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.

Under fire for Epstein ties, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defends visiting his private island  —  Lutnick said in an interview last year that he “was never in the room” with Epstein other than a 2005 visit to Epstein's apartment.  —  Listen to this article with a free account

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 …

‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms … One of the people close to the administration described the judicial warrants proposal as a “complete nonstarter for the White House,” as well as for many congressional Republicans.

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 …

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 …

Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback  —  Move would reverse legal determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health  —  The Trump administration is planning this week to repeal the Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis …

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 …

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 …

Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.  —  But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein's criminal sex charge became public …

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

American Optimism Slumps to Record Low  —  Democrats, Hispanic adults report greatest drops since 2024  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults who anticipate high-quality lives in five years declined to 59.2% in 2025, the lowest level since measurement began nearly two decades ago.

Trump-appointed judge rejects DOJ attempt to access Michigan voter rolls  —  A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) efforts to obtain Michigan's unredacted voter rolls, a bruising setback for the department's sweeping national effort …

Immigration Judge Says Trump Administration Cannot Deport Tufts Student  —  The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, who is from Turkey, was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper.  —  An immigration judge has found …

Malinowski concedes in primary for Sherrill's NJ House seat  —  New Jersey progressive candidate Analilia Mejia looked set to clinch the Democratic nomination in the race for Gov. Mikie Sherrill's (D) old House seat Tuesday after former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), her closest rival, conceded.

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 …

Without a Border ‘Invasion,’ Texas G.O.P. Turns to an Old Enemy, Islam  —  Republican politicians and strategists in Texas are amping up anti-Muslim rhetoric as a way to energize Republican voters after several elections when the border was the animating force.

Maxine Waters is the newest target in Democrats' intergenerational war … Waters is the rare member of Congress to be both a local icon and a national meme.  She gained near-celebrity status in President Donald Trump's first term as “Auntie Maxine” who regularly lobbed acerbic barbs at the president and his administration.

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.

Delgado Drops Out of Democratic Primary for N.Y. Governor  —  After falling out with Gov. Kathy Hochul, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado mounted a challenge from the left.  But his campaign failed to gain traction.  —  Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced on Tuesday that he was suspending …

Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump's immigration crackdown  —  Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show  —  Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school …

The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump's war on usefulness  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌐 Subscribe to PN 🌐  —  When the Trump administration closes down public access to yet another worthwhile resource, it doesn't always make news.

DOJ again defends Lindsey Halligan's appointment in appeal of James Comey and Letitia James case dismissals  —  The Justice Department argued in a court filing that Attorney General Pam Bondi's erroneous citation referring to her authority to appoint U.S. attorneys was “a paperwork mistake.”

What Jamie Raskin saw in the unredacted Epstein files  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that, when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up “more than a million times.”

Pride in America ‘fallen through floor’ as Trump's Olympic fury reveals huge swing: CNN  —  Pride in the United States has fallen dramatically among young Americans, and a CNN expert showed Tuesday a clear explanation.  —  President Donald Trump is raging at Team USA Olympic snowboarder Hunter Hess as a …