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11:25 AM 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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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.
New York Times:
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis  —  The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.  —  The intense fallout from Alex Pretti's death has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
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 …
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
The Two Big Decisions Facing Democrats Ahead of a Shutdown
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
How Dems Can Tame ICE
New York Times:
Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis
Discussion: The Hill, DCReport.org and BusinessDay
Politico:
The DHS crisis is squeezing Susan Collins
Christian Paz / Vox:
The White House's shocking lies about Minneapolis
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 … “Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand,” Omar said.  “We are Minnesota strong and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”  —  The lawmaker's office later said on social media …
Niha Masih / Washington Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar attacked during town hall meeting in Minneapolis
Discussion: The Independent
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump's Response to Ilhan Omar Attack Is as Ugly as It Gets
New York Times:
Representative Ilhan Omar Is Attacked at Town Hall in Minneapolis
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.
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Shocked at President's ‘Psychological State’ in Private Meeting
NBC News:
Questions swirl around federal government's plan to investigate DHS shootings  —  DHS is leading the investigations, not the FBI, which has raised questions about independence, and local officials have been cut out where there is usually cooperation, experts say.  — Add NBC News to Google
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Reuters:
In six violent encounters, evidence contradicts Trump immigration officials' narratives
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.
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
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 and Mother Jones
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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
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Punchbowl News:   AIPAC makes first big 2026 move
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Discussion: Bloomberg
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.
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
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.
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Democrats' immigration policies have caused much more death and violence than ICE  —  The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have led to increased calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other illegal immigration enforcement operations.
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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.
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
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 …
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 …
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
US state lawmakers push to allow lawsuits against ICE agents  —  Several Democratic-led states are pursuing laws trying to enable people to sue federal agents deployed to their communities for civil rights abuses, a push that has gained steam amid protests over tactics used …
 
 
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