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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 …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers backlash — President Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington's Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction. Trump's announcement …
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for Two Years for Renovations — President writes that the performing-arts center will be shut on July 4 for ‘Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding’ — WASHINGTON—President Trump said the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for 2-Year Reconstruction Project — The president's announcement came after the center has been rocked by cancellations and boycotts by performers, contributors and audience members. — President Trump announced Sunday that he would shut …
New York Times:
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files — The photos, which showed young women or possibly teenagers with their faces visible, were largely removed after The New York Times began notifying the Justice Department. — The Justice Department published dozens …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Epstein Files Release Exposes Names of at Least 43 Victims, WSJ Review Finds — Justice Department failed to redact dozens of Epstein victims' names, including more than two dozen who were minors — The Justice Department exposed the names of dozens of Jeffrey Epstein's victims …
Associated Press:
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 …
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
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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
'We're fighting for the soul of the country': how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE
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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
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from Texas detention facility
Elora Mukherjee / New York Times:
Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem divisions over DHS funding spill out in private call — House Democrats splintered on a private call Sunday over whether to vote for legislation that would keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two more weeks, a half dozen sources on the call told Axios.
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Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
Expected House Vote to End Partial Shutdown Turns Dramatic
Expected House Vote to End Partial Shutdown Turns Dramatic
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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
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
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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 …
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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
Immigration takes center stage in New Jersey special election
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The Free Press
Stephanie Koithan / San Antonio Current:
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility — After a week of public outcry over the South Texas Family Residential Center's treatment of young children behind its walls, the Dilley facility is experiencing a measles outbreak, according to immigration attorney Eric Lee.
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New York Times:
U.A.E. Firm Quietly Took Stake in the Trump Family's Crypto Company — The $500 million agreement raises new concerns about the propriety of the president negotiating foreign policy with his own business partners. — An investment firm tied to the United Arab Emirates purchased nearly half …
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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 …
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.
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 …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish — Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family? — The Italian-born cinematographer Dante Spinotti has had a remarkable Hollywood career, working with directors such as Paul Schrader …


