Trump nominates Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair to succeed Jerome Powell  —  President Donald Trump on Friday named Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, ending a five-month odyssey that has seen unprecedented turmoil around the central bank.

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 …

Trump says he and Democrats are ‘getting close’ to a deal to resolve shutdown fight  —  The agreement includes advancing five spending bills and funding the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks as lawmakers negotiate changes to DHS and ICE.  — Add NBC News to Google

Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion for Tax-Return Leak  —  President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout.

Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest  —  The former CNN anchor has said he was not demonstrating, but reporting as a journalist, during the interruption of a service inside a St. Paul church earlier this month.  —  The former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested late Thursday night …

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are  —  Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.  —  On the morning of Jan. 10 …

Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran  —  The plans being weighed by the president go beyond those he considered weeks ago amid widespread protests against Iran's government.  —  President Trump has been presented in recent days with an expanded list of potential military options …

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 …

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.

ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler  —  Just before being put on board her deportation flight, Melissa Tran's wrists and ankles were shackled to a chain around her waist.  It had been more than 10 hours since she'd been given any food or water; for the last seven she had been sitting on a bus on the tarmac.

'I don't have words': 2 more kids from Liam Ramos' Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"Two more Minnesota children — a second grader and a fifth grader — were taken into custody with their mother on Thursday …

Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving  —  A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was charged with drunken driving in St. Paul after a state trooper found him passed out in a car Tuesday morning “covered in vomit.”

College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth  —  The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.  —  The College approached a student to promote Evergreen.AI — the College's wellness artificial intelligence project …

Did Trump Really Give Nicki Minaj a $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ Visa?  —  “Gold Trump card free of charge,” the rapper wrote on social media.  But the White House says it's not what it seems.  —  After a joint appearance with President Trump this week, the rapper Nicki Minaj flaunted what appeared …

Kari Lake promotes Trump on Voice of America.  Does that break the law?  —  Kari Lake, who oversees the parent agency of the Voice of America, has hit legal and political roadblocks in her drive to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.  —  She has instead accelerated her use …

Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom  —  The changes are expected to include significant layoffs in areas like sports and international coverage.  —  Fewer reporters are being sent to the Super Bowl.  Foreign correspondents are being asked to hold off on trips to conflict zones.

Trump Is Making America Stupider  —  “I LOVE THE POORLY EDUCATED,” Donald Trump once declared.  That was back in 2016, during his first presidential campaign.  —  Now, a decade later, he and the rest of the MAGA movement have manifested that love into policy, with a series of changes …

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 …

Ukraine is bracing for brutal weather as Trump says Putin agreed to halt power grid attacks  —  Ukraine awaited signs Friday that Russia is abiding by a commitment that U.S. President Donald Trump said it made to temporarily halt attacks on Ukraine's power grid, as Kyiv and other regions …

Janet Mills' first TV ad hits ICE … The six-figure buy goes up statewide on Friday and is running across broadcast and digital for the next two weeks. … An ICE surge in Maine, dubbed Operation Catch of the Day by Homeland Security officials, received widespread backlash from Democrats and local leaders …