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Two FBI agents walk in a parking lot, one dragging a bag.

Atlanta FBI boss ousted after balking at 2020 election probe

Ken Dilanian & Ebony Davis

Epstein and Trump pose for a portrait together while Trump has his right hand over Epstein's shoulder.

Justice Department releases 3 million more pages of the Jeffrey Epstein files

Clarissa-Jan Lim, Lisa Rubin, Fallon Gallagher & Sydney Carruth

Catherine O'Hara in all black with two spoons on her shoulder. She sits in front of a painted green backdrop.

Why Catherine O’Hara’s transcendent career cannot possibly be soon forgotten

Erin Gloria Ryan

The Capitol is reflected in a puddle.
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Sydney Carruth

The Senate managed to pass a funding package hours before the midnight deadline, but with the House not slated to return until Monday, the partial shutdown will stretch over the weekend.

Donald Trump, silhouetted, descends an outdoor staircase. A sky full of colorful clouds is behind him.

‘Morning Joe’ reacts to ‘striking’ new poll showing Trump’s sinking approval

Allison Detzel

Kristi Noem in an ICE hat in front of an American flag and a U.S. Border Patrol flag.

ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants

Laura Barrón-López & Marc Santia

Kevin Warsh sitting on stage seen through heads of the audience.

With Warsh pick, Trump backs a longtime donor’s son-in-law to lead the Federal Reserve

Steve Benen

This is a close-up portrait of Don Lemon

Don Lemon defiant after Minnesota church protest arrest

Ebony Davis & Fallon Gallagher

Don Lemon on April 25, 2024 in New York City.

What is the FACE Act, an obscure law used to prosecute Don Lemon?

Julianne McShane

A screengrab of Georgia Fort from a video she posted on Facebook; the sun peeking out from behind the spire of Cities Church.

Georgia Fort warned me about the press before her arrest by the Trump administration

Ja'han Jones

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‘I’m just chronicling. I’m not with the group’: Footage shows Lemon at church protest

Viktor Orbán, left, and Donald Trump shake hands.

Trump’s arrest of journalists is the latest front in his effort to Orbanize the media

Steve Benen

Don Lemon behind a microphone.

Read the DOJ indictment of Don Lemon and other journalists, activists

Sydney Carruth

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 14, 2026.

The Roberts Court has a huge test ahead with California’s Prop 50 congressional map

Jordan Rubin

Anthony Fisher
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‘It’s just completely outrageous’: Anthony Fisher on Todd Blanche’s lackluster Pretti probe
A very tight shot showing part of President Trump's face in a profile.

Trump announces immigration retreat. His allies say there is no retreat.

Jacqueline Alemany & Jake Traylor

Madhu Gottumukkala's face is seen in a closeup frame-shot from below and diagonally.

MAGA world launches racist attacks toward Trump’s top cybersecurity official

Ja'han Jones

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Police vehicles are seen outside the Fulton County elections hub on Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga.

Trump’s Fulton County raid isn’t just about the 2020 election — it’s also about the midterms

Jen Psaki

Donald Trump, right, speaks and rests his hand on Barack Obama's shoulder.

Team Trump focuses on Obama’s Netflix deal for all the wrong reasons

Steve Benen

Vice President Vance points at a journalist to ask a question.

The problem(s) with the White House’s newly announced ‘fraud czar’

Steve Benen

Director Of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on June 02, 2025 in Manila, Philippines.

Tulsi Gabbard’s role in the FBI’s Fulton County raid gets even more provocative

Steve Benen

Donald Trump, in focus on the left, looks at Barack Obama, who is out of focus in the foreground.

Trump renews offensive against Obama, calls for Democrat’s ‘arrest’

Steve Benen

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A banner to protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Jan. 29, 2026 at the entrance of a neighborhood in Minneapolis.

DOJ doing civil rights investigation of Pretti killing after all

Clarissa-Jan Lim & Julianne McShane

ICE agents are trying to stop protesters.

How can ICE be forced to comply with court orders?

Jordan Rubin

INside of a mexican restaurant looks desolate

Barely staying afloat: Minneapolis businesses struggle amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

Allison Detzel

Several National Guard members stand by a pond across from the Capitol at sunset.

Trump’s domestic troop deployments aren’t just authoritarian. They’re also expensive.

Zeeshan Aleem

Ilhan Omar, left, raises her fist as if to throw a punch while security tackles a person from behind.

What Ilhan Omar symbolized when she was attacked — and why it drives Trump crazy

Lyz Lenz

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‘The first amendment is not optional’: NABJ President slams Don Lemon’s arrest for covering protest
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‘Outrageous’: Trump and DOJ witholding ‘half’ of Epstein files top Democrat says
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‘Rein in ICE’: Sen. Ruben Gallego says Congress must demand DHS reform in exchange for funding
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Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty
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  1. One federal agent, walking through a cloud of tear gas, throws a teargas canister which is now suspended in midair. Other federal agents walk alongside.

    After Alex Pretti’s killing, federal immigration agents must adopt these four reforms

    Cedric Alexander

  2. A person, backlit, shoots a gun.

    Trump’s Alex Pretti rhetoric could have unintended gun culture consequences

    Philip Bump

  3. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detain a young man while conducting federal enforcement operations on Jan. 27, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

    ‘Worst of the worst?’: The Trump administration has lost the narrative in Minneapolis

    Claire McCaskill

  4. Donald Trump looks into the distance. He and the crowd are basked in red light.

    Trump has always been unpresidential. His response to Ilhan Omar’s attack was downright un-American.

    Michael Steele

  5. President Trump is talking to reporters outside in a frame photographed from below.

    Minneapolis could have submitted to Trump. It did something else entirely.

    Zeeshan Aleem

  6. People use their phones to record and blow whistles in the snow.

    Minnesota is demonstrating a new brand of resistance

    Michele Norris

  7. Bill Belichick looks down during a press conference.

    Bill Belichick’s exclusion from the Hall of Fame ballot is disgraceful

    Keith Reed

  8. Kristi Noem, left, stands behind Donald Trump, out of focus in the foreground.

    Why Trump may be getting ready to throw Kristi Noem under the bus

    Michael A. Cohen

  9. A masked agent driving a white car looks out the window of the car.

    Trump’s America is a secret policeman’s paradise

    Anthony L. Fisher

  10. Pam Bondi, left, and Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

    Trump has been trying to claim voter fraud for years. Pam Bondi’s Walz letter is different.

    Philip Bump

  11. Kristi Noem FEMA press conference

    Schumer’s DHS funding pivot suggests he understands this moment

    Mike Zamore

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