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5:20 PM ET, January 29, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud  —  The director of national intelligence is leading an administration-wide effort to hunt for proof of tampering in the election that Trump lost  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has spent months investigating …
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Bondi Hands St. Louis Prosecutor Nationwide Election Fraud Remit  —  The St. Louis-based US attorney overseeing the FBI search warrant executed on Fulton County's election office Wednesday received a special appointment by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate election integrity cases nationwide …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Sleepless Trump, 79, Launches Manic 6AM Post-a-Minute Rampage  —  TRIGGER HAPPY  —  The perennially online president started out his Thursday with a bombardment of posts that sometimes came just seconds apart.  —  Donald Trump has kicked his morning off bright and early with an almost post-a-minute rampage on Truth Social.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
ProPublica:
FBI's Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn  —  The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump's breaking of democratic norms.
CBS News:
What we know about the FBI raid at a Georgia elections office  —  The FBI raided an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, on Wednesday that may be linked to a probe surrounding the 2020 presidential election, a source tells CBS News.  Katrina Kaufman reports.
New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Search Election Center in Fulton County Over 2020 Election
NBC News:
Top DOJ official posts picture of himself with Sidney Powell
Discussion: Democracy Docket
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Washington Post:
Senate pushes for Homeland Security funding deal as shutdown looms  —  Democrats continue to negotiate with the White House on new accountability policies for immigration authorities after the killing of Alex Pretti.  —  just now  —  Democrats and the White House are working to negotiate …
Associated Press:
Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won't meet demands for ICE reform
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Democrats Determined to Squander Advantage on DHS Funding
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown
Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources  —  Mangione is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.  —  Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson …
Discussion: TMZ.com, IJR, Metro.co.uk, Mediaite and Forbes
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Pizza Cutter and a Fork: A Bizarre Bid to Break Mangione Out of Jail  —  Federal prosecutors said a man was arrested after he impersonated an F.B.I. agent during a visit to the federal jail complex in Brooklyn where Luigi Mangione was being held.  —  A man was arrested on Wednesday evening …
pbump:
ICE's excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested  —  From the earliest months of Donald Trump's second term in office, federal immigration officers have conducted their raids and arrests while concealing their identities, a notable deviation from the way in which law enforcement has long been conducted in the United States.
Discussion: Florida's Voice
Pew Research Center:
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans  —  Rising share of Democrats want their party's congressional leaders to stand up to Trump  —  This Pew Research Center report looks at how the U.S. public feels about Trump's job performance …
Discussion: Political Wire
The Atlantic:
Battles Are Raging Inside the Department of Homeland Security  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared before a bank of television cameras in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night …
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
Democratic Governors Promise Accountability After Minneapolis
Discussion: Boston.com
Wall Street Journal:
Administration to Draw Down Immigration Officers in Minneapolis, Homan Says
Associated Press:
Justice Department charges man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar  —  The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis.  The man arrested for Tuesday's attack, Anthony Kazmierczak …
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CNN:
Appealing to Jeff Bezos  —  With widespread layoffs expected at The Washington Post in the coming weeks, teams of reporters are sending impassioned letters to Jeff Bezos, urging him not to shrink the newsroom.  —  This morning, I obtained a letter from the newspaper's White House reporters.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
CBS, Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death  —  More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
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Associated Press:
Unearthed videos show Alex Pretti scuffling with federal officers in Minneapolis days before his death
Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
Libs of TikTok is doxxing teachers and nurses who support Alex Pretti or oppose ICE, trying to get them fired  —  Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti's killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses …
Portland Press-Herald:
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest  —  Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.  —  Community:  —  4 min readFont size +
Discussion: Raw Story
Haaretz:
IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians Killed During the War  —  Although many international experts have accepted the Health Ministry's data as reliable, and even conservative relative to the true death toll, Israel had refused to accept the Health Ministry's count until now
Politico:
Carney urges US not to meddle in Alberta independence movement … Carney said talk about separatist movements in Alberta or Quebec has not come up in his talks with Donald Trump.  Accusations of foreign interference between the U.S. and Canada have seeped into trade talks …
Discussion: Global News and NewsMax.com
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Financial Times:
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
Jim Puzzanghera / The Boston Globe:
ICE ending Maine surge, Senator Collins says  —  US Senator Susan Collins of Maine announced Thursday morning that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has informed her the agency will end the immigration enforcement surge in the state.  —  “While the Department …
John Publius / Wired:
ICE Pretends It's a Military Force.  Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed  —  WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.  —  As a veteran of the war on terror, I have spent the past year watching Immigration …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Senators Push for Answers on ICE's Surveillance Shopping Spree  —  Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine formally asked the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to investigate and provide details on many of the surveillance technologies being used by Customs and Border Protection …
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Washington Post:
The powerful tools in ICE's arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Discussion: Nextgov/FCW
Bloomberg:
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US  —  Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.  —  Despite protests in small towns and cities across the US, the Trump administration …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Ethics finds ‘substantial evidence’ of fraud charges against Florida Democrat  —  A panel of House lawmakers found “substantial evidence” that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who's facing federal fraud charges, committed conduct outlined in the indictment against her.
Discussion: Raw Story
Mia Sato / The Verge:
The rise of the slopagandist … The violent federal occupation of Minneapolis — and the subsequent killings of two residents at the hands of immigration agents — began with a vlog.  Nick Shirley, a roving 23-year-old with a smartphone and a taste for outrage, made a YouTube video …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Republicans unveil election reform bill dubbed ‘Make Elections Great Again Act’  —  House Republicans on Thursday unveiled a sweeping elections reform bill that would mandate long-sought requirements like photo ID when voting and citizenship verification to register to vote.
 
 
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Associated Press:
EU lists Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organization over protest crackdown
Marc Caputo / Axios:
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The Hill:
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Discussion: CBS News
 Earlier Items: 
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Discussion: New Republic, Newsweek and Raw Story
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
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Discussion: Newsweek and The Hill
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Bloomberg:
Rolex and Gold Given to Trump Before Swiss Deal Queried by Senator
Discussion: The Independent
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
After Alex Pretti's Murder, It's Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors
Paul Krugman:
The World Files for Economic Divorce from America
Discussion: Raw Story
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center's new programming head resigns days after hire was announced