House passes sprawling spending package as Democrats split over ICE funding  —  The House voted separately on DHS funding and another package of bills to avoid a partial shutdown and repeal a law that allows certain GOP senators to sue DOJ for $500,000.  —  WASHINGTON — A small band …

D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students' Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests  —  Documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday include dossiers that investigators prepared on pro-Palestinian student activists before they were targeted for deportation.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio …

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.

Slavery exhibits at President's House in Philadelphia removed after Trump administration directive  —  PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Crews dismantled plaques telling the stories of the nine enslaved people who lived in the President's House in Philadelphia, and were owned by George Washington.

Announcement from the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC  —  TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC Established in Compliance with U.S. Regulatory Requirements  —  Today, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25 …

‘The damage has been done’: As Trump claims victory on Greenland, Europe loses trust  —  President Donald Trump said in a speech at Davos that the U.S. must have Greenland.  He leaves without ownership, but having shaken his country's alliance with Europe, experts say.

White House Doctored Photo With Google AI to Make It Look Like an Activist Was Sobbing During Perp Walk  —  The White House used a photo that was digitally altered with Google AI tools in its PR campaign against resistance to the federal agents' assault on Minnesota, according …

Trump sues JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon over cutting off banking access  —  Trump said the financial giant abruptly closed his accounts in February 2021, in the weeks after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  —  President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Thursday against JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive …

US officially leaves World Health Organization  —  After nearly 80 years of membership, the U.S. is officially no longer part of the World Health Organization (WHO).  —  President Trump initiated the removal process in an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term.

Lewandowski back for another year as DHS's part-time power broker  —  The most powerful man in the Department of Homeland Security, Corey Lewandowski, was supposed to work just 130 days last year because he was classified as a temporary government employee.  — But thanks to creative timekeeping, he was there throughout the year.

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Special counsel Smith tells House Trump broke the law in first public testimony  —  This story is a Media Miss by the right as only 19% is from right-leaning media.  —  58% left coverage19% right coverage  —  Jack Smith, former U.S. special counsel, said his probe found proof beyond …

Project 2025 director Paul Dans: ‘We are in a full-on scrimmage for the future of America First’  —  Behind its trim green shutters and colonial-style facade, the Monocle Restaurant has for decades played host to the Washington DC elite.  Signed pictures of presidents and senators who have lunched there adorn its walls.

Fury over Trump's slur against British troops: Kemi Badenoch leads attack on president for ‘flat-out nonsense’ claim that NATO allies ‘stayed off the front line’ in Afghanistan  —  Politicians and military veterans have reacted with outrage after Donald Trump claimed NATO troops …

Patel ousts senior FBI agents linked to Trump probes, say sources  —  As many as six agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.  Special agents in charge in Atlanta and New Orleans were removed, as well as the acting assistant director in charge of the New York field office.

What if we just stopped paying taxes?  —  In solidarity with the anti-ICE general strike in Minnesota, I am donating all proceeds from today's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, and Every Meal.  If you're not already a paid subscriber but would like to do so and support …

Voice of America's Persian service blacks out Iran's exiled crown prince  —  The Persian service for President Trump's overhauled Voice of America (VOA) is censoring coverage of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who played a central role in stirring up antigovernment protests that rocked the country earlier this month.

These Gen-Z Trump voters don't want JD Vance in 2028 … When the 18- to 24-year-olds were asked who else they would like to see as potential candidates in 2028, they named Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tom Cotton …

Voters Are Split on Deportations but Disapprove of ICE, Poll Finds  —  While roughly half of voters support President Trump's handling of the border between the United States and Mexico, a sizable majority says that ICE's tactics have “gone too far.”  —  Roughly half of voters support …

Judge skeptical of Trump's arguments he has proper authority to build White House ballroom  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  A federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's claims that it has the proper authority to continue construction on the East Wing site that was demolished last year.

Trump's new Board of Peace is necessary because the UN has failed again and again  —  President Trump's remarks at Davos have caused a chorus of howls.  Some of that howling is understandable.  But some of it is makes as much sense as howling at the moon.  —  Take the “Board of Peace” proposal.

Exclusive: Mark Kelly's money bomb  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Makayla Gray  —  Happy Friday.  This is Adam Wren.  Get in touch.  —  MUST LISTEN: “The Conversation” is back!  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat down with Dasha for the first episode of season three.

Conservatives who once railed against federal agents now applaud them  —  Since Ruby Ridge and Waco in the 1990s, a faction of right-wing populists had excoriated federal law enforcement.  Now those agents are being deployed by their allies.  —  It has been more than 30 years since …

U.S. Department of Education Finds Connetquot Central School District Violated Title VI by Complying with Native American Mascot Ban  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded its investigation into Connetquot Central School District (the District) in Long Island, New York.

Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran  —  Two of the deportees are gay and terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says.  —  The Trump administration plans to deport at least 40 Iranian nationals …

EPA Shouldn't Try to Hide the Benefits of Clean Air  —  The Environmental Protection Agency's decision to stop quantifying the health benefits of regulating soot and ozone is a victory for polluters and a loss for the public.  Masking the benefits will make it easier for the EPA …