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10:55 PM ET, January 28, 2026

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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Donald Trump Is Frightened  —  The media verdict is in: President Trump has “softened” his stance on his paramilitary war on Minneapolis.  He struck a “cooperative tone” in a call with Minnesota's Democratic governor, Tim Walz.  The administration hopes to “shift its strategy” on its ICE raids.
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
ICE's No. 1 Ally  —  The Department of Justice has rushed to shield federal agents from accountability and launched needless criminal investigations into Minnesota officials and residents.  —  On Saturday, the same day that federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street …
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Five Constitutional Amendments Trump Is Ignoring in Minnesota  —  Let us count the ways your rights have been violated.  —  For nearly two months, the Trump administration has unleashed immigration officers on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul in a siege of increasing cruelty and violence.
Discussion: Reuters
Reuters:   Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with ‘agitators’ in new orders
NBC News:
Inside the White House in the chaotic hours after Alex Pretti's shooting
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Vox and The Hill
The Guardian:
US congressman meets five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father at ICE detention center - as it happened
Discussion: MS NOW, Truthout and masslive.com
American Prospect:   Minnesota CEOs Cry Crocodile Tears Over ICE
Jana Winter / Reuters:
FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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Fox News:
FBI agents search election hub in Fulton County, Georgia  —  FIRST ON FOX: FBI agents were seen Wednesday carrying out a search at an election hub in Fulton County, Georgia, a location that became ground zero for concerns and complaints about voter fraud beginning in 2020.
Washington Post:
FBI executes search warrant seeking ballots from Fulton County's 2020 election  —  The action in Georgia comes as President Donald Trump seeks to find already debunked voter fraud.  —  The FBI executed a search warrant on the elections warehouse of Georgia's most populous county Wednesday seeking ballots …
Justin Rohrlich / The Independent:
Brother labels suspect who attacked Ilhan Omar a ‘right-wing extremist’ who has hated Somalis for decades  —  Exclusive: 'In my mind, he's a piece of s**t,' Anthony Kazmierczak's brother told The Independent  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday
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New York Post:
Alleged Ilhan Omar attacker hinted at town hall plans in cryptic texts to neighbor: ‘I might get arrested’  —  The maniac who attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar with a mystery liquid at a Minnesota town hall meeting had hinted in a cryptic text to a neighbor that he “might get arrested” at the event.
John Parkinson / ABC News:
Man arrested after charging Rep. Ilhan Omar, spraying her with liquid during town hall: Police
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Body cameras, warrants top list of Democrats' ICE demands  —  Senate Democrats are demanding that federal agents be barred from donning masks and that they wear body cameras as part of sweeping changes to DHS that also include a ban on roving patrols and tighter use of warrants.
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Martin Holmes / Yahoo Entertainment:
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom  —  After CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss said she and her team would put a “huge emphasis on scoops,” CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil responded by... interviewing his own mother.
CNBC:
Rap artist Nicki Minaj pledges support for Trump accounts … Rap artist Nicki Minaj will contribute between $150,000 and $300,000 to fund her fans' Trump accounts.  —  The Grammy-nominated star attended a summit on Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Nicki Minaj says hate for her Trump fandom makes her ‘support him more’
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Liam Conejo Ramos Is Sick In ICE Detention, Says Top School Official  —  The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.  —  WASHINGTON - Liam Conejo Ramos, the pre-school student who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week …
Discussion: ABC News
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case  —  The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
One Supreme Court Case Is Most Responsible for Our Oligarchy.  It's Not the One You Think.  —  Whether or not money is the root of all evil, the root of our current American oligarchy is a single Supreme Court case.  That Supreme Court decision, Buckley v. Valeo, happens to turn 50 years old this week.
Discussion: Reason
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Finds California Department of Education Violated Federal Law by Hiding Students' “Gender Transitions” from Parents  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) found that the California Department of Education (CDE) …
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Eric He / Politico:
Trump administration finds California's ban on ‘forced outing’ of students violates federal law
Discussion: New York Post
Max Kim / New York Times:
Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Pretti Shooting  —  The comments by Mr. Miller, the influential White House deputy chief of staff, came after days of blaming Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal agents.  —  Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump …
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Oriana González / NOTUS:   Republicans Aren't Rushing to Defend Stephen Miller
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders  —  A federal judge said ICE had disobeyed more judicial directives this month than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”  —  The chief federal judge in Minnesota excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Tesla bet big on Elon Musk.  His politics continue to haunt it.  —  More than a year after Musk joined the Trump administration, the electric vehicle company is still reeling from the damage of his political involvement.  —  When Tesla shareholders approved an unprecedented $1 trillion pay package …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Josh Shapiro accuses JD Vance of giving ‘comfort’ to right-wing antisemitism  —  The Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is on a book tour promoting his memoir, which highlights his Jewish faith.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Finds San José State University Violated Title IX  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that San José State University (SJSU) violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
John Sexton / HotAir:
2030 Census Predictions Look Good for GOP  —  At this point we've all heard about the battle for midterm redistricting taking place in Texas, California and several other states.  The outcome of that battle won't be known until November but already some experts are looking ahead at the next census …
Ken Klippenstein:
Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans  —  We've broken lots of major stories about ICE this month, but we're just getting started (I have more leaked documents than time to write them up!)  Help make sure we have the resources to get these stories out by becoming a paid subscriber.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dustin Bleizeffer / WyoFile:
Hageman cuts short Casper town hall after contentious exchanges over ICE killings  —  CASPER—U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman abruptly ended a town hall session here Tuesday evening and walked off the stage to booing and shouting from her constituents while others in the audience attempted to shout down her critics.
Discussion: Newsweek and Raw Story
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Inside the Washington Post's existential meltdown.  —  It's been another terrible week for the Washington Post.  The newsroom is bracing for a devastating round of layoffs with rumors flying that some desks may be shuttered entirely.  Sportswriters were stunned to learn they would no longer …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed holds key interest rate steady as economic view improves  —  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to take a break from a recent run of interest rate cuts, as the central bank navigates questions about its independence and awaits a new leader.  —  Meeting market expectations …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Catholic Church emerges as a bulwark of resistance … With an American Pope at its helm for the first time, the Vatican is positioned to be a unique foil for the president.  — “Leo is the pope for this moment,” said Vincent Miller, a theology professor at the University of Dayton …
Kent Nishimura / The Times:
Trump hangs picture of himself with Putin in White House  —  After months of tension the Russian leader has taken pride of place above a photo of the US president and his granddaughter  —  President Trump's on-off relationship with President Putin is so volatile that he has veered from describing …
Adam Wren / Politico:
New polling memo urges Senate Dems to ‘play hardball’ on ICE … The memo was written by Adam Jentleson, the former chief of staff to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) and top aide to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), for his organization the Searchlight Institute …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court will consider taking up Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll verdict on Feb. 20  —  The Supreme Court scheduled President Trump's petition seeking a review of the jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll for the justices' Feb. 20 meeting, according to a new docket update.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and SCOTUSblog
NOTUS:
Kristi Noem Is Holding Up More Than $1 Billion in Hazard Mitigation Funds  —  Somewhere in the pile of projects awaiting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's personal signature sits a plan to protect the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, from devastating wildfire.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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PBS NewsHour:
U.S. cardinal urges defunding of ICE: 'We need to see what's happening in front of us'
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House Democrats told by leadership not to go to Minnesota
Discussion: NewsMax.com
CNN:
Trump weighs major new strike on Iran as nuclear discussions show no progress
Jory Heckman / Federal News Network:
VA reorganization to shift health care workforce to hubs with growing veteran population
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
Discussion: ABC News and France 24
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story:
Bizarre Trump fundraising email threatens MAGA donors: ‘ICE will hunt you down’
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NOTUS
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New York Times:
Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis
Discussion: BusinessDay, DCReport.org and The Hill
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Washington Post:
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