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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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

DOJ files federal charges against man accused of attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar  —  Anthony Kazmierczak was hit with a charge alleging he “forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and officer and employee of the United States ”  —  Listen to this article with a free account

The Senate: A Couple of Rating Changes in Favor of Democrats, but Republicans Still Favored Overall … KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Despite facing what is likely to be a difficult national political environment this fall, Republicans remain favored to hold their Senate majority.

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 …

Kennedy Center's new programming head resigns days after hire was announced  —  Kevin Couch, appointed the center's senior vice president of artistic programming, resigned less than two weeks after his hire was announced.  —  In a Jan. 16 news release, the Kennedy Center announced …

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 …

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.

Tillis ‘thrilled’ Trump called him ‘loser’  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) signaled Wednesday that he's not at all bothered by President Trump labeling him a “loser.”  —  “I am thrilled about that.  That makes me qualified to be [Department of Homeland Security] secretary and senior advisor to the president …

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.

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 +

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 …

Best gas masks … I was tear gassed by the government for the first time in July 2020 at one of the many Black Lives Matter protests that broke out all over the country.  The feeling is excruciating, like your lungs are trying to kill you from the inside out.  The sting in your eyes is painful, too.

Rolex and Gold Given to Trump Before Swiss Deal Queried by Senator  —  US Senator Ron Wyden asked for a detailed account of Donald Trump's acceptance of a Rolex table clock and one-kilogram gold bar from Swiss businessmen shortly before the president slashed tariffs he previously imposed on Switzerland.