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Local elections administrators across California say they have been preparing for once unthinkable threats to the midterms, from their own federal government. LA Times
The far-left group, which counts NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani among its members, touted the milestone on social media this weekend, which surpassed a goal they set in 2020. New York Post
Private jets are clogging airport runways as Silicon Valley billionaires and celebrities descend on the Bay Area ahead of Super Bowl LX. New York Post
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A BMW driver fatally mowed down a 1-year-old boy in front of his stricken parents in a Rego Park parking garage Saturday. New York Post
A photo has emerged of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg attending a "wild" California dinner party with infamous pedophile Jeffery Epstein years after he was convicted as a child sex offender. New York Post
Two American aviation pilots from New Jersey and Chicago have been detained and imprisoned in the Republic of Guinea -- after refueling their plane at the local airport during a Dec. 29 flight. New York Post
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A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation’s semiquincentennial. New York Times
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Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need. New York Times
Punishing winds have combined with low temperatures to produce dangerously cold conditions across the Northeast. Forecasters say, though, that relief is on the horizon. New York Times
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Seven pages of grand jury testimony from Richard Nixon were deemed so incendiary that they were hidden from the public for years. New York Times
State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat. New York Times
United States and Iranian representatives met in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for negotiations regarding the future of Tehran’s nuclear program after a U.S.-mediated ceasefire ended a 12-day conflict last summer, marking the first face-to-face summit since the war. OANN
Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium will be fortified by a "substantial law enforcement presence" spanning land, air, and sea. While security operations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area are extensive, Super Bowl officials have noted that immigration officers will not be part of the deployment for this Sunday’s game. OANN
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that a third key participant in the 2012 terrorist attack on American facilities in Benghazi, Libya, has been arrested and brought into U.S. custody to face federal charges. OANN
The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein's bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world's most influential people. Washington Times
Police arrested at least several demonstrators Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman's death at the hands of an immigration officer. Washington Times
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Sen. Maggie Hassan and others are warning people about potential Super Bowl scams involving tickets and gambling. Washington Times
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Nearly two weeks after an ice storm knocked out power to her home, Barbara Bishop still finds herself trying to flip the lights on and looking in her fridge for food that has since spoiled. Washington Times
Savannah Guthrie released a new video on Saturday, saying her family is willing to pay for the safe return of their mother. CBS
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The political fallout in Britain following the latest Epstein documents release became so intense that on Saturday, there were growing calls for the U.K.'s prime minister to step down. CBS
President Trump refused to apologize after sharing a racist video on Truth Social and then later taking it down. CBS
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A judge ordered the U.S. to return three migrant families who were affected by President Trump's family separation policy in his first term and then deported in his second. CBS
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The FAA says it is collaborating with the FBI to detect, track and assess unauthorized drone activity at the Super Bowl. CBS
Automakers are largely sitting on the advertising sidelines during this year's Super Bowl amid broader uncertainty in the U.S. automotive industry. CNBC
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Rising home prices and s higher mortgage rates have pushed the income needed to afford a median-priced home up by nearly $50,000 since 2019. CNBC
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Anti-ICE protesters were arrested in Minneapolis after chaos unfolded outside a federal building, with footage showing confrontations with officers. FOX News
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The U.S. has arrested one of the alleged leaders behind the deadly 2012 attack on an American outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that left four dead. FOX News
Mexican authorities arrested Sinaloa cartel fentanyl producer Ivan Valerio Sainz Salazar, who is accused of supplying deadly pills to the Chapitos faction. FOX News
U.S. forces kill two suspected narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific strike on vessel allegedly operated by designated terrorist organization in latest operation. FOX News
A federal grand jury indicted Shannon Mathre, 33, for threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance and receiving and distributing child pornography. UPI
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Federal health officials reported 145 new measles cases amid outbreaks across 20 states over the past week, raising the nation's total to 733. UPI
Ukraine and Russia might meet in the United States in February after U.S. officials suggested a non-binding June deadline to end the war. UPI
The 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics officially started Friday afternoon with the opening ceremony. UPI
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 50,000 points for the first time in its history as most blue-chip stocks gained during trading Friday. UPI
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He should be sent out of the U.One of the three court challenges to an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades has ended after the immigrant detainee who filed the lawsuit agreed to be removed from the United States and will be out of the country soon, his attorneys said. He should be sent out of the US.
The detainee at the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” asked that his case in federal court in Fort Myers, Florida, be dismissed. “Petitioner is no longer detained at Alligator Alcatraz, he has formally agreed to be removed, and he will soon have left the United States,” his attorneys wrote in a court motion. One of his attorneys, Spencer Amdur of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, said by phone on Tuesday that the detainee, only referred to as M.A. in court documents, would be returning to Chile.
The lawsuit claimed that immigration was a federal issue, and Florida agencies and private contractors hired by the state had no authority to operate the facility under federal law. Detainees who entered the facility disappeared from the normal detainee tracking system and had difficulty accessing legal help, the lawsuit said. Florida has led other states in constructing facilities to support President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Besides the Everglades facility, which received its first detainees in July, Florida has opened an immigration detention center in northeast Florida and is looking at opening a third facility in the Florida Panhandle.
M.A. is married to a U.S. citizen and has five stepchildren who are U.S. citizens. He entered the United States in 2018 on a visa and later applied for asylum. Before his arrest last July, he had a work permit, a social security card and a driver’s license, according to court documents. After his arrest, but before he was sent to the Everglades facility, officers pressured him to sign an English-only form that he didn’t understand but was later told it was a voluntary removal form, according to court documents.
