Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP  —  Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

This Is Not a Drill  —  It's only February, and the November elections are already in peril.  —  When I think back to the days and weeks before Jan. 6, 2021, one thing that's clear is that many of us suffered from a failure of imagination.  We knew President Trump's lies and conspiracy mongering …

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from Texas detention facility  —  A 5-year-old boy and his father detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held in Texas have been released following a judge's order.  They have returned to Minnesota, according to the office of Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.

‘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 …

Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?  —  In the schools and churches of Springfield, Ohio, people are making hasty preparations for a “large deportation” promised by the president.  To all appearances, and according to local sources, the city is two or three days away from a federal ethnic cleansing …

Despite ‘Wrong’ Comments, Gun Rights Groups Say Trump Has Their Back  —  Activists criticized the president after he blamed Alex Pretti for carrying a gun in Minneapolis before federal agents killed him.  But there is little sign of a lasting rupture.  —  In 1980, 19 states did not allow residents to carry concealed firearms.

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.

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 …

Jeffries: DHS should be ‘dramatically reformed’ after Democrats delay government funding bill  —  House Democrats to meet on how to proceed as they seek to reform ICE operation.  —  A view of the U.S. Capitol on Day 2 of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2026.

Accountability for ICE and CBP  —  However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse. … On Friday, I testified in front of Governor J.B. Pritzker's “Illinois Accountability Commission,” the state government body he set up after the Trump administration's …

Trump Has Overwhelmed Himself  —  Last February I wrote an essay about the Trump administration's strategy of “muzzle velocity.”  Muzzle velocity, in its literal sense, describes the ferocious speed of a bullet at the moment it exits the front end of a gun.

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.

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.

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.