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5:20 PM ET, February 1, 2026

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J. David McSwane / ProPublica:
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.
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
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 …
Kurt Streeter / New York Times:   How Alex Pretti's Death Became a National Tipping Point
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:   Mayors look at Minneapolis with concern and wonder: Is my city next?
John Hanna / Associated Press:
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.
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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 …
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
Doha Madani / NBC News:
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
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Associated Press:
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.
Elora Mukherjee / New York Times:
Liam Ramos Was 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.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
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 …
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Associated Press:
Mayor of Portland, Oregon, demands ICE leave the city after federal agents gas protesters
Discussion: Oregonian and Mother Jones
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:   A not-'toned down' Trump regime prepares for ethnic cleansing in Ohio
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
'We're fighting for the soul of the country': how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE
Discussion: The Atlantic
David French / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:   What a swing House district in Colorado shows about Republicans' immigration fallout in the midterms
Madison Fernandez / Politico:   Immigration takes center stage in New Jersey special election
Ali Bianco / Politico:   The issue Democrats have been scared to run on
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 …
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New York Times:   U.A.E. Firm Quietly Took Stake in the Trump Family's Crypto Company
Financial Times:   Abu Dhabi royal bought big stake in Trump family crypto venture
Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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Ford McCracken / Reuters:
Jeffries: DHS should be ‘dramatically reformed’ after Democrats delay government funding bill
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Rep. Ro Khanna says he's a ‘firm no’ on reopening the federal government amid ICE funding dispute
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.
New York Times:
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 …
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Financial Times:
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 …
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
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 …
New York Times:
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.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Politico
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
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.
Discussion: Althouse
Amanda Holpuch / New York Times:
Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE  —  Jim Pattison Developments said the sale of an industrial building, which was planned to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, would not go forward.  —  A Canadian company said on Friday …
 
 
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Deportation flight judge cleared of DOJ misconduct claims
Discussion: MS NOW, New York Times and Reuters
Jacob Stern / The Atlantic:
Ammon Bundy Is All Alone
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Michael McCaul on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Feb. 1, 2026
New York Times:
R.N.C. Enters 2026 With Nearly $100 Million Edge on D.N.C.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Democrats hit historic high in Fox News Poll as GOP loses ground on key issues
Discussion: The Hill
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Ernst calls to ‘bring the temperature down’ amid ICE surge in Minnesota
 Earlier Items: 
Financial Times:
Xi Jinping calls for China's renminbi to attain global reserve currency status
NBC News:
Amid FBI investigation, Trump's 2020 election obsession is still shaping Georgia politics
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Zeteo
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Resistance erupts over ICE's warehouse buying spree
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr. is now a wellness guru for Republicans in Washington
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game
Discussion: Politico
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning: …
Meg Anderson / NPR:
Minnesota citizens detained by ICE are left rattled, even weeks later
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Jokes About Suing Warsh if He Doesn't Lower Interest Rates
 

 
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April Rubin / Axios:
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by federal agents on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, respectively, for their coverage of a Minnesota church protest

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Bob Iger has told associates that he plans to step down as Disney CEO before December 31; the board plans to vote on his replacement next week

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
ESPN closes the deal to acquire multiple NFL Media assets after receiving US regulatory approval; NFL will get a 10% stake in ESPN as part of the agreement

 
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