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Monday, January 26, 2026

Contact your Senator now and tell them not to fund DHS until they are held accountable for their actions. No Secret Police in America! read more


Former U.S. president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama released a searing statement on Sunday, in response to the second shooting death by immigration law enforcement officers in Minneapolis, saying federal officers appear to be using tactics "designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger" Minnesota residents. read more


Groups typically aligned with Trump call for investigation as NRA wades into the national dialogue read more


"It has always been, I think, the fear, and now I think closer to the reality that the Trump administration is creating this mayhem, particularly in cities in swing states, in order to take control of the election, to say, 'Oh, the city's out of control, the state's out of control, you can't trust the state government, we just need to run the election in November,'" Murphy told host Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the Union." read more


Heather Cox Richardson: In the wake of Pretti's shooting, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to Minnesota governor Tim Walz to suggest he could "bring back law and order to Minnesota" if he handed over the state's voter rolls to the Department of Justice read more


Stacie Goddard and Abraham L. Newman, two political science professors, give the most understandable explanation of Trump's moves on the international stage: neoroyalism. A policy of taking from the many and giving to the few. They explain the few in this "new world order" are Trump his pals and the many is us. read more


The president may be conflating several capabilities into a single weapon that doesn't exist, a senior US official told CNN. read more


Sunday, January 25, 2026

More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research. Proposed budget cuts of 35% ... read more


A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a Mexican man from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Minnesota after he suffered "life-threatening" head injuries after his arrest. read more


Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of "whitewashing history" on Friday ... read more


M. Gessen: After the past three weeks of brutality in Minneapolis, it should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear ... read more


For much of the last year, staffers who were initially part of the Department of Government Efficiency effort improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data on millions of Americans. read more


California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced just one day after the U.S. officially withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO) that his state would become the first to join the organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network ... read more


A St. Paul woman who is a U.S. citizen was illegally detained last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, she said Wednesday at a news conference at the Minnesota Capitol. read more


Since Ruby Ridge and Waco in the 1990s, a faction of right-wing populists had excoriated federal law enforcement. Now those agents are being deployed by their allies read more


A greatcoat worn by the senior US border patrol official Gregory Bovino, who has spearheaded aggressive immigration operations across the country, has raised eyebrows in German media with some commentators saying it resembled a fascist aesthetic. read more


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