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US citizen dragged in underwear out into freezing cold mistaken by ICE for man in prison

A U.S. citizen who immigration agents dragged outside in his underwear during the freezing cold in Minnesota was mistaken for a man who has already been in prison since 2024, according to reports Friday.

ChongLy Scott Thao, 56, said that ICE agents forced themselves inside his home without a warrant and held him at gunpoint, CBS reported. Thao said the agents then drove him to the "middle of nowhere," where they realized they had mistaken his identity and took him back home.

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Anti-ICE protesters ordered released despite Trump DOJ's fierce push to keep them jailed

U.S. District Court Judge Laura M. Provinzino ordered two people released after the Department of Justice argued they should be held in jail over an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church.

In a nine-page order on Friday, Provinzino asserted that the government did not meet its burden to deny the release of defendants Nekima Valdez Levy-Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen under the Bail Reform Act. Levy-Armstrong and Allen were charged with interfering with the "free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States."

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Enraged Trump warns key ally will now be 'eaten up' by China after rebuffing him

President Donald Trump fired off a scathing post Friday on Truth Social, lambasting Canada for rejecting a proposed "Golden Dome" project over Greenland and cozying up to China instead.

In the bombastic message, Trump claimed the dome would actually benefit America's northern neighbor, yet Canadian officials chose to align with Beijing instead.

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Joe Rogan claims Trump using brutal ICE tactics to bury Epstein files 'on purpose'

Mega podcaster Joe Rogan speculated that President Donald Trump was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics to drown out the coverage of the Department of Justice's refusal to comply with a law requiring the release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

During an interview with comedian Ehsan Ahmad this week, Rogan asked whether the DOJ had recently released more Epstein materials after the December deadline.

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ICE agents out themselves on LinkedIn as Kristi Noem threatens prosecutions for doxing

ICE agents have reportedly doxed themselves on social media despite claims from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that other people are targeting them online.

ICE employees have apparently posted on social media, including LinkedIn, outing their roles with the agency. At the same time, Noem has threatened that sharing the agent's identities is a crime and has said it's a main reason they wear masks, according to a report this week from Wired.

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European leader hits Trump with biting response over snide remark on troops in Afghanistan

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk fired a pointed reminder at President Donald Trump about America's promises to Polish soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan.

Tusk, who has served as Poland’s prime minister since December 2023, took issue with Trump's recent comments. In a Thursday interview with Fox News from Davos, Trump questioned NATO allies' reliability, stating they've "never needed them" and that allies sent troops to Afghanistan but "stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."

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JD Vance warns of 'baby skeletons' in brothels during anti-abortion speech

Vice President JD Vance warned of a time when "baby skeletons" were seen in brothels while speaking to an anti-abortion crowd.

Standing behind bulletproof glass at Friday's March for Life, Vance reminded the crowd of pagan times.

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Trump hypes 'unforgettable' Melania film by director featured in Epstein files

President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to promote the film “Melania,” a documentary about first lady Melania Trump set to premiere in theaters next week, though the film’s director has raised eyebrows after having been featured in the Justice Department’s latest drop of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

“COUNTDOWN: 7 Days until the World will witness an unforgettable, behind-the-scenes, look at one of the most important events of our time,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, along with a link to upcoming showtimes and locations for the film.

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Trump's change in travel plans exposes White House fears he's 'in trouble': report

A report that Donald Trump will be leaving the White House and hitting the road in the next few weeks to boost his wretched polling numbers drew a laugh from a Democratic strategist and a comment that the White House is in panic mode.

Two days ago Politico reported that Trump will start campaigning surprisingly early, and on a weekly basis, as his poll numbers flounder and he drags the Republican Party down with him.

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'Chilling': Internet erupts over Border Patrol comments on detaining a 5-year-old boy

The internet had scathing reactions Friday to Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino's comments about a 5-year-old in Minnesota who was taken into ICE custody after agents targeted his father.

Bovino was speaking at a press conference in Minneapolis and confirmed that Liam Conejo Ramos was in his family's driveway when he returned home from school with his father and that both of them were taken away in a vehicle and sent to an ICE facility in Texas. Bovino attempted to argue that ICE has treated children well following public scrutiny over the agency's actions.

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Trump's 'damaged psyche' heading for a 'crackup': NYT columnist

President Donald Trump has put the world on a trajectory toward a "crackup" that would be as predictable to the nation's founders as it was to ancient philosophers, according to a new column.

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued the world was in the midst of four unravelings – postwar international order, domestic tranquility, democratic order and the unspooling of Trump's mind – and he said the last one was driving all the others.

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Border Patrol brags about detaining 5-year-old boy: 'I don't think it gets any better'

U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino boasted about detaining a 5-year-old boy in conditions that he insisted don't get "any better."

During a press conference on Friday, a reporter asked about the boy and his father, who were detained in Minnesota.

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Reagan judge exposes Trump admin by unsealing docs in chilling arrest case: report

The Trump administration was exposed for justifying its arrest and attempted deportation of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk “solely on the inferences made” from an op-ed she co-authored that was critical of the Israeli government, newly unsealed court documents revealed Thursday.

Appointed during the Reagan administration, U.S. District Judge William Young unsealed a trove of court documents late Thursday that, according to The Boston Globe, exposed the Department of Homeland Security’s shaky legal grounds for arresting Öztürk last year.

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