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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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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Democrats Determined to Squander Advantage on DHS Funding — Republicans in Congress appear to be bending to Democratic demands to attach some conditions to future funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But those just-released conditions may not do much to change the trajectory …
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 … The House already passed these bills, then left town for recess. The Senate was on track to clear them without much drama. But then came last weekend's killing in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, at the hands of Border Patrol agents.
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The Atlantic:
Battles Are Raging Inside the Department of Homeland Security
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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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Reuters:
Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with ‘agitators’ in new orders
Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with ‘agitators’ in new orders
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Wall Street Journal:
Administration to Draw Down Immigration Officers in Minneapolis, Homan Says
Administration to Draw Down Immigration Officers in Minneapolis, Homan Says
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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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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
ICE has ended ‘enhanced’ operations in Maine, Collins says
ICE has ended ‘enhanced’ operations in Maine, Collins says
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Washington Post:
Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota
Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
Democratic Governors Promise Accountability After Minneapolis
Democratic Governors Promise Accountability After Minneapolis
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Washington Post:
Funding vote fails in Senate ahead of potential government shutdown
Funding vote fails in Senate ahead of potential government shutdown
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New York Times:
Democrats Block Spending Package as D.H.S. Talks Continue
Democrats Block Spending Package as D.H.S. Talks Continue
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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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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 — 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.
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Warner: ‘Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?’
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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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ProPublica:
FBI's Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn
FBI's Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn
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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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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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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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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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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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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
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.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
The GOP is losing one of its best issues
The GOP is losing one of its best issues
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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 +
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
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 …
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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 …
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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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 …
Stephen Swanson / CBS News:
Homan says CBP, ICE working on drawdown plan in Minnesota, but says “I'm staying 'til the problem is gone” — Add CBS News on Google — Border czar Tom Homan gave his first news conference Thursday morning since arriving in Minnesota at the request of President Trump, and said “a lot of progress” has been made since he arrived.
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Associated Press:
Trump's border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’
Trump's border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’
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Financial Times:
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada — Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney — The Trump administration has held covert meetings with fringe separatists from Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta …
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