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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minnesota … The Trump administration's mass deportation push has led to a long string of judicial rebukes around the country, particularly as immigration authorities have sought to arrest large numbers of people while their deportation proceedings are playing out.
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CNN:
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention — Source: Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father released — Why journalist says her arrest over church protest is a ‘chilling message’ — Anti-ICE protests and fallout over Minneapolis continue …
Associated Press:
Judge orders US to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota crackdown — A judge on Saturday ordered the U.S. to release a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where they were taken after being detained in a Minneapolis suburb last month.
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MS NOW, Fox News, Reuters, Townhall, Al Jazeera, twitchy.com, Associated Press, KARE-TV, CBS News, The Independent, Scripps News, The Hill and Mediaite
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Fortune, Electrek, The Daily Beast, Daily Mail and NBC News
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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
Associated Press:
Live updates: Newly disclosed Epstein documents offer more detail about his interaction with the rich and famous
Live updates: Newly disclosed Epstein documents offer more detail about his interaction with the rich and famous
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Associated Press and New York Times
Associated Press:
In the latest Epstein files are famous names and new details about an earlier investigation
In the latest Epstein files are famous names and new details about an earlier investigation
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Bangor Daily News, New York Post, Mercury News, Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor and The Independent
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Epstein files latest: photos appear to show former prince Andrew crouching over female
Epstein files latest: photos appear to show former prince Andrew crouching over female
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Reuters, Gizmodo, Agence France-Presse, Washington Post and IJR
New York Times:
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor's Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers — Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
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 …
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.
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
‘A Terrifying Line Is Being Crossed’: Mayor Jacob Frey on the Turmoil in Minneapolis
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The Guardian, Truthout, Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Austin Campbell / The Intercept:
He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti's Killing
He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti's Killing
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The Guardian
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Facing Immigration Backlash, Trump Called Schumer to Cut a Deal — The president and the top Senate Democrat, who are often at each other's throats, agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents. — Senator Chuck Schumer …
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Fox News
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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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Strength In Numbers, The Hill, Lone Star Left and Fox News
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David Nir / The Downballot:
Texas Democrats score landslide upset in race Trump badly wanted to win — Texas Democrats scored a massive upset—in a landslide, no less—when Air Force veteran and union leader Taylor Rehmet flipped a deep-red seat in the state Senate on Saturday night, winning a closely watched special election …
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KERA News and Associated Press
Alejandro Serrano / The Texas Tribune:
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset
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The Hill, New York Times, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and Fort Worth Report
Associated Press:
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital — Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.
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Business Insider:
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon released after arrest in Los Angeles, says he ‘will not be silenced’ — Don Lemon was released on Friday after his arrest late Thursday by federal agents. — The arrest came after he covered a protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Townhall, New York Post, Variety, Mediaite, New Republic, Newsweek, Deadline, CBS News, Democracy Docket, Advocate, NewsMax.com and KTSA, more at Mediagazer »
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Status:
‘This Is a New Dimension’ … On Friday morning, hours after Don Lemon was apprehended …
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CNN, NPR, Steady, Freedom of the Press …, MS NOW, Mississippi Free Press, The Atlantic, Poynter, The Contrarian, Committee to Protect …, Minnesota SPJ, KSTP-TV and TheGrio, more at Mediagazer »
Margery A. Beck / Associated Press:
Judge says she won't halt the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota as a lawsuit proceeds — A federal judge says she won't halt the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities as a lawsuit over it proceeds. — Judge Katherine M. Menendez on Saturday denied …
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Washington Post:
Judge denies Minnesota's request for immediate end to immigration crackdown
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Mother Jones, UPI, CBS News and France 24
Mariah Timms / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Won't Stop Federal Immigration Enforcement Surge in Minnesota
Judge Won't Stop Federal Immigration Enforcement Surge in Minnesota
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner and The Hill
MPR News:
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident — {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon …
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The Independent and Raw Story
Stacy Robinson / The Epoch Times:
Jury Finds Doctors Liable for Malpractice in Gender Surgery Lawsuit — A jury awarded $2 million in damages to a 22-year-woman who underwent breast removal surgery as a teenager. … WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—A jury on Jan. 30 found a psychologist and surgeon liable for malpractice after they supported …
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HotAir, Blaze Media, New York Post, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Post Millennial and twitchy.com
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Wesley J. Smith / National Review:
‘Detransitioner’ Wins $2 Million Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit
‘Detransitioner’ Wins $2 Million Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit
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Tane Harre and Townhall
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal — Less than two weeks before convicted abuser was found dead, lawyers met with Manhattan federal prosecutors — Less than two weeks before Jeffrey Epstein's death in jail …
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Mediaite
KPTV-TV:
Labor unions rally, march to Portland ICE facility in protest — PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Labor unions from across the Portland area gathered at Elizabeth Caruthers Park in Portland on Saturday afternoon, and marched to the Portland ICE facility to protest the ongoing immigration enforcement actions by the federal government.
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OPB
Christopher Hale / Letters from Leo:
Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism — Trump's support among U.S. Catholics has plummeted to an all-time low of 39%, a stark decline over the year. This is no accident. Under Leo XIV, we're working to defeat Trump-Vance authoritarianism.
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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New York Times, Drezner's World, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, NewsNation and Fox News


