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

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

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Don Lemon behind a microphone.

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

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Laura Barrón-López & Marc Santia

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

Atlanta FBI boss ousted after balking at 2020 election probe

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A very tight shot showing part of President Trump's face in a profile.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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Anthony Fisher

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    Cedric Alexander

  2. A person, backlit, shoots a gun.

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

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

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  7. Bill Belichick looks down during a press conference.

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

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

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    Michael A. Cohen

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

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

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  11. Kristi Noem FEMA press conference

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A woman standing at a lectern holds up a printed photograph in front of a crowd of other women.

Epstein survivors protest that DOJ violated privacy in latest document release

Lisa Rubin & Clarissa-Jan Lim

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

The Capitol is reflected in a puddle.

The federal government has shut down — for now

Sydney Carruth

Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father from ICE detention center

Clarissa-Jan Lim

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Federal judge declines Minnesota’s request to halt Trump’s immigration sweep

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Donald and Melania Trump stand in front of a step-and-repeat banner advertising the movie "Melania." In front of them are journalists with cameras.

I watched the Melania Trump film so you don’t have to

Jen Chaney

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

EXCLUSIVE

New York Attorney General Letitia James calls on states to stand up to ICE

Don Lemon surrounded by people documenting with cameras and cell phones. A person behind him holds a sign that reads "Committee for the First Amendment."

Don Lemon’s arrest was meant to send a message. Here’s how judges can send one back.

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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

This is a close-up portrait of Don Lemon

Don Lemon defiant after Minnesota church protest arrest

Ebony Davis & Fallon Gallagher

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Don Lemon’s attorney reacts to journalist’s arrest

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

Don Lemon behind a microphone.

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

Sydney Carruth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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‘It’s just completely outrageous’: Anthony Fisher on Todd Blanche’s lackluster Pretti probe

‘Outrageous’: Trump and DOJ witholding ‘half’ of Epstein files top Dem says

‘Reprehensible’: Mark Kelly slams Tom Homan for describing Minneapolis ‘like a war zone’

New York Attorney General Letitia James calls on states to stand up to ICE

Elon Musk emailed Epstein about ‘wildest party’ on private island: new docs

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  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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Mandana Dayani poses with her daughters after being sworn in as a trustee to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on Dec. 8.

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