Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency  —  Congress hasn't seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community's watchdog office  —  WASHINGTON—A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director …

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 …

How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive  —  Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court's inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.  —  In November of 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump …

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.

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.

ICE halts “all movement” at Texas detention facility due to measles infections  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted “all movement” at a detention center in Texas for families and quarantined some migrants there after medical staff confirmed two detainees had …

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 …

Elite Law Firm Boss Who Bent the Knee to Trump Sucked Up to ‘Amazing’ Epstein  —  FANBOY  —  The embattled chairman of Paul Weiss has now had his embarrassing emails to Jeffrey Epstein exposed.  —  The chairman of a major law firm that sparked backlash by caving to President Donald Trump …

How ICE turned into what it is today  —  ICE has been a malignant force in American society since it was created in 2003, but it's quite obvious that the agency is worse today than it's ever been.  Donald Trump ran on mass deportations as a candidate in 2024, and now the country is seeing what that looks like.

‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid Minnesota killings  —  In a post that included a stylized graphic of a presumed federal officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE” amid the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota.

Trump vows to sue comic Trevor Noah after Epstein island jibe at Grammys  —  Donald Trump said he will launch legal action against comedian Trevor Noah after the comedian joked about the U.S. president visiting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island.

Nancy Mace Is Not Okay  —  “Something's broken.  The motherboard's fried.  We're short-circuiting somewhere.”  —  Right up until she lit the fire, some of Representative Nancy Mace's own staff and advisers didn't know what she was going to say on the House floor in February 2025 …

A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations  —  A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.  —  The key to holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accountable …

George Mitchell's name removed from US-Ireland scholarship after Epstein files release  —  Scholarship was set up in name of former US senator who brokered Belfast Agreement  —  The release of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has prompted the removal …

‘Melania’ serves as a dainty middle finger to Trump's media tormenters — who were wrong about everything  —  In a big blow to the Trump-deranged community, Melania Trump's eponymous movie knocked the lights out on its opening weekend.  It came in at No. 3 overall, and its $7 million box office takings …

Inside Musk's bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator  —  Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk's xAI loosened its guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.  —  Weeks before Elon Musk officially left his perch in government last spring …

Donald Trump's ego might just save democracy  —  President Donald Trump is frequently accused of authoritarian ambitions.  It's an image he often seems to relish, either sincerely or as trolling.  “Usually they say, 'He's a horrible dictator-type person,' I'm a dictator,” he said in Davos.

Federal Data Is Disappearing  —  Joy Binion worked for the federal government collecting data on emerging substance abuse trends in emergency rooms across the country.  Her work was part of the Drug Abuse Warning Network, which President Donald Trump's first administration funded …

This Isn't What De-escalation Looks Like  —  Trump can't tame the monster he made.  —  Think you've lost your capacity to be shocked by stories of Donald Trump's open corruption?  Try this one on for size: The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that a UAE sheikh bought a 49 percent stake …

February 1, 2026  —  On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe's “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States troops would soon be fighting.  “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,” it began.