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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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Vox:
Minnesota officials want to find out the truth about Renee Good's death. The federal government won't let them. — MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump is not budging. On his tariffs. On his controversial deployment of federal immigration agents. On his willingness to use …
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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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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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Jack Detsch / Politico:
Pentagon no longer views China threat as top priority
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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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Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
DHS pauses cuts to FEMA as massive winter storm barrels in
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Massive winter storm could lay bare Trump's FEMA cuts
Massive winter storm could lay bare Trump's FEMA cuts
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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, Oregonian and Raw Story
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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Roque Planas / The Guardian:
Why the Trump administration is detaining immigrant children - and what happens to them next
Why the Trump administration is detaining immigrant children - and what happens to them next
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Axios and American Immigration Council
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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Martina Sapio / Politico:
German football executive urges World Cup boycott to protest Trump — Calls grow to weaponize football as the U.S. president escalates tensions with Europe. — A senior German football executive has urged Europe to consider boycotting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as U.S. President Donald …
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Fox News
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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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
Xi's Purge of China's Military Brings Its Top General Down — The ouster of Gen. Zhang Youxia, who was second only to Xi Jinping in the military hierarchy, marks “the total annihilation of the high command,” one analyst said. — China's top general, second only to Xi Jinping …
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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New York Post:
Trump tells The Post he's skipping the Super Bowl, slams halftime performers Bad Bunny and Green Day: 'I'm anti-them' — WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post in an exclusive Oval Office interview that he's skipping this year's Super Bowl — and that he can't stand the performers selected for the halftime show.
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
The world now has fewer than 200,000 Holocaust survivors — The number of living Holocaust survivors has dropped below 200,000 for the first time, a new demographic study has found. … - That's down 220,000 survivors from a year ago — an 11% drop, the Claims Conference said.
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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NBC News:
Justice Department investigating a growing number of Trump political foes — The office of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was among the latest to be added to the lengthy list of Trump critics who are under investigation. — Add NBC News to Google — President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to end the …
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Raw Story and The Portland Press Herald
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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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
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
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.
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The Gateway Pundit
