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Omar criticizes Trump’s ‘hateful rhetoric’ after attack; suspect had made pro-Trump posts online

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATT BROWN and JACK BROOK
Jan 28, 2026 7:55 pm - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed President Donald Trump for threats to her safety on Wednesday, one day after she was accosted and squirted with liquid at an event in Minneapolis. The man arrested for Tuesday's attack has posted online in support of the Republican president.
Partial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Jan 28, 2026 7:48 pm - With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement that officers show identification as the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
ICE agents blocked from entering Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis, ministry says

By Annie Gowen and María Luisa Paúl
Jan 28, 2026 7:42 pm - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday but were turned away by consulate staff, Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said — prompting the South American nation to file a formal diplomatic protest.
Judge slams ICE while backing off contempt threat for agency’s director

By Jeremy Roebuck
Jan 28, 2026 7:38 pm - Minnesota’s chief federal judge on Wednesday called off his threat to potentially hold the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in contempt for repeated defiance of court orders but delivered a withering assessment of the agency’s conduct as it has surged thousands of agents into the state.
Duckworth’s busy day: Sparring with JD Vance, proposing $1.5 billion plan to fix rail bridges

By Marni Pyke
Jan 28, 2026 7:20 pm - U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Venezuela, introduces grant program to rebuild decrepit commuter rail bridges.
Rubio defends Trump on Venezuela while trying to allay fears about Greenland and NATO

By MATTHEW LEE, STEPHEN GROVES and JOSHUA GOODMAN
Jan 28, 2026 4:15 pm - Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump's military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, while explaining to U.S. lawmakers the administration’s approach to Greenland, NATO, Iran and China.
Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, JACK BROOK and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Jan 28, 2026 2:33 pm - President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes following weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters.
FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta

By KATE BRUMBACK
Jan 28, 2026 12:37 pm - FBI agents were executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed.
A new report warns that combined war casualties in Russia's war on Ukraine could soon hit 2 million

By KAMILA HRABCHUK
Jan 28, 2026 9:10 am - A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides of Russia's war on Ukraine could hit 2 million by the spring, with Russia suffering the largest number of troop deaths recorded for any major power in any conflict since World War II.
Man sprays unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar and is tackled at Minneapolis town hall

By LAURA BARGFELD and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Jan 28, 2026 7:34 am - A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month.

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