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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the deadly encounter last weekend that left Pretti dead and ignited massive protests and calls for criminal investigations. Both men were assigned to Operation Metro Surge, an immigration enf ...

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Leftist and liberal gun groups are seeing a rush of new members

By Harmeet Kaur Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training. With President Donald Trump sending armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists are considering getting armed. And while Americans tend to think of gun owners as leaning more Republican and male, already more women, gay people ...

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US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations

All vaccine recommendations are being reconsidered by the US’s vaccines committee, according to its top adviser, who in recent interviews slammed vaccination requirements for attending school and said vaccines should be taken on the advice of an individual’s doctor. The stance from Kirk Milhoan, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), represents a dramatic departure for the group tasked with making US vaccine recommendations for decades, signaling an increasingly hosti ...

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Deputy AG Blanche defends Epstein files release as survivors slam administration over redaction failures

February 1, 2026, 11:14 AM Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department's release of more than 3 million pages from the department's files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as survivors and lawmakers criticize the disclosure as insufficient and filled with redaction errors. "We took great pains, as I explained on Friday, to make sure that we protected victims," Blanche told ABC News' "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoul ...

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More winter weather leads to heavy snow, canceled flights and, in Florida, falling iguanas

By ADRIAN SAINZ Updated 3:34 PM CST, February 1, 2026 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still without power from last weekend’s ice storm in the South. About 150 million people were under cold weather advisories and ext ...

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Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP

(NPR/AP) Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district. With almost all votes counted, Rehmet had a comfortable lead of more than 14 percentage points.

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Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority

(AP) Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority, telling President Donald Trump that the Democratic district “topples corrupt presidencies.” Menefee, the Harris County attorney, prevailed in a runoff against Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. He will replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor, who died in March 2025. The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.

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2007 memo laying out Epstein case revealed for the first time

(ABC News) After being shrouded in secrecy for nearly two decades, a 2007 draft memo laying out the evidence gathered against Jeffrey Epstein -- and the argument to move forward with a 60-count indictment against him -- has come to light, as part of the document trove released by Justice Department on Friday. "Epstein is considered an extremely high flight risk and, from information we have received, a continued danger to the community based upon his continued enticement of underage girls," the memo said. That proposed indictment and memo were never pursued in court. It would gather dust in draft form, as Acosta instead negotiated a controversial plea deal with Epstein even as his prosecutors and the FBI were still investigating the case and identifying new victims in other jurisdictions.

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Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over Epstein links

(BBC News) The national security adviser to Slovakia's prime minister has resigned after documents released by the US showed he exchanged messages about girls and diplomacy with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Robert Fico announced he had accepted Miroslav Lajčák's departure in a video message on Saturday, describing the adviser as "an incredible source of experience in diplomacy and foreign policy".

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Pro boxer rescinds Trump endorsement after new Epstein file drop: 'I just can't support'

(Raw Story) Donald Trump is known to flaunt his pro sports endorsements, but he lost one Saturday. Ryan Garcia, the right-wing, former champion boxer who is known for his Trump support and who was previously expelled by the World Boxing Council for repeatedly hurling racial slurs against Black people and disparaging Muslims, over the weekend announced that Trump has gone too far for his own moral tastes.

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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

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