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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 …
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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.
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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.
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CBS News:
What we know about the FBI raid at a Georgia elections office
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Warner: ‘Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?’
Warner: ‘Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?’
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Trump's Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not.
Trump's Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not.
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump's Plans to Interfere in the Midterms Are Becoming More Dangerous
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump's Plans to Interfere in the Midterms Are Becoming More Dangerous
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Search Election Center in Fulton County Over 2020 Election
F.B.I. Agents Search Election Center in Fulton County Over 2020 Election
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting as Democrats threaten partial government shutdown — President Donald Trump has gathered his Cabinet for a video broadcasted meeting that's expected to be another lengthy, praise-heavy affair. Since returning to office, the president has used …
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Politico:
Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff
Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff
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Associated Press:
Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won't meet demands for ICE reform
Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won't meet demands for ICE reform
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Punchbowl News:
1/29/26☀️ AM: … The episode will be live this afternoon.
1/29/26☀️ AM: … The episode will be live this afternoon.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown
Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown
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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 …
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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 …
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CBC News:
Carney says he expects U.S. to ‘respect Canadian sovereignty’ after Alberta separatists meet with Trump team — Meeting with premiers in Ottawa was to ‘come together and build,’ PM says — Smith, Carney say they expect U.S. would respect Canadian sovereignty on Alberta separatism
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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 …
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.
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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
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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
CBS, Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground
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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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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 …
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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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
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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.
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 +
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump expects Panama Canal court win for “Donroe Doctrine” — The White House expects Panama's Supreme Court on Thursday to cancel a crucial Panama Canal ports contract operated by a firm with ties to China's government, two sources tell Axios.
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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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 …
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump hears updates from his Cabinet...but skips right over embattled Noem — The Secretary of Homeland Security was snubbed at first Trump cabinet meeting of 2026 — President Donald Trump has always loved hearing fulsome praise from his hand-picked cabinet at meetings that can run …
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Mediaite, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Democrats, IJR and The Hill
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 …


