Magistrate judge rejects charges against Don Lemon over anti-ICE protest in Minnesota church  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday …

Federal ICE agents detain 5-year-old Minnesota boy  —  The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained four of its students in four separate incidents over the last two weeks.  One child is a 5-year-old boy who attends a district elementary school and was used as …

House Dems help GOP pass bills to fund ICE, avert shutdown  —  The House passed legislation Thursday to fund large swaths of the federal government through the end of September — with Democrats helping Republicans get the bills over the finish line. … It also funds ICE in the wake of the shooting of Renee Good.

Few Voters Say Trump's Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds  —  A majority of voters said that Mr. Trump had focused on the wrong priorities and that they disapproved of his handling of top issues, but the president still enjoys strong support from Republicans.

Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr.  Gregory Bovino: live updates  —  The unusually swift trial is the first to result from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as Operation Midway Blitz.

Jack Smith expects to be indicted by Trump DOJ  —  Former special counsel Jack Smith believes the Trump administration will indict him, he said during congressional testimony on Thursday. … President Trump has called Smith a criminal. … - “I believe they will do everything in their power …

A Year Inside Kash Patel's F.B.I.  —  Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.  —  When he returned to office last year, President Trump called the F.B.I. a “corrupt” agency in need of overhaul.

Trump administration orders review of federal funding in more than a dozen Democratic states  —  The Trump administration has ordered a review of federal funding sent to more than a dozen Democratic-led states, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Target of Viral Botched ICE Raid Was Already in Prison  —  When ICE agents dragged out ChongLy Thao half-naked in the snow, they were looking for a man named Lue Moua.  They should have known exactly where to find him.  —  WHEN ICE AGENTS DETAINED U.S. citizen ChongLy Thao in Minneapolis this weekend …

A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights.  She Lost Her Job Because of It  —  The revocation of Emily Suski's offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors who take positions that Republican culture warriors do not like.

Musk's Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show  —  Over nine days, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.  —  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok …

Trump sues Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase over debanking the suit calls ‘political’ … President Donald Trump sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, on Thursday for closing accounts belonging to Trump and related entities in early 2021, in what the lawsuit calls political actions.

“Go f*ck yourself”: Jack Smith hearing rocked by angry altercation  —  A House hearing with former Trump special counsel Jack Smith was disrupted Thursday when a former police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 confronted a vocal 2020 election conspiracy theorist.

Trump's Weird Bruise Looks Worse Than Ever  —  The U.S. president appeared with yet another strange mark on his hands at the World Economic Forum in Davos, once again raising concerns that his health is not what he has claimed it to be.  —  Donald Trump—the oldest person to ever be elected president …

Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?  —  The Associated Press reports: … The memo is here.  The specific subject is what are known as Form I-205 Warrants, which are signed by immigration officials and not regular judges.

The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal  —  Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government's Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.”  Advocates fear these works could be at risk.

FCC Cracks Down on Talk Shows Hosting Partisan Candidates  —  The Federal Communications Commission told broadcasters on Wednesday that talk shows and late-night programs hosting political candidates must offer their opponents equal time, an effort aimed at balancing TV airwaves seen as hyper-partisan.

Park Service removes slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia  —  Park staff dismantled an exhibit about George Washington's slave ownership amid a wider push to remove information on racism, sexism and climate change.  —  National Park Service staff on Thursday took down an exhibit …

Greenland Prime Minister left in dark on Trump's “ultimate” deal  —  Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said he doesn't know what's “concrete” in the deal President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed yesterday, stressing that nothing could move forward without Greenlandic support.

Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations  —  Chair of federal panel stresses need to protect individual rights over public health  —  The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday …

DOGE staffer signed deal to share Social Security data with election deniers  —  After months of denials, the Trump administration has admitted that staffers affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) misused Social Security Administration (SSA) data.

Courageous Carney vs. Demented Donald  —  On Tuesday Mark Carney, Canada's Prime Minister, gave a remarkable speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.  In effect he announced, calmly and lucidly, that Canada is filing for divorce from the Pax Americana:

The Dark Ideology Behind Stephen Miller's Immigration Crusade: Part II  —  He believes immigration threatens Western civilization itself, echoing the same xenophobia once directed at his own ancestors … “If you import the Third World, you become the Third World,” Stephen Miller declared …

China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff  —  The US and China have signed off on a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a consortium of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silver Lake, capping off a yearslong battle between the social media app and the two superpowers.

Murder Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since at Least 1900, New Report Says  —  A decline in homicides across the country was a stunning reversal after crime rose during the pandemic.  —  Last year will likely register the lowest national homicide rate in 125 years and the largest single-year drop on record …