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10:50 AM ET, January 28, 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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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.
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 …
New York Times:   Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
The Two Big Decisions Facing Democrats Ahead of a Shutdown
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:   Democrats' immigration policies have caused much more death and violence than ICE
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
How Dems Can Tame ICE
Reuters:
In six violent encounters, evidence contradicts Trump immigration officials' narratives
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Don't Make Bovino the Fall Guy for the Violence Trump Long Craved
Discussion: The Daily Wire
New York Times:
Trump Suggests He Will ‘De-Escalate’ in Minneapolis, Without Offering Details
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Can Be Stopped
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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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Ilhan Omar sprayed with liquid at Minneapolis town hall
Politico:
European leader spoke of shock at Trump's state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting  —  BRUSSELS ― Slovakia's prime minister told EU leaders at a summit last week that a meeting with Donald Trump left him shocked by the U.S. president's state of mind, five European diplomats briefed on the conversation said.
Discussion: Politico
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Shocked at President's ‘Psychological State’ in Private Meeting
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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Reuters:
Ecuador says ICE agent was blocked from entering its Minneapolis consulate  —  The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said it had issued “a note of protest” to the U.S. embassy in Ecuador.  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says an Immigration …
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Leaked Memo Exposes How DHS Is Building a Database on Protesters
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Next ‘No Kings’ march on the horizon with flagship event in the Twin Cities  —  The liberal grassroots group Indivisible simultaneously announced nationwide “Eye on ICE” trainings in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
Discussion: Fox News
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
‘No Kings 3’ nationwide protest planned for March … Nationwide protests have become a staple of both of President Donald Trump's terms.  Indivisible estimated 3 million protesters turned out for its “Hands Off” rally in April 2025, while 5 million showed up in June as part of the first …
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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
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.
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Politico:
Alex Pretti was shot by 2 CBP agents, not just 1, report finds
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill and NPR
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
In Minneapolis, far-right influencers frame ICE resistance as terrorism  —  Over the weekend on X, conservative influencer Cameron Higby began posting screen recordings from the encrypted messaging app Signal showing a list of hundreds of usernames in one massive group chat in Minnesota.
Washington Post:
Bari Weiss to CBS News staff: Without a shift in strategy, ‘we are toast’  —  The editor in chief said the network needs to produce journalism people want as she named a raft of new contributors from her website, the Free Press.  —  Bari Weiss has two jobs.
Punchbowl News:
AIPAC makes first big 2026 move … The move has sent shockwaves through New Jersey political circles ahead of the Feb. 5 primary, mostly because AIPAC backed Malinowski in past campaigns.  Now it's running attack ads against him.  —  United Democracy Project, the AIPAC-affiliated super PAC …
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot according to the ADL  —  In a study, the Anti-Defamation League fed Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, and Llama antisemitic, anti-Zionist, and extremist inputs and measured how each responded. … Across six top large language models …
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules  —  The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR.
Discussion: TechCrunch
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 …
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Border Patrol shoots human trafficking suspect in Arizona  —  A man accused of being involved in a human trafficking operation was shot and injured by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Tuesday near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, according to authorities.  —  Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos …
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 …
 
 
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Dave Graham / Reuters:
Switzerland to boost defence spending, funded by sales tax hike
Discussion: Bloomberg
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Trump endorses Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin's open race for governor
Discussion: The Hill, JSOnline and Fox21Online
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
North Carolina cut voting sites at nation's largest HBCU. Students are suing
Omar Wasow / New York Times:
ICE's Brutality Is Its Weakness
Discussion: New Republic
Amanda Chu / Politico:
The psychedelic medicine revolution that wasn't
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
US state lawmakers push to allow lawsuits against ICE agents
Sabrina Shankman / The Boston Globe:
In her screams, the desperation of a community under siege by ICE
Associated Press:
Rubio is set to warn of future military action if Venezuela's new leaders stray from US goals
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Politico:
The DHS crisis is squeezing Susan Collins
Tiago Rogero / The Guardian:
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown
Janelle Griffith / People:
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Politico:
Virginia state court blocks Democrats' redistricting push
 

 
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Beth Galetti / About Amazon:
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Tim Cook told Apple staff that he is “heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis”, calls for a “deescalation”, and says he discussed it with President Trump
 
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