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ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push
ICE and CBP are using facial recognition technology to facilitate President Trump’s mass deportation campaign. sourceRead More
Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison over ICE Jail Inspection
Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey is facing up to 17 years in prison stemming from an incident last May when she sought to inspect Delaney Hall, a private prison run by the GEO Group under contract with ICE. sourceRead More
Decades of Anti-Immigration Policy Created “Mass Grave” at Southern Border
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As President Trump shakes up the leadership of his immigration crackdown in Minnesota following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, we examine the expanding role of the agency in interior enforcement. Independent journalist Todd Miller says the Trump administration’s immigration operations in U.S. cities are an “extension” of “policies and practices…Read More
Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked at Town Hall
Democratic Congressmember Ilhan Omar was attacked at a town hall in Minneapolis Tuesday night. sourceRead More
CWA President says unions can fight authoritarianism
“When countries have successfully prevented or reversed authoritarian control, unions have played an important role in stopping it,” says Claude Cummings Jr, president of the Communications Workers of America. sourceRead More
RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion,” “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Transcript: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/26/aasma_shaukat_alex_pretti Democracy Now! speaks with a former colleague of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Dr. Aasma Shaukat, who hired Pretti for a research job over a decade ago, says he lived with “kindness, compassion and a strong sense of civic duty to help his fellow…Read More
Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 26, 2026
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe sourceRead More
DOJ staged activist’s arrest for “trophy” photo
An attorney for activist Nekima Levy Armstrong says the Justice Department staged her arrest in order to film it and humiliate her. Levy Armstrong was part of a group that interrupted a church service in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to protest a pastor’s employment with ICE. sourceRead More
Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s new world order
Yanis Varoufakis calls Trump’s “Board of Peace” and the U.S.-led plan for the reoccupation of Gaza “one of the most despicable developments” in his lifetime and slams European leaders’ ineffectual, largely symbolic resistance to Trump’s imperial ambitions. sourceRead More
“Catch of the Day”: Latest ICE Operation in Maine Targets Somali Community
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Trump’s deportation machine has touched down in Maine. As the state, home to a significant share of the Somali American community, faces a surge of ICE activity, we’re joined by Safiya Khalid, the first-ever Somali American city councilmember for Lewiston, Maine’s second-largest city. Lewiston’s “streets are completely empty” as residents of all immigration statuses fear harassment…Read More