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10:55 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:
Democrats hit historic high in Fox News Poll as GOP loses ground on key issues  —  Plus: Trump's approval among independents falls to a record low, and the issue landscape shifts ahead of 2026.  Your weekly political data roundup for February 1, 2026.  —  This is my weekly roundup …
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:   What a swing House district in Colorado shows about Republicans' immigration fallout in the midterms
Sophie Brams / The Hill:   Ernst calls to ‘bring the temperature down’ amid ICE surge in Minnesota
Carl Hulse / New York Times:   Facing Immigration Backlash, Trump Called Schumer to Cut a Deal
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Trump questions if GOP can overcome voters' ‘psychological’ midterms hurdle
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
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?
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
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
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.
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
Madeleine Moore / Salem Reporter:
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says  —  A woman who's a U.S. citizen needed medical help Thursday, Jan. 29, after federal agents pulled her from her car after demanding to see her “papers,” one of the state's largest unions said Saturday.
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Resistance erupts over ICE's warehouse buying spree  —  A massive buyer has entered the market for commercial warehouses, sparking furious local protests:  — The Department of Homeland Security has scouted dozens of locations to retrofit into ICE detention centers.
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.
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.
Financial Times:
Xi Jinping calls for China's renminbi to attain global reserve currency status  —  Latest commentary details ambitions for ‘powerful currency’ to play a greater role in trade and forex  —  Xi Jinping has called for the renminbi to become a global reserve currency, in some of his clearest comments …
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
 
 
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Financial Times:
Ford held talks with China's Xiaomi over EV partnership
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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
NBC News:
Amid FBI investigation, Trump's 2020 election obsession is still shaping Georgia politics
Discussion: Zeteo
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Prediction markets have a fake news problem
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Why a Minnesota child's family doesn't want ICE to deport her murderer
Vox:
Trump is trying to shape a new world order. Here's what it looks like.
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game
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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
 

 
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