Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting  —  The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

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.

5-year-old boy and father return to Minnesota after release from immigration custody  —  Liam Conejo Ramos was taken into custody with his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, on Jan. 20, but a judge ordered their release on Saturday.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Mayor of Portland, Oregon, demands ICE leave the city after federal agents gas protesters  —  The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators — including young children …

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 …

‘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 …

Expected House Vote to End Partial Shutdown Turns Dramatic  —  Democrats pushing for immigration-enforcement changes say they won't help GOP pass measure  —  WASHINGTON—Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) faces a tougher-than-expected vote to reopen the government this week …

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.

How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files  —  The New York Times found more than 5,300 files with references to Mr. Trump and related terms.  They include salacious and unverified claims, as well as documents that had already been made public.  —  The Justice Department looked …

Apollo chief Marc Rowan consulted Epstein on firm's tax affairs  —  New files reveal extensive talks between disgraced financier and key decision makers at US private capital firm  —  Top Apollo Global Management executives including chief Marc Rowan held wide-ranging discussions …

Trump endorses John E. Sununu in New Hampshire Senate race over Scott Brown … Sununu, a moderate who has opposed Trump across his presidential runs, thanked him in a statement and quickly pivoted to talking about his priorities for New Hampshire.  —  “I want to thank the President …

Deportation flight judge cleared of DOJ misconduct claims  —  A federal appeals judge tossed the Justice Department's misconduct complaint against Judge James Boasberg, who said last spring the administration defied his order to halt deportation flights to El Salvador.

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.

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.