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7:45 PM ET, January 13, 2026

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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
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.
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Six Prosecutors Quit Over 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, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Blasted Federal Prosecutors at White House Event, Calling Them Weak  —  The president criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a photo shoot, a day before Federal Reserve subpoenas  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a White House event last week …
Matt Sepic / MPR News:
Minn. fraud prosecutor quits over ICE shooting probe
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
Discussion: CBS News and Whiskey Riff
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story:   Trump gives middle finger to worker shouting ‘pedophile protector’
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story:
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.
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach  —  INTERNAL REVOLT  —  A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE …
Discussion: RedState and The Independent
ProPublica:
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Discussion: WBUR
Laura Jedeed / Slate:
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Jacobin
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
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.
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Supports the Protesters, Except Those Protesting Him
Discussion: UPI
Annie Karni / New York Times:
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 …
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New York Times:
Read the Clintons' Legal Letter to Comer
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy  —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Inflation Economy  —  Inflation hasn't “stopped.”  Consumer prices are up during this presidential term, not “down.”  Grocery prices are rising, not starting to fall “rapidly.”
Washington Post:
Trump blasts Fed's Powell in speech on economy
Los Angeles Times:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
‘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.
New York Times:
In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump's Stolen Election Claims  —  The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.  —  Senator Lindsey Graham …
Hailey Gomez / The Daily Caller:
Former Arizona Attorney General Dies At 59  —  Former Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich died Tuesday at 59 years old, according to a statement from his family provided to multiple outlets. … In a statement provided to ABC15, Brnovich's family announced the death of the former prosecutor.
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ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich dies at age 59
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and KPNX
Mike Snider / USA Today:
‘When did I do that?’  Trump says about $2,000 tariff dividend checks  —  Those $2,000 dividend checks President Donald Trump has been talking about for months seemed to have slipped his mind during a recent interview with The New York Times.  And the payment date appears to have shifted, too.
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Magazine
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
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 …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
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 …
Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Terrorist Designations of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters  —  Today, as a first step in support of President Trump's commitment to eliminate the capabilities and operations of Muslim Brotherhood chapters that pose a threat to the United States as described in Executive Order 14362 …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump has been texting with Mamdani  —  President Trump has a surprising phone pal: He and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have texted back and forth recently, two sources familiar with their conversations tell Axios. … - It also suggests that the good vibes …
CNN:
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 …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
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 …
Discussion: MS NOW
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
An unraveling Justice Department appears to be coming apart at the seams  —  In 2025, the DOJ struggled with everything from purges to incompetence to weaponization.  In 2026, its collapse seems to be accelerating.  —  As Attorney General Pam Bondi's tenure approaches the one-year mark …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
White House to end funding to sanctuary cities and states on Feb. 1 … Sanctuary cities often have policies limiting local law enforcement's ability to cooperate with federal immigration officers.  —  The Department of Justice has identified 11 states as sanctuary jurisdictions, including California, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
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 …
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
House GOP tees up two amendment votes on latest funding package  —  House Republican leaders are allowing floor votes this week on several proposed tweaks to the latest government funding package after hard-liners demanded more input.  The House Rules Committee voted Tuesday to allow votes …
Alice Speri / The Guardian:
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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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.
Julia Harte / Reuters:
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.
Wall Street Journal:
The Affordability Problem in One Chart  —  Wages aren't rising fast enough to counter still rising prices.  —  President Trump keeps telling Americans they've never had it better, even as polls show Americans are still worried about keeping up with rising prices.
Discussion: GV Wire
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE  —  Thin blue line  —  During the last battle over government funding, which resulted in a record 43-day shutdown, Democrats showed that they had it in them to hold firm—at least for a long while—in an effort to push their policy priorities to the forefront of political debate.
Kathryn Palmer / USA Today:
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.
Lauren Coates / Variety:
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 …
 
 
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