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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor  —  The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.  —  The Justice Department has issued subpoenas …
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Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents  —  The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents …
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Investigating Minnesota Governor and Minneapolis Mayor  —  Probe focused on public statements by two Democrats in wake of ICE shooting  —  The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota's governor and the mayor of its largest city conspired …
Mitch Smith / New York Times:   Judge Restricts Immigration Agents' Actions Toward Minnesota Protesters
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Watch What They're Doing: Trump Threatens to Make War on the States
New York Times:
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders
Discussion: Mediaite and The Independent
New York Times:
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time  —  The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.  —  In 2021, a convicted fraudster named Adriana Camberos …
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
It's Trump's Economy, and Voters Are Unhappy With it, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Poll offers warning signs for the president and Republicans as they prepare for a pivotal midterm election  —  It's President Trump's economy now, and voters are increasingly unhappy with how he's handling it.
Discussion: Raw Story
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CNN:
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities  —  Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump's first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused …
Associated Press:
Are Trump's supporters getting what they want from his second term? Here's what a new poll shows
Discussion: WTTG-TV, Raw Story and The Independent
Politico:
‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations … “I find it breathtaking that I have been compelled on the evidence to find the conduct of such high-level officers of our government — cabinet secretaries — conspired to infringe the First Amendment rights …
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Katelynn Richardson / The Daily Caller:
Reagan-Era Judge Calls Trump ‘Authoritarian’ As He Prepares To Block Deportations
Discussion: Fox News and Reuters
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Cheek kisses between Bari Weiss and Donald Trump following ‘60 Minutes’ interview rankle CBS staff  —  EXCLUSIVE: In a moment that sources said led to stunned reactions and dropped jaws, Bari Weiss excitedly introduced herself to the president and leaned in for a kiss on the cheek following his ‘60 Minutes’ interview.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Trump officials extend National Guard's D.C. mission through 2026  —  The domestic military mission, which is the subject of an ongoing court challenge, was due to expire at the end of February.  —  The Trump administration has extended the deployment of about 2,500 National Guard troops …
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Steven Beynon / ABC News:   National Guard to remain in nation's capital through 2026
Evan Mandery / Politico:
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture.  Then Dissenters Were Ousted. … The inaugural year of the University of Austin, or UATX as it's known, had been marked by the frenzy and occasional chaos that one might expect from a start-up aimed at disrupting American higher education.
Associated Press:
Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump  —  President Donald Trump has spent his second term bulldozing elected and appointed officials who resist him or refuse to bend to his demands.  But he may have met his match in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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NBC News:
How Republicans criticize Trump without criticizing him: From the Politics Desk
Discussion: HuffPost
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Virginia inches closer to gutting GOP seats through redistricting … Democrats argue it's crucial for lawmakers in Virginia to alter maps, arguing it helps the party keep pace with GOP-led states that have already enacted mid-decade changes to their congressional lines.
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Virginia lawmakers pass redistricting amendment, sending it to voters for approval
Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media are describing pro-immigrant Minnesota activists using the language of war  —  “Civil war,” “insurgents,” “a guerilla tactical playbook” — these are just some of the ways MAGA pundits are describing civil resistance to Trump's ICE rampages  —  Right-wing media figures …
Discussion: The Guardian
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump's stated reasons for taking Greenland are being picked apart … “What I find extremely worrying is seeing that in NATO and the EU some are starting to accept the narrative about Russian and Chinese threats to Greenland,” said a European government official, who, like others interviewed for this report …
Discussion: The Daily Signal, MS NOW and BBC
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Michael Sinkewicz / Fox News:
Michael Cohen says NY prosecutors ‘pressured and coerced’ him into anti-Trump testimony  —  Cohen, a key witness in 2 New York cases against Trump, alleges prosecutors pushed testimony that fit their narrative  —  President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen …
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Donald Shaw / Sludge:
The Companies Behind ICE  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has grown its network of private industry partners since the start of the second Trump administration to support its agents as they storm into cities and detain people they suspect of being undocumented immigrants.
Washington Post:
Trump installs loyalists on panel set to review White House ballroom  —  The Commission of Fine Arts will discuss the controversial project at a meeting next week.  White House officials hope to win approval in two months.  —  President Donald Trump has installed four allies …
Jason Abbruzzese / NBC News:
Some Trump administration social media posts mirror extremist rhetoric  —  While the posts are a small part of the administration's overall social media presence, experts say they are clear references to white supremacist messaging.  —  A series of recent social media posts …
Los Angeles Times:
ICE agent who killed L.A. man accused of child abuse, racism in court filings  — 8 min Click here to listen to this article  — A court filing in a custody dispute claims to have identified the federal agent who fatally shot a man on New Year's Eve in Northridge while off duty.
Pablo Manríquez / Migrant Insider:
Patty Murray to White House: No Funding Increase for ICE  —  The top Democratic appropriator draws a clear red line over funding increases for the rogue federal agency terrorizing communities across America.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have drawn a definitive red line …
Richard Pollina / New York Post:
Grinning anti-ICE agitator arrested after allegedly punching Florida trooper as DeSantis warns: ‘This is not Minneapolis’  —  A grinning anti-ICE agitator was arrested after she allegedly punched a Florida state trooper during a confrontation with federal agents — drawing a blunt warning …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Progressive effort to primary Sen. John Fetterman ramps up  —  The Working Families Party launched a website where, among other efforts, voters can request refunds from Fetterman's campaign.  —  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., isn't up for re-election until 2028, but that isn't stopping …
Associated Press:
ICE says a Cuban man died during a suicide attempt.  A witness says a guard fatally choked him  —  A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards, and the local medical examiner has indicated that his death will likely be classified as a homicide.
Kevin Bohn / The Hill:
Threat level for Al Udeid US Air Force Base lowered  —  (NewsNation) — The threat level for Al Udeid U.S. Air Force Base in Qatar, which houses much of Central Command, has been lowered, a military official confirmed to NewsNation.  —  This comes as officials indicated there were no imminent plans for the U.S. to attack Iran.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as a Democratic Governor Takes Power  —  After months of upheaval at the state's flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school's leadership.  —  The incoming Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn  —  In a startling development, some of President Trump's advisers have suddenly realized that unleashing heavily armed government militias on American cities to terrorize American citizens with abandon just might be a tad unpopular with Americans.
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Ethics Committee considering allegations against Nancy Mace … William Sullivan Jr., a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, asserted in the letter that the Office of Congressional Conduct — the quasi-independent agency that accepts and vets outside complaints against House members and staff …
 
 
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Discussion: Advocate
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
DOJ sues Virginia for access to voter rolls, as courts reject effort in other states
Ella Lee / The Hill:
DOJ seeks life sentence for convicted would-be Trump assassin
Nobel Peace Prize:
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
‘Staring over the edge’: South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week
Discussion: STAT and Columbian
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
DHS turns on border chief over $2 million office renovation plan
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
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Katie J.M. Baker / New York Times:
Agent Who Shot Renee Good Was Trained to Track and Apprehend Fugitives
Discussion: The Independent
Victoria Gladstone / New Jersey Online:
ICE detained people waiting at a food pantry, Salvation Army says