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Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota — More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in November, according to the Department of Homeland Security. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE — Listen to this article with a free account
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Beret Leone / CBS News:
Border czar Tom Homan says Minnesota ICE surge is concluding — Add CBS News on Google — Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday the surge of federal immigration officers in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown set to occur over the course of next week.
Associated Press:
Live updates: Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown — Border czar Tom Homan announces an end to an immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths. Federal authorities say the sweeps focused on the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area led …
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Democrat aims to put members on record opposing Maxwell pardon — Sen. Jacky Rosen will introduce a resolution Thursday designed to put the Senate on record opposing the prospect of President Donald Trump granting a pardon or clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate …
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Senate heads into doomed DHS votes
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP-Led House Rejects Trump's Tariffs on Canada
GOP-Led House Rejects Trump's Tariffs on Canada
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore — Two notes: First, this is a special article with insights from Strength In Number's recent polling with Verasight. We just finished writing our February poll, and will publish the results in two weeks.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better … The White House has nine months to turn the ship around before a potential midterm wipeout for Republicans. … - Harvard CAPS/Harris (Jan. 28-29): Mark Penn's polling firm found that 51% of registered voters say Trump is doing …
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid — The newly revealed White House employee says he is fighting ‘pure evil’ — Clay Parikh does not want to talk about who he is working with inside the White House.
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New York Times:
Trump's Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier — Even in a government full of conspiracists, Kurt Olsen stands out. He made a key referral in the Fulton County, Ga., election case. — One of the more extraordinary aspects of President Trump's second term is this …
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Sean Morales-Doyle / New York Times:
Trump Can't Cancel Elections. He Could Undermine Them.
New York Times:
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser — People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.
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NBC News:
Lawmakers demand DOJ stop tracking lawmakers' Epstein files searches — Attorney General Pam Bondi brought a document referencing Rep. Pramila Jayapal's search history to a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE — Listen to this article with a free account
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House — Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration's nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
Paul Krugman:
Making America Stagnate Again — Deportations don't create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew? — Yesterday's employment report was widely expected to be weak. As it turned out, it was unexpectedly strong, with an estimated 130,000 jobs added.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Justice Democrats endorse Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois primary — Justice Democrats and the Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC, or PAL PAC, have jointly endorsed progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh in the hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois.
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Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Bondi's charade — Pam Bondi dropped the ball on the Epstein case a long time ago — Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared today before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case files. — In her opening statement, Bondi said …
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Sara Braun / The Guardian:
Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years — Public opinion polling agency says decision 'solely based on Gallup's research goals and priorities' — Gallup, the public opinion polling agency, will stop tracking presidential approval ratings after almost nine decades, a spokesperson confirmed.
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Strengthening United States National Defense with America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet — Section 1. Purpose. The United States must ensure that our electric grid — upon which military installations, operations, and defense-industrial production depend …
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NBC News:
Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials focused on denaturalization were sent to offices nationwide, sources say. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dramatically expanding …
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David Gilbert / Wired:
Elon Musk's X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders — While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry.
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January — Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts — Elon Musk's longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
We are all passengers in Trump's death cab — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 💬 Subscribe to PN 💬 — Nearly 13 months into Trump's second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States …
The Bulwark:
‘Zionism’ Is Splitting MAGA in Two — Except it's not really ‘Zionism’ per se. — Thirteen years ago today, Marco Rubio gave a cotton-mouthed GOP response to Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address, at one point awkwardly breaking his flow to lean out of frame for a quick drink of water.
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Two U.S. Navy Ships Collide in Waters Near South America — Two personnel report minor injuries after ship-to-ship refueling — Two people reported minor injuries Wednesday when a U.S. warship and a Navy supply vessel assigned to the military buildup in the Caribbean collided during a ship …
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Wall Street Journal:
How a Pencil-Purchasing U.S. Bureaucrat Ended Up Shaking Hands With Putin — Josh Gruenbaum's brash style has shaken up the GSA, earned the trust of Jared Kushner and Trump's foreign policy team—and sparked a review of possible violations — In June, the White House budget office received …
Gene Weingarten / The Gene Pool:
Three Million Reasons to Facepalm — So. — The image above was given to us by Deb Milbrath, a freelance cartoonist in Atlanta. I love it. — Here's something I don't love: — I just was shown a government document listing the 2025 salaries of Washington Post employees …
Reuters:
Canadian police identify 18-year-old woman as suspect in mass school shooting — The suspect in a deadly school shooting in western Canada was an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues who killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, police said on Wednesday …
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AP-NORC:
About 6 in 10 think Trump has gone too far when it comes to deploying federal immigration agents in major U.S. cities. — Sixty percent of adults have an unfavorable view of Trump's handling of immigration. … In the wake of two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minnesota …
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
JD Vance says Olympians ‘not there to pop off about politics’ — 'You're not there to pop off about politics,' Vance said. ‘So when Olympic athletes enter the political arena, they should expect some pushback.’ — Vice President JD Vance warned United States Olympic athletes to expect …
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Wall Street Journal:
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes — Internal security agency alleges suspects used classified information from their jobs to inform their wagers — Israel has arrested several people, including army reservists, for allegedly using classified information …
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Bethany Mandel / New York Post:
The media need to stop gaslighting us about the reality of trans mass shooters — Another mass shooting, and another devastated community. — And once again, elites in the media class and public officials are so terrified of offending that they don't dare ask the obvious question …
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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit. — Listen to this article with a free account
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