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.

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 …

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

‘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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Susan Collins asks DHS to pause immigration enforcement surge in Maine and Minnesota  —  Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she's asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to pause the immigration enforcement surge in both Maine and Minnesota, calling both operations too sweeping and indiscriminate.

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Families of Trinidadians Killed in U.S. Boat Strike Sue Trump Administration  —  Two families in Trinidad and Tobago sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, alleging the Trump administration unlawfully killed their relatives in one of its missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

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.

European leader spoke of shock at Trump's state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting  —  The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week's EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  BRUSSELS ― …

Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda  —  U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who also serves as acting field director …

Maxwell Lobs Grenade Naming 29 ‘Protected’ Epstein Friends  —  MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER  —  Documents revealing “secret settlements” reached by Epstein associates have still not been released by the DOJ ..... our must-read newsletter The Swamp reveals.