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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 …
Raj Saha / New York Times:
Videos Showing Aggressive ICE Tactics in Minnesota Fuel a Backlash — Federal immigration agents have broken windows and dragged occupants out of their vehicles. They have forcefully tackled people to the ground. They have pushed and shoved protesters, and deployed pepper spray directly in their faces.
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Wired:
US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo
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Bloomberg, NBC News, Mock Paper Scissors and CNN
Kathryn Wilkens / Mediaite:
‘Another Incredibly Idiotic Story’: Jake Tapper Can't Believe Trump Officials Reportedly Told FEMA Not To Say ‘Ice’ Amid Winter Storm — CNN's Jake Tapper expressed disbelief that Homeland Security officials reportedly advised the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word 'ice …
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Townhall, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story and New Republic
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Massive winter storm could lay bare Trump's FEMA cuts
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New York Post, CNN, NOTUS, Bloomberg, NewsNation, Times Now, Fox News, Scripps News, Politico and E&E News
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in
DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in
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Department of Homeland …, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg, Raw Story and CNN
Tim Grieve / NOTUS:
Just Don't Call It Ice — Good afternoon and welcome back to Final NOTUS.
Just Don't Call It Ice — Good afternoon and welcome back to Final NOTUS.
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Bloomberg Law, Raw Story and Politico
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Despite Trump's Words, China and Russia Are Not Threatening Greenland — U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella. — Fourteen years ago …
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Politico, Deseret News and North Atlantic Treaty …, more at Techmeme »
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Jack Detsch / Politico:
Pentagon no longer views China threat as top priority … The Pentagon's plan, in contrast to the National Security Strategy released last month, does not focus heavily on Europe or call the the continent a place in “civilizational decline.” But it does emphasize what the administration perceives as its declining importance.
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Associated Press, Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Washington Post:
ICE surge creates new headache for Maine's Susan Collins — The most vulnerable Republican in the Senate would not say whether she supported the federal enforcement effort. — The surge of federal immigration agents into Maine has put the Senate's most vulnerable Republican, Susan Collins …
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Axios, NOTUS, Breitbart, Associated Press, The Portland Press Herald, The Independent and Washington Examiner
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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 …
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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The Guardian, Oregon Capital Chronicle, Mediaite, Raw Story and New Republic
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.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ — DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge's order — Federal immigration agents detained a two-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis …
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KARE-TV, NBC News, Sahan Journal, KSTP-TV, KTVU-TV, The Independent, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and New Republic
Jason M. Bailey / New York Times:
Renée Fleming Won't Perform at Kennedy Center Concerts — The soprano, who previously resigned as an artistic adviser, was scheduled to sing with the National Symphony Orchestra in May. — The soprano Renée Fleming will not be part of two scheduled performances …
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The Hill and New York Daily News
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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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UPI, The Gateway Pundit, Times Now and Fox News
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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 …
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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New York Magazine, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, HotAir, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com, Fox News, CBS News and Washington Times
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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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Politico, Sky News, CBS News, NBC News, GB News, The Wrap, Daily Mail, NewsNation, Telegraph, Times Now, Reality Tea, Mediaite, Reuters, The Guardian, Metro.co.uk, Military and Veteran …, BBC, HuffPost and Press Association
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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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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WPEC, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Times Now, Florida's Voice, IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
ICE Agent Charged With Misdemeanor Following Scuffle With an Activist — The police in Brookfield, Ill., filed a battery charge against a federal agent, who was off duty when he scuffled with an immigrant rights activist. — The police in Brookfield, Ill., a community outside of Chicago …
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Chicago Sun Times
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Island That Actually Matters to American Interests — While President Trump seemed to threaten military action this month in Greenland over a national security crisis that no one else could see, he has been nonchalant about a far more serious risk of war in the Taiwan Strait — in ways that elevate the peril.
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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TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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
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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One America News Network, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, The Hill, Straight Arrow News, NextDraft, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New Republic
Jack Jenkins / RNS:
Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE — Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block the city's airport.
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The Times of Israel and New Republic
Axios:
The midterms are cracking Mike Johnson's grip on House votes … - “It's dicey some days,” Johnson told reporters. … - Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) has privately warned members to miss votes only for life-or-death reasons. … - Democrats hold 213 seats and are set to gain one more after the Jan. 31 special election in Texas.
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Fox News, New York Times, Washington Times, Political Wire and Wall Street Journal
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
U.S. Automakers' Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada — U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there. — Canada's decision this month to give Chinese carmakers …
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The American Spectator and The Atlantic

