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Story by Adam Lynch

“The Weeknight” Co-host Symone D. Sanders says Republicans at Jack Smith’s Thursday testimony revealed their dangerous plans to disrupt future U.S. elections, even as Smith laid out the details of their leader’s last attempted coup.

“… [W]hile Democrats on the committee focused on the past, Republicans looked to change the subject,” said Sanders. “Instead of sincerely grappling with the violence or the attempt to overturn the election, Republicans focused on process. They questioned procedures, attacked the special counsel and debated legal technicalities. … [T]hey did everything they could to make it feel less consequential. That distinction matters.”

Sanders said Republicans’ antics, as Smith presented the facts, were an exercise in the normalization of coup behavior.

“When a violent attack on democracy is treated as just another political disagreement, something dangerous is happening,” said Sanders. “At times, the hearing felt less like an effort to hold people accountable and more like an attempt to wear the public down until it grew tired of attempting to hold people accountable.”

This was not a presentation of the past, said Sanders. What the hearing was really about was the future.

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US.-Israel vs Iran war begins: Netanyahu’s chilling warning as warships & jets hit Khamenei’s home
Regional tensions spike as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues stark warnings alongside Washington, signaling readiness for confrontation with Iran. Reports claim U.S. and Israeli forces are positioning assets, raising fears of strikes on Iranian ports and infrastructure. Markets, diplomats, and civilians brace as rhetoric hardens and red lines blur. Meanwhile, Iranian media-linked reports say Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has relocated to a hardened bunker, underscoring elite anxiety. Alleged shifts of operational authority within Tehran suggest preparations for crisis governance.
Story by Héctor Ríos Morales

For more than a week, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that during a targeted traffic stop in Minneapolis, one Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was violently assaulted with a shovel and a broom handle by three undocumented immigrants who attempted to evade arrest and obstruct law enforcement.

Although the incident took place Jan. 14, it was not until this week that the FBI released its account of the car chase and alleged assault that led an ICE agent to shoot a Venezuelan immigrant. According to a sworn affidavit reported by the Minnesota Star Tribune, FBI Special Agent Timothy Schanz laid out details that contradicted DHS' description of the incident.

In a statement published Jan. 15, DHS said agents attempted to detain Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan national living in Minneapolis. The agency said Sosa-Celis fled in his vehicle to avoid arrest, crashed into a parked car and then ran on foot. Once agents caught up to him, DHS said Sosa-Celis resisted and violently assaulted one of the officers.

While they were on the ground, DHS claimed two other individuals exited a nearby apartment and attacked the officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle. Fearing for his life, the statement said, the officer fired a "defensive shot to defend his life," striking Sosa-Celis in the leg.
During the Bosnian War, Sarajevo wasn’t just besieged—it was hunted. This documentary exposes the so-called “Sarajevo Hunting Club,” a shadowy group accused of turning civilian killings into organized sport under the chaos of war. Drawing from survivor testimony, military records, and postwar investigations, it reveals how ideology, revenge, and impunity combined to erase moral boundaries. Even decades later, accountability remains elusive, and many of those involved were never brought to justice.
Opinion by Amanda Watford, Kansas Reflector

As a growing number of encounters between civilians and Department of Homeland Security agents — including the widely scrutinized fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis — are scrutinized in court records and on social media, federal officials are returning to a familiar response: self-defense.

In more than a handful of recent encounters, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, has said its agents acted in self-defense during violent encounters, even as eyewitness testimony and video footage raised questions about whether those accounts fully matched what happened.

And in a ruling for a recent civil lawsuit, a U.S. district judge said federal immigration officials were not forthcoming about enforcement efforts, citing discrepancies between official DHS statements and video evidence.

“We’re now in a situation in which official sources in the Trump administration are really tying themselves quite strongly to a particular narrative, regardless of what the widely disseminated videos suggest,” said César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, a law professor at Ohio State University.
Story by Katie Francis

Border Control commander Gregory Bovino came to blows with CNN anchor Dana Bash as she challenged him Sunday on his defense of the fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent.

Bovino, 57, appeared in his new “Nazi-style” uniform on State of the Union, where he was ripped by Bash for offering justifications that “fly in the face” of video evidence of the shooting Saturday in Minneapolis.

“Why was an unarmed man shot multiple times by law enforcement, by your Border Patrol agents?” Bash asked at one point, after showing a clip that appeared to show a gun being removed from Pretti’s person before the shooting.

“Dana, you don’t know he was unarmed. I don’t know he was unarmed. That’s freeze frame adjudication of a crime scene, via a photo. That’s why we have investigators. That’s why we have an investigation that is going to answer those questions,” Bovino said.

He mused to himself: “How many shots were fired? Who fired shots? Where were the guns? Where were the guns located? All those questions are going to be answered.”

“Sir, I think you can see the screen,” Bash interrupted, attempting to bring Bovino’s attention back to video evidence.
Julia Conley | Common Dreams

In the original video of the shooting of a man in Minneapolis, identified by the Minneapolis Star Tribune at 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a woman in a pink coat was seen in the background filming the incident with her phone.

Drop Site News obtained footage that appeared “to come from the direction of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk” and showed the shooting at a closer distance than the footage taken from inside Glam Doll Donuts.

In the video, the shooting victim, dressed in a brown coat and pants, is seen filming a federal agent with his phone. He’s then seen guiding another person toward the sidewalk as the agent forcefully shoves a third person to the ground.

The agent appears to pepper-spray Pretti and pull him away from the other person as a group of several other officers approach and surround him.

They wrestle him to the ground and struggle with him for several seconds before he appears to try to get up. Roughly 10 gun shots ring out and Pretti falls to the ground.
Story by Marcus Donaldson

President Donald Trump has indicated Ice agents will leave Minneapolis in the wake of a second fatal shooting involving immigration enforcement officers this month.

The US President also announced he would send border tzar Tom Homan to Minnesota to oversee the operations there.

In a Truth Social post, the President stated: "(Homan) has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me."

Mr Homan is viewed as a potential challenger to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who faces mounting scrutiny over the handling of immigration enforcement in the Midwest state.

Mr Trump had previously suggested that immigration enforcement personnel would eventually depart the Minneapolis area, though he declined to specify when this might occur.

"At some point we will leave," the president said, whilst praising the work of federal agents.
Asked about the ongoing situation in Minneapolis, author Salman Rushdie says "the lies that have been told have found an audience."
During former Special Counsel Jack Smith's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) shut down the falsehoods peddled by her Republican colleagues by introducing them to the facts about Jan. 6.
Story by Matthew Chapman

A new motive for President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota and other blue states around the country just became clear, reported Mother Jones on Monday — and it's leaving experts appalled.

Specifically, wrote Abby Vesoulis and Ari Berman, the Justice Department has made clear that the ramped-up immigration presence in Minneapolis that has terrorized locals and led to multiple fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, can end — when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hands over data that would let the administration interfere with elections.
CBS Evening News averaged 4.17 million viewers, down 23% year over year during Jan. 5–9, 2026, underscoring broadcast declines and competitive pressure. CBS Evening News ratings and Tony Dokoupil debut performance were compared against a 2025 week lifted by wildfire coverage.
Jake Tapper reports.
Story by Michael Luciano

CNN’s Anderson Cooper exposed the double standard applied by President Donald Trump when it comes to gun rights.

On Saturday, Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who had been filming them. At one point, one agent shoved a woman to the ground. Video shows Pretti attempting to help her before being swarmed by agents, who took his holstered firearm, for which Pretti had a permit. After disarming him, agents shot him 10 times, killing him.

On Monday’s AC360, Cooper reported live from Minneapolis, where he noted that the Trump administration’s claims about Pretti – particularly ones made immediately after the killing – were contradicted by multiple videos of Pretti’s death. The host also played a clip of FBI Director Kash Patel saying, “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you wanted.”

Notably, Minnesota allows open carry for handguns, provided a permit is obtained. There is no law against carrying a firearm while protesting, which Pretti was not doing. Instead, he was filming agents.

Cooper aired a 2021 clip of Patel soliciting donations for Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people at a protest in 2020. Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder after saying he acted in self-defense. The host noted that Rittenhouse had met with Trump, who called Rittenhouse “a nice young man.”
Story by Robert Davis

A federal court on Monday handed President Donald Trump's administration a major blow to its scheme to rig the 2026 midterm elections.

The Trump Department of Justice has sued multiple states in an effort to obtain their voter rolls. Some experts believe the administration will use the data to limit who can vote in the upcoming midterm elections, the momentum towards which currently favors the Democrats.
During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing last month, Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) gave opening remarks calling out DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on her misuse of taxpayer dollars, spending them for herself and for her friends.
Story by Alexander Willis

Dozens of protesters in Phoenix, Arizona were hit in a drive-by mace attack Monday night by an apparent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, Phoenix New Times editor Zach Buchanan reported.

“I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea,” Buchanan wrote in a social media post on X, alongside video of the incident.

“It shows protesters – on the sidewalk, impeding no one – getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road. Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.”

In the video, around two dozen demonstrators can be seen protesting ICE on a sidewalk near a sports grill just outside of Phoenix’s downtown area as apparent ICE vehicles drive by. As a silver truck bearing sirens passes by, an individual in the front passenger seat can be seen spraying protesters with what appears to be mace as the vehicle passes by.
Alexander Willis

Immigration and Customs Enforcement was discovered to have unlawfully failed to disclose the deaths of at least eight migrants in detention, a bombshell report from Zeteo revealed Tuesday.

Under existing law, ICE is required to notify Congress of any in-custody deaths within 90 days, but according to a deep dive by Zeteo into ICE disclosures, the agency had failed to do that.

Among the migrants whose deaths had not been disclosed are 34-year-old Leo Cruz-Silva, who died in a Missouri detention facility three days after being arrested, and an unidentified Honduran man who was “struck by a law enforcement vehicle.”
Story by Andrew Stanton

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is investigating allegations that agents left “racist death cards” in the vehicles of detained individuals.

“ICE is investigating this situation but unequivocally condemns this type of action and/or officer conduct. Once notified, ICE supervisors acted swiftly to address the issue,” a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson wrote in a statement to Newsweek. “The ICE Office of Professional Responsibility will conduct a thorough investigation and will take appropriate and swift action.”

Why It Matters
ICE is facing growing scrutiny over its tactics amid President Donald Trump’s ramped up immigration enforcement. Support for the agency has dwindled in recent weeks—a recent YouGov poll found Americans are split about whether to abolish ICE. Forty-five percent each said they support and oppose the proposal. It surveyed 1,722 adults from January 16-19, 2026.

What to Know
In Colorado, an advocacy group named Voces Unidas said last week that ICE agents who detained nine Latino individuals left ace of spades cards inside the abandoned vehicles. The cards identify ICE’s field office in Denver and were later found by their family members, according to the organization’s statement.

Alex Sánchez, president and CEO of Voces Unidas, said in a statement the group was “disgusted” by their actions.
Story by Dominic Patten

After being available for months, information about ICE agents is suddenly being blocked today on META-owned platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads.

“We restrict certain activity to protect our community,” an IG response said Tuesday after an attempt to post ICE List material. “Let us know if you think we made a mistake.” A similar result came on Facebook, and on Threads any ICE List link or paste simply disappeared with “Link Not Allowed” popping up.

The apparent censoring follows the latest fatal shooting in Minneapolis this past weekend of an American citizen by ICE officers with the death of Alex Pretti. A 37-year-old ICU nurse who was trying to stop masked federal agents from assaulting a woman observing them, January 24 killing of Pretti has proven the tipping point for even some Republicans against Trump’s heavy handed tactics. The jamming of access on META to the anti-ICE website also comes as protests and critiques of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency and its masked officers seems to be repressed on the new-ish US version of TikTok, which has a number of Trump and MAGA supporters among its new minority stake owners.

Having finally sealed an administration brokered deal, TikTok has blamed the whole thing on the bad timing of “a power outage at a US data center impacting TikTok and other apps we operate.” Still, outgoing California Governor and likely 2028 POTUS contender Gavin Newsom started a probe on January 26 on whether TikTok is pushing down anti-Trump content.
A video obtained by the AP shows what happened in the minutes leading up to when Alex Pretti was shot in an encounter with federal agents outside a donut shop in Minneapolis.
Story by Zachary Schermele and James Powel, USA TODAY

Two federal agents fired their guns during the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Jan. 24, according to a copy of a Department of Homeland Security internal investigation report obtained by USA TODAY.

The report states that the officers began firing after an agent yelled "he’s got a gun" multiple times. It does not say that the bullets from both agency members hit Pretti.

Videos from bystanders − and a witness account in court filings − do not show Pretti brandishing a weapon when he approached agents.

The investigation was performed by Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility and preliminary findings were based on body-worn camera footage and agency documentation, according to the report. It does not name the agents involved in the shooting.

Here is the report of the DHS investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Story by Cheyenne Ubiera

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seemingly used long-range acoustic devices against peaceful protesters in Minneapolis.

Ed Krassenstein, a political commentator, shared a video of protesters standing in front of an army of federal agents as someone with a megaphone declares that agents are using a "long-range acoustic device, LRAD," and counts to three. After the countdown, the protesters are seen retreating across the street.

Krassenstein listed some of the issues people suffer from after being exposed to close-range weapons, including permanent hearing loss, vertigo, migraines, nausea, and ruptured eardrums. One person wrote that this scene is what an "authoritarian police state looks like."

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"Federal agents deploying sonic weapons that can cause permanent hearing loss and other lifelong injuries against peaceful American citizens exercising their First Amendment rights," the person wrote. "Disgraceful. Un-American. Dangerous."

Another person accused the federal government of "itching to roll out sonic weapons" after supposedly bragging about using LRAD in Venezuela. "Now suddenly it's being pointed at protesters."
Story by Libby MacDonald

Dr. Scott Strong, a college professor and numbers expert, recently had an eye-opening experience at White Castle when the restaurant didn’t give him the penny he was owed in his change.

“They just kept it,” he told the Kendall and Casey Show on Indiana’s 93.1 WIBC (1). In fact, Dr. Strong was apparently told that not giving customers their pennies back is now corporate policy.

By Scott’s math, if every White Castle location nationwide kept just one penny per cash transaction, the restaurant would be taking in an extra $835,000 a year. And if the practice becomes commonplace, it could result in a 3% to 5% increase in transaction costs for consumers, or even more for those who use cash regularly.

In Scott’s case, asking for the manager resulted in him going home with a shiny nickel for his troubles, but his experience is one aspect of the confusion that's hitting consumers at the cash register in the early goings of our post-penny world. The rules are now inconsistent and depend on the store, the chain, the location and possibly the cashier’s mood.

For consumers on fixed budgets, that means they’re no longer able to predict the final price of a purchase down to the cent when paying with cash.

It’s been almost a year since President Trump took to Truth Social to announce the phasing out of the one-cent piece in February 2025, stating that pennies “literally cost us more than two cents” to make (2). According to the U.S. Mint, over the past decade the cost of producing each penny has risen from 1.42 cents to 3.69 cents (3).
Story by Ellsworth Toohey

Federal agents in Minneapolis were ordered to compile identifying information on anti-ICE activists, according to communications obtained by CNN and reported by The New Republic. Agents were asked to complete forms titled "intel collection non-arrests" and to "capture all images, license plates, identifications, and general information on hotels, agitators, protestors, etc., so we can capture it all in one consolidated form."
Story by David Wainer

Wall Street is discovering that the Republican party’s longstanding romance with Medicare Advantage has entered a more complicated chapter.

For decades, investors in the privatized version of Medicare grew accustomed to a familiar political rhythm. Since its inception, Medicare Advantage has been favored by Republicans, leading markets to expect more generous treatment under Republican administrations than Democratic ones.

That pattern largely held in recent years. The first Trump administration delivered favorable policies, while the Biden administration moved to rein in aggressive Medicare Advantage coding practices. Even at the start of Trump’s second term, his administration initially boosted payments to insurers for this year by more than anticipated.

Which is why it came as a near-unanimous surprise on Wall Street when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, now led by Dr. Mehmet Oz, abruptly shifted course. The agency proposed roughly flat payment rates—far below industry expectations for a second-straight increase of about 5%. In a statement, Oz said the policy would help protect “taxpayers from unnecessary spending that is not oriented towards addressing real health needs.”
A heartbreaking story of a 5-year-old U.S. citizen deported to Honduras by ICE despite being born in the U.S.

Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that you can't have guns at protests.

To be exact, he said, "You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."

So, if you've been following the plot, guns have been quite a thing at protests for a while now. Here are 22 pictures he should take a look at:
1.A protester at an NRA convention in Dallas:
Story by Rachel Goodman

Staff at Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering the country's consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

The attempted entry prompted Ecuador's Foreign Ministry to send a "note of protest" to the U.S. Embassy in Quito, the Ecuadorean capital, demanding such incidents "not be repeated," the ministry said in a statement.

The statement referred to the incident as an "attempted incursion into the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis by ICE agents," Reuters reported, and said staff members took action to protect Ecuadorian nationals who were inside the building.

The incident happened at about 11 a.m., the statement added.

Alleged footage of the interaction shows a staff member rushing to the door and confronting masked agents, telling them, "This is the Consulate of Ecuador. You are not allowed in here."

In the video, the ICE agent says to the employee, “If you touch me, I will grab you.” The employee responds, “You cannot enter here. This is a consulate. This is a foreign government property.”

The video shows the ICE agent leaving shortly thereafter.
Story by David Edwards

A retired Minnesota couple recalled how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents held them at gunpoint after church.

The couple spoke to Paul Graham about their encounter in a video posted this week.

"ICE agents who had the audacity to come and try to arrest and kidnap people leaving church on a Sunday morning," the man remembered. "We turned into a parking lot and were greeted by approximately four unmarked ice vehicles with agents who immediately stopped us and pointed semi-automatic weapons in our face, asked us to roll down the windows, threatened us multiple times with arrest."

The couple said they were told that ICE did not need a warrant for their arrest.
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