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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 29.01.2026.
It displays 195 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
29.01.2026
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One America News
Lawyers for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, have filed a formal objection to block graphic video of the murder from being introduced as evidence.
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The Killing of Alex Pretti Is a Reminder That All State Laws Are Backed Up by Violence
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.
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"How about federal law enforcement," the vice president wrote in a terse post on the social media platform X. "Should they feel safe calling 911? ... Right now, they don't, because you've told your police officers not to help them."
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The Daily Beast
The vice president went after a decorated war veteran.
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The Federal Reserve has paused its easing cycle, voting on Wednesday to maintain the federal funds rate at a range of 3.5% to 3.75%. This decision halts a streak of three consecutive quarter-point cuts implemented at the end of last year.
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Melania Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, initiating the start of the day's trading and spotlighting the upcoming premiere of her new documentary, Melania, set to be released on January 30th.
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The New York Times
Senate Democrats said the changes were needed to win their votes to avert a government shutdown. U.S. officials said the agents who shot Alex Pretti were on leave.
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A weekend East Coast storm could bring significant snow, strong winds and coastal flooding from the Carolinas to New England.
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The New York Times
The chief judge in Minnesota said the agency had violated more directives in a month than โsome federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.โ
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Bystander videos have shaped public perception for decades. The ability to now spread video widely can lead to real-time access and transparency, but experts say videos can't tell the full story.
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One America News
In a historic first for the tech industry, Meta and YouTube are appearing before a Los Angeles jury to defend against allegations that their platforms were intentionally engineered to be addictive and harmful to minors.
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The Washington Post
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02:01โขJudicial Gavel Falls on ICE
โจEditorial priorities focus on the deepening legal and political conflict surrounding ICE. Mainstream outlets highlight federal court orders condemning the agency for repeated judicial violations (NYTimes, Washington Times, Washington Examiner) and analyze newly surfaced video of Alex Pretti in prior confrontations with federal agents (ABC News, CBS, CNN). Meanwhile, conservative media emphasizes the vice presidentโs defense of federal law enforcement against local municipal resistance (Newsmax, The Daily Caller).
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A newly released video shows Alex Pretti confronting federal officers on a Minneapolis street 11 days before he was fatally shot in another encounter with CBP agents, a Pretti family representative confirmed to CBS News.
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The company announced it was ending production of its higher-end Model S and Model Y, and turning that production space over to making humanoid robots.
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A new video shows Alex Pretti engaged in a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on January 13, 11 days before his death in a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, a spokesperson for the Pretti family and their attorney confirmed to the Minnesota Star Tribune.
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Associated Press
Videos show Alex Pretti was forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers.
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The Daily Beast
The footage, verified by the BBC, shows Pretti interacting with ICE agents.
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Washington Free Beacon
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โOur caucus is united, is unified over three main legislative objectives,โ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday.
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One idea that has gained traction is a short-term funding bill for DHS while the two parties negotiate changes to the department.
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New video appears to show Alex Pretti confronting federal agents days before his fatal shooting by Border Patrol in Minneapolis.
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The New York Times
The shipping traffic and factories never stop in Chinaโs port city of Ningbo, but the local housing market has crashed and nearby restaurants sit empty.
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One America News
Rap and hip hop icon Nicki Minaj appeared alongside President Donald Trump at the Trump Accounts Summit in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to pledge hundreds of thousands of dollars toward the administration's new savings initiative.
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New York Post
The crazed driver was immediately taken into custody after the harrowing, caught-on-video attack.
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President Trump has upset gun right groups and shifted his Second Amendment politics after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
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The Washington Post
Minnesota Democrats said they wonโt cooperate with the feds arresting illegal immigrants, and that left a deal to end deadly clashes between protesters and federal agents in Minneapolis on the verge of collapsing.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
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The congresswoman called out the presidentโs memory after his reaction to a MAGA fanโs attack on her.
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Showing that he will always be the butt of the joke, Hunter Biden made a cameo appearance last week in a White House list of the Trump administrationโs Year One accomplishments.
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The presidentโs memory has been called into question.
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08:30โขThe Pretti Scuffle Tapes
โจEditorial priorities have shifted to newly released video footage depicting Alex Pretti in a confrontation with federal agents days before his death, with sources debating whether his actions justify the subsequent lethal force (AP News, Breitbart, Fox News, CBS, NBC News). Concurrently, a legislative deadlock intensifies as Senate Democrats condition Department of Homeland Security funding on strict ICE oversight, raising the immediate possibility of a government shutdown (Boston Globe, The Epoch Times, Washington Post).
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The Daily Beast
โDeep breaths, everyone. Three more years,โ a Democratic foe replied to the presidentโs barrage of fake news.
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Washington Free Beacon
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Four women held at Camp East Montana spoke out about conditions via audio recordings and handwritten statements.
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Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's.
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The president is caught between competing interests: voters who elected him on a campaign promise of โmass deportations,โ and a broader electorate that is increasingly uncomfortable with an approach that has led to two shooting deaths this month.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
Minnesota Democrats said they wonโt cooperate with the feds arresting illegal immigrants, and that left a deal to end deadly clashes between protesters and federal agents in Minneapolis on the verge of collapsing.
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Social media has become a critical tool for documenting the activity of federal agents. In some cases, officers are filming activists right back.
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The ruling responds to a class action request to block implementation of the policy for Minnesotaโs roughly 5,600 lawful refugees.
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The Boston Globe
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Itโs unclear whether President Trump will make good on promises to "de-escalate." But Minnesotans are rallying behind other ground developments.
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By Sunday night, Trump decided to hit the reset button while preserving the mass-deportation operation he promised during his campaign.
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New York Post
Natalie Greene, 26, still bears the ghastly healed gashes of the hoax anti-Trump attack, which the feds say she inflicted on herself.
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12:16โขThe Minnesota Retreat's Bitter Friction
โจEditorial priorities have shifted to the political and judicial fallout in Minnesota, as a federal judge blocked DHS refugee policies while President Trump faces internal MAGA criticism for his attempted de-escalation (The Epoch Times, Washington Post, USA Today). Mainstream and liberal outlets highlight the White House's retreat from aggressive tactics (MSNBC, NBC News), whereas conservative sources frame the standoff as local Democratic obstruction of federal law enforcement (Washington Times, Newsmax, Fox News).
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Natalie Greene, 26, still bears the ghastly healed gashes of the hoax anti-Trump attack, which the feds say she inflicted on herself.
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The Daily Beast
The perennially online president started out his Thursday with a bombardment of posts that sometimes came just seconds apart.
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The Washington Post
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The Instagram army is motivated and militant โ but theyโre not informed.
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President Trump has promised to "de-escalate." But Minnesotans are rallying behind other ground developments.
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President Donald Trump and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., appear headed toward an agreement to negotiate new restrictions on federal immigration agents, potentially averting a government shutdown early on Saturday.
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Sen. Susan Collins said ICE was halting "enhanced operations" in Maine, after discussions with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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President Trump has promised to "de-escalate." But Minnesotans are rallying behind other ground developments.
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Border czar Tom Homan gave his first news conference Thursday morning since arriving in Minnesota at the request of President Trump.
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President Trump has promised to "de-escalate." But Minnesotans are rallying behind other ground developments.
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The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.
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Sen. Susan Collins said ICE was halting "enhanced operations" in Maine, after discussions with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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The Washington Post
White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday he is working on a โdrawdownโ plan to bring some federal agents and officers out of Minnesota, hoping to calm soaring tensions over the massive federal presence and the violent protests against it.
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13:50โขFederal Shadows Receding From Minnesota
โจEditorial priorities have shifted to the proposed 'drawdown' of federal agents in Minnesota. Major outlets report Border Czar Tom Homan's plans to scale back ICE operations to reduce local tensions, even as he vows to remain until order is restored (USA Today, Washington Times, CNN, CBS, Fox News). Concurrently, sources highlight a potential legislative deal between President Trump and Senator Schumer to avert a government shutdown through new ICE restrictions (Newsmax, NBC News).
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Left populists across Europe have sometimes dampened their internationalism in an effort to reach broader audiences. This has produced little in the way of electoral success and often meant giving up a necessary fight against xenophobia.
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Sen. Susan Collins said ICE was halting "enhanced operations" in Maine, after discussions with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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Sanctuary cities are "sanctuaries for criminals" who endanger communities, President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said Thursday morning in his first press conference after arriving in Minneapolis.
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Left populists across Europe have sometimes dampened their internationalism in an effort to reach broader audiences. This has produced little in the way of electoral success and often meant giving up a necessary fight against xenophobia.
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The shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal agents in Minneapolis have enraged many people across the country. NPR wanted to know what supporters of President Trump's immigration policy think about the shootings.
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Actor Giancarlo Esposito crystallized todayโs Democrat Party by admitting he is willing to see people die to fulfill his revolution.
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The Washington Post
Sen. Susan Collins also said large-scale enforcement operations in Maine have ended, as the White House seeks to quell growing backlash in the wake of citizen deaths.
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Associated Press
President Donald Trumpโs border czar Tom Homan says immigration enforcement will reduce the number of officers in Minnesota.
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The Washington Post
Sen. Susan Collins also said large-scale enforcement operations in Maine have ended, as the White House seeks to quell growing backlash in the wake of citizen deaths.
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The Epoch Times
โWe are not surrendering our mission at all, weโre just doing [it] smarter,โ Homan said.
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The New York Times
The monthly trade deficit and imports rebounded in November after shrinking significantly in prior months, new data show.
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Tom Homan said ICE and Border Patrol agents will "draw down" in Minnesota as federal authorities refocus on "targeted" immigration enforcement.
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Tom Homan said ICE and Border Patrol agents will "draw down" in Minnesota as federal authorities refocus on "targeted" immigration enforcement.
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15:36โขMinnesota Federal Retreat Begins
โจEditorial priorities focus on the 'drawdown' of federal agents in Minnesota. Major outlets report Tom Homanโs shift toward a targeted enforcement strategy to mitigate local backlash following recent deaths (AP News, NBC News, USA Today, Washington Post). While mainstream media frames this as a retreat from aggressive tactics (CNN, MSNBC), conservative sources emphasize that the mission continues despite Democratic obstruction and civil unrest (The Epoch Times, Newsmax, Daily Caller).
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Tom Homan used his first Minnesota presser to throw shade on Kristi Noem and Gregory Bovino.
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The two teens โ both 13-years-old at the time โ bring new details about the convicted sexual predator and former Jeopardy star, Winston Nguyen, who was sentenced to seven years in prison last spring.
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Associated Press
President Donald Trumpโs border czar says immigration enforcement could reduce the number of officers in Minnesota.
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Sanctuary cities are "sanctuaries for criminals" who endanger communities, President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said Thursday morning in his first press conference after arriving in Minneapolis.
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Both Donald Trump and El Salvadorโs Nayib Bukele style themselves successful businessmen with an affinity for social media, cryptocurrency, and criminalizing poor Salvadorans. And each stands to gain from the relationship with the other.
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The two teens โ both 13-years-old at the time โ bring new details about the convicted sexual predator and former Jeopardy star, Winston Nguyen, who was sentenced to seven years in prison last spring.
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Tom Homan said ICE and Border Patrol agents will "draw down" in Minnesota as federal authorities refocus on "targeted" immigration enforcement.
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The worldโs biggest tequila producer says Hispanic people are so scared of being swept up in the presidentโs ICE raids that they are consuming less booze.
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The aging president also used his latest Truth Social tirade to complain about a lack of recognition for how โkindโ and โgentleโ he is.
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Scientists are baffled by the results from new Arctic research.
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Follow Newsweek for live coverage of ICE and the deadly unrest in Minnesota.
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New York Post
The former first son argued Tuesday in new papers that the contentious Arkansas child support case for daughter Navy Joan Roberts shouldnโt be reopened after he and his baby mama settled in 2023
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The Washington Post
Congressional leaders and the White House are discussing a plan to avoid a second prolonged government shutdown by passing a short-term stopgap spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
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16:58โขMinnesota Federal Drawdown Contingency
โจEditorial priorities are centered on the conditional federal 'drawdown' in Minnesota, with Border Czar Tom Homan and President Trump linking the reduction of agents to local cooperation (AP News, CNN, The Epoch Times, Washington Examiner). Concurrently, editors are tracking an imminent government shutdown threat as the White House and Congress negotiate DHS funding (USA Today, Washington Times, Fox News, The Hill). While liberal outlets highlight the 'retreat' from Minneapolis (MSNBC, Slate), conservative sources emphasize continued enforcement against 'criminal' sanctuary policies (Newsmax, Daily Wire).
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Associated Press
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Group Chats About ICE Whereabouts Are Protected Speech. The FBI Is Investigating Anyway.
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Breitbart News
Eleven days before Alex Pretti was killed in a confrontation with federal agents he yelled โf**k youโ at agents and dared them to โassaultโ him.
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It's time to prepare for heavy snow this weekend as a rapidly intensifying winter storm arrives.
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Talking to AI bots can lead to unhealthy emotional attachments or even breaks with reality. Some people affected by chatbot interactions or those of a loved one are turning to one other for support.
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Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday he is "staying until the problem's gone" in Minneapolis as federal immigration authorities continue their enforcement operations in the city after the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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Breitbart News
Eleven days before Alex Pretti was killed in a confrontation with federal agents he yelled โf**k youโ at agents and dared them to โassaultโ him.
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The New York Times
The rhetoric about holding Trump administration officials responsible for violence may be more political than practicable.
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The former first son argued Tuesday in new papers that the contentious Arkansas child support case for daughter Navy Joan Roberts shouldnโt be reopened after he and his baby mama settled in 2023
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Perspective: Lukoilโs asset sale highlights the impact of U.S. sanctions on Russiaโs energy sector.
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Los Angeles Times
Nancy Burke
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Officials overseeing Trumpโs mass-deportation campaign are fighting one another for power.
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The country is facing a partial shutdown this weekend if lawmakers can't find a deal over a DHS funding measure.
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The country is facing a partial shutdown this weekend if lawmakers can't find a deal over a DHS funding measure.
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Facing a massive budgetary crisis, Zohran Mamdani is breaking with technocratic norms to openly explain the deficit while reiterating his pledges to oppose austerity and tax the rich โ which means walking a political tightrope with Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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18:02โขShadow of a Looming Shutdown
โจEditorial priorities have shifted to the dual pressures of a legislative standoff and the federal presence in Minnesota. Sources report Senate Democrats blocking Department of Homeland Security funding, pushing the government toward a partial shutdown (AP News, ABC News, USA Today, Washington Examiner). Simultaneously, editors analyze Tom Homan's resolve to remain in Minneapolis despite reports of a 'drawdown plan' and local accountability demands (Newsmax, NY Times, NBC News, Washington Post).
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The Washington Post
Most of the federal government is expected to close beginning Saturday as Republicans and Democrats scramble to strike a deal on DHS funding.
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Democrats have demanded that DHS funding be separated from the package and that changes be made to immigration enforcement practices.
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A group of 25 alleged accomplices of dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein made โsecret settlementsโ tied to abuse allegations, Epsteinโs convicted madam Ghislaine Maxwell revealed in court papers.
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USA Today
The country is facing a partial shutdown this weekend if lawmakers can't find a deal over a DHS funding measure.
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Congressional leaders and the White House are discussing a plan to avoid a second prolonged government shutdown by passing a short-term stopgap spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
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The Intercept
The most notable difference between Tom Homan and Bovino is that Homan has deported a lot more people โ and done it at a national scale.
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A public outcry over family immigration detention is growing. 'No child that is 5 years old should be in detention like that.'
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Democrats have demanded changes to DHS and ICE, and they have leverage after a massive government funding package failed by a wide margin.
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Stephen Miller's Hardline Immigration Tactics Are Backfiring
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President Trump helped create a US version of the app, which now appears to be censoring people.
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The Washington Post
The Trump administration spent almost half a billion dollars to send military personnel to U.S. cities to smother crime and protect federal buildings, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office.
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Facing a massive budgetary crisis, Zohran Mamdani is breaking with technocratic norms to openly explain the deficit while reiterating his pledges to oppose austerity and tax the rich โ which means walking a political tightrope with Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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USA Today
A public outcry over family immigration detention is growing. 'No child that is 5 years old should be in detention like that.'
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19:31โขFiscal Cliffs and Border Standoffs
โจEditors prioritize the imminent government shutdown as a bipartisan Senate coalition blocks DHS funding, with conservative outlets focusing on the refusal to fund border enforcement and liberal sources highlighting opposition to hardline tactics (AP News, The Epoch Times, Washington Post, Fox News). Meanwhile, the federal posture in Minnesota remains volatile as Border Czar Tom Homan replaces Commander Bovino, signaling a transition to national-scale deportation experts (The Intercept, ABC News, CNN).