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New York Times:
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns — The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department's handling of the shooting of Renee Good. — An F.B.I. agent who sought to investigate …
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Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources — A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer. — Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office …
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Raw Story
Gosia Wozniacka / Oregonian:
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital — Federal immigration agents arrested and detained a Gresham family, including a 7-year-old child, outside a Portland hospital last week as the girl's parents sought emergency medical care for her.
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Oregon Capital Chronicle, New Republic, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
ICE's detention of child puts new focus on Trump team's tactics — ICE agents' detention of a 5-year-old boy in Minneapolis this week has inflamed an already tense debate over immigration authorities' tactics — and put a spotlight on the unknown number of children being scooped up when their parents are arrested.
Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost:
Trump's ICE Operation In Minnesota Is Wreaking Havoc In Schools
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old. Then JD Vance Made It Worse. — In an administration that sometimes seems to lack a well-defined institutional role for JD Vance, he appears to be taking on a new function: putting a softer, more reasonable face on Stephen Miller's authoritarian police state.
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in — On Thursday night, the Department of Homeland Security's head of human resources sent an email saying FEMA decided that the agency would halt their process of non-renewing dozens of federally funded employees.
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Massive winter storm could lay bare Trump's FEMA cuts — Over 160 million Americans could be pummeled by a massive winter storm this weekend, with utility companies warning of dangerous, potentially life-threatening power outages. … - Multiple energy companies have warned customers to prepare for “multi-day outages.”
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Tim Grieve / NOTUS:
Just Don't Call It Ice — Good afternoon and welcome back to Final NOTUS.
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Wall Street Journal:
Clergy Members Are Arrested in Minnesota Amid Anti-ICE Protests — Thousands take part in demonstrations across Twin Cities — MINNEAPOLIS—Roughly 100 clergy members were arrested Friday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport during a demonstration against the Trump administration's …
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CBS News:
General strike, rally, marches held in Minnesota Friday to protest ICE
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Jack Jenkins / RNS:
Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
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The Times of Israel
Jack Jenkins / RNS:
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
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New Republic and Los Angeles Times
Jack Jenkins / RNS:
One year after she urged Trump to have mercy, Bishop Budde leads clergy protests in Minneapolis
One year after she urged Trump to have mercy, Bishop Budde leads clergy protests in Minneapolis
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TC Jewfolk
The Standard:
Prince Harry says Nato troops who served in Afghanistan deserve ‘respect’ in backlash against Trump's jibe — The Duke's remarks come after Sir Keir Starmer condemned Donald Trump's comments — The Duke of Sussex has said British soldiers who served and died in Afghanistan “deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect”.
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Haley Ott / CBS News:
Trump leaves NATO allies “dumbfounded” and “disgusted” with remarks dismissing sacrifices in Afghanistan
Trump leaves NATO allies “dumbfounded” and “disgusted” with remarks dismissing sacrifices in Afghanistan
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Wired:
US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo — The ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren't needed to enter homes without consent.
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
ICE has been entering homes without judicial warrants since last summer, sources say
ICE has been entering homes without judicial warrants since last summer, sources say
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NBC News:
Military conducts ‘lethal kinetic strike’ on alleged drug boat, leaving one survivor — The statement by U.S. Southern Command said it notified the Coast Guard “to activate the search and rescue system” for the survivor. — Listen to this article with a free account
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Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
U.S. Says First Boat Strike Since Maduro's Capture Killed 2 in Eastern Pacific
U.S. Says First Boat Strike Since Maduro's Capture Killed 2 in Eastern Pacific
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Politico, Al Jazeera, CBS News, Washington Examiner, Reuters, The Independent and The Hill
Paul Wedding / WFAA-TV:
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization — It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral. — ARLINGTON, Texas — Less than a month after demanding the release …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional — Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person's right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.
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C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
ICE Tells Legal Observer, 'We Have a Nice Little Database, and Now You're Considered a Domestic Terrorist' — Video taken this morning in Maine shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer taking pictures of a legal observer's car. When she asks why he's doing that, he says …
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Raw Story, Mediaite and New Republic
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Ciarán Fahey / Associated Press:
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump — A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump. Oke Göttlich, the president …
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Fox News
Politico:
RNC takes steps toward a 2026 GOP midterm convention … The amendment was approved at the RNC's winter meeting with no objections. An unusually high number of RNC members had already left the meeting to catch early flights ahead of winter storms bearing down on much of the country by the time the vote was brought up.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / NewsNation:
FBI investigating death of Colts owner Jim Irsay — The FBI is investigating the death of Jim Irsay, the former owner of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, according to a new report. — The investigation, first reported by The Washington Post, centers on a doctor who provided Irsay …
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Rachel del Guidice / New York Post:
Unhinged Florida nurse fired after foul TikTok rant directed towards Karoline Leavitt goes viral — A Florida hospital has terminated a nurse who said she hoped White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt gets severely injured during childbirth. — “As a labor and delivery nurse …
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Washington Examiner, WPEC, The Hill, Florida's Voice, Times Now, IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Senate Democrat calls for investigation into TikTok deal — Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) called for an investigation Friday into a deal that saw TikTok's American business spun off into a separate entity in order to allow the app to continue operating in the U.S.
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Sophie Austin / Associated Press:
California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast — California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration's removal …
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New York Times:
Is This Who Trump Meant by the ‘Worst of the Worst’? — The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administration's immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is obviously and technically an immigration enforcement agency.
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Breitbart
Carmen Paun / Politico:
Vance announces aid restrictions for groups that promote diversity, transgender policies abroad … “Now we're expanding this policy to protect life, to combat [diversity, equity and inclusion] and the radical gender ideologies that prey on our children,” Vance told people attending the March …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Vance, Trump tout administration's record on abortion at March for Life rally
Vance, Trump tout administration's record on abortion at March for Life rally
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Reece Rogers / Wired:
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes — According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
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NBC News:
Federal judge rejects DOJ motion to detain arrested Minnesota protesters — The judge wrote in her order that Justice Department lawyers failed to “demonstrate that ... detention is otherwise appropriate.” — Listen to this article with a free account — A federal judge in Minnesota denied …
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NBC News:
Thousands rally against ICE in Minneapolis amid below-zero temperatures — In the morning, thousands gathered outside the Minneapolis airport, forming a picket line so long it spanned the length of terminal for departing flights. — Listen to this article with a free account
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Associated Press:
Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version — A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church released her own video of her arrest Friday after the White House posted a manipulated image online.
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