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3:20 PM ET, January 29, 2026

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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 …
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.
Associated Press:
Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won't meet demands for ICE reform
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown
Reuters:
Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with ‘agitators’ in new orders
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
ICE has ended ‘enhanced’ operations in Maine, Collins says
Washington Post:
Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota
Discussion: Raw Story
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Democratic Governors Promise Accountability After Minneapolis
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
New York Times:
Democrats Block Spending Package as D.H.S. Talks Continue
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.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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
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 and MS NOW
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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Associated Press:
Unearthed videos show Alex Pretti scuffling with federal officers in Minneapolis days before his death
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
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
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.
Discussion: Newsweek and The Hill
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Adam Wren / Politico:
The GOP is losing one of its best issues
Discussion: Raw Story and The Argument
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Reuters
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Associated Press:
Trump's border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’
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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Pew Research Center:
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Washington Post:
The powerful tools in ICE's arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump says Fed chair decision coming next week
Discussion: The Hill
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Republicans unveil election reform bill dubbed ‘Make Elections Great Again Act’
Discussion: Fox News, NewsMax.com and IJR
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Bloomberg:
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Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
After Alex Pretti's Murder, It's Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors
Paul Krugman:
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New York Times:
Judge Scolds Bondi for Publishing Photos of Protesters on Social Media