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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Trump plans to close Kennedy Center for about two years, starting in July  —  Under the proposal, the Kennedy Center could close on July 4, coinciding with America's 250th anniversary.  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years to undergo construction.

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 …

‘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.

The regime moves to make journalism a crime  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌅 Subscribe to PN 🌅  —  Early in his first term, President Trump said that because he thought CNN and MSNBC were too critical of him, that meant “they're illegal, what they do is illegal.”

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 …

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 …

The Tightrope for Defense Contractors: Satisfying Investors and President Trump  —  Major weapons makers defend dividends as Pentagon pressures them to invest more in factories  —  U.S. weapons makers are fighting a battle on two fronts: ensuring strong returns for investors and trying to satisfy their biggest customer—the Pentagon.

Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South  —  More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week's storm, and thousands remain without power.  —  The flurries, for a brief time, fell again on Sunday.

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 …

How to trade the market spiral as investors dump gold, silver and oil … Precious metals and oil prices extended losses on Monday, with analysts and strategists flagging U.S. President Donald Trump's choice of Kevin Warsh as successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as a key trigger to the latest downturn.

Trump to Launch $12 Billion Critical Mineral Stockpile to Blunt Reliance on China  —  President Donald Trump is set to launch a strategic critical-minerals stockpile with $12 billion in seed money, a bid to insulate manufacturers from supply shocks as the US works to slash its reliance on Chinese rare earths and other metals.

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.

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.