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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 …
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Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service — Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Friday post on X that Lemon was arrested alongside three others “in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.” — Listen to this article with a free account
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CNN:
Journalist Don Lemon taken into custody after Minnesota church protest — Journalist Don Lemon was taken into custody on Thursday night, according to his attorney. — Lemon was with dozens of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters as they rushed into Cities Church in St. Paul …
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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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Adam Wren / Politico:
‘A number of crazy stories’ — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray — Happy Friday. This is Adam Wren. Some have called this a newsletter. It is not. It is a “creative experience that offers perspectives, insights and moments.”
Samuel Benson / Politico:
‘A pretext to rig the election’: Democrats scramble to block ICE crackdowns near polling sites … Senate Democrats considered a requirement banning ICE agents from polling sites as part of their demands in negotiating the Homeland Security funding bill, according to Murphy and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.).
Washington Post:
Tulsi Gabbard's appearance at Fulton County FBI raid raises questions
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Search in Georgia Shows Trump's Willingness to Pursue 2020 Grievances
F.B.I. Search in Georgia Shows Trump's Willingness to Pursue 2020 Grievances
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Today Fulton County, Tomorrow???
Today Fulton County, Tomorrow???
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Politico:
‘Bizarrely and personally lurking’: Gabbard's appearance at FBI election raid alarms Dems
‘Bizarrely and personally lurking’: Gabbard's appearance at FBI election raid alarms Dems
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Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Prepares to Back Warsh for Fed Chair — The Trump administration is preparing for the president to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter. — President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to announce …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
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.
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New York Times:
Trump Is Expected to Announce Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair — President Trump is set to announce his choice to replace Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, saying it is someone “known to everybody in the financial world.” — President Trump is set to announce his choice …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Pick Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair
Trump Expected to Pick Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair
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Colby Smith / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kevin Warsh Is Named Fed Chair
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kevin Warsh Is Named Fed Chair
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Steve Kopack / NBC News:
Trump taps Kevin Warsh to chair Federal Reserve
Trump taps Kevin Warsh to chair Federal Reserve
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Politico:
Trump-blessed deal to keep government funded gets snagged in Senate … Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was more blunt: “Republicans need to get their act together.” — Thune said there were unresolved issues on both sides of the aisle. But the main sticking point appears …
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NBC News:
Trump says he and Democrats are ‘getting close’ to a deal to resolve shutdown fight
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
January 29, 2026 — Public outrage over the violence of federal agents from Immigration …
January 29, 2026 — Public outrage over the violence of federal agents from Immigration …
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Washington Post:
Senate aims to vote on funding deal before shutdown deadline
Senate aims to vote on funding deal before shutdown deadline
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Washington Post:
A redistricting gambit tests a newly minted Democratic star
A redistricting gambit tests a newly minted Democratic star
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
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.
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NBC News:
Trump sues the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over leaked tax records — The president argued in the lawsuit that the agencies failed to prevent a former contractor from leaking his tax returns from nearly a decade ago to news outlets. — Listen to this article with a free account
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New York Times:
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 …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The protection racket regime — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — ❄️ Subscribe to PN ❄️ — If Minnesotans had any hope that the execution of Alex Pretti would result in a different approach from the Trump administration ... well, they were half-right.
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong
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New York Times:
For Some Americans, the End of Obamacare Subsidies Means Falling Off a Financial Cliff — Earning just one dollar more could mean a $10,000 increase in insurance premiums. — Obamacare's open enrollment period is over, and Americans around the country are facing higher health insurance costs.
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New York Times:
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 …
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Minneapolis' Hotel Workers Are on Edge — Staff across the city told NOTUS how their lives have changed since the start of the federal immigration operation. “It's frightening,” one said. — Copy — There are two things keeping a Minneapolis hotel housekeeper scared this week …
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Joey Peters / Sahan Journal:
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.”
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Undaunted — Some weeks, I find it impossible to isolate just one heroic or even a few heroic figures in the fight for democracy, truth, and decency. That is when I know we have reached a transformative moment that engages people from all walks of life and all parts of our constitutional system.
Annabelle Zhang / The Dartmouth:
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 …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
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 …
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Farewell Column From David Brooks — My grandfather Bernard Levy played a big role in my childhood. When we weren't exploring New York City together, he was writing letters to the editor to The New York Times from his law firm's office in the Woolworth Building in Lower Manhattan …
MPR News:
'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 …
Associated Press:
Protesters call for nationwide strike against Trump's immigration policies — Protesters across the U.S. are calling for “no work, no school, no shopping” as part of a nationwide strike on Friday to oppose the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
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