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New York Times:
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor's Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers — Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
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The Guardian, The Times of Israel, The Independent and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Epstein files latest: photos appear to show former prince Andrew crouching over female — Elon Musk and former UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson among those named in newly released documents — Epstein wanted Ferguson to release a statement saying he was ‘not a pedo’, documents show
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Reuters, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, IJR and Pharyngula
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New York Times:
Release of Three Million Epstein Pages Falls Short, Survivors Say — Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, told reporters on Friday that “there's a hunger or a thirst for information that I do not think will be satisfied by the review of these documents.”
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CBS News, Associated Press, CNBC, The Good in Us, NewsMax.com, The Hill, Politico, National Politics, Al Jazeera, MS NOW, Global News, France 24, KING-TV and WCSH
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk expressed interest in visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, newly released emails show
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Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, 404 Media, Forbes, Al Jazeera, Metro.co.uk, NewsMax.com, Fortune, Electrek, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Daily Mail, TMZ.com, New York Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Daily News, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Here's What to Know About the Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents
Here's What to Know About the Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents
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ABC News, IJR, The Guardian, The Parnas Perspective, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, NewsNation, Roll Call, Washington Post, CBS News, Bloomberg, Axios, Blaze Media and Forbes
Associated Press:
In the latest Epstein files are famous names and new details about an earlier investigation
In the latest Epstein files are famous names and new details about an earlier investigation
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New York Post, Mercury News, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Hackwhackers, Out Magazine and Newsweek
Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Lutnick Sought Visit to Epstein's Island, DOJ Files Indicate
Lutnick Sought Visit to Epstein's Island, DOJ Files Indicate
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The Independent, Metro.co.uk, Politico, BBC, France 24, Meidas+, Associated Press, CNBC, New Republic, Agence France-Presse, El País, The Parnas Perspective, New York Post, New York Times, Democrats, NOTUS and The Guardian
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
Epstein file photos appear to show Andrew crouched over female on floor
Epstein file photos appear to show Andrew crouched over female on floor
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Daily Mail, Metro.co.uk and New York Times
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take — Liam Ramos, 5, isn't the only Minneapolis child sitting in a Texas detention center. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents. — COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. - The hallways at Valley View Elementary School used …
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New York Times:
ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say. — “You are scaring schools, people and the world,” one student at Valley View Elementary, just outside Minneapolis, wrote to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Exactly a year after President Trump's second inauguration …
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The Japan Times
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
A Minnesota School District Guards Against ICE, From Dawn to Dusk — In Fridley, a Minneapolis suburb, school officials are driving nervous teachers and buying families groceries. At dismissal, the superintendent patrols for federal agents. — In the predawn darkness …
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The Portland Press Herald, Chalkbeat, KUSA-TV and ProPublica
Status:
‘This Is a New Dimension’ … On Friday morning, hours after Don Lemon was apprehended in a Beverly Hills hotel lobby by a team of federal officers, two dozen agents arrived at the Minnesota home of independent journalist Georgia Fort, with a warrant for her arrest.
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Politico:
Don Lemon vows to fight charges in First Amendment showdown with Trump … In an indictment unsealed Friday, a grand jury in Minneapolis approved charges accusing Lemon and eight others of conspiring to deprive congregants at a church of their civil rights and violating the Freedom of Access …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents …
As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents …
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The Hill, HuffPost, Associated Press, The Forward and The American Conservative
Washington Post:
Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial — The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site. — The White House stands about 70 feet tall.
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The Guardian, RedState, The Independent and No More Mister Nice Blog
Washington Post:
Judge denies Minnesota's request for immediate end to immigration crackdown — Minnesota officials had said the immigration crackdown was endangering public safety in their state. — A judge on Saturday declined to order the Trump administration to immediately scale back its immigration enforcement surge …
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The Hill, CBS News, New York Times and Mother Jones
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Mariah Timms / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Won't Stop Federal Immigration Enforcement Surge in Minnesota
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CNBC, The Hill, Scripps News, BusinessDay, Washington Times, masslive.com, Fox News and MS NOW
MPR News:
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident — {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon …
Associated Press:
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital — Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.
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Metro.co.uk and Twin Cities
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Colleen Barry / Associated Press:
Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics
Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics
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NewsMax.com and Reason
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Autocracy in America — A year in, the pattern of democratic backsliding under Trump is undeniable. The rise of authoritarianism feels more like a sprint than a creep. Whereas other authoritarians eroded institutions and asserted control over the course of years, trying to maintain a sense of normalcy …
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John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
How steep is Trump's democratic backsliding?
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans relearn the lesson that shutdowns go poorly for them — After last year's 43-day shutdown, GOP senators sought to eliminate as much risk as possible for federal funding. — Just two-and-a-half months removed from a painful government shutdown, Republicans have learned a lesson …
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Bloomberg, Fox News, Business Insider and 77 WABC
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Senate Passes Government Funding As Talks Over ICE Continue
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Austin Campbell / The Intercept:
He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti's Killing — A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Pretti's death. — LESS THAN 40 MINUTES after federal immigration agents shot …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
Trump's Profiteering Hits $4 Billion — In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned. — At the start of Donald Trump's first term, he promised that he and his family …
Owen Gleiberman / Variety:
‘Melania’ Review: Brett Ratner's First Lady Documentary Is a Cheeseball Infomercial of Staggering Inertia — There's no drama to a film that should have been called “Day of the Living Tradwife.” — “Melania” is a documentary that never comes to life. It's a “portrait” …
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Wired:
How to Film ICE — Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn't guaranteed. Here's how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact. — In January 2026, two Americans were killed in the act of watching Immigration …
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The Guardian
New York Times:
Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE — ICE agents can stop anyone they suspect of being undocumented. Now, residents are weighing their rights and their pride against their own safety. — María Pabón Gautier has a new routine when she sends …

