NYTIMES (Priya Krishna) - Restaurants Say ICE Presence Imperils Business
In several cities where immigrants are being detained, owners say they’re struggling to stay open as fear keeps customers and workers from leaving home.
NYTIMES (Pooja Salhotra) - A D.H.S. Shutdown Looms. Bruised Minnesotans Urge Their Parties to Dig In.
Congressional Democrats say they will approve no money for the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails on immigration agents. Their voters in Minnesota are demanding no less.
NYTIMES (Miriam Jordan, Sarah Mervosh and Allison McCann) - Hundreds of Children Are in ICE Detention
The number of children being detained has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.
NYTIMES (Anna Griffin and Chelsia Rose Marcius) - Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America
Far from the national spotlight, towns like Cornelius, Ore., and Coon Rapids, Minn., are dealing with President Trump’s expanding mass deportation effort, and the effects can be acute.
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NYTIMES (Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Farnaz Fassihi) - Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters
As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.
NYTIMES (Tiffany Hsu and Steven Lee Myers) - Conspiracy Theories Only Flourish With More Epstein Evidence
The dump of millions of documents has fueled a new wave of speculation, A.I.-generated hoaxes and foreign disinformation.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Ryan Mancini) - Trump approval on immigration slips among independents: Poll
Sixty percent of Americans say Trump has "gone too far" with sending federal officers to U.S. cities to carry out his deportation agenda.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Jessica Kartalija) - FBI zeroes in on description of possible suspect in Nancy Guthrie search
Despite major developments in the case, an FBI source told NewsNation they don't know whether the agency or the sheriff is running the investigation.
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AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Behind the Curtain: Resistance rising
Little by little, week after week, a subtle but significant shift is unfolding in American politics: Institutions and even a small but growing number of Republicans are standing up to President Trump . Why it matters: This is hardly COVID, where everyone seemed to resist everything — or even a return to Normal Times, when CEOs and Republicans said something when they saw something alarming. But the law of political gravity is starting to apply to Trump. Simply put, the more unpopular his policies and tactics, the easier it is for even scared Republicans to speak up and institutions to hold their ground. - To be clear, the number of House and Senate Republicans willing to cross Trump publicly remains tiny. But everywhere else,…
NEWSNATIONNOW (Andrew Dorn) - Strong January, weak 2025: Latest jobs report fuels debate
Cooling or stabilizing? Why January's jobs report has economists divided.
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