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9:05 PM ET, January 27, 2026

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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to “massacre” agents  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for issuing misleading and incendiary information that claimed immigration agents killed an armed Minnesota protestor Saturday because he wanted to “massacre” them.
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Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
ICE Barbie Throws Stephen Miller Under the Bus to Save Her Job  —  BYE BYE, FALL GUY  —  A civil war appears to be breaking out in the Trump administration.  —  ICE Barbie has passed the blame to Stephen Miller after she received calls to be fired in response to immigration officials …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Top White House aide Stephen Miller acknowledges possible breach of protocol before Alex Pretti's shooting  —  Gun violence Donald Trump National security  —  Top White House aide Stephen Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis …
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Miller Iced Out of Trump's DHS Cleanup  —  NOT INVITED  —  The president's closest adviser was left out in the cold.  —  The architect of President Donald Trump's harshest immigration policies is now being sidelined as the White House confronts the repercussions of them.
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Can Be Stopped
Discussion: Raw Story and MS NOW
ABC News:
Largest federal employee union calls for Noem, Miller's resignations
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
“It was a mess”: Inside Trump's pivot on Minnesota
NBC News:
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary  —  Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jeffries' threat to Trump: Fire Kristi Noem or we move to impeachment
CNN:
Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say  —  Immigration Federal agencies Crime Gun violence  —  Federal immigration officers have been collecting personal information about protesters and agitators in Minneapolis, sources told CNN …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong  —  The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.  —  It took only a few minutes before everyone in the church knew that another person had been shot.  I was sitting with Trygve Olsen, a big man in a wool hat and puffy vest, who lifted his phone to show me a text with the news.
New York Times:
On Immigration, the G.O.P. Finds Itself in a Shocking Place: On Defense  —  Since President Trump's rise, the issue has been a strength for the party.  But now, after the chaos in Minnesota, Democrats see an opening and some Republicans worry that Mr. Trump is going too far.
Discussion: CNN and New York Magazine
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
‘Latinas for Trump’ Co-Founder Warns Immigration Will Cost G.O.P. the Midterms  —  State Senator Ileana Garcia, who is Cuban American, said the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis was “abhorrent.”  —  The Trump administration's immigration crackdown …
New Republic:
A Dem Senator's Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”  —  As the country absorbs the shock of Alex Pretti's murder by federal agents in Minneapolis, President Trump is politically on the defensive.  He sent his border czar there and sort of made nice with Minnesota's Democratic governor.
NBC News:
One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona  —  The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  A person was shot in an incident involving U.S. Border Patrol …
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Colleen Slevin / Associated Press:
Shooting involving Border Patrol leaves 1 in critical condition near US-Mexico border
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bari Weiss adds new podcasters and writers as CBS contributors  —  CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss will announce a slate of new contributors for the network on Tuesday during an all-hands meeting with staff, sources told Axios. … - Many of those changes, including delaying a recent …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
After rocky start, Bari Weiss plans cuts, adds commentators at CBS News  —  CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss said she will make the news division “fit for purpose in the 21st Century” at an all-staff meeting Tuesday, in which she outlined her strategy.  —  Weiss announced the hiring …
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
No civil rights violation probe into latest Minnesota shooting, sources tell MS NOW  —  President Donald Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.  Instead, two units of the Department of Homeland Security …
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos … Melania Trump's new documentary, Melania, is looking like an opening-week box office flop—after Amazon's MGM studios paid tens of millions of dollars for the rights to it.  —  The documentary detailing the first lady's return …
Associated Press:
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan Cortina Olympics  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to information shared with local media by sources at the U.S. Embassy in Rome.
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Janelle Griffith / People:
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says  —  Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease  — Maher Tarabishi was detained on Oct. 28 …
Politico:
Janet Mills: Maine ‘will not be intimidated’ amid ongoing ICE surge … AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills issued a dire warning in her annual address to state lawmakers Tuesday night: The federal immigration raids sweeping the state are part of an ongoing attack on democracy nationwide.
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Associated Press:
Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall  —  A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, telling Trump he meant what he said at Davos  —  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals.
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Paul Krugman:   How Canada Became an Enemy
Kristen Radtke / The Verge:
I grew up with Alex Pretti … The day Alex Pretti was shot 10 times in the street by federal agents, I was delivering a eulogy for my grandfather, who died the way we're supposed to: old, asleep, surrounded by family.  Because it's my job to coordinate visuals for this website …
Finya Swai / Politico:
Murkowski, Shaheen call for Congress to rein in Trump … One tool, they argued, is to pass their bipartisan NATO Unity Protection Act, which would block the use of taxpayer dollars to seize, blockade or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of a NATO ally without the ally's consent …
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Five moments in the Alex Pretti shooting that raise red flags for policing experts  —  The tactics U.S. Border Patrol agents used against Alex Pretti in Minneapolis probably violate modern policing guidelines, several experts said, and add to a growing body of evidence that federal immigration officers …
Discussion: New York Times
Sara DiNatale / San Francisco Chronicle:
California bill would ban ICE agents from jobs in teaching and policing  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.
Discussion: Fox News
CNN:
Exclusive: Two officers fired their guns during Pretti encounter, Homeland Security says in initial report  —  Gun violence National security Federal agencies  —  Two officers fired their guns during the fatal encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend …
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity  —  Let's talk a little bit about Alex Pretti and juxtapose what we know about him with the for-the-cameras machismo that defines the men responsible for his murder.  —  The latter set have, regrettably, done a decent job over recent years …
Politico:
Virginia state court blocks Democrats' redistricting push … Democrats in the Legislature first passed a measure to take up redistricting in October of last year, utilizing a special session left open by then-Gov. Glenn Youngkin.  Lawmakers took up the issue again in January …
Tiago Rogero / The Guardian:
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown  —  Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative  —  Claudia Mendoza in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras, and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro
Joshua Keating / Vox:
China is purging its military leaders.  Is this a step toward war?  —  In recent years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been systematically purging his country's senior military leaders, part of an overall campaign that has meted out punishment to some 200,000 officials since he took power.
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Trump's acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT … Cybersecurity sensors at CISA flagged the uploads this past August, said the four officials.  One official specified there were multiple such warnings in the first week of August alone.
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Marina Hyde / The Guardian:
Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today.  We used to have a name for this  —  Truly, I am the country's biggest fan.  But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here's a few things the rest of the world needs them to know
Discussion: 9to5Mac
Michael Andor Brodeur / Washington Post:
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center  —  The pioneering composer said “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln” slated to be performed in June by the National Symphony Orchestra.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 2 Million, Study Finds  —  The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting.  —  The number of Russian and Ukrainian troops killed, wounded or missing during nearly four years of war is on track …
Discussion: New York Post and NewsMax.com
 
 
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Taylor Orth / YouGov:
Confidence in ICE is falling and half of Americans support cutting its funding
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and NewsMax.com
Josh Richman / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda
Jameson Mitrovich / The Washington Free Beacon:
Holocaust Museum Rebukes Tim Walz for Likening Minnesota's Illegal Immigrants to Anne Frank
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In blow to Trump DOJ, experienced anti-voting lawyer is out
Neil Irwin / Axios:
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Washington Post:
Trump aides declared 16 DHS shootings since July justified before probes completed
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Evan Gorelick / New York Times:
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
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