Filmed Flipping Off Ford Worker Who Yells ‘Pedophile Protector’ at Him  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP HEY, F*** YOU, BUB, FOR THAT PEDO DISS!!! … Donald Trump turned into Donald Grump during a Tuesday appearance at a Ford plant ... launching into an F-bomb attack on a worker who appeared to yell …

Organizing bodies have grappled with gender issues, pleasing few.  —  In two cases, the court's conservative majority showed little inclination to strike down laws barring transgender girls from girls' and women's teams.  —  Here's the latest.  —  The Supreme Court's conservative majority …

Video of Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters it was justifiable  —  Video of a U.S. immigration agent fatally shooting a Minneapolis mother in her car on Wednesday has divided the nation, becoming a political Rorschach test that elicits different verdicts depending on who views it.

Scott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ Creator, Dies at 68  —  Scott Adams, creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, who became controversial for his right-wing statements, has died following a battle with metastatic prostate cancer.  He was 68. … Adams started writing blog posts praising Donald Trump in 2015 …

Trump administration ends temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis in US  —  Several thousand Somali nationals currently living in the US must leave the country by March 17  —  FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is ending temporary protection status (TPS) for Somalia …

Initial Obamacare Enrollment Drops by 1.4 Million  —  That number could increase significantly as more consumers are faced with higher bills brought on by expiring premium subsidies.  —  About 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in Obamacare coverage this year in the face of soaring premiums …

As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions  —  When Emma Brennan and Lauren Wright got married last year, the couple began weighing seriously whether or not to have a child.  “A lot of people our age are not having kids, or are waiting, and they have a great life regardless,” Brennan said.

Trump and the Republicans' Struggle to Stay on Economic Message  —  The president sometimes overshadows his party's election-year focus. … Election-Year Focus  —  Congressional Republicans have a messaging problem.  —  The consensus in the political world is that affordability …

How the Supreme Court Broke Congress  —  In the name of protecting the balance of powers, the Court is radically refashioning that balance.  —  Two dynamics are fundamentally reshaping the structure and functioning of the American government.  The first, which is quite well known, is Congress's decline.

Some Democrats push for a fight over DHS funds after ICE shooting in Minneapolis  —  They want guardrails on immigration agents.  The issue has risen to the fore ahead of a key Jan. 30 deadline after an ICE officer shot and killed an American woman in Minneapolis.

The Nazi Slogans Are Not an Accident  —  How many Americans actually want a race war?  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Numbers  —  During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump promised to deport every illegal immigrant who was a rapist, murderer, or thief.  He also promised to deport 20 million immigrants.

Scoop: Over 50 House Dems sign onto Kristi Noem impeachment articles  —  Over 50 House Democrats have signed on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned. … - Reps. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), Al Green (D-Texas) and Haley Stevens …

Department of Labor under fire for language similar to Nazi slogan  —  A social media post from the Department of Labor is attracting criticism for appearing to echo a Nazi-era slogan from the early 20th century.  —  The department posted to X on Jan. 10, “One Homeland.  One People.  One Heritage.

Preliminary US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for 2025  —  Based on preliminary economic and energy activity data, we estimate that in 2025, US greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4%, marking a change from the prior two years of decreases in emissions.

New Ukip logo slated over ‘similarities to Nazi symbol’  —  A NEW party logo proposed by the UK Independence Party (Ukip) has been slammed for being strikingly similar to a Nazi symbol.  —  The party has bid to replace its purple and yellow logo featuring a gold pound sign with a black …