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10:30 AM ET, February 1, 2026

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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans  —  A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.  —  In an upset that rattled Republicans in Texas and beyond …
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Owen Auston-Babcock / NBC News:
Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for vacant, deep-blue House seat in Texas  —  Menefee will serve the remainder of the term won in 2024 by the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died almost a year ago.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing  —  I am not going to make a habit of covering breaking news, but when there's a chart to be made, I really just can't help myself.  —  Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet has won a special election …
Wall Street Journal:
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company  —  $500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips  —  Four days before Donald Trump's inauguration last year, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed …
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Immigration takes center stage in New Jersey special election … The attacks come as voters across the country — especially Democrats — express concern about ICE's tactics and federal agents killing two U.S. citizens amid protests against the administration's immigration efforts.
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Politico:
Shutdown likely to continue at least into Tuesday … But that plan was complicated by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries telling Speaker Mike Johnson in a private conversation Saturday that Democratic leadership would not help Johnson secure the 70 or so Democratic votes to get the measure over the line …
Discussion: The Hill
Axios:
Mike Johnson told not to count on Dems' votes to end shutdown
Elora Mukherjee / New York Times:
Liam Ramos Is Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center.  Release Them All.  —  The arrest and detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, the Minnesota 5-year-old in a blue bunny hat and a Spider-Man backpack, has drawn the attention — and the ire — of the nation.
Discussion: Washington Post and WAGA-TV
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CNN:
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention
Associated Press:
Judge orders US to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota crackdown
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings  —  Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Jordan's parents didn't want her to become an ICE watcher.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:   Mayors look at Minneapolis with concern and wonder: Is my city next?
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
They Said They Weren't Close to Epstein.  New Documents Show Otherwise.  —  Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with the disgraced financier.  —  They said they didn't really know Jeffrey Epstein that well.
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Philip Marcelo / Associated Press:
From Elon Musk to the former Prince Andrew, a who's who of powerful men are named in Epstein files
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
What a swing House district in Colorado shows about Republicans' immigration fallout in the midterms  —  Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement.  She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:   Facing Immigration Backlash, Trump Called Schumer to Cut a Deal
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Jokes About Suing Warsh if He Doesn't Lower Interest Rates  —  President later says he didn't extract any concessions from the Fed nominee  —  President Trump joked during a speech Saturday night that he would sue Kevin Warsh, his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, if he didn't lower interest rates.
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Financial Times:
How Kevin Warsh won the race to become Donald Trump's new Federal Reserve chair
Discussion: New York Times
Meg Anderson / NPR:
Minnesota citizens detained by ICE are left rattled, even weeks later  —  It's a video many saw on social media soon after it happened: Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, dragging a woman out of her car and forcing her to the ground.  —  The woman in the video is Aliya Rahman …
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr. is now a wellness guru for Republicans in Washington … Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has turned GOP policy orthodoxy on its head with his attacks on food and pharma.  —  He's also turning Republicans into advocates of eating more vegetables, drinking raw milk and eschewing pharmaceuticals.
Axios:
Black philanthropy races to save history as Trump cuts support  —  Private nonprofits and Black philanthropists are stepping in to save endangered Black history touchstones as the Trump administration orders agencies to scrub or rewrite “equity-related” public history.
NBC News:
Amid FBI investigation, Trump's 2020 election obsession is still shaping Georgia politics  —  The FBI search of a Fulton County election office isn't the only sign that Trump's loss six years ago is echoing through Georgia.  Just look at the race for governor.  — Add NBC News to Google
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Zeteo:   Trump's Plot to Rig the Midterms Has Kicked Off in Georgia
Kurt Streeter / New York Times:
How Alex Pretti's Death Became a National Tipping Point  —  Several factors converged to force a remarkable shift in the federal government's aggressive efforts in Minnesota.  —  Renee Good was killed on Jan. 7.  Alex Pretti on Jan. 24.  Federal agents killed both of them …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning:  —  “Plenty of countries in history have experimented with importing a foreign labor class.  The West is the first and only civilization to import a foreign labor class that is granted full political rights, including welfare & the right to vote.
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
DOJ misconduct complaint against D.C. federal judge dismissed  —  The unusual complaint against Chief Judge James Boasberg, tossed out for lack of evidence, illustrated how Trump officials have ramped up attacks against federal judges.  —  A judicial misconduct complaint …
Discussion: Reuters
Vox:
Trump is trying to shape a new world order.  Here's what it looks like.  —  It's no secret that President Donald Trump has global aspirations — despite his promises of focusing on “America First.”  The past few weeks have seen US action in Venezuela; threats to Greenland, Europe, and Iran …
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Wesley J. Smith / National Review:
‘Detransitioner’ Wins $2 Million Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit  —  The first gender “detransitioner” medical-malpractice case to go to trial resulted in a $2 million dollar verdict against the medical professionals who approved a double mastectomy for the plaintiff, Fox Varian, in 2019 when she was only 16.
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Alexander Willis / Raw Story:
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The White House Is the Crisis
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Prediction markets have a fake news problem
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Resistance erupts over ICE's warehouse buying spree
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Why a Minnesota child's family doesn't want ICE to deport her murderer
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Hale / Letters from Leo:
Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism
Austin Kocher:
Show Your Work: The Math Behind My Claim that 92% of ICE's Detention Growth Comes from People with No Criminal Convictions
KPTV-TV:
Labor unions rally, march to Portland ICE facility in protest
Discussion: OPB
Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Trump says federal law enforcement won't respond to protests in ‘Democrat Cities’ until they ‘ask for help’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minnesota
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Townhall
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal
Discussion: Mediaite
MPR News:
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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