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12:50 PM ET, January 30, 2026

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New York Times:
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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New York Times:
Minnesota Live Updates: Don Lemon Is Among Several More Arrested Over Church Protest  —  The former CNN anchor and three others were arrested on charges related to a protest this month in St. Paul, Minn., Attorney General Pam Bondi said.  Protests were beginning in Minneapolis against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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 …
NBC News:
Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service
Lilia Luciano / CBS News:
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon taken into custody after protest at Minnesota church service
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Don Lemon arrested by federal officials in connection with church protest
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
There Can Be No More Doubt. Trump Wants to Kill Free Speech
Discussion: Mediaite
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Feds arrest 4, including Don Lemon and Minnesota journalist over church protest
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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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 …
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.”
Discussion: New Republic
Joe Rennison / New York Times:
Stock Market Takes Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination in Stride
Discussion: 77 WABC, Roll Call and The Daily Signal
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Pick Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair
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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Associated Press:
Justice Department releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files  —  The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire …
NBC News:
Epstein files live updates: Trump DOJ releases more records over a month after deadline  —  The Justice Department posted another trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein more than two months after President Donald Trump signed a bill requiring their release.  —  ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
Discussion: Bloomberg
NBC News:
Blanche says DOJ not releasing some internal documents on Epstein
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
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.
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NBC News:
Trump says he and Democrats are ‘getting close’ to a deal to resolve shutdown fight
Associated Press:
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 …
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NBC News:
Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty after judge nixes two federal counts  —  The judge dismissed two of the four federal counts against Mangione, including murder through use of a firearm, which carried a potential death sentence.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Times and KSTP-TV
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Washington Post:
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.
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
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.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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.
Discussion: CNBC, KFF and UPI
Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
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.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
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 …
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 …
Financial Times:
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
Discussion: New York Times and Semafor
Associated Press:
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.
Associated Press:
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 …
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 …
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
A ‘wellness bro’, a cosmologist and an RFK Jr crony: meet Bari Weiss's new CBS News contributors  —  The network's editor-in-chief unveiled a curious list of 19 people to be paid contributors across different platforms  —  A focus on wellness, nutrition, longevity and cosmology …
Financial Times:
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 …
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.).
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.”
Discussion: Twin Cities, Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
Brian May says US is currently too dangerous for Queen to tour there
Discussion: New York Post and masslive.com
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
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