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 …

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 …

‘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.”

Capitol agenda: Senate shutdown deal hits a Lindsey Graham snag  —  A partial shutdown of multiple federal agencies is just 16 hours away as the Senate deals with a Lindsey Graham-sized snag and House Republicans face pressure from President Donald Trump to expedite whatever the other chamber sends their way.

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 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.

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE  —  Earlier this month we revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a Palantir tool called ELITE to decide which neighborhoods to raid.  —  The tool lets ICE populate a map with potential deportation targets …

Minneapolis' Hotel Workers Are on Edge  —  There are two things keeping a Minneapolis hotel housekeeper scared this week: the roughly 20 federal immigration agents staying where she works and the threat of pro-immigrant protesters discovering that the agents are there.

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.

The Smug and Vacuous David Brooks Is Perfect for The Atlantic  —  The former New York Times columnist is a one-man cottage industry of lazy cultural stereotyping.  —  The Smug and Vacuous David Brooks Is Perfect for “The Atlantic”  —  The former New York Times columnist is a one-man cottage industry of lazy cultural stereotyping.

Arab and Muslim powers mount last-ditch effort to avert US-Iran conflict  —  Diplomats fear that Tehran will see Washington's demands as tantamount to surrender and resist them  —  Andrew England and Simeon Kerr in Abu Dhabi, Najmeh Bozorgmehr in London, John Paul Rathbone in Istanbul and Abigail Hauslohner in Washington

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 …

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.”

DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens  —  Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV he was driving to a dead stop in the middle of the street.  —  Masked agents rapped on the window, demanding Martinez produce his ID.

'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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Judge bars federal prosecutors from seeking death penalty against Luigi Mangione  —  Federal prosecutors can't seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration's bid to see him executed …