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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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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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ABC News:
Largest federal employee union calls for Noem, Miller's resignations
Largest federal employee union calls for Noem, Miller's resignations
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Aaron Parnas / The Parnas Perspective:
Important Update: Knives are Out as Kristi Noem Tries to Throw Stephen Miller Under the Bus and Trump Ignites Republican Rift
Important Update: Knives are Out as Kristi Noem Tries to Throw Stephen Miller Under the Bus and Trump Ignites Republican Rift
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The Hill
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
RNC pushed Bovino's false claims as talking points hours before his removal
RNC pushed Bovino's false claims as talking points hours before his removal
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Reuters
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.
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Washington Post:
Five moments in the Alex Pretti shooting that raise red flags for policing experts
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Leaked Memo Exposes How DHS Is Building a Database on Protesters
Leaked Memo Exposes How DHS Is Building a Database on Protesters
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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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Oriana González / NOTUS:
Senate Republicans' Confidence in Kristi Noem Is Fading Quickly
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Steve Mistler / Maine Public:
Susan Collins asks DHS to pause immigration enforcement surge in Maine and Minnesota
Susan Collins asks DHS to pause immigration enforcement surge in Maine and Minnesota
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
John Thune declines chance to back Noem after Minnesota killing
John Thune declines chance to back Noem after Minnesota killing
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jeffries' threat to Trump: Fire Kristi Noem or we move to impeachment
Jeffries' threat to Trump: Fire Kristi Noem or we move to impeachment
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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 …
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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.
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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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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.
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Niha Masih / Washington Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar attacked during town hall meeting in Minneapolis
Rep. Ilhan Omar attacked during town hall meeting in Minneapolis
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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 …
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 …
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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
After rocky start, Bari Weiss plans cuts, adds commentators at CBS News
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Terry Collins / USA Today:
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank … Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is facing strong criticism for his recent comments equating the experiences of children dealing with immigration enforcement to the struggles of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Paul Krugman:
How Canada Became an Enemy — It's not about trade, it's about ego — Until Alex Pretti was murdered, the biggest story of the weekend was Donald Trump's threat to impose 100 percent tariffs on Canada. Obviously Pretti and the backlash that followed were far more important than trade policy.
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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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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Outcry in Italy as U.S. Says ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation
Outcry in Italy as U.S. Says ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation
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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 …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
2 federal agents fired their weapons during Alex Pretti shooting, government report to Congress says — Add CBS News on Google — Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents fired their weapons during the fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti over the weekend …
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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 …
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Judge Revives Wind Farm That Trump Halted Off Martha's Vineyard — The project, known as Vineyard Wind, was already 95 percent complete when the Trump administration ordered construction to stop. — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that construction could continue on a $4.5 billion wind farm off …
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Henry Cuellar warns against shutdown, handing DHS ‘blank check’ — Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who helped craft and backed the Homeland Security funding bill now fueling a standoff in the Senate, said in an interview Tuesday that he supports putting more guardrails on federal immigration …
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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
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Ecuador says ICE agent tried to enter its Minneapolis consulate — An ICE agent on Tuesday attempted to forcibly enter Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis, according to the country's Foreign Affairs Ministry. … - The ministry said on X that consular staff prevented the officer from entering …
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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 …
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New York Times
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 …
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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.
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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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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
This is Literally the Job — We are now one year into Donald Trump's second term, and something strange is happening in political media. A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called “alarmists” were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong.

