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Gingrich: Time for 'national conversation' about immigrants living in country illegally who 'obey the law'

01/29/26 4:11 PM ET Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Wednesday said the country needs a national conversation about immigrants lacking permanent legal status who “obey the law,” as public opinion sours on the Trump administration’s deportation sweeps. “We need a national conversation about what we’re going to do, about people who’ve come here, some of them 20 years ago, who’ve been obeying the law, paying taxes, good neighbors, have kids, go to PTA. Very few Americans want to see ...

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California urges Supreme Court to allow new congressional map

Posted January 29, 2026 at 5:19pm California officials, Democrats and civil rights groups told the Supreme Court on Thursday the state should be able to use its new congressional map in the midterm elections this fall, arguing the lines were drawn for political rather than racial reasons. The filings were in response to an appeal from the state Republican Party and Republican state officials, who have asked the justices to set aside a 2-1 lower court decision that allowed the state to use the ...

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Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong

01/29/2026 10:59 PM EST Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has conceded she may have gotten some information wrong in her initial response to Border Patrol’s killing of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis ICU nurse she labeled a domestic terrorist. Noem also dodged questions about her leadership of DHS amid widespread outrage, even among some Republicans, about the deaths of Pretti and Renee Good during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Noem, who said Pretti commi ...

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Trump Labels Man Killed by Federal Agents an 'Agitator' and 'Perhaps, Insurrectionist'

President Donald Trump has labeled Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, an “agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist,” in a post on Truth Social early Friday. “Alex Pretti’s stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Officer, and then crazily kicking in a new and very expensive government vehicle, so hard an ...

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Trump Admin Discusses Voting Executive Orders as Gabbard Probes 2020--Report

Published Jan 29, 2026 at 04:00 PM EST updated Jan 29, 2026 at 05:03 PM EST The Trump administration is discussing potential executive orders related to voting ahead of the midterm elections, officials familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. The talks come as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has spent months reexamining the results of the 2020 election that President Donald Trump lost, a priority for the White House, officials told the outlet. That effort ...

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Senate Democrats and White House Reach Spending Deal

Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans and the White House to pass five spending bills to fund a large portion of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, as well as a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they continue negotiating guardrails to rein in immigration agents. ...

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Trump directs team to beef up his public schedule to combat questions about his stamina

Vague descriptions of presidential signing ceremonies, policy meetings and industry executive sit downs — mostly behind closed doors — began peppering President Donald Trump’s public schedule at the end of last year. The additions to the schedule, which is blasted out to the media every night, were no accident. Trump himself had given the directive to beef up the information. Despite near-daily appearances before cameras, some of them stretching for hours, Trump, 79, had become frustrated at a ...

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UK Warns of Pancreatitis, Deaths Tied to Wegovy, Mounjaro

The UK warned some patients have died of severe inflammation of the pancreas linked to obesity and diabetes drugs such as Eli Lilly & Co.'s Mounjaro and Novo Nordisk A/S's Wegovy. Though the worst cases of pancreatitis were rare, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said Thursday doctors and patients should know some incidents had been particularly severe, as it strengthened its warning over taking the drugs. The guidance applies to medicines that mimic the GLP-1 gut horm ...

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ICE ends enhanced immigration operations in Maine, Collins says

January 29, 2026 / 9:00 AM EST Washington — Federal immigration officials have brought an end to enhanced immigration enforcement operations in Maine, Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday. "While the Department of Homeland Security does not confirm law enforcement operations, I can report that Secretary Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in the State of Maine," Collins, a Republican, wrote on social media. "There are currently no ongoing or planned larg ...

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Women Raise Alarm Inside America's Largest ICE Detention Center

Published Jan 29, 2026 at 05:00 AM EST updated Jan 29, 2026 at 06:42 AM EST A group of women detained in a sprawling immigration detention facility in West Texas, have told Newsweek of unsanitary, overcrowded and restrictive conditions inside a tent complex with no natural light, limited medical care, and frequent confrontations with guards. Three women detained at Camp East Montana, along with another who was recently deported from the site, gave accounts—via audio recordings and handwritte ...

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Trump team now working to save Native American mascots from schools that were told to remove them

13 min ago - Thursday 29 January 2026 19:50 EST The Trump administration is pushing to retain a Native American mascot at a New York school that had been banned by state regulators, triggering strong reactions from activists. Last week, the Department of Educati ... (The Independent)

Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong

38 min ago - 01/29/2026 10:59 PM EST Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has conceded she may have gotten some information wrong in her initial response to Border Patrol’s killing of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis ICU nurse she labeled a domestic terrorist ... (Politico)

Senate shutdown deal stalls over Graham objection

1 hr ago - 01/29/26 11:44 PM ET The Senate's race to avert a shutdown hit the skids late Thursday night as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) placed a hold on the government funding package, forcing leaders to punt the vote. Senators had been hoping to vote on the s ... (The Hill)

Detainees pepper-sprayed on 2 occasions at Florida 'Deportation Depot' immigration detention center

1 hr ago - Jan 29, 2026 Updated 11 hrs ago MIAMI (AP) — Detainees have been pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions at a Florida immigration detention center dubbed “ Deportation Depot ” since it opened last September. The Florida Division of ... (The Sun Chronicle/AP)

Trump Labels Man Killed by Federal Agents an 'Agitator' and 'Perhaps, Insurrectionist'

1 hr ago - President Donald Trump has labeled Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, an “agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist,” in a post on Truth Social early Friday. “Alex Pretti& ... (Time)

Trump says he'll announce Fed chair nominee on Friday morning as Kevin Warsh's odds soar

1 hr ago - Yahoo Finance Trump says he'll announce Fed chair nominee on Friday morning as Kevin Warsh's odds soar Jennifer Schonberger * Senior Reporter Updated Thu, January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM EST 3 min read President Trump said Thursday that he will announce ... (Yahoo!Finance)

California urges Supreme Court to allow new congressional map

1 hr ago - Posted January 29, 2026 at 5:19pm California officials, Democrats and civil rights groups told the Supreme Court on Thursday the state should be able to use its new congressional map in the midterm elections this fall, arguing the lines were drawn fo ... (Roll Call)

Trump Admin Discusses Voting Executive Orders as Gabbard Probes 2020--Report

2 hrs ago - Published Jan 29, 2026 at 04:00 PM EST updated Jan 29, 2026 at 05:03 PM EST The Trump administration is discussing potential executive orders related to voting ahead of the midterm elections, officials familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Jo ... (Newsweek)

Trump mocks low-income housing plan in Pacific Palisades after fires

2 hrs ago - Jan. 29, 2026, 4:39 p.m. ET President Donald Trump reiterated that he doesn’t want the construction of low-income housing in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, as it slowly recovers from last year's deadly wildfires. During his first adm ... (USA Today)

"Sore loser's crusade": Lawmakers react to FBI raid on Georgia election center

2 hrs ago - Published January 29, 2026 4:23PM (EST) Lawmakers and state officials in Georgia are sounding off in the wake of a Wednesday FBI raid on an Atlanta-area election center. The raid was launched in hopes of finding documentation and records related to t ... (Salon)

ICE Quietly Bails on Super Bowl as Outrage Grows

2 hrs ago - Updated Jan. 29 2026 4:14PM EST Published Jan. 29 2026 2:57PM EST Immigration and Customs Enforcement is quietly backing away from its earlier threat to make arrests at the Super Bowl. ICE agents will not be deployed at Super Bowl LX, set to take p ... (Daily Beast)

Gingrich: Time for 'national conversation' about immigrants living in country illegally who 'obey the law'

3 hrs ago - 01/29/26 4:11 PM ET Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Wednesday said the country needs a national conversation about immigrants lacking permanent legal status who “obey the law,” as public opinion sours on the Trump administrati ... (The Hill)

Massachusetts bill aims to block National Guard deployment from other states

3 hrs ago - January 29, 2026 3:25 PM EST Updated 8 hours ago Jan 29 (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey introduced legislation on Thursday that would make it unlawful for another state to deploy its National Guard to Massachusetts without the governo ... (Reuters)

Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico

9 hrs ago - Trump's executive order also declared a national emergency over Cuba, saying the Cuban government represents an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States' national security and foreign policy. By Michelle L. Price | The Associated Press ... (NBC)

Durbin rips Vance over Duckworth insult: 'Low and beneath the dignity' of a vice

9 hrs ago - Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) criticized Vice President Vance Thursday morning, calling comments he made about the other senator from Illinois, Tammy Duckworth (D), “low.” “I have learned over many years in office that politics ain’t ... (The Hill)

President Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down

10 hrs ago - WASHINGTON − Amid growing affordability concerns across the nation, President Donald Trump said he is looking to drive housing prices further up, not down. Trump said at a Jan. 29 Cabinet meeting he wants to make it easier for Americans to buy ... (USA Today)

Brendan Carr Responds to Kimmel Over New FCC Equal Time Rules: "If You're Fake News, You're Not Going to Qualify"

10 hrs ago - During his monthly press conference at the agency, Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr elaborated on the agency's "equal time" rule change, which could force daytime talk shows like The View and late night shows like The Tonight S ... (Hollywood Reporter)

Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war

10 hrs ago - President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands. -snip- In Trump’ ... (Independent)

Gunowners rip ATF clawback order for unredacted document

11 hrs ago - January 29, 2026 WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Thursday seemed skeptical it could reverse a lower court’s order that allowed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to claw back a document listing individuals who ... (Courthouse News Service)

New Zealand declines invite to join Board of Peace

11 hrs ago - New Zealand decided against accepting U.S. President Donald Trump's invitation to join his Board of Peace, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in a statement on Friday. -snip- Luxon said in an email statement that the decision ha ... (Reuters)

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