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 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.

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 …

Department of Justice Publishes 3.5 Million Responsive Pages in Compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act  —  For Immediate Release  —  WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today published over 3 million additional pages responsive to the Epstein Files Transparency Act …

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 …

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.

Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison will testify before Congress  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison will testify March 4 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.  The announcement of their joint appearance by by Chair James Comer …

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.

Tulsi Gabbard's appearance at Fulton County FBI raid raises questions  —  Lawmakers called for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to explain the presence of the country's top spy agency official at a domestic law enforcement action in Georgia.

FBI takes over investigation of Minnesota shooting as Trump calls Alex Pretti an ‘insurrectionist’  —  The FBI is now leading the probe into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.

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.

Newsom fights back after Dr Oz accuses LA's Armenians of healthcare fraud  —  California governor files complaint against Medicare head who alleged fraud by members of Armenian community  —  A new front in the battle between the California governor, Gavin Newsom, and the Trump administration …

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 …

'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 …

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

‘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.).

Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson's husband, emails show  —  Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009  —  Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Lord Peter Mandelson's husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, in 2009, according to emails published by the US Department of Justice …