House Dem identifies ‘wealthy, powerful men’ DOJ redacted in Epstein files  —  Rep. Ro Khanna took to the House floor Tuesday and read aloud the names of six “wealthy, powerful men” whose names were originally redacted in the Jeffrey Epstein files.  It comes after Khanna, a California Democrat …

Governors won't hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans  —  The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans.

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed.  Here's Where It's Going Next … BY LEAH FEIGER  —  BYE BYE BRANDING  —  OpenAI Abandons ‘io’ Branding for Its AI Hardware  —  A court filing in a trademark lawsuit reveals OpenAI won't use the name “io” for its AI hardware device, which isn't expected to ship until 2027.

What Happens When Trump Loses?  —  A guide to the chaos ahead.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Winter Is Coming  —  Yesterday the White House published an “article” attempting to reassure some unnamed people that Donald Trump was winning.  —  At the risk of being obvious, when you're winning you don't have to explain why.

Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated From Election Denier in Trump White House  —  A newly unsealed affidavit showed that a criminal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.

So You Lied About Your Relationship With a Sex Trafficker.  Now What?  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick clearly wasn't forthright about the extent of his relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein, the child sex trafficker.  —  In a New York Post podcast interview in October …

Johnson says it's full steam ahead on tariff vote ban  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday he will push ahead an afternoon vote to ban challenges to President Donald Trump's global tariffs over committed internal GOP opposition.  Language tucked into a procedural measure …

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet  —  America, it's time to refamiliarize yourself with Ring.  —  Video  —  At Sunday's Super Bowl, Ring advertised “Search Party,” a cute, horrifyingly dystopian feature nominally designed to turn all of the Ring cameras in a neighborhood …

ICE's Masks Are All a Lie  —  Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America. … This week, Congress is debating what reform might be acceptable for the masked fascist secret police currently occupying major American cities in Democratic-run states …

How ICE defies judges' orders to release detainees, step by step … A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees across the country shows judges increasingly furious and exhausted by the Trump administration's tactics.  —  “There has been an undeniable move by the Government …

A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Wilder, Idaho — When Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue described the October raid on a popular community horse racing venue here …

Pride flag removed from Stonewall monument  —  Government officials removed a pride flag from New York's Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the modern queer rights movement, following federal guidance restricting what flags can be flown in national parks, community leaders say.

Authorities to release surveillance photo of potential subject in Nancy Guthrie case  —  “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother was reported missing Feb 1, setting off a desperate search.  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  Authorities are expected to release …

ICE chief refuses to apologize for Minneapolis shooting victims being labeled terrorists … “Is she a domestic terrorist?”  Swalwell asked.  —  Lyons declined to answer, saying he would not comment on a pending investigation, but acknowledged public remarks from President Donald Trump …

Michigan Judge Rebukes Justice Department's Effort to Obtain Voter Data  —  The ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge is the third in recent weeks to reject the administration's demand for voters' personal data from nearly every state.  —  The state government of Michigan was within …

Burchett: Maxwell would be ‘shot in the back of the head’ if ever released  —  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) theorized on Monday that Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, would be “shot in the back of the head” if she was released from her 20-year prison sentence.

Trump Has Lost The Culture  —  And his greediest collaborators are awakening to the fact that they made a terrible bet.  —  Democrats were slow to mount opposition to Donald Trump, because they got it in their heads that his popular vote plurality was tantamount to a lasting public verdict on MAGA cultural politics.

Minnesota gubernatorial candidate suspends his campaign after his daughter is found fatally stabbed  —  Police allege Jeff Johnson's son-in-law is responsible for his 22-year-old daughter's killing.  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jeff …

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes out against Trump's election bill, with a warning to her party  —  The Alaskan reminded her fellow Republicans that they claimed to oppose any new federal election laws just a few years ago, insisting that the issue should be left to states.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

The New York Times manufactures consent for ICE  —  Most Americans disapprove of the Trump regime's lawless terrorizing of American cities under the guise of immigration enforcement, but you wouldn't know that from reading two recent New York Times articles that center the views of Republicans rather …

Google Handed Student Journalist's Bank and Credit Card Numbers to ICE  —  Google provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a wide array of personal data on a student activist and journalist, including his credit card and bank account numbers, according to a copy of an ICE subpoena obtained by The Intercept.

The Trump Admin Arrested an Antifascist for Shit-Talking a Fascist  —  A supposed ‘antifa domestic terrorist’ was arrested for ‘cyberstalking’ a controversial right-wing agitator who showed up at a reporter's home to threaten him.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Donald Trump's administration made a show …

The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index  —  The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.  —  The world's most powerful democracy …

US Vice President Vance's office backtracks after statement on ‘Armenian genocide’  —  The White House on Tuesday deleted a post from Vice President JD Vance's account that commemorated massacres of Armenians as a “genocide,” saying the message that was likely to irk U.S.-allied Turkey was posted in error.

Collins goes all-in on reelection … It was an image that surprised everyone. … President Donald Trump briefly praised her for helping push through a $1 trillion-plus package of FY2026 spending bills. … The same Susan Collins who voted to convict Trump at his Senate impeachment trial following …

Clergy say Jesus' teachings leave Christians no choice but to resist ICE  —  Christian clergy are deploying spiritual infrastructure — from organizing prayer circles to acting as human shields — to resist the Trump administration's immigration agenda.