The G.O.P. Senator Who Can't Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained … Her son had been at the orthodontist for 45 minutes when Katie Britt saw the picture of the boy in the bunny hat.  —  Waiting in her car for her son's appointment to finish, the Republican senator from Alabama …

ICE and CBP's Face-Recognition App Can't Actually Verify Who People Are … BY DELL CAMERON AND MADDY VARNER  —  INNER LOOP  —  Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs  —  “I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there?

Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him  —  Donald Trump Senate leadership Aviation news  —  President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze …

White House Offers Shifting Story on Gabbard's Presence at Georgia Raid  —  President Trump said Thursday that Attorney General Pam Bondi had directed Tulsi Gabbard to be present for an operation at an election center.  It was the administration's fourth explanation for her presence.

Is This Crypto's Fimbulwinter?  —  Now is the winter of our discontent crypto wallet  —  Made glorious summer by this sun of York Trump  —  This newsletter is often focused on depressing stuff: Scandals, lies of the powerful, scams that defraud the public.

Jeff Bezos Must Sell the Washington Post  —  [Editor's note: Cameron Barr is former senior managing editor of the Washington Post.  During his time there, he oversaw teams that won thirteen Pulitzers Prizes and he served as deputy to former Post executive editor Martin Baron.

Kamala Harris Partners With Soros-Funded Nonprofit To Rebrand Her Failed Campaign's Social Media Accounts  —  'It's where you can go online to get basically the latest of what's going on,' Harris says of her much-teased new project, ‘Headquarters’  —  Kamala Harris teased a major announcement …

Anti-ICE Antifa member arrested on federal charges of Cyberstalking and Threatening Communications after allegedly calling for the murder and assault of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis  —  For Immediate Release  —  MINNEAPOLIS - Self-identified Antifa member Kyle Wagner …

Maryland man facing attempted murder charges after showing up at OMB Director Russell Vought's home  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  A Maryland man who said he feared that President Trump's reelection would lead to a “fascist takeover” is facing attempted murder charges …

Trump Administration to Make It Easier to Fire 50,000 Federal Workers  —  A rule expected to be completed on Thursday would create a government-employee category that offers fewer job protections  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning to make it easier to discipline …

DHS seeks deportation for Liam Conejo Ramos' family  —  The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.  The 5-year-old returned home this week after he was detained with his father …

Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad  —  ALMOST FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) granted me an interview in his Senate office, with the understanding that he was going to say nearly nothing.  —  Wyden is a longstanding member of the Senate intelligence committee.

Jeffrey Epstein's Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups  —  The disgraced financier regularly courted tech industry figures not just for their prestige but also for access to promising companies.  —  In 2014, Coinbase was a two-year-old start-up offering people the ability to buy and sell Bitcoin.

“You're Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”  —  Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting?

A Revolt Inside Paul Weiss Over the Epstein Files Took Down Brad Karp  —  Latest batch of Epstein emails prompted partners to push elite law firm's leader from chairman role  —  On Wednesday, an exclusive group of 10 or so Paul Weiss partners met unbeknown to their longtime chairman …

Why a Republican Supreme Court just handed a victory to Democrats  —  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down a one-sentence order announcing that California's newly gerrymandered maps, which are expected to give Democrats as many as five more seats in the US House, may go into effect during the 2026 midterms.

Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats' video about ‘illegal orders’  —  Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist …

Marco Rubio has one less job in the Trump administration … The administration fired Archivist Colleen Shogan in February 2025, installing his own leadership at the agency which drew Trump's ire for its role in the Justice Department's investigation and prosecution of him over allegations …

The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files  —  While Epstein's victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice's latest tranche of files, investigators redacted a photo of the Mona Lisa.  Now we know why.

Untangling the ideas of Donald Trump's Fed nominee  —  What is Warshonomics?  —  Few consider the Federal Reserve to be an all-singing, all-dancing body.  But Kevin Warsh did manage to talk a fellow Fed governor into belting out a musical number at his first meeting in 2006.

Top Minnesota prosecutor says ICE cases are sidelining ‘pressing priorities’ … In a filing accompanying Rosen's statement, Justice Department attorneys emphasized that the “crushing burden” caused by immigration cases had led U.S. attorneys offices to “shift resources away from other critical priorities, including criminal matters.”

Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says … Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday.

Donald Trump Became President By Appealing to Conspiracy Theorists — Now He's Driving Them Away  —  This excerpt is part of TPM Cafe, TPM's home for opinion and news analysis.  —  Donald Trump may not have been the first president to believe in conspiracy theories, but he was definitely …

Trump's Plan to Nationalize Elections Using Fabricated Claims of Foreign Interference  —  Back in 2020 after losing to Joe Biden, Donald Trump conspired with multiple individuals to overturn the results.  There were multiple conspiracies that all failed, leading to his final act of desperation …

Republicans clash over the Senate filibuster and Trump-backed voter ID bill  —  Some SAVE Act backers insist that the GOP can use a “talking filibuster” to tire out Democrats and pass it.  Majority Leader Thune hasn't ruled out trying, but he's skeptical it could work.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

Kennedy's FDA softens food additive regulations amid artificial color crackdown  —  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it will not enforce federal regulations regarding “false or misleading” material on food labeling in regard to artificial food dyes …

The Actions of ICE, February 2026  —  Americans Increasingly Disapprove of ICE's Actions  —  Americans have increasingly grown opposed to the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  About two-in-three Americans now say ICE's actions in enforcing immigration laws have gone too far …

Vance, in Milan, says the Olympics are ‘one of the few things’ that unite Americans  —  Vice President JD Vance is in Milan leading President Donald Trump's delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics  —  MILAN — Vice President JD Vance arrived in Milan with his family Thursday …

Scoop: U.S. and Russia agree to observe New START nuclear pact after expiration  —  The U.S. and Russia are closing in on a deal to continue to observe the expiring New START arms control treaty beyond its expiration on Thursday, three sources familiar with those talks tell Axios.

Facing a Democratic Blitz, Susan Collins Scores a Super Bowl Ad in Maine  —  The ad is part of a multimillion dollar effort by a Republican-aligned group to help Ms. Collins, who is seen as one of the party's most vulnerable incumbents.  —  Among the Super Bowl commercials hawking potato chips …