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11:50 AM ET, February 4, 2026

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New York Times:
Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists  —  The layoffs will cut into The Post's local, international and sports coverage, and reduce the number of all its employees by about 30 percent.  —  The Washington Post told employees on Wednesday that it was beginning …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off  —  The Washington Post is laying off one-third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments, a brutal blow at one of journalism's most legendary brands.  —  The troubled Post began implementing large-scale cutbacks …
Ashley Parker / The Atlantic:
The Murder of The Washington Post  —  We're witnessing a murder.  —  Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special.
CBS News:
Border czar Homan says feds will “draw down” 700 law enforcement personnel  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday federal authorities will “draw down” 700 law enforcement personnel in Minnesota immediately.  —  The news comes a day after the state's top …
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Vittoria Elliott / Wired:   Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Border czar Tom Homan says 700 ICE and CBP officers are leaving Minneapolis
Fox News:
Homan announces drawdown of federal presence in Minnesota, hails ‘unprecedented cooperation’ from local police
Ali Winston / Wired:
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Meidas+:
Don't Let ICE Freeze Voting  —  Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State  —  Of all the threats we face, the threat that Donald Trump will use ICE and Border {atrol agents to suppress the vote calls for a response by the Senate in the pending budget bill.
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Trump doubles down on suggesting federal government ‘get involved’ in state elections
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump call for nationalizing elections sparks backlash, warnings
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Doubles Down on Calls for Republicans to Nationalize Elections
CNN:
Justice Department review found Trump ally Ed Martin improperly leaked grand jury material in probe of president's foes  —  Federal agencies Donald Trump Trump legal cases  —  A Justice Department review found that Ed Martin improperly handled grand jury materials that were part …
Jon Collins / MPR News:
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"It was last Tuesday that Drae Solberg found themself pursued by federal agents driving erratically through the northern suburbs of Minneapolis.
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MPR News:   How the Immigrant Defense Network trained nearly 30,000 Minnesotans as constitutional observers
NBC News:
Attorney for government tells judge in ICE case: ‘This job sucks’  —  Julie Le made the remark while she was representing the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota, where federal officers are conducting a massive immigration crackdown.  —  Listen to this article with a free account
Paul Krugman:
Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition  —  Donald Trump loves tariffs.  Mainly, I believe, he loves them because they offer so much opportunity for dominance displays, allowing him to threaten other countries with economic ruin — usually via middle-of-the-night Truth Social posts — unless they bend to his whims.
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE Was Terrorizing Worshipers Long Before Don Lemon Entered a Church  —  Let's take a stroll through the last year.  —  WHEN DON LEMON WAS ARRESTED after reporting on the aggressive protest of a church whose pastor allegedly works for ICE, the Trump administration claimed that Lemon …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country  —  When Stephen Miller offered his first big rollout of Donald Trump's immigration agenda during the 2024 campaign, he demonstrated great enthusiasm for the idea of giant migrant camps.  He gushed about creating …
Discussion: MS NOW
ProPublica:
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building  —  For months, the Trump administration has justified its dramatic midnight raid on a Chicago apartment complex by saying that it had intelligence that the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building.
Zoey Lyttle / People:
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report  —  Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the family of bacteria that includes E. coli, in Ballerina Farm's bottled raw dairy  — Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm …
Discussion: Eschaton
Bangor Daily News:
ICE demanded Maine sheriff's employment records following his criticism of arrest  —  The Bangor Daily News was the first to report this story.  What you're reading here would likely not be made public without the efforts of professional journalists asking questions, interviewing sources and obtaining documents.
Reuters:
Ex-Prince Andrew leaves Windsor home after latest Epstein revelations  —  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles, has moved out of his palatial home, a royal source confirmed on Wednesday, following new damaging revelations about his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
FBI Couldn't Get into WaPo Reporter's iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled  —  The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter's seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
Discussion: AppleInsider
Brian Faler / Politico:
Those new tax breaks Trump is touting come with a catch … Republicans are counting on those benefits from their new tax law to drive up refunds this year, hoping they'll be rewarded at the ballot box in November.  But unlike familiar and relatively easy-to-understand breaks like the Child Tax Credit …
Discussion: ITEP, Raw Story and Bloomberg
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Mitch McConnell hospitalized with ‘flu-like symptoms’  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell checked himself into a local hospital Monday night “in an abundance of caution” after experiencing “flu-like symptoms,” a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday.  McConnell missed Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The Clintons knew Team Trump was coming — and waved the white flag over Epstein  —  At first glance, the decision by Bill and Hillary Clinton to drop their long resistance and agree to testify before a GOP-controlled House panel about Jeffrey Epstein looks like a huge defeat for them.
Wall Street Journal:
How Stephen Miller Stokes Trump's Boundary-Pushing Impulses  —  The White House aide has been an architect of aggressive immigration sweeps in U.S. cities and deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean  —  Moments after federal officers fatally shot Alex Pretti, his body still lying facedown …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Andy Lusk / KERA News:
Irving Green Advisory Board member resigns after links to white nationalist group revealed  —  A member of Irving's environmental Green Advisory Board resigned in the days after being identified by the Texas Observer as linked with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, according to internal emails obtained by KERA News.
Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
Stephen Miran, Temporary Fed Governor, Resigns From White House Role  —  Miran's Fed seat is provisional after his term expired last month; Trump likely to fill vacancy with Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh  —  Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran said he has resigned from his job …
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Trump says India won't buy Russian oil anymore.  Moscow insists India hasn't said that … A day after President Donald Trump said India agreed to halt purchases of Russian oil as part of a new U.S.-India trade deal, the Kremlin said it has heard nothing from New Delhi to suggest those flows are stopping.
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Who is Hurting Kids?  —  The irony should not be lost on Americans that the MAGA movement and its QAnon cousins made the hunt for pedophiles their obsession.  It turns out that those concerned about child sexual predators should have staked out Jeffrey Epstein's island...not a D.C. pizza restaurant.
Amelia Pollard / Financial Times:
Citadel's Ken Griffin says Trump White House has ‘enriched’ family members  —  Wall Street figure and Republican donor offers rare public criticism of perceived administration's self-dealing  —  Billionaire investor Ken Griffin has accused members of the Trump administration of enriching their families …
Becky Z. Dernbach / Sahan Journal:
Columbia Heights fourth-grader and her mother released from ICE detention after school officials call attention to her case  —  A Columbia Heights fourth-grader and her mother have been released from a Texas detention center after school officials and the governor called for their release.
Discussion: MinnPost, CBS News and MPR News
David Rothkopf / Need to Know:
It's the Billionaires, Stupid  —  The faultline for Dems in the run to 2028 will be attitudes toward elites  —  In the liturgy of American political theology, there are certain articles of faith that must never be challenged.  —  These are ideas or even just terminology that must be treated as sacrosanct by people in both parties.
New York Times:
Trump, Changing Course, Throws Harvard Deal Talks Into Chaos  —  In the latest example of his mercurial negotiating style, President Trump went from dropping his ask for a $200 million fine to demanding $1 billion from the university.  —  The potential for a deal between Harvard University …
New York Times:
Republicans Make a Costly Push to Try to Save Cornyn in Texas  —  Senator John Cornyn, once seen as a potential Republican leader in his chamber, is now depending on wealthy party donors to survive a right-wing challenge.  —  Some of the country's richest conservative donors have been pouring tens …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Geman / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump pollster finds MAGA voters like solar energy  —  A majority of Trump-coalition voters back solar power, especially if the panels are made in the U.S. and without Chinese materials, polling shared exclusively with Axios shows.  —  Why it matters: Trump officials are moving …
Politico:
Dumpster diving and DNA: How Newsom writes about local media  —  PRESS CLIPPINGS — There's a lot to digest in Gavin Newsom's soon-to-be-released memoir.  But one thing is clear: The governor really isn't fond of former San Francisco Chronicle editor Phil Bronstein.
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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Phillip Nieto / Daily Mail:
JD Vance refuses to apologize to Alex Pretti's family after spreading ICE ‘assassin’ claim
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Former Farming Leaders Warn U.S. Agriculture Could Face ‘Widespread Collapse’
Jessica Costescu / The Washington Free Beacon:
Anti-Israel Group That Stormed University of Minnesota Building Now Leads Illegal Anti-ICE Agitation
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Washington Post:
Defense Dept. effort to punish Mark Kelly draws skepticism from judge
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