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January 2026
READ: District judge’s scathing opinion ordering release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father
US District Judge Fred Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from immigration detention in Dilley, Texas
New US envoy to Venezuela arrives in Caracas as administration aims to reopen embassy
Laura F. Dogu, the United States’ new top envoy to Venezuela, arrived in Caracas on Saturday as the Trump administration aims to reopen an embassy there for the first time in nearly seven years
I just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work,
She will work with individuals from the private and public sector, as well as civic society, to advance the President and Secretary’s three-phased plan for Venezuela.”
Chicago mayor signs executive order calling on police to investigate federal immigration agents accused of misconduct
The deaths of Pretti and Renee Good on January 7 have transformed the heated national debate on immigration enforcement
This executive order will make Chicago the first city in the country to set the groundwork to prosecute ICE and Border Patrol agents for criminal misconduct,
We need to send a clear message: If the federal government will not hold these rogue actors accountable, then Chicago will do everything in our power to bring these agents to justice,
In the event of illegal misconduct by federal immigration agents, CPD supervisors will preserve evidence of the incident and … make a referral of felony matters to the Cook County State’s Attorney,
This is a nationwide effort to hold an authoritarian regime accountable,
Trump says federal government won’t step into protests in Democratic-led cities ‘until they ask us for help’
Remember that I stated, in the strongest of language, to BEWARE — ICE, Border Patrol or, if necessary, our Military, will be extremely powerful and tough in the protection of our Federal Property,
I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help,
We will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists,
We will not let that happen anymore!”
House minority leader says Republicans can’t rely on Democrats to pass funding bill, raising fears of longer shutdown
The deal only funds the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks to allow for long-term negotiations on federal immigration enforcement
Source: Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father released
CNN has not independently obtained a copy of the judge’s ruling
Texas A&M University to end women’s studies due to new policy on race and gender topics
The changes to and cancellation of courses comes months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the country, into upheaval
Strong oversight and standards protect academic integrity and restore public trust, guaranteeing that a degree from Texas A&M means something to our students and the people who will hire them,
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention
Analysis: Is the case against Don Lemon about winning — or about chilling journalism?
Legally speaking, the federal charges against journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are complex and unusual, sparking debate among lawyers about the legitimacy of the cases
Historically, the limited number of cases that have been brought against a journalist documenting a protest on private property have been handled as trespass cases at the state level. Those charges are almost always dropped, or if the cases go to trial, the journalists typically prevail,
Journalism is on trial.”
To our knowledge, it is unprecedented for the Justice Department to deploy the federal laws cited in this case against journalistic activity,
Now they’re trying to silence journalists. And I will not be silenced.”
The government has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they had the specific intent to interfere,
If he had stayed on that sidewalk, this would not be happening to him,
Manufacturing federal crimes out of the facts we’ve seen so far chills
Latest Epstein file photos appear to show former Prince Andrew on floor with female
NBA hands down 25-game ban to 76ers’ Paul George for violating anti-drug policy
New emails show New York Giants co-owner asked Epstein to connect him with women
We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments. I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”
Hopefully we will catch up Is there somebody in NY you want me to meet? I will be there Thursday Thanks”
I am happy to have you as a new but obviosly (sic) shared interest friend.”
What 3 million new documents tell us about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Oh I think he likes you. Aren’t you lucky. This is great,
Let me just be clear — they had nothing to do with this review,
I think your friend is mentally ill.”
Im thinking what would trump do,
He never tries to explain. He denies, blames media, denigrates someone else,
Yellow highlighting is for the salacious piece,
Blast rips through building in Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, state media says
See February’s full snow moon light up the sky
‘It’s not because we have bigger guns’: Minneapolis’ poet laureate tells why ICE found itself in trouble
In January 2025, Junauda Petrus warned, in her inaugural poem as poet laureate of Minneapolis, of residents “getting snatched in the night,” and celebrated a city of “neighbors who traded plates of food….so we could all taste where each other was from.”
This is a loooooong poem.”... Y’all’s kid is hilarious.”
Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months
We woke up at 4 a.m. suddenly to find that they (the Israeli military) struck three girls, my aunt who is an old lady and her daughter. She was a guest at our house. All my three nieces were then on the street.”
We estimate that about 70,000 Gazans were killed in the war, not including the missing.”
From empty theaters to packed houses, response to Melania Trump documentary reflects America’s political division
So she breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as she watched Melania Trump’s documentary and saw that — after a day that included three balls and returning to the White House at 2 a.m. — the first lady kicked off her heels
‘Worst-case scenarios’: How Democratic election officials are preparing for potential Trump intrusion in the midterms
The mechanics of securing elections … has completely been eliminated, and instead, it’s been replaced with these bizarre conspiracy theories that have no grounding in the way things actually work,
She’s pretty much slandered all of us,
This is now a legitimate planning category. It’s extraordinarily sad, but it would be irresponsible for us to disregard the possibility,
We basically take the news of the day, worst-case scenarios, and make sure that we are thinking about any emergencies before they occur,
Democrat conspiracies have no basis in reality and their claims shouldn’t be amplified uncritically by the mainstream media.”
The federal government has a tiny role in elections, and I get that. And when Congress acts, that’s one thing,
It would be better if we were working in unison, as we have done in the past, but I know there has been a lot of efforts to ensure that the resilience of the system isn’t weakened,
I should have,... We have very dishonest elections. OK, I say it to you loud and clear. I don’t know if it’s politically correct or not to say it. I shouldn’t complain. I won three times.”
If people are too scared to go out to get groceries or to go to work, they’re going to be too scared to go out and vote, if there are armed federal agents roaming the streets next November,
President Trump cares deeply about the integrity of our elections — and so do the millions of Americans who sent him back to office based on his pledge to secure our election,
2026 special elections
A US House special election in Texas is set to narrow the GOP majority even further
Because of the way President Trump and Governor Abbott pushed through these new congressional maps, we’re in a rare situation where campaigning for the special election and the March primary is taking place all at once,
We have really focused our attention, not in trying to run a double race in terms of the messaging, but instead one race at a time from a messaging standpoint,
Tulsi Gabbard inserts herself into 2020 election fraud probe
If criminal charges are ever brought, and I think there’s nearly zero chance of that, I’d expect any defense counsel to make a significant issue of her presence and interference,
We know through intelligence and public reporting that electronic voting systems have been and are vulnerable to exploitation,
In what world would Tulsi Gabbard have any role in addressing us?”
Director Gabbard’s presence, without any legal authority to be [in Fulton County], raises serious questions about this collection of alleged evidence,
Federal law clearly assigns the DNI and her office with the statutory responsibility to lead counterintelligence matters related to election security, which includes assessing risks to election voting systems, software, voter registration databases and more … and analyzing foreign interference,
I’m going to talk with the DNI about that, and I’m excited to hear their findings,
This administration coordinates everything we do as a group,
You’ll see some interesting things happening,
Amazon’s layoffs are staggering. We’ve seen this before
Advancements in AI have sparked widespread concern about the future of jobs, as fellow tech giants Microsoft, Meta and Verizon all made layoffs last year
IBM’s challenge is not just to shrink in size but also to remake itself completely into a nimbler and more market-oriented player,
One could argue this is Amazon’s leadership saying, ‘We’ve got to make these changes now because we see where the technology is headed and we see where the market is headed,
Amazon cannot easily retrain a workforce built for manual logistics or legacy retail systems into one that builds generative AI agents,
What to expect for the music industry’s big night
From a recalibration in Minnesota to an Epstein files release: Inside the Trump administration’s chaotic week
Faced with mounting outrage over the second killing of a US citizen in an encounter with federal agents, Trump swiftly moved the head of his Minnesota immigration crackdown out of the state
You can see how difficult it is to punch through the news cycle when there are so many other things that are priorities in this administration,
We go from a winning message to a losing message in an hour,
You read much about Minnesota where, unbeknownst to the public, we have brought down crime very substantially,
Stuff happens, and we’ve got a lot of time between now and the midterms,
Agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist, Alex Pretti’s stock has gone way down,
Over the past year, the Trump administration has delivered one major victory after another, from swiftly securing the border to cooling inflation to signing new drug pricing deals,